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We invite you to read the Kimmel Foundation news articles below. Please check back often as new articles are being added regularly from the Kimmel Foundation and our affiliated organizations. 

Jon Volkmer Publishes Brave in Season
KHN Center for the Arts | October 27, 2023
We're delighted to share that two-time KHN resident Jon Volkmer (2008 and 2010) recently Published Brave in Season and he'll be doing 2 public presentations about his book in Nebraska City! Friday Nov...
Trey Moody Publishing a New, Award-Winning Book of Poems
KHN Center for the Arts | September 18, 2023
We are so very pleased to announce the upcoming release of a new book of poems by Trey Moody . Moody joined us in 2021 for a writing residency. His book, Autoblivion, will be released by Conduit in...
Lara Avery Publishes First Novel
KHN Center for the Arts | August 30, 2023
Lara Avery was a KHN writing resident in 2022 from Lawrence, Kansas, and this month her first novel was published via Harper Collins Publishers! Congratulations Lara! From the Harper Collin's website...
Anya Liftig Publishes Memoir, Holler Rat August 15
KHN Center for the Arts | July 17, 2023
Anya Liftig was an Interdisciplinary resident artist in January 2019. Of her forthcoming memoir she writes: "The manuscript I revised while in residence at KHN is about to be book birthed. My debut...
Nathan Go Publishes First Novel
KHN Center for the Arts | July 11, 2023
Nathan Go was a writing resident in here at the KHN in 2017. Last month his first novel, Forgiving Imelda Marcos , was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Congratulations Nathan, what an...
Elizabeth Weissberg Publishes Article with The Guardian
KHN Center for the Arts | May 18, 2023
Elizabeth Weissberg completed a 6-week writer's residency here at the KHN in the fall of 2022. At the time she was pitching an article and this week the Guardian published it! Congratulations...
Daniel Handal to exhibit at CLAMP Gallery in NYC
KHN Center for the Arts | May 17, 2023
2017 Resident Alumni in Visual Arts, Daniel Handal, has a new exhbition opening at CLAMP Gallery in New York City this summer. "My project delves into the topics of individuality, nonconformity, and...
Propeller Acquires Story Collection by Miriam Gershow for Publication in Spring 2024
KHN Center for the Arts | May 10, 2023
Congratulations to two-time KHN resident, Miriam Gershow, on her upcoming publications! Not only is Propeller Books acquiring her story collection, but Gershow has now also sold a novel she finished...
The Way of Things, Poetry by Shannon Vesely, published by Rogue Faculty Press
KHN Center for the Arts | February 11, 2022
Shannon Vesely (KHN 2021 Alum) announced the publication of her collection of Poems, The Way of Things . “It's the way of things,” writes Shannon Vesely, “the day refusing to die/germinating in the...
David Hoon Kim Announces the Bilingual Publication of Essay
KHN Center for the Arts | February 11, 2022
David Hoon Kim (KHN alum 2011) announced the bilingual publication of an essay, "Au sosie de Samuel Beckett"/"To Samuel Beckett's Doppelgänger". The essay was published in French and in English...
Shaun Kadlec Announces "Possible Selves" Documentary Premiere at Human Rights Film Festival
KHN Center for the Arts | January 11, 2022
Shaun Kadlec (2020 alum) announced that his forthcoming documentary, Possible Selves, will premiere with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival on February 2, 2022. The film will be available to view...
Brownville Workshop Scheduled for February with Esteemed Artist Loren Entz
KHN Center for the Arts | January 11, 2022
Brownville, NE – Artists from the community and surrounding areas are invited to a two-day workshop on February 18 and 19 taught by nationally recognized Western artist, Loren Entz. This workshop...
Blake Allen's The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie: World Premiere Recording Now Available
KHN Center for the Arts | October 5, 2021
Blake Allen (KHN Alum 2020) announced the release of his world premiere recording of The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie. The album was released on Setpember 17, 2021 on No Reverse Records, with...
Walk With Us: Call for Artist Submissions
KHN Center for the Arts | October 5, 2021
John Schuerman (KHN alum 2018) shared a call for artist submissions for the Rochester Art Center's 2022 exhibition, Walk With Us . Jurors Zoe Cinel and John Schuerman (curators, as well as artists...
Call for Participation: Migratory Yellow Pages/La Sección Amarilla de la Migración
KHN Center for the Arts | October 5, 2021
Elizabeth Shores (KHN Alum 2019) announced a call to participate in Migratory Yellow Pages , an upcoming project of Shores, co-curator Lara Goldmann, and Mexico City-based artist Minerva Cuevas in El...
Mychaelyn Michalec: From A Basement On A Hill
KHN Center for the Arts | August 18, 2021
The Contemporary Dayton presents the premiere of a new body of work by Mychaelyn Michalec (KHN alum 2020). The exhibition, From A Basement On A Hill, consists of embroidered “drawings” and deeply...
David Hoon Kim Announces Publication of New Novel
KHN Center for the Arts | August 18, 2021
David Hoon Kim (KHN alum 2011) announced that his debut novel, Paris Is a Party, Paris Is a Ghost , was published this month by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Macmillan Publishers states, "David Hoon Kim’s...
My Garden
Kimmel Orchard | August 4, 2021
One of our past Food Safety and Education interns, Emma, found this great game for all ages. Check out this link to see the Pollinator Jeopardy game that we've enjoyed playing with some of our tours...
Invasive Species
Kimmel Orchard | July 28, 2021
In the Kimmel gardens, we have many beautiful plants and insects that all work together to help create our beautiful environment. Many of the plants we enjoy are native to Nebraska and the surrounding...
How Butterflies and Kimmel Orchard Work Together!
Kimmel Orchard | July 23, 2021
Kimmel Orchard and Vineyard work closely with the University of Nebraska at Lincoln Bee Lab to make sure we have bees to pollinate our orchard. Bees are not the only pollinators that we find working...