Thurber, Frances
Person
Biography
Frances Thurber was a professor of art education in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, until her retirement in 2007. She was head of the Art Education program for more than 25 years. She was a founding member of Prairie Visions in 1987. She passed away on May 11, 2012.
Source: "Flag Lowering." eNotes (Omaha, NE). July 13, 2012. http://www.unomaha.edu/enotes/2012/0713.php
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Nebraska Masterpieces: Arts Education Series Collection
Collection
Identifier: UNO-0153
Scope and Contents
The Nebraska Masterpieces: Arts Education Series Collection is comprised of one binder from the University of Nebraska at Omaha Center for Innovation in Arts Education, which includes the Nebraska Arts Council as a sponsor. Each of the six Nebraska Masterpieces: Arts Education Series posters showcases works by a different Nebraska artist with some background information about the works and the artist printed on the poster's verso. The artists represented are Karen Kunc, Kent Bellows, Jun...
Dates:
2007
Prairie Visions Records
Collection — Volume 2018-044
Identifier: UNO-0004
Scope and Contents
Prairie Visions (PV) is a discipline-based art education (DBAE) professional development program for Nebraska educators, overseen by faculty from the University of Nebraska at Omaha since 1987. The premise of PV is training educators to create curriculum around the arts. This collection consists primarily of materials assembled and/or created by faculty and participants of the annual Prairie Visions institute, and other documents related to planning and assessing the institute. The...
Dates:
1987-2014
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