How did the artist do that? The combinations of techniques and innovations introduced in contemporary printmaking can make the process behind a print mystifying. Simply looking at it may not be enough, even for the most seasoned of printmakers.

On August 6, 1945, a specially-equipped American B-29 Superfortress dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. On August 9, another atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki. For most Americans, the immediate reaction to the atomic bomb was relief: it had ended the war. But as the United States celebrated, it also braced itself for the uncertain future of the Atomic Age. For the next two decades, the looming threat of Atomic war dominated American society.

What do the telephone, the Ferris Wheel, a 28,000 pound typewriter, and nylon stockings have in common? They were just a few of the thousands of featured products, curiosities, and inventions that made their debut at one of 17 international festivals on American soil.

Good design that is tasteful and affordable has commanded center stage with American consumers and the media during the last decade.

A good children’s picture book still has the power to whisk young minds off to another time and place—even in today’s world of computer games and high-definition TV.

Mexico celebrates a rich tradition of arte popular that reaches more than 2,000 years into the Mesoamerican past.

Jazz musicians have a long-standing relationship with Kansas City. Jazz greats Charlie Parker, Pete Johnson, Joe Turner, Jo Jones, Jimmy Rushing, Mary Lou Williams, and Oran Thaddeus “Hot Lips” Page were familiar presences in the Kansas City jazz scene of the 1920s and 1930s

This exhibition explores the many meanings associated with water through a selection of thirty-two works drawn from the collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

This exhibition offers the opportunity to experience building and living in a Frank Lloyd Wright home through the eyes a client who has spent more than fifty years fulfilling the architect's Usonian vision for the ideal family home. 

Sounds of America’s pastime: the crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, the cheers of “Atta girl!” While the 1992 film A League of Their Own introduced contemporary audiences to the WWII-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, women’s baseball actually began with the creation of the Vassar College team in 1866.