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This page provides an overview of our K-12 programming. You can also reach out directly to Jody Boyer, Director of Education at SBMLC @ jlboyer@unomaha.edu, 402-554-6306

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This page provides an overview of our K-12 programming. You can also reach out directly to Jody Boyer, Director of Education at SBMLC @ jlboyer@unomaha.edu, 402-554-6306

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Check here in early August for updated information for the 2024-2025 school year! We are so excited to welcome you to our new exhibitions!

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1. UNO

2. Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center

3. Education and Outreach

4. K-12 Tours

Middle and High School field trips to Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center are offered free of charge. Our field trips are an opportunity for students in various curriculums to study art, history, the Holocaust and related human rights topics.

Field trips include:

A 15-minute tour of the current Museum exhibition on display (Becoming A Witness: From Abstr action to Figuration)

Instruction and participation in a slow-looking activity to better observe and discuss works of art in the current exhibition.

Educators will then choose 1-2 additional activities structured around their classroom learning objectives.

Field trips generally last 2 hours and can accommodate up to 70 students. Funding is available as reimbursement for both busing/transportation as well as substitute costs. Field trips are offered primarily on Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays but we can offer flexible dates if needed. For Museum staff to provide you with the best Museum experience possible, we kindly ask that your field trip request be completed at least two weeks prior to an anticipated field trip date. Booking further in advance is highly recommended.

Additional, add-on opportunities are available such as touring the UNO Service-Learning Academy's Undesign the Redline exhibition, Weber Fine Art's Gallery or a University of Nebraska at Omaha campus tour.

Questions? Please contact Jody Boyer, Director of Education, jlboyer@unomaha.edu or 402-554-6306

We are booking field trips through June 30th, 2025 for K-12 schools, after school programs and community nonprofits that work with youth.

Book a Field Trip

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Middle and High School field trips to Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center are offered free of charge. Our field trips are an opportunity for students in various curriculums to study art, history, the Holocaust and related human rights topics.

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BLIXT ARTS LAB Education Programs

Schools and CLCs

Schools and CLCs

Schools and CLCs

BLIXT ARTS LAB works alongside Nebraska Public Schools and Community Learning Centers to co-create arts classes, workshops, and camps, which thanks to grants and sponsorships, are offered at no cost to students and their families. Each BLIXT ARTS LAB learning activity culminates in a public sharing of students' original works.

Internships

Schools and CLCs

Schools and CLCs

BLIXT ARTS LAB is proud to partner with Nebraska Wesleyan University to mentor students interested in becoming Teaching Artists. Based on their own strengths and interests, NWU Students spend their semester learning from our Teaching Artist team and then putting their own skills to use in classrooms!

Adult Creativity

Schools and CLCs

Adult Creativity

BLIXT ARTS LAB frequently works alongside communities and organizations seeking creative enrichment and fulfillment co-created with adult learners. This includes activities intertwined with our performances as well as strength-based experiences built to cultivate a deeper sense of joy, understanding, connection, and belonging.

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Schools and CLCs Schools and CLCs Schools and CLCs BLIXT ARTS LAB works alongside Nebraska Public Schools and Community Learning Centers to co-create arts classes, workshops, and camps, which thanks to grants and sponsorships, are offered at no cost to students and their families.

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The Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies promotes and supports scholarship in Jewish studies at Nebraska. Founded in 1991 with an emphasis on educating the people of the Great Plains region about Jewish civilization and the nature and history of anti-Semitism, today the Harris Center serves as a hub of academic activity and public programming. The center administers an interdisciplinary minor in Jewish studies, support for undergraduate and graduate research, and a scholarly community for faculty working on topics related to Jewish studies, broadly conceived. We also offer a wide range of public lectures and conferences.
Image above: Sukkot designed by students in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture. Courtesy of Professor Nathan Krug.

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Harris Center for Judaic Studies | Nebraska

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The Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies promotes and supports scholarship in Jewish studies at Nebraska. Founded in 1991 with an emphasis on educating the people of the Great Plains region about Jewish civilization and the nature and history of anti-Semitism, today the Harris Center serves as a hub of academic activity and public programming.

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There are no additional events scheduled at this time.

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Home - Institute for Holocaust Education

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The IHE provides educational resources, workshops, survivor testimony, and integrated arts programming to students, educators, and the public.

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Nebraska DECA students and advisors met for their 67th annual State Career Development Conference in Lincoln March 14-15, 2024, at the Marriott Cornhusker Hotel. More than 600 high school students and advisers from 35 chapters attended the conference to compete...

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Nebraska DECA students and advisors met for their 67th annual State Career Development Conference in Lincoln March 14-15, 2024, at the Marriott Cornhusker Hotel. More than 600 high school students and advisers from 35 chapters attended the conference to compete...

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When Pam Martinez enrolled at College of Saint Mary, she was unsure what she wanted to study. "In high school, a lot of things piqued my interest, so I didn't know what direction I wanted to go," she... Learn More "

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College of Saint Mary is the region's only Catholic university for women. We have several innovative programs including a residence hall for single mothers, Marie Curie Scholarships for women majoring in biology, chemistry, mathematics or medical technology, and a unique doctoral program for educators in the health professions.

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This document contains the schedule and all the details of the day, June 3rd, 2024.

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Holocaust Education Teacher Inservice Program

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Engaging Educators: Holocaust Education Presentation 

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Engaging Educators: Holocaust Education Presentation 

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 Engaging Educators: Holocaust Education Inservice

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Approved - Abstract Spring 25 for Schools 05.24

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Visual Thinking Routines - Harvard Project Zero

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Visual Thinking Routines - Harvard Project Zero

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We utilize Visual Thinking Routines as part of our station learning experiences at SBMLC. This is a fantastic resource to explore for instructional strategies in your classrooms!

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Visual Thinking Routines - Harvard Project Zero

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This is an excellent condense overview of using Slow Looking as an instructional strategy.

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This is a link to the book published by Shari Tishman

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Resource Summary

Slow Looking provides a robust argument for the importance of slow looking in learning environments both general and specialized, formal and informal, and its connection to major concepts in teaching, learning, and knowledge. A museum-originated practice increasingly seen as holding wide educational benefits, slow looking contends that patient, immersive attention to content can produce active cognitive opportunities for meaning-making and critical thinking that may not be possible though high-speed means of information delivery. Addressing the multi-disciplinary applications of this purposeful behavioral practice, this book draws examples from the visual arts, literature, science, and everyday life, using original, real-world scenarios to illustrate the complexities and rewards of slow looking. ISBN-13: 978-1138240407

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Slow Looking: The Art and Practice of Learning Through Observation

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Slow Looking provides a robust argument for the importance of slow looking in learning environments both general and specialized, formal and informal, and its connection to major concepts in teaching, learning, and knowledge.

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Thank you to our collaborators and supporters!

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Thank you to our collaborators and supporters!