Passport partners event set for Thursday

"Sheila Hicks: Material Voices" is on display at the Joslyn Art Museum.

Celebrate the partnership of UNMC and Nebraska Medicine with the Joslyn Art Museum during the Passport Partners’ family event.

This Thursday, visit the museum, view the permanent collection, explore “Art Works: A Place for Curiosity,” or tour the current special exhibition “Sheila Hicks: Material Voices” for free.

At 5 p.m., enjoy light refreshments and a cash bar in the Omaha Steaks Conference Room. Then at 5:30 p.m., take a guided tour highlighting certain works in the permanent collection. Stick around for the 6:30 p.m. gallery talk, “Sheila Hicks: Material Voices” presented by Karin Campbell, the Phil Willson Curator of Contemporary Art.

An employee or student identification badge must be presented for admittance.

This event is offered through the Passport Partners Program, which provides free museum admission for UNMC and Nebraska Medicine employees, students and their immediate families, with valid identification. The partnership also offers lectures, workshops and other events on the medical center campus.