Short Takes: Performance Artist Visits Nebraska to Retype Cather Novels

Marjie Ducey, Omaha World Herald, April 10, 2022

Partnering with the Cristin Tierney Gallery in New York, the National Willa Cather Center is pleased to announce a series of performance art pieces by Los Angeles-based artist Tim Youd.

 

During April and May, Youd is retyping three of Willa Cather's novels in their entirety on location in Nebraska: "O Pioneers!", "The Song of the Lark" and "My Ántonia." These will be the 72nd, 73rd and 74th performances from the artist's 100 Novels Project.

 

Youd will be in residence in Red Cloud from April 10 to 28, where he will retype the "The Song of the Lark."