Location
Art Farm is located in south central Nebraska approximately 140 miles west of Omaha—80 miles west of Lincoln. The nearest shopping centers are Aurora (12 miles south), Central City (12 miles north), and Grand Island (population 40,000) is 20 miles west. It is a working farm of diverse agriculture, from hybrid corn to prairie grass. Art Farm and the surrounding area are part of a drainage basin forming the headwaters of the Big Blue River. The landscape varies from flat, to gentle rolling, to shallow wetland basins mainly hidden by cornfields. Two miles northwest of Art Farm is the Platte River where the flat landscape changes into clay bluffs.

Weather
Average midsummer temperatures were in the high 90s. The summer of 2004 has been unusually cool, with temperatures mostly in the 70s and 80s. Autumn of 2001 was normal except for six tornados on a single day. August of 2003 provided a plague of insects. There can be possible weather extremes: Spring has high winds and tornadoes; summer provides heat, humidity, and insects; autumn is usually perfect with temperatures in the 60 to 70 range, but cool mornings, rainy days, and light snow. Rain is possible at any time. On the positive side, picture perfect sunsets, bright starry nights.

Spectacular sunrises are also memorable, but in this case, you must get up early to enjoy them.
An Art Farm barn in morning light.
Full moon rising just after sunset.
The sculpture pasture, Big Blue River, and distant storm.