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Hillary Nather-Detisch, Executive Director of the Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center, smiles while posing for a professional portrait.

Hillary Nather-Detisch leads the Samuel Bak Museum with a focus on education, empathy, and community impact.

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By Gabriel Escalera

The Power of the Arts: Hillary Nather-Detisch

June 9th, 2025

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In a new recurring segment on KVNO’s Arts Today, Dr. Michael Hilt, Dean of the College of Communication, Fine Arts, and Media at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, sits down with key leaders from Omaha’s arts and cultural organizations to explore the vision, challenges, and impact of their work.

In his latest interview, Hilt speaks with Nather-Detisch about the museum’s unique dual role as both an artistic and educational hub. Their conversation explores how the Samuel Bak Museum weaves Holocaust education, social justice, and contemporary art into a space that fosters critical thinking and empathy, especially among students and young audiences.

With a career shaped by deep civic involvement and a commitment to access, Nather-Detisch shares insights on what it means to lead a museum centered around one artist’s powerful legacy while cultivating partnerships across the community.

As Hilt continues to highlight Omaha’s cultural leadership through Arts Today, listeners gain a front-row seat to the conversations shaping the city’s creative landscape — and the people working every day to make the arts more relevant and accessible to all.

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