September First Friday Art Walk

Posted by: Lincoln Arts Council

International Quilt Study Center
Friday, September 3rd  5:00 - 7 PM
Location: 1523 N 33 

International Quilt Study Center & Museum presents: “Childhood Treasures: Doll Quilts from the Ghormley Collection.”.  "South Asian Seams: Quilts from India, Pakistan, & Bangladesh" and “The Quilted Conscience: Dreams and Memories”  will also be on display.

 

Sheldon Museum of Art
Friday, September 3rd  5:00 - 7 PM
Location: 12th and R St.

First Friday Reception is in Sheldon's Great Hall.

Better Half, Better Twelfth: Women Artists in the Collection

Thru April 1, 2011

This exhibition showcases American women artists from the Sheldon Museum of Art's Permanent Collection. The intent of the exhibition is to better acquaint Sheldon visitors with these artists and to recognize their accomplishments.

Voyage to Italia: Americans in Italy in the 19th Century

Thru September 5, 2010

Voyage to Italia: Americans in Italy in the 19th Century explores the journeys taken by American travelers in through artworks inspired by Italy’s tradition of art and beautiful landscapes.

 Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958-1968

Thru September 24, 2010

Organized by the University of Arts in Philadelphia, this is the first exhibition of female Pop artists.

 Jeffrey Randall: Outsider

Thru October 17, 2010

Work from Lincoln Artist Jeffrey Randall.

 Parallel Starts: Outsider Art Inside Collections

Thru October 17, 2010

Parallel Starts: Outsider Art Inside Collections looks at the challenge of defining outsider art and how the inclusion of outsider art in museum collections blurs the boundaries between the two worlds. The exhibition is drawn mainly from the Sheldon Museum of Art’s permanent collection and a selection of works by Jeffrey Randall, a Lincoln, Nebraska artist.

 

LUX Center for the Arts
Friday, September 3rd  5:00 - 8 PM
Location: 2601 N 48th St

 LUX Center for the Arts presents “Unsettled” by acclaimed textiles artist, Xia Gao, September 3 – October 30.  The opening reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, September 3rd.  Gao uses fabric, screen-printing, and light to tell her story of relocation and adaptation to Nebraska from her native country, China.  This exhibition is in collaboration with the Textile Society of America conference.

LUX Center for the Arts also presents “A Mortal’s Dream” by LUX Artist-in-Residence Natasha Overholtzer, September 3 - 25. The opening reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, September 3. Overholtzer draws inspiration for her work from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”  She creates playful interpretations by installing small groups of her elegant jewelry in shadowboxes that represent each of the fairies in the play: “Peaseblossom,” “Cobweb,” and “Mustardseed.” Overholtzer will be on hand at the opening to answer questions. 

 

Salt Creek Potters Workshop
Friday, September 3rd  5:00 - 9 PM
Location: 2722 N 48th Street 

Salt Creek Potters Work Shop presents new ceramic work by the Workshop Artists: Larry Brown, Chad Davis, Peg Pelter, andLarry Pelter. 

 

9 Muses Studio
Friday, September 3rd   6:00 - 9 PM
Location: 2713 North 48th Street,

 9 Muses Studio presents the work of photographer, Jack Hubbell; found object artist, Lori Hubbell; and bronze sculptor, Pete Wroblewski and Lori Hubbell will perform an “Asian Fan Dance” throughout the evening. This type of dance evokes the magnificence of Japanese costuming and the mysterious and alluring movement of the fan as a prop.

 

Grand Manse
Friday, September 3rd  6:00 - 9 PM
Location: 129 N. 10th St.

Grand Manse Gallery will feature the work of Lincoln artist Ann Williams, September 3-28.  The show is titled "Artifex Ratio". A collection of two dimensional artwork created by Ann Williams which mimics the appearance of stained glass through its myriad of colored segments and intuitive, bold black lines. Sound and movement are revealed in the strokes that flow throughout each piece creating unique abstractions of a variety of subject matter. Just as sections of stained glass windows are hidden with inadequate light, images within this body of work are not initially seen unless the viewer takes sufficient time to look and study them. Experience the end result of Ann’s spontaneous yet multifaceted method through this solo exhibition.

 

The Lichen
Friday, September 3rd  6:00 - 9 PM
Location: 2810 N 48th Street

The lichen continues the showing of “Packets & Attachments”, a series of photographs made by an artist working anonymously under the pseudonym Z. Xonk. All communications between Xonk and the lichen were made digitally, leaving Xonk completely unknown. This body of work explores digital, social interactions involving anonymity, sexuality and gender.

At 9:00 p.m., the lichen will be holding an encore screening of “Within the Realm of the People: love, dreams, & the reanimation of a severed dog's head.”  This film is a compilation of beautiful, bizarre, and bygone public domain footage.  A live soundtrack will be performed by The Ghost Kids.

 

Noyes Art Gallery
Friday, September 3rd  6:30 - 9:00 PM
Location: 119 South 9th St.

Annette Svoboda: Clay Paintings

 Judy Zlomke Miner: Foil Paintings

 Suxan Anderson: Metal Collages and Paintings

Stella Montgomery:  Paintings

Nicki Nix : Jewelry

Beth Jasnoch: Metal Art

 

Against the Wall Gallery
Friday, September 3rd  7:00- 9 PM
Location: 6220 Havelock Avenue

Against the Wall Gallery presents “A Day at the Lake: A New Book of Photography by Wayne Hathaway.”  This exhibition of wildlife and landscape photography by Sterling, Nebraska photographer Wayne Hathaway documents the unique natural environment at Lincoln’s Holmes Lake. Hathaway’s new book and framed photographs will be available for purchase.

 

Burkholder Project
Friday, September 3rd  7:00 - 9 PM
Location: Burkholder Project 719 P Street

MAIN GALLERY:  “Serendipity” - Mixed Media Paintings by Patsy Smith and Batik by Sammy Lynn

OUTBACK GALLERY:  Watercolor paintings by Howard Kaye

SKYLIGHT GALLERY:  “Reflections” - Stained Glass by Julee Lowe and Mixed Media Paintings by Leoda Davis 

SHOW TIMES:  September 1^st – September 29^th 

 

Gallery 9
Friday, September 3rd  7:00 - 9 PM
Location: 124 S.9th Street 

Primordial Oz

New Work by: Carol DeVall, Gail Folda & Roy Stoner

Gallery 9 will feature the work of three of its most unique and original artists.  Mixed Media artist and sculptor Carol DeVall, Jeweler and Mixed Media artist Gail Folda, and Sculptor Roy Stoner! Drawing their inspiration from places in the mind that most of us never wander into, this trio of talented and daring artists brings their creations together for their first joint exhibit. Equally unique and daring will be the evening's musical entertainment: "Das Hoboerotica." The show will run from September 1 through September 26.

 

Mo Java Café
Friday, September 3rd  7:00 - 9 PM
Location: 2649 N 48th Street 

Mo Java Café presents the artwork of a local artist. Live music will be performed by a local musician.

 

Project Room

Friday, September 3rd 7:00 - 10 PM
Location: 124 S.9th Street 

Room by Gillian S. Wilson and Damien Crisp

Brooklyn artists Damien Crisp & Gillian S. Wilson, recently married, bring destruction and a spell to ProjectRoom.

Wilson's spells are the far edge of form.

Crisp's destruction is the far end of language. 

 

Tugboat Gallery
Friday, September 3rd  7:00 - 10 PM
Location: 116 N 14^th Street  

Tugboat Gallery proudly presents "Enter the Group Show" featuring Trudie Teijink, Tony Demma, Justin Shaw, Matt Carlson, Jenni Brant, Michele Tilley and Byron Anway.