01 Dec 2014
Lied Center to host rare Yo-Yo Ma Lecture Dec. 5
Lincoln, Neb.--On Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m., the Lied Center for Performing Arts will present world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a very rare lecture as part of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues. Tickets for the lecture are $34 and available now at liedcenter.org, at the Box Office at 12th and R Streets, or 402.472.4747. UNL students can obtain free tickets to the lecture at marketplace.unl.edu/liedcenter.
01 Dec 2014
UNL Fine Art Photo Club Sale is Dec. 5-6
Lincoln, Neb.--The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Fine Art Photo Club will be having their Annual Print sale Dec. 5-6 in Richards Hall Rm. 121 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. A variety of photographs will be available for sale, including traditionally printed darkroom photos and archival digital prints, at a range of price points.
18 Nov 2014
Art junior creates public arts project for Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb.--Rikki Neumann, a junior art major from Lincoln, Nebraska, has created a mural for Osni Ponca, L.L.C., the economic development company owned by the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, as a public arts project and class project for her Self as Subject art class.The class is about self discovery through art, and each student gets to express something about themselves in a way they have never done before using whatever is their medium or emphasis.
Neumann’s mural, located at 28th and O sts. in Lincoln, is 7 ½ by 50 feet.
12 Nov 2014
'Making History' exhibition opens Dec. 1
Lincoln, Neb.--Assistant Professor of Art Margaret Bohls’ special topics class “Making History” is giving ceramics students the chance to study the vast history of ceramics by recreating historical objects that will be displayed in an exhibition at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in December.“Making History,” showcasing the work of the Making History ceramics class, will be on display from Dec. 1-5 in the gallery. A closing reception will be held on Friday, Dec. 5 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.
01 Nov 2014
UNL Winter Clay Club Sale is Dec. 12-13
Lincoln, Neb.—The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Clay Club will hold its annual Winter Clay Club Sale on Dec. 12-13 in Richards Hall Rm. 118. Hours for the sale are Friday, Dec. 12 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 13 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Featured in the sale will be the work from all eight ceramics graduate students in the Department of Art and Art History, as well as work from post baccalaureate students and advanced undergraduate students.
01 Nov 2014
Capstone Exhibition runs Dec. 12-19
Lincoln, Neb.--The Capstone Exhibition opens Friday, Dec. 12 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The exhibition runs through Dec. 19.A closing reception will be held on Friday, Dec. 19 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.
Gallery hours for the exhibition will be Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. There will be extended hours on Friday, Dec. 12 from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 13 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in conjunction with the Winter Clay Club Sale, held in Richards Hall Rm. 118 that weekend.
31 Oct 2014
UNL MFA students featured in new Lincoln gallery
Lincoln, Neb.-- The inaugural exhibiton for Lincoln's new Prescott Gallery is "Material Presence: Selections from the UNL MFA Program" and features a selection of artwork by University of Nebraska–Lincoln Master of Fine Arts graduate students. The exhibition showcases a variety of material investigations from the hand-worked to the digital by artists chosen as representative of the areas of concentration in the UNL MFA program. Each work in the show draws attention to materiality through form, subject, process, and – quite literally – the material used.
31 Oct 2014
'Nebraska's Best' Exhibition opens Nov. 7
“Nebraska’s Best: High School Artists from Lincoln and Omaha” opens Nov. 7 and continues through Nov. 18 at the Department of Art and Art History’s Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s city campus.
A First Friday Reception will be held on Friday, Nov. 7 from 6-8 p.m. with the awards of merit being announced at 7 p.m.
Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public
27 Oct 2014
Visiting Artist Dean Dass to lecture Nov. 5
Lincoln, Neb.—Visiting Artist Dean Dass, professor of printmaking from the University of Virginia’s McIntire Department of Art, will present a free public lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. A reception and demonstration will follow the lecture in Woods Art Building Rm. 303, hosted by the Under Pressure Print Club.
Dass will be visiting the UNL Department of Art and Art History Nov. 3-7.
27 Oct 2014
Visiting Artist Betsy Schneider to lecture Oct. 30
Lincoln, Neb.--Betsy Schneider, a photo-based artist and educator, will present a free public lecture on Thursday, Oct. 30 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 14. The lecture is free and open to the public.Schneider's artistic concerns range from trying to understand time, decay and the body, to exploring childhood, culture, and relationships and looking very closely at strange visceral things such as candy, placentas and the mouth. She uses a variety of photographic tools including APS, digital, medium format and view cameras and digital and computer generated video.