Downtown Lincoln has a lot to offer in terms of the arts. This post includes galleries, coffee shops, book stores, and a museum – all with First Friday events going on this week or in the month of April. There is Always Something To Do In This Town!
The 815, 815 O Street, 6-9 pm
The 815 Gallery will not be showing art at 815 O St. much longer, Open Studio’s Artists on the Edge have at least this one more opportunity to share their work with the public at 815 O St. during April’s First Friday.
LPS Arts and Humanities Focus Program, 643 S. 25 Street
LPS will not be hosting an event in April.
Burkholder Project, 719 P Street, 7-9pm
MAIN GALLERY: ‘Capitol Views-2’ – Photographs by John Nollendorfs
OUTBACK GALLERY: Mixed Media Assemblage Masks – by Mary Kolar;
And ‘Signs of Spring’ – Photographs by Alyssa Williams
SKYLIGHT GALLERY: ‘Art Exposition’ – Artistically Turned Wood by Doyle Howitt
And Oil Paintings by Julie Thorsen
SPECIAL EXHIBIT: ‘A Good Time To Be Alive’ – Paintings by Jay Gerber and Stephanie
Hansen
Regular Hours: Tuesday through Friday from 10 AM – 4 PM and Saturday from 9 AM – 3 PM.
Crescent Moon Coffee, 140 N. 8th St, 6:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Crescent Moon presents a First Friday Artwalk with featured artist Jessica Lynn. Music 8-10pm with Swingmatism.
Crescent Moon Coffee is located in the lower level of the Apothecary building. Crescent Moon Coffee has been at home in the Haymarket District since 2001. There are performances six nights a week and a monthly featured artist for First Friday Art Walks.
Regular Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 11pm, Saturday 7:00am – 11:00pm, Sunday 9:00am – 1:00pm
Drift Station Gallery, 1746 N Street, 7:00 – 11:00 p.m.
During April, Drift Station will become a temporary bookstore and reading library where the public can browse and purchase artworks. Bookstore is the result of an international open call for artist books, zines, comics, and other unusual publications.
Totaling over 1,000 printed works, Bookstore includes publications ranging from handcrafted works to photocopied pamphlets to print-on-demand books from all across the world. This exhibition represents the uniqueness and idiosyncrasy that can exist in print, perhaps the most egalitarian and inclusive art forms.
All works will be for sale for under $30 or are free. Sales from Bookstore will go directly to the artist with a portion of the proceeds going towards future programming at Drift Station.
Gallery 9, 124 N. 9th St, Suite 4, 6:30- 9:30 p.m.
Gallery 9 presents “Turning Around” which features new work by stained glass artist Deb Costello and turned wood artist Mark Entzminger. Costello’s love of dance and the spinning motion of Entzminger’s wood lathe, combine in this unique show dedicated to movement and grace.
Regular Hours: Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sundays from Noon to 5:00 pm.
The Grand Manse Gallery, 129 N 10th St
Jamie Oehlrich will be featured at The Grand Manse Gallery this month. A lifelong artist, Oehlrich’s primary focus is charcoal drawings, though in recent years, Oehlrich has also begun to add color to her work. “Color has changed my drawings immensely and has given a different emotional effect to each piece based on the color palette,” she said. The pieces she plans to show on First Friday will be composed with charcoal and soft pastels. A graphic design student at Doane College, Oehlrich plans to graduate this May.
Art displayed on First Fridays at the Grand Manse remains on the walls and available to be viewed by personal request until the following First Friday. The Grand Manse is located at 129 N 10th St. To view the display, enter the central doors on the eastern side of the building off 10th St., or the northeastern doors on the north side of the building off P St.
Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q Street
Great Plains Art Museum presents Marking the Prairie Sublime, Paintings and prints by Jonathan Goodding.
Regular Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed Mondays, holiday weekends and between exhibitions.
Indigo Bridge Books, 701 P Street, Suite 102, 6-10 p.m.
Thanks to a partnership with Indigo Bridge Books, selected art from the Artists on the Edge will also be on display throughout the bookstore. Printmaker Neil Orians will be featured in The Woodroom at Indigo Bridge.
** NEW LOCATION **
Live Yes Studio & Gallery, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Live Yes Studio & Gallery presents Quinlynn Hulse in her first solo show on Friday, April 6 from 7-9. Ms. Hulse has a unique style, method and perspective which she has used to create one of a kind pastel pieces.
Michael Forsberg Gallery, 100 N 8th Street, 12 noon to 8:00 p.m.
The Michael Forsberg Gallery has a variety of Michael’s work for display and sale. Michael is an award winning conservation photographer. Forsberg’s images are a dramatic witness to the awesome spirit of the wide open. The subjects of his photos include Plant Life, Wildlife, Birds, cranes and Landscapes.
Modern Arts Midwest
800 P Street, Suite 30, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Modern Arts Midwest presents New Work by artist Jacqueline Kluver.
Regular Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and by appointment
Noyes Art Gallery, 119 S. 9th St, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Carrie Strope Sohayda (fused glass), Karen Schamp (Watercolor, Acrylic), Barb Patronsky (Watercolor, Acrylic), Jan Beal (mobiles), Myrna Baade (Oil, Acrylic), Doug Hawco (Steel, Wood, Sculpture), Emma Garber (Watercolor, Oil, Acrylic, Pastel), and Zach Cole (paintings) will be hosting an opening reception in the Focus Gallery of Noyes Gallery on April 6th from 6-9pm. The show, “Affairs of the ‘Art” will run through April. Featured Artists: Deb Determan – Hand-made Paper; Lori French – Stained Glass; Kye Halsted – Mosaics
“After Hours First Friday”
From 9-10:30 p.m. we are leaving the gallery open for an extra hour and a half on First Friday! Desiree Younger and Gary Kydum will be running this event after the usual Gallery hours. There will be live music.
Regular Hours: Monday – Friday 10:00am – 5:00pm, Saturday 10:00am – 5:00pm
Parallax Space, 7:00 – 11:00 p.m.
1746 “N” Street (at 18th Street)
Parallax Space will not be hosting an event in April.
The Public/Black Market 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
1033 O Street
The Public/The Black Market will be featuring fashion from such designers as Jaclyn Giest, Andra Bose, Liz Chu and Sylvia Cox. We are also going to be displaying some photos of these designs taken by Shannon Claire. But, that’s not all. We will feature some live entertainment from the bands Ocean and Jimmy & the Girls. Not to mention something delicious to eat and drinks from Nebraska Brewery.
Everyone at the Black Market and The Public is really excited because this Art Show will serve as a preview for what’s to come at the Earth Day Fashion Show on April 22.
Regular hours at The Public are: Mon-Sat 11am-8pm; Sun 12pm-6pm.
Screen Ink – 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. 
416 S. 11th Street
Screen Ink presents a great sculpture exhibit of pieces welded from old bike parts by Lincoln’s own Michael Walter. Very cool stuff, and we’re all pretty excited about it here as avid bike riders and commuters.
Sheldon Museum of Art, 12th & R Streets, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Join us in celebrating the opening of The Studio Glass Movement: Selections from the Esterling-Wake Collection. Celebrate with us the launch of artland—a new magazine all about the arts in Nebraska!
Regular Hours: Tuesday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Ten Thousand Villages, 140 North 8th Street, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Ten Thousand Villages has a drum circle in the store every First Friday. Bring your own drum, or use ours, but most importantly, have some fun! Drumming will take place between 8-9pm.
Ten Thousand Villages is a non-profit Fair Trade store which works with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. This income helps pay for food, education, health care and housing.
Regular Hours: Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., Closed Sunday
Workspace Gallery, 440 N 8th Street
WORKSPACE GALLERY is pleased to present “Residential Facades,” an exhibition of photographs by Travis Shaffer.
“Residential Façades,” Shaffer states, “is a photographic project focused on the documentation of suburbia: overgrown and under-planned. The unadorned ‘façades’ act as a veil of wealth and stability, hinting at the American dream. A dream it seems we can no longer afford. These replicated structures boast an overwhelming sense of the generic; an indexical sign of the death of the local. All of this results in the eventual decline of spatially-derived identity and the emergence of a generic suburban, or dare I say American, vernacular. The title itself confronts us with a convenient double entendre, one simultaneously describing the physical face of these homes (and in turn our neighborhoods and projected identities), and the illusion behind which lingers the fragility of a nation.”
This body of images, a typology of street facing facades in suburban developments, makes a deliberate reference to Industrial Façades, a series of works by photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher. Less specifically “Residential Façades” calls on our memory of the many images associated with the New Topographics exhibition curated by William Jenkins in 1975.
Travis Shaffer is a visual artist whose work spans the mediums of photography, digital imaging and the artist’s book. Shaffer’s work engages spatial and institutional communities through a discourse with contemporary visual culture. His work combines visual and textual information gathered from both physical and virtual sources. Thematically Shaffer’s work addresses questions regarding the nature of commercial and cultural branding; notions of access and diversity; land-use, the built environment, and auto-centricity; the nature of spatially dictated identity; and the formation of isolated communal brands.
