First Friday at the Great Plains Art Museum
Date and Time
- Friday, Mar 6, 2026 5pm - 7pm
Location
Great Plains Art Museum
1155 Q St.
Category
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Join us for the opening of “With a Little Help from Our Friends: New Perspectives on the Collection,” a special exhibition that celebrates our dynamic community of Great Plains Fellows. For this exhibition, 20 Fellows were invited to select an artwork from the Great Plains Art Museum’s permanent collection and respond to it in any way they chose. Organized in conjunction with the Center’s 50th anniversary, this co-curated exhibition provides fresh and diverse perspectives on the collection and highlights the important interdisciplinary focus of the Center.The Great Plains Art Museum is open late on First Friday, March 6, 5-7 p.m. with four exhibitions and light refreshments. Remarks at 5:30 p.m.
On View:
“Collection Connections: Art in Conversation”
January 20-July 25, 2026
In 2026, the Center for Great Plains Studies and its Great Plains Art Museum celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Center and the 45th anniversary of the museum’s opening. To commemorate these milestones, this exhibition highlights artworks from the collection that span the museum’s history, from the founding donation to recent acquisitions. Rather than presenting these selections in a chronological arrangement, artworks are paired or grouped to focus on formal and thematic connections and emphasize the diverse perspectives that tell the multifaceted stories of the Great Plains.
“‘All the Beauty You Can See’: Dwight Kirsch in Nature”
January 20-July 25, 2026
A native Nebraskan and prolific artist, Dwight Kirsch (1899-1981) was an important figure in the Lincoln arts community in the early-to-mid twentieth century, serving as chair of the University of Nebraska Art Department and playing an integral role in the Nebraska Art Association. The Great Plains Art Museum’s extensive collection of Kirsch’s work spans his time teaching in Nebraska through his last years at the Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home. This exhibition presents a small sampling of those holdings, each selected to demonstrate Kirsch’s deep and lifelong fascination with conveying the nuances and beauty of the natural world through art.
"Indigenous Ceramics from the Collection"
January 20–July 25, 2026
This permanent collection spotlight exhibition in the museum’s Mezzanine Gallery features diverse ceramic works by Indigenous artists of the Great Plains and nearby Southwest region.
