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September 2024

We have compiled a list of First Friday participants to allow you to experience the art of downtown! Please remember to follow each individual gallery's in-person policies & be sure to use #LNKFF when you post pictures to share your night!


1867 Bar

101 N 14TH ST. | 7 PM

More details to come.


Burkholder Art Studio & Galleries

719 P ST. | 5 PM - 8 PM

Shows run September 6th - 28th

Join us for four unique shows featuring Tim Timken in the Main Gallery. Janette Amberg will be in the Outback Gallery. Patrick Gauthier in the Skylight Gallery, and guest artist Alexia Jacobmeier in our Special Exhibit Space.


Clements Noyes Art Gallery

119 S. 9TH ST. | 5 PM - 8:30 PM  

September Focus Gallery will feature art from Curtis Adams, Duane Adams, Van Williams, Julia Noyes, Cherie Miner, Therese Bauer, and Rodger Gerberding.


Constellation Studios

2055 O ST. | 6 PM - 8 PM

More details to come.


Crescent Moon Coffee

140 N. 8TH ST. | 7 PM - 9 PM

Photographer Patrick Hargon and Live Music w/ Daniel Christian

An incredibly diverse artist, Patrick Hargon has a unique gift for embracing melody & melancholy.

Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter Daniel Christian blends a pop/rock sensibility with country/folk roots.  He weaves hooky, stick-in-your-head melodies backed by big harmonies with thought-provoking lyrical content. The result is a style of art and entertainment which, according to fans, “sounds like cinnamon rolls taste!”


Dish Restaurant 

1100 E O ST. | 5 PM - 9 PM

More details to come.


Eisentrager-Howard Gallery

STADIUM DR. & T ST. | 5 PM - 7 PM

Please join us for a panel discussion at 4 PM in RH112 and then the opening reception for Liu Shiming: Life, Death and In-between from 5 to 7 PM.


Francie & Finch Bookshop

130 S 13TH ST | 4 PM - 7 PM

More details to come.


Gallery 9

124 S. 9TH ST. | 5 PM - 9 PM

On display September 4th - 29th

Join us in Friday for JUMPING OFF, with new paintings by Vonni Sparks and clay sculptures by Ginny Freitag. 


Gilded Gecko

1300 P Street | 5 PM - 9 PM

Gilded Gecko is popping up First Friday at Tower Square Artists Market.


Great Plains Art Museum

1155 Q ST. | 5 PM - 7 PM

The event will feature light refreshments and several exhibitions. Admission is always free.

Exhibitions on view include:

“Contemporary Indigeneity” | First floor, Main Gallery

Contemporary Indigeneity 2024 features over 25 Native American artists from across the Great Plains. Join us for an opening reception on First Friday, Sept. 6 from 5-6 p.m., followed by a talk at 6 p.m. where the jurors who chose the artwork will speak about the exhibition and Indigenous artwork with GPAM Director/Curator Ashley Wilkinson.

“Confronting the Legendary West” | Lower-level Gallery

This exhibition continues the themes of the Center for Great Plains Studies’ 49th annual conference, Confronting the Legendary Great Plains, by focusing on the complex mythology of the American West. Confronting the Legendary West includes works from the Great Plains Art Museum’s extensive collection of western art and considers the perspectives that have—and have not—been included in the art that tells the stories of this region.

“Ix’? broge waxonyit? ke/ki (Every Life is Sacred)” | Mezzanine Gallery

Visit our Mezzanine Gallery to see recent textile work by Mih? Xege, Faded Woman (Tamara Faw Faw), a Jiwere-Nut’achi (Otoe-Missouria) artist. These pieces bring attention to issues affecting Indigenous people in both the US and Canada.


Kiechel Fine Art

1208 O ST. | 5 PM - 8 PM

Enjoy September First Friday at Kiechel Fine Art from 5-8pm. View our newest exhibition "Historical Rubbish" by Melissa Furness. Browse our two other gallery floors and enjoy a cash bar


Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel

333 S. 13th St. | 6 PM - 9 PM

More details to come.


Maly Marketing

800 Q ST. | 5 PM - 7 PM

More details to come.


Mana Games

701 P St SUITE 102 | 5 PM - 8 PM

More details to come.


Metro Gallery

1414 O ST. | 3 PM - 10 PM

New Exhibits Free Art First Friday. Opening at 3 PM.

Tom Rickers: Seven Birds & Eight Constructions

Rick Petty


Nebraska History Museum

131 CENTENNIAL MALL N | 5 PM - 7 PM

More details to come.


Occidental/Kate Martin

735 O ST. | 3 PM - 2 AM

More details to come.


Sheldon Museum of Art

12TH & R | 4 PM - 7 PM

Start your weekend off with First Friday at Sheldon. Explore the new exhibitions and socialize with friends.

In conjunction with the exhibition "Voting is People Power," members of the nonpartisan university committee Husker Vote Coalition will be at the museum to help visitors register to vote and learn more about the 2024 elections.


Ten Thousand Villages

140 N 8TH ST | 6 PM - 8 PM

More details to come. 


Tugboat Gallery

116 N 14TH ST. | 7 PM - 10 PM

See "Hide and Seek" featuring Luci Packard and Marty Epp-Carter with DJ ol' moanin'


WallSpace-LNK

1624 S 17TH ST. | 5 PM - 9 PM

Craig Roper's "The Good The Bad The Ugly," 20 years of unconventional explorations in September

Roper’s exhibition will debut four large paintings from 2002-04 that have never been exhibited. He notes, “there will be lots of good work, some bad, and plenty of ugly. We’ll leave it up to you to decide which is which.” The debut works were inspired by tiny drawings Roper’s then-13-year-old son Miles created. 

The exhibition runs Fridays-Sundays through September 29. Roper promises, “As is typical of my exhibition history, you can expect the unexpected. I’ll be changing things up throughout the show as well. If you are easily triggered you may want to skip this one.”

A long-time supporter of WallSpace-LNK, Roper hopes sales will help the non-profit gallery. “I can price things very low with the hope of finding homes for my work and kicking something back to the gallery. Lincoln is very fortunate to have a new art exhibition showcase like WallSpace-LNK that gives voice to the many talented artists in our region. Please swing by, bring friends, and spread the word.”

Have an art show in downtown Lincoln you'd like added to our monthly list?  Email Maia at maia@downtownlincoln.org