June 2025
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!
101 N 14TH ST. | 6 PM
More details to come.
118 N 14TH ST. | 12 PM - 7:30 PM
12-7:30 – SALE
*Get discounts on NEW LGBTQ+ books!
*If you like, buy books for our Rainbow Shelf giveaway program.
5:30-7:30 – CELEBRATION
*Info & Swag from
Planned Parenthood
UNL Gender & Sexuality Center
OutNebraska
at the booths outside.
*Books & Rainbow Lollipops inside.
*Community Mirth all over the place! We love our kind, curious, thoughtful, welcoming community.
Burkholder Art Studio & Galleries
719 P ST. | 5 PM - 8 PM
Show runs June 6th-27th
Join us for our newest shows, including Roberta Barnes and Laron McGinn in the Main Gallery and Outback Gallery. Daniel T. Smith will be on display in the Skylight Gallery. We have guest artist Vanessa Lekule in the Special Exhibit Space.
119 S. 9TH ST. | 5 PM - 8:30 PM
Five gallery artists and four guest artists will show their latest work. Live music by Ryan Bates, and snacks by @therabbitholebakeryne
2055 O ST. | 6 PM - 8 PM
Constellation Studios is hosting FLOCK, an exhibition and activity initiated by artist-in-residence Rachel Simmons. https://www.rachelsimmons.net/ Rachel led us in a printmaking activity to print paper birds with iconic shapes, various sizes, colorations, and wild patterning….natural and beyond! This is the 10th Anniversary of FLOCK started in Nebraska. Rachel continues to grow her FLOCK through residencies around the world where she shares her passion and reflections on the natural world.
Also featured in the gallery are amazing bird prints by April Vollmer (NY), Molly Brown (MT), Nick Wroblewski (MN).
FLOCK is being held in collaboration with Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, Denton, Nebraska. Community partners in the studio included students from the LPS Arts & Humanities Program, and members, friends and families.
For further information contact:
karen@constellation-studios.net
402-438-0048
140 N. 8TH ST. | 7 PM - 9 PM
First Friday: Artists' MC & J. Petersen with DJ Hairbrain and Oracle Readings by Sacred Transitions Healing
1100 E O ST. | 5 PM - 9 PM
More details to come.
STADIUM DR. & T ST. | 5 PM - 7 PM
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The Eloise Kruger Gallery of Miniatures
RM 831 of Oldfather Hall on UNL City Campus | 3 PM - 6 PM
The Eloise Kruger Collection of Miniature Furnishings and Decorative Arts comprises about 20,000 pieces of 1:12 scale furniture and accessories of historically accurate American, English, French, and Asian designs make up this collection, and about 2,500 pieces are on display. The handmade miniatures were collected and commissioned by Eloise Kruger and made by renowned model artists.
130 S 13TH ST | 5:30 PM - 7 PM
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124 S. 9TH ST. | 5 PM - 8:30 PM
Join us in June for ART FROM ARTIFACTS, with photography by Merle Henkenius and oil paintings by Mitch Egeberg. On display June 4 - 29. Opening reception Friday June 6!
1300 P Street | 5 PM - 9 PM
A curated makers market with local artists, photographers, makers, crafters, stitchers, wood carvers, bakers, collectors, and acoustic sounds. 🛍✨️🦎
Event sponsored by: @gildedgecko and @downtownlincoln
Music sponsored by: @dietzemusic
1155 Q ST. | 5 PM - 7 PM
The Great Plains Art Museum is open late on First Friday, June 6, 5-7 p.m. with three exhibitions and light refreshments.
On View:
"Shaping the Southwest: Pottery from the Collection"
This exhibition features pottery from a recent donation to the Great Plains Art Museum’s permanent holdings by local collectors of Southwest art, Lehn and Mary Straub. This intimate exhibition in the museum’s Mezzanine Gallery highlights the impressive technical skill of these Indigenous artists and the continuation of the long tradition of Southwest pottery.
“Watershed: Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-in-Residence Amanda Maciuba”
Maciuba’s work is an exploration of the visible and invisible marks of human hands on the landscape. Her practice investigates human relationships with the environment over time, forefronting the impacts of human-driven climate change. She exposes and reconsiders the layered histories of specific locations: from the geologic forces that shaped the land, to impacts of Western colonialism, to the current practices of development, destruction, and restoration by the local communities she interacts with every day. Bodies of water often act as anchors for Maciuba’s creative investigation. “Watershed” is an exhibition of prints, artist’s books, and installations that consider how water shapes human life and how our actions impact river environments in return.
“The Journey: Documented Items/Undocumented Souls”
In collaboration with the Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Tactile Images, a subsidiary of 3DPhotoWorks LLC, “The Journey” presents a photographic essay chronicling the immigrant journey from Latin America to the United States through a deeply moving and impactful series of images by Getty Images Senior Special Correspondent John Moore. Moore captures the story through items that have been lost or discarded—and later documented—along the way. He also talks about his experiences and these photographs as part of the audio included in the tactile displays.
The Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St., is open to the public 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free.
1208 O ST. | 7 PM
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Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel
333 S. 13th St. | 6 PM - 9 PM
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701 P St SUITE 102 | 5 PM - 8 PM
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131 CENTENNIAL MALL N | 5 PM - 7 PM
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325 S 11th St. | 7 PM - 10 PM
Shawn Rogers' First Friday Art Show and 40th birthday party!
1410 O St. | 6 PM - 8 PM
Art Busking -- Watch talented local artists Javier Rivera and Natalie Thiel create extraordinary live art
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Saint Paul United Methodist Church
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140 N 8TH ST | 6 PM - 8 PM
Next up in our FREE First Friday craft series -- DIY friendship bracelets! Perfect for friend group or a quiet solo evening stop. See if you can remember the designs you made at summer camp or ask a volunteer for tips and patterns. Light snackage and needed supplies will be provided.
There's nothing like tackling a craft yourself that makes you appreciate the time and effort our global artisan partners put into their creations!
"From Omaha ^and South Dakota, With Love" curated by Joey Lynch @jlyynch featuring Aspen Monet Laboy @aspenmlaboy, Dan Crane @diego4twondo Joe Addison @joeaddison , Ryan Smith @ryanblacksmith , Sarah Hummel Jones, and Sarah Rowe @lady.wink opens First Friday, June 6th from 7-10 with DJ ol' moanin'.
Artist Spotlight
Aspen Monet Laboy
Born in Omaha, Nebraska to Black and Puerto Rican parents, Aspen Monet Laboy is an introspective poet and glass artist combining mosaic and collage processes. Their literary and visual work expresses environmentalism and identity, exploring the interconnectedness of the peoples and their surroundings. They have published four poetry books, exhibited in galleries, performed in art hubs, and co-founded the poetry program Corner’s Space held at KANEKO. Several of their selected poems were aired on Friday Livewith Nebraska Public Media in 2023, and later became a guest on Riverside Chats through NPR in 2024. They have been awarded two scholarships from Penland School of Craft and were accepted into the 2024 Pilchuck Glass School Auction. An alumni of Amplify Arts, Aspen was part of the 2023-2024 Alternate Currents Cohort, Community Advisory Group, and now serves as a board member for 2025.
Statement: I am primarily influenced by nature, consciousness, and philosophies such as hermetics, metaphysics, alchemy, and numerology. These concepts translate into works that explore environmentalism and identity through the nature of events, the nature of the self, and the natural world. As a contemplative individual, I often question the universe and its interconnectedness, specifically the relationships we have with ourselves, each other, and our surrounding environments. In my work, I do my best to communicate the significance of these relationships, including the possibility of loss due to lack of awareness and action.
210 Architecture Hall (HDR Pavilion Lobby) | 5 PM - 7 PM
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June 6-29
Loosely Assembled II, featuring the work of the late Dave Stewart, and fellow travelers John Spence, Roger Bruhn, Jeff Chadwick and Michael Farrell with special guest appearances by Janet Eskridge, Todd Brown, and Brad Krieger.
First Friday reception beginning at 5pm.
Have an art show in downtown Lincoln you'd like added to our monthly list?
Email Maia at maia@downtownlincoln.org.