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!
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.
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.
2055 O ST. | 6 PM - 8 PM
More details to come.
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!”
1100 E O ST. | 5 PM - 9 PM
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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.
More details to come.
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.
1300 P Street | 5 PM - 9 PM
Gilded Gecko is popping up First Friday at Tower Square Artists Market.
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.
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
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800 Q ST. | 5 PM - 7 PM
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701 P St SUITE 102 | 5 PM - 8 PM
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New Exhibits Free Art First Friday. Opening at 3 PM.
Tom Rickers: Seven Birds & Eight Constructions
Rick Petty
131 CENTENNIAL MALL N | 5 PM - 7 PM
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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.
140 N 8TH ST | 6 PM - 8 PM
More details to come.
See "Hide and Seek" featuring Luci Packard and Marty Epp-Carter with DJ ol' moanin'
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.