First Friday at the Great Plains Art Museum
With artist Linda Rivera García
5:00 pm –
7:00 pm
Great Plains Art Museum
Target Audiences:
1155 Q St.
Lincoln NE 68508
Lincoln NE 68508
Directions: 11th and Q streets
Contact:
Alison Cloet, (402) 472-3964, cgps@unl.edu
The Great Plains Art Museum will be open late for Lincoln’s First Friday Art Walk on August 4, 5-7 p.m. with light refreshments and two new exhibitions.
Visit 2023 Rubendall Artist in Residence Linda Rivera García in the education studio during First Friday and tour her exhibition “Chicanisma,” on view until Sept. 22.
New exhibitions:
“From Paintbrushes to Camera Lenses: Creative Women of the Great Plains, Part II”
July 25–December 16, 2023
In fall 2018, the Great Plains Art Museum mounted “From Paintbrushes to Camera Lenses: Creative Women of the Great Plains,” an exhibition that highlighted exceptional work created by female artists from the museum’s permanent collection. To complement other female-focused exhibitions on view during fall 2023, the museum is organizing part two of this exhibition to showcase many recent acquisitions and other works from the collection by women that were not shown in the first installation.
“Supporting Indigenous Sisters: An International Print Exchange”
July 25–December 16, 2023
“Supporting Indigenous Sisters” is a print portfolio exchange involving sixteen artists from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds. The portfolio was created to help begin conversations on many levels about missing and murdered Indigenous women. Each artist was asked to reach into their own experiences as a female walking this earth. The images from all of the artists advocate for change and for voicing this dark present history. Artists were invited by Melanie Yazzie, head of printmaking at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Catherine Prose, professor of printmaking at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Participating artists:
Maile Andrade, Kilauea, Hawaii, USA
Amy Cordova Boone, Oaxaca, Mexico
Krysten Farrier, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Anna Hoover, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Vicki Meek, Dallas, Texas, USA
Sylvia Montero, Denver, Colorado, USA
Dilara Miller, Boulder, Colorado, USA & Mersin, Turkey
Andi Newberry, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Morgan Page, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Sue Pearson, Whakatane, New Zealand
Catherine Prose, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA (project co-organizer)
Rebecca Ramos, Aptos, California, USA
Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith, Corrales, New Mexico, USA
Jordan Vigil, Denver, Colorado, USA
Lorena Williams, El Paso, Texas, USA
Melanie Yazzie, Boulder, Colorado, USA (project co-organizer)
Also on view:
“Chicanisma: Elizabeth Rubendall Artist in Residence Linda Rivera García”
March 24–September 22, 2023
The Great Plains Art Museum’s 2023 Elizabeth Rubendall Artist in Residence is Linda Rivera García, a Mexican-American Chicana artist, teacher, and storyteller who has been sharing her culture throughout Nebraska for decades. A graduate of Omaha’s College of Saint Mary and a retired children’s librarian, Rivera García is a multifaceted artist who works in painting, sculpture, printmaking, and with traditional Mexican art forms such as papel picado (cut paper) and repujado (metal embossing), among many others. This exhibition will feature work that represents the artist’s career to date.
Visit 2023 Rubendall Artist in Residence Linda Rivera García in the education studio during First Friday and tour her exhibition “Chicanisma,” on view until Sept. 22.
New exhibitions:
“From Paintbrushes to Camera Lenses: Creative Women of the Great Plains, Part II”
July 25–December 16, 2023
In fall 2018, the Great Plains Art Museum mounted “From Paintbrushes to Camera Lenses: Creative Women of the Great Plains,” an exhibition that highlighted exceptional work created by female artists from the museum’s permanent collection. To complement other female-focused exhibitions on view during fall 2023, the museum is organizing part two of this exhibition to showcase many recent acquisitions and other works from the collection by women that were not shown in the first installation.
“Supporting Indigenous Sisters: An International Print Exchange”
July 25–December 16, 2023
“Supporting Indigenous Sisters” is a print portfolio exchange involving sixteen artists from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds. The portfolio was created to help begin conversations on many levels about missing and murdered Indigenous women. Each artist was asked to reach into their own experiences as a female walking this earth. The images from all of the artists advocate for change and for voicing this dark present history. Artists were invited by Melanie Yazzie, head of printmaking at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Catherine Prose, professor of printmaking at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Participating artists:
Maile Andrade, Kilauea, Hawaii, USA
Amy Cordova Boone, Oaxaca, Mexico
Krysten Farrier, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Anna Hoover, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Vicki Meek, Dallas, Texas, USA
Sylvia Montero, Denver, Colorado, USA
Dilara Miller, Boulder, Colorado, USA & Mersin, Turkey
Andi Newberry, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Morgan Page, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Sue Pearson, Whakatane, New Zealand
Catherine Prose, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA (project co-organizer)
Rebecca Ramos, Aptos, California, USA
Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith, Corrales, New Mexico, USA
Jordan Vigil, Denver, Colorado, USA
Lorena Williams, El Paso, Texas, USA
Melanie Yazzie, Boulder, Colorado, USA (project co-organizer)
Also on view:
“Chicanisma: Elizabeth Rubendall Artist in Residence Linda Rivera García”
March 24–September 22, 2023
The Great Plains Art Museum’s 2023 Elizabeth Rubendall Artist in Residence is Linda Rivera García, a Mexican-American Chicana artist, teacher, and storyteller who has been sharing her culture throughout Nebraska for decades. A graduate of Omaha’s College of Saint Mary and a retired children’s librarian, Rivera García is a multifaceted artist who works in painting, sculpture, printmaking, and with traditional Mexican art forms such as papel picado (cut paper) and repujado (metal embossing), among many others. This exhibition will feature work that represents the artist’s career to date.
