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Indigenous

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 17:47:01 +0000

UPDATE: This exhibit was extended through October.

LINCOLN – “Indigenous” with Mona Cliff of Lawrence, Kris Heinze and George Medcraft Collections, Lincoln, will open at the Lincoln Art Center on Friday July 10 at 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. through August 31.

Mona Cliff is a multidisciplinary Indigenous visual artist, she explores the contemporary Native American identity and culture through her use of native crafting methods such as seed beading embroidery and fabric applique. Mona acquired a B.F.A. in printmaking at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA. after graduating Mona pursued beadwork as a way to re-indigenize her art after a European based art education. She learned beadwork from her grandmother. Mona’s beadwork is included in traveling exhibits and at Abrens Art Center, NYC, Santa Fe NM and Cape Town South Africa as well as many exhibit and private collections.

Kris Heinze has been an avid photographer since taking a high school darkroom photography class taught by C.R. Herpich in Baldwin City, KS. She continued her study throughout school and graduated from Fort Hays University with a B.A. in communications. Heinze appreciates and strives to capture the simple and realistic beauty of the natural world, everything from wildlife to the changing of the seasons, most often focusing on the hidden-in-plain-view local Lincoln County landscapes.

George Medcraft was a local farmer and rancher who was described by his daughters, Martha Lohmann and Anne Wilkerson, as an avid “rock hound”. Medcraft collected indigenous artifacts from his farm East of Lincoln. His extensive collection includes arrow heads, spear points, scrapers, drills, stone axes, grinding stones, pottery shards and shaft sharpeners.

This exhibit is free and open to the public Tuesday-Friday Noon-4:00 and Saturday 9:00 am to Noon at the Lincoln Art Center, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Lincoln, Kansas 67455. For more information call the art center at 785-524-3241.

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Bell(e)s on Progress

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 03:47:56 +0000

Bell(e)s on Progress” with Linda Ganstrom of Hays, and “In the Fall of Early Light” with L.H. Sven Johnson of Galva opened at the Lincoln Art Center with a Gallery Open House & Exhibit Opening Reception Friday, March 13, 2020, and will be on display through April 25.

Working in ceramics for nearly four decades, Linda Ganstrom explores issues relating her personal experiences to big picture questions primarily through figurative ceramics. Earning three degrees from Fort Hays University in Hays, Kansas, where she is currently a Professor of Art and Design teaching ceramics. Making, curating, writing, workshops and travel intrigue and connect Linda to the world. Ganstrom has exhibited her work nationwide and participated in over 250 juried exhibitions. Ganstrom says, “I do believe art is for everyone to participate in – viewing, making or interacting.”

Johnson attended the Minneapolis College of Art & Design and received a BA in Art from the University of Iowa. He worked at the Art Institute of Chicago before returning to Kansas to live and work in his studio in Delmore Township. He says, ” Making my work is like solving puzzles, I start with predefined elements, then combine and arrange them into an image. Not knowing what the final outcome will be, I embrace and allow it to guide the creative process.” Johnson has exhibited his work in Chicago, IL. and IN. since 2008.

The Lincoln Art Center would also like to give special recognition to the Post Rock Community Foundation & Dane G. Hansen Foundation for funding the new floor at the Lincoln Art Center and to thank the volunteers that worked on the installation of the new flooring.

This exhibit is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday noon to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Lincoln Art Center, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Lincoln, Kansas 67455. For more information call the art center at 785-524-3241.

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Stretching Boundaries

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:52:52 +0000

“Stretching Boundaries,” featuring the work of Betty Lemley opens at the Lincoln Art Center Friday, September 16 from 5:30 – 7:30, with a gallery walk at 6:15. This exhibit runs through October 22, 2016.

Born and raised in Minneapolis, Kansas, Lemley now lives and works in Salina after spending much of her adult life in Port Arthur, Texas. In 1991, she entered Lamar University-Beaumont Graduate School, completing a Masters of Arts degree in Visual Arts, in 1994, with emphasis in painting. Lemley works in several media: painting in oils, acrylics, watercolor, pastel, and works in pencil and ink. There has been a lifelong love of the landscape, she works in close harmony with nature in abstracted environment works.

Lemley has exhibited actively in the Beaumont and Port Arthur area, showing at the Beaumont Art League, the Dishman Gallery, the Art Studio. Her works has also been exhibited at the Glassell School of Art, Houston, and the University of Mexico at San Antonio as well as numerous other the galleries.

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