This week is packed with events, including visiting artist talks by Matt Belk and Louie Palu, and exhibition openings such as Byron Anway’s “Landscape and Memory” and the Eisentrager-Howard’s “A Memorable Toast.” Be sure to mark your calendar for these highlights and other upcoming events.
Events Happening This Week
• Oct. 16: Matt Belk, contemporary wildlife painter and School of Art, Art History & Design alumnus, will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lecture is free and open to the public.
• Oct. 16: Andrew Culp, scholar from CalArts who specializes in aesthetic theory, will be presenting a Humanities on the Edge lecture at 5:30 p.m. at the Sheldon Auditorium.
• Oct. 17: Louie Palu, photographer and filmmaker, will deliver a lecture on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lecture is free and open to the public.
• Oct 17: Byron Anway, Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in the School of Art, Art History, and Design, will host an opening reception for his exhibition “Landscape and Memory,” at Kiechel Fine Art on Thursday from 5-8 p.m.
Other Upcoming Events
• Oct. 14: “A Memorable Toast,” a group exhibition at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery presented by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln School of Art, Art History & Design, opens at noon. The exhibition features work from the 20 graduate students in the Master of Fine Arts program.
• Oct. 15: Katie Anania, Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, will officially release her first book, Out of Paper: Drawing, Environment, and the Body in 1960s America.
• Nov 1: MFA Open Studios and raffle in Richards Hall and the Woods Art Building from 5-8 p.m., hosted by graduate students in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) studio art program.
• Nov. 12: Holly Willis, chair of the Media Arts+Practice Division at the University of Southern California and co-director for the AI for Media & Storytelling (AIMS) initiative at the USC Center for Generative AI and Society, will present a lecture at at 5:30 p.m. at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. This event is part of the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture series and co-sponsored by the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts and The Awareness Lab.
• Nov. 13: Steve Anderson will deliver a Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture at 5 p.m. at the Ross, followed by a sneak preview of his new film, “Reality Friction.” Co-sponsored by the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, The Awareness Lab and the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.