Free Events at UNL Museums for First Friday

“Casino,” 1996, by Jeff Randall is showing at Love Library for First Friday.
“Casino,” 1996, by Jeff Randall is showing at Love Library for First Friday.

Museums and galleries on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus will offer extended hours—and free admission—as part of First Friday on Oct. 2.

Love Library
13th and R streets (City Campus)
5-7 p.m.

For one evening only, see Eric Saxon's "The Art of Jeff Randall" exhibition in Love Library, Room 221. Jeff Randall (1967-2012) was a Lincoln outsider artist who created a potent, neurologically-charged body of art during a life always approaching full speed.

“The Art of Jeff Randall” will afford the public the opportunity to see Randall's minutely-detailed artworks from two perspectives: in their original physical form, where the artist's hand is apparent, and through digital projection, which will allow viewers to appreciate this work enhanced and magnified. A select few of the artworks in this exhibition have been displayed before at Randall's 2010 solo show at the Sheldon Museum of Art, but the majority are heretofore publicly unseen.

Visit http://libraries.unl.edu/ for more.


International Quilt Study Center & Museum
1523 N. 33rd St. (East Campus)
4-7 p.m.

Beginning in 2008, Karen and Sudanese high-school-aged refugees living in Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha recorded their past and dreams for the future with the help of The Quilted Conscience. All of the “Dreams and Memories” quilts are on display together for the first—and possibly the last time—at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum.

Quilt artist Peggie Hartwell and project director John Sorensen will lead a panel at 5:30 p.m. in conjunction to the exhibition. The panel will share the creativity, respect and friendship displayed through the project.

Visit http://www.quiltstudy.org for information about other exhibitions now showing at Quilt House.


Sheldon Museum of Art
12th and R streets (City Campus)
5-7 p.m.

Sheldon Museum of Art will offer extended hours and engagement activities as part of the First Friday Artwalk.

Exhibitions currently on display include “Emory Douglas: Power to the People, The Struggle Continues,” “James VanDerZee,” “Black Fire: A Constant State of Revolution” and “Gordon Parks: Segregation Story.”

Visit http://www.sheldonartmuseum.org/ for more.


University of Nebraska State Museum (Morrill Hall)
14th and Vine streets (City Campus)
4:30-7 p.m.

To celebrate the exhibit opening of “Feline Fine: Arts of Cats II”, the University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall invites the public to the museum during extended hours as part of the October First Friday events.

“Feline Fine: Art of Cats II” is a sequel to the popular 2003 traveling museum exhibition. Feline II consists of 50 paintings and sculptures by leading artists who specialize in the subject of cats. Artworks portray domestic breeds and wild cats in a variety of places and styles. Each exhibiting artist was invited to display three to four works to demonstrate the range of his or her particular subject matter and treatment of these fascinating animals.

New for Feline II is the inclusion of feline sculpture by the past President of the National Sculpture Society, feline fantasy art, feline miniatures, and computer generated feline art by an artist who was on “The Lion King” animation team.

Visit http://museum.unl.edu/ for information about this and other exhibitions on display.

To learn more about all of the museums and galleries at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, visit http://www.unl.edu/lincoln/museums-and-galleries.

More details at: http://go.unl.edu/bv40