May 2 – June 1

Square 1

Burn Strip

This exhibition will showcase paintings from the last two years as well as a survey of select examples of the last twenty years of  work.  Krieger notes, “As an artist, I am most interested in what is on the easel. I love the process. A painting that needs work is all I could ever ask for. Each series of paintings runs its course, the best are set aside, and it’s on to the next. I take a great deal of inspiration from materials: watercolor, oil paint, pastel, graphite, etc. each has its own intrinsic demands.” 

Weights and Measures #3

“For this show, I relied on the curatorial skills of my friends Daniel and Elizabeth Nelson to go through the stacks and drawers and pick out some of the best from my collection. It was great to look through older work with their eyes.”

T-Bone

Krieger holds an MFA from UNL and has taught at Doane and Nebraska Wesleyan universities. “I have spent a good amount of time experimenting with how to apply color; brushed, poured, blended, rinsed, blotted, erased, etc.; and how to make line, control edges, how to create shape and space…The work has no predictable outcome. You just have to be there.”

Forest Flower

Viewers can “be there” Friday-Sunday, May 2 – June 1 from 12-5 p.m. or by appointment. Email bkrieger@allophone.com to arrange a time to see the work and converse with the artist. 

Monolith

“My Life in Color” is sponsored in part by Daniel and Elizabeth Nelson. 

This exhibition is also supported by a Program Grant from the

and by donations from folks like you who value what we’re doing at WallSpace-LNK. 
Help us achieve our goal of raising $15,000 in community support for 2025.

https://www.wallspaceforartists.com/
 

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Aerial Images by Bill Ganzel

April 4 – 27

Blue Water Site

This exhibition will showcase large format color photographs, many of them aerial, of sites of conflicts between indigenous people who were already living here and the other groups who were trying to colonize this land, to eke out a living using the land in different ways. Ganzel notes that violent confrontations among small groups quickly evolved into military campaigns that by 1890 had decimated native peoples.

Wounded Knee Massacre Grave, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD

“What remains today of places where pitched battles were fought are often prosaic landscapes of farm or ranch land. There may be an historic marker along the highway, most often barely noticed and passed at lightning speed. But that was the point – to make the land into farms in the European tradition and using new technologies.”

Little Bighorn Battlefield, Crow Reservation, Montana

These images are part of a project that include sites across Nebraska and other parts of the American West.
 

Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska

 Viewers are encouraged to view the work and offer their perspectives on the images and their history, and how those impacts are still felt today. The work is available for viewing and purchase Friday-Sunday, April 4-27 from 12-5 p.m. or by appointment. Email bganzel@ganzelgroup.com to arrange a time to see the work and converse with the artist. 

Plum Creek Site

This exhibition is supported by a Program Grant from the

and by donations from folks like you who value what we’re doing at WallSpace-LNK. 
Help us achieve our goal of raising $15,000 in community support for 2025.

https://www.wallspaceforartists.com/
 

Consider a gift this month! All artist exhibitions are subsidized by funding provided by our non-profit WallSpace for Artists & Audiences, a 501(c)(3). You can help ensure that artists can continue to have exhibitions.  We are applying for a new year-long Nebraska Arts Council Grant. Proposals are due mid March. So, artists, get in touch to discuss the possibilities for you and your work!  Grand Opening, Larry Jorgensen  A Pastel Show & Tell March 7 – 30 First Friday reception from 5 – 8pm  Featuring five area pastel artists: Ann O’Hara, Lamont Richards, Charles “Tim” Timken, and Valery Wachter of Lincoln and Larry Jorgensen of Omaha  Plaza Towers, Charles “Tim” Timken Five area pastel artists are featured in “A Pastel Show and Tell” opening Friday, March 7  at WallSpace-LNK Fine Art Gallery, 1624 S. 17th Street, Lincoln. A reception from 5-8 p.m. will showcase the artists.   Parking out front or in the gravel lot north of Conner’s Antiques. Footprints on the Beach,  Ann O’Hara The Light from Within, Valery Wachter  Pastels are prized for their brilliant colors. Finely ground pigments, formed into sticks, create a variety of dramatic effects on textured paper. These contemporary artists are following a tradition dating back to the 16th century. Their works include landscapes, portraits, and still life, complex images made from marks drawn on paper or painted with pigment powder.    Marbles in a Crystal Bowl, Valery Wachter    Uncle Hugo’s Disston, Lamont Richards Ann O’Hara creates seascapes during summers in Maine and reflections of prairie life. Lamont Richards is inspired by well-used tools and Sandhills storms and sunsets and frames his work in oak and cherry. Tim Timken earned Master Pastelist recognition from the Pastel Society of America and maintains a studio in Lincoln’s Burkholder Project. Valery Wachter considers the colors and patterns of flowers and marbles perfect subjects. Larry Jorgensen serves on the board of the Iowa Pastel Society, and enjoys making figures and faces of all kinds.  The Re-enactor, Larry Jorgensen  Sandhills, Cloud and Cottonwoods — North of Highway 26 in Garden County Nebraska,  Lamont Richards The artists’ “show and tell” offers the opportunity to learn more about an often-misunderstood medium. Ann O’Hara will demonstrate the pastel process later in March. Works are available for viewing and purchase Fridays-Sundays, 12–5 p.m. March 7-30 or by appointment.    Mason Jar, Charles “Tim” Timken  Lighter than Air, Ann O’Hara

This exhibition is supported by a Program Grant from the

and by donations from folks like you who value what we’re doing at WallSpace-LNK. Consider helping us achieve our goal of raising $15,000 in community support for 2025.
https://www.wallspaceforartists.com/

February at WallSpace-LNK

A reception from 5-8 p.m. Friday February 7 will showcase works by the artist who passed away in November. Anne Pagel, curator of the Karen & Robert Duncan Collection, worked with Susan’s partner Ramin Shafaian to select pieces for the exhibiton. She notes that Susan’s mixed-media and textile works reveal her as a person of the world. “She was driven by the idea that the value of nations lays within the talents, traditions and labors of their people.”

Images of the famous and unknown, plucked from periodicals, are arranged with washes of watercolor, graphite and ink to create a personal lexicon of symbols and over time, a visual diary. Her assembled textile and embroidery works reflect traditional arts from Western Africa, Southern Asia, Europe and Latin America where she worked in international development. Rug patterns from her partner’s family rug business are another influence. Susan grew up in Lincoln and earned a BFA from UNL.

 Susan T. Wood’s works are available for viewing and purchase Fridays-Sundays, 12–5 p.m. February 7-23 or by appointment. Contact Ramin at 301 385 8881, text or voice.

Per Susan’s request, a portion of proceeds from sales will go to support Nebraska Public Media.  More information at wallspace-lnk.com, or on Facebook or Instagram. Photos courtesy Susan Simon.
 

The exhibit is supported by the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, in partnership with the non-profit WallSpace for Artists and Audiences.

https://www.wallspaceforartists.com

“The Wilderness Park Question,” an exhibition of large format photographs of Lincoln’s biggest, most complex park opens First Friday, January 3.



Over more than a century, what is now known as Wilderness Park hosted many groups and enterprises and frequent floods. The impact of city development on park preservation and the Salt Creek watershed has been a source of controversy. These highly detailed images were made after the Lincoln City Council approved a housing development near the Fish Farm on the edge of the park, where a sweat lodge used by indigenous and other community members has existed for decades.


Photographer Michael Farrell will be featured at the opening reception from 5-8 p.m.

Backpacking along Salt Creek, Farrell made 8 x 10 view camera images and pondered what the future may hold for these resources. Viewers are invited to consider the same questions.



Good News! Monthly exhibitions through June of 2025 will be supported in part by a new Program Grant from the
 

and by donations from folks like you who value what we’re doing at WallSpace-LNK.
Consider helping us achieve our goal of raising $15,000 in community support for 2025.

Visit with us about various ways your support can be directed to specific artists or projects and ways to maximize your tax advantages when making a donation.