featuring wide-ranging works by Eddie Dominguez UNL art professor emeritus
Open from Dec 5 – 28, 1-5pm.
“Gemstones,” an installation of large multi-colored ceramic spheres is among the pieces never before exhibited. Dominguez notes, “I’ve been working for many years on this piece and this will be the first time I get to present it.” Other favorite works haven’t been shown previously because the artist was not sure he could part with them.
Drawings, prints, photographs, and collages expand viewers’ appreciation of the creative output of an artist whom most may know for his ceramics.
“Past and Present” is available for viewing and purchase Friday-Sunday, 12-5 p.m., from December 5-28 or by appointment.
The exhibit is supported in part by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and contributors to the non-profit WallSpace for Artists and Audiences.
A First Friday public reception on Nov. 7 from 5-8 p.m. will feature the artist.
Paintings are also available for viewing and purchase Friday-Sunday, 12-5 from November 1 – 30 or by appointment (contact chuck@schroederfineart.com).
Schroeder notes, “This is a collection of portraits and landscapes, from finished works to the quick studies I do in preparation for larger, more complex drawings and paintings.” The works reflect travels and relationships formed from Nebraska, Wyoming and South Dakota, to Scotland, Italy and the Netherlands. A special collection of illustrations were completed recently for “When Scrooge Stole Drawing”, a poem by New Mexico artist, Rebekah Powers, to be published in December. A group of holiday cards and prints are available for purchase.
Since 2018, Chuck Schroeder has been dedicated to the life of an artist, after an adventurous career as CEO of major industry and cultural organizations, a competitive horseman, rancher, livestock judge, politician, fund raiser, fist shaking activist, and founder of several organizations championing the interests of rural people and communities. After many years of instruction and mentoring with recognized artists in the Taos, NM, community, his work in this chapter of life reflects the beautiful character of people, horses and places he encounters globally.
Schroeder’s work has been featured in more than a dozen one-man shows over the last six years. Private collectors in a dozen US states have acquired his drawings and paintings through gallery purchases and commissions.
The exhibit is supported in part by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and contributors to the non-profit WallSpace for Artists and Audiences.
The exhibit is open Fridays-Sundays, 12-5 p.m. October 3-26.
Smith’s vibrant still life paintings make common objects a joy to behold. Scenes and skies from Nebraska’s Pine Ridge and the West Coast offer a compelling, different view of Smith’s painting prowess.
His scenic paintings reflect a lifetime of personal experience. “Growing up on Cape Cod gave me a sense of the vastness of the landscape.”
A former Chadron State College faculty member, Smith studied painting at the Skowhegan School and the University of Massachusetts before the MFA program at UN-L. He went on to earn a doctorate in visual ethnography from Arizona State.
Robin Smith’s work has been shown at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney, the Sheldon Museum of Art and other regional museums and galleries. His paintings are part of many private collections and are held by MONA and Sheldon.
The exhibit is supported in part by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and contributors to the non-profit WallSpace for Artists and Audiences. Paintings are available for viewing and purchase Friday-Sunday, 12-5 from October 3-26 or by appointment by emailing doctor.robin.smith@gmail.com.
Noted artist Bob Hall will offer a retrospective of abstracts and portraits September 5-28. Hall will also be featured on Nebraska Public Media’s “Friday Live” from the Mill Telegraph at 10 a.m. to discuss his decades of work in the visual and dramatic arts ranging from Marvel Comics to Shakespeare.
In addition to the First Friday 5-8pm opening, works are available for viewing Wednesday-Sunday 12-5, September 5 to 28.
“I define my work as gestural abstraction,” Hall notes. “I seek to create landscapes of the mind, encouraging viewers to take a figurative walk through a field of abstract imagery, And I have done extensive portraiture.” Extended gallery hours with Bob Hall making drawings Wednesday-Sunday, 12:00-5:00, will give viewers the opportunity to observe his creative process first-hand. After a long artistic career Bob returned to UNL to pursue an MFA. His distinguished teaching award is part of a roster that includes both Mayor’s and Governor’s Arts Awards. Hall has shown work in New York and various regional museums and galleries. He is also an active participant in Comic Conventions.
The exhibition is funded with support from the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and donors to the non-profit WallSpace for Artists and Audiences.
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.We’ve got a full lineup of artists committed to the remaining months in 2025: Robin Smith; Chuck Schroeder & Eddie Dominguez! Plus in 2026: Mike Forsberg, Dale Minter, The Pastel Group, Leah Powell Hosseinabad, Jewelya Coffee curates, Pawl Tisdale, Jesse Rodriguez, Dave Reed, David Jacobo & Liz Shea. One month in 2026 is still open. All of 2027 is available.
Film photography and one-of-a-kind books have been the focus of this personal work. Recently, the artist has used digital color work to depict the landscape and interior spaces. The exhibit contains work in all three forms.
A Minnesota native, Lisa Bang Hoffman graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College. She did supplemental coursework at the University of Minnesota but completed her MFA at UNL in 1995. Bang Hoffman has taught as an adjunct at UNL, Doane College, and Concordia University, including courses in design, drawing, and darkroom photography.
Bang Hoffman exhibits work nationally and internationally including Nebraska venues: the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Fred Simon Gallery (Omaha) and the Museum of Nebraska Art (Kearney). She received the Nebraska Arts Council Distinguished Artist Award in 2004, the Gaudi Medal from the Institut Municipal D’Accio Cultural (Reus, Spain) 2005, was a finalist in the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, (York, UK) and exhibited in the Berlin Foto Biennial in 2016.
Works are available for viewing and purchase August 1-31 on Fridays-Sundays from 12-5 p.m., or by appointment (text to 531-289-9569).
