with work by Dawson Adams & Brian Garbrecht

Heads,” concrete & cast bronze, Dawson Adams

July 5 – 27

(Closed July 4)

Reception Friday July 11, from 5 – 8pm

1624 S 17th St, Lincoln, NE 68502
Parking out front or in the gravel lot north of Conner’s Antiques.

 “When is Today” includes sculptures by Dawson Adams, a fourth-year UNL Studio Arts major, and photographs, drawing, and videos by MFA candidate Brian Garbrecht. A Second Friday public reception July 11 from 5-8 p.m. will feature the artists and honor the Janovy’s support.
 

“Untitled,” carved wood column, Dawson Adams”

Dawson Adams’ work came from responding directly to the stone, wood, concrete and metal materials he used. Adams worked concrete construction for ten years before attending university. He notes, “the sculptures became a way to explore what form might communicate beyond the limits of language in an evolving search for shape, feeling, and presence.” He is currently treasurer of both Sculpture Club and Pickleball Club UNL.
 

“Static Cling,” video & still image, Brian Garbrecht

Brian Garbrecht says his work examines “memory, repetition, and cultural obsolescence through the language of analog media.” Using legacy TVs  and installations to display his videos, Garbrecht reanimates fragments of 1990s TV  and domestic experience. These interventions highlight the tension between personal memory and mass-produced media. “The work is a meditation on cycles—of consumption, of care, and of forgetting,” often created in collaboration with his mother, Paula, who is living with Alzheimer’s disease. Garbrecht earned his BFA from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. He received the 2025 Cather Graduate Excellence Award from UNL, among other recognitions.
 

“Screenshot,” Brian Garbrecht

Works are available for viewing and purchase July 5-6 from 12-5 p.m., then Friday-Sunday 12-5 p.m., July 11-27 or by appointment (text to 531-289-4620). Second Friday reception July 11 is from 5-8 p.m.
 
This exhibition is funded by longtime educators and arts supporters Karen and John Janovy of Lincoln, in partnership with the non-profit WallSpace for Artists and Audiences. More information at wallspace-lnk.com, wallspaceforartists.com, or on Facebook or Instagram. 
 

“Shooting Stars,” Brian Garbrecht

A word about the Nebraska Arts Council: Although this fiscal year’s grant applications have been reviewed and decisions made about grants that should begin July 1, there is no word from the Federal Government about when or if funds from Washington will be forthcoming. We will continue to feature the logos in recognition of these important friends.

Normally we’d say that we’re funded in part by the Nebraska Arts Council and the Cultural Endowment 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/
 

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.

featuring the work of the late

Dave Stewart

and fellow travelers
John Spence, Roger Bruhn, Jeff Chadwick & Michael Farrell

with special guest appearances by 

Janet Eskridge, Todd Brown & Brad Krieger

June 6 – 29

 

1624 S 17th St, Lincoln, NE 68502
Parking out front or in the gravel lot north of Conner’s Antiques.

Dave Stewart

Dave Stewart was a custodian at Hastings College when he began creating assembled objects and other works of art in 1988. Along with Stewart’s idiosyncratic assemblages, works by John Spence, Roger Bruhn, Jeff Chadwick, and Michael Farrell reflect each artist’s creative impulses to assemble objects in complex and enigmatic ways. None of the artists were formally trained to make “boxes.” But they all assemble pieces that convey beauty, mystery, tragedy, faith, joy, and whimsy.  
 

Dave Stewart

“Loosely Assembled II” is presented in cooperation with Kiechel Fine Art, which has loaned some Stewart works. The exhibit includes photographs of The Burlington Rooms, an art installation Stewart created above the Phelps Art Gallery he and his wife operated for 20 years in Hastings. 
 

 Dave Stewart

Karissa Johnson, Curator of the Museum of Nebraska Art has observed, “these artists demonstrate the value of paying attention to the objects around us and the intricate ways common objects carry meaning in our lives.”
 
This airplane is the legendary piece that launched Dave Stewart’s artistic journey. Learn the improbably humorous story behind it at the exhibition!

John Spence


Roger Bruhn


Jeff Chadwick


Michael Farrell

orks are available for viewing (and many for purchase) Friday-Sunday 12-5, June 6 to 29 or by appointment (text to 402-429-3684).  

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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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/
 

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.

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/