Mission
The mission of Lux Center for the Arts is to enhance the lives of a diverse public through the visual arts by providing exceptional learning opportunities in contemporary art, craft, and design. These opportunities, honoring the legacy of arts educator Gladys M. Lux, include art classes, residence programs, gallery exhibitions, and community outreach.
Service to the Community
LUX Center for the Arts is a non-profit art center that offers art classes for youth and adults in pottery, printmaking, painting, jewelry, and fibers. Classes are held at the art center and can be taken off-site with the new Art Van de LUX program. Exhibitions in three galleries represent the highest caliber art work of local, regional, and national artists. The only organization of its kind in Lincoln, coupled with its commitment to community out-reach and an artist-in-residence program, makes LUX Center for the Arts an important resource for the visual arts for our community.
Over 450 fine art prints collected by the art center’s benefactor, Gladys M. LUX, are preserved in the Gladys M. Lux Historical Gallery. Selections of prints are always on display with information that relates to the history and significance of each piece. This provides an opportunity for the community to see artwork by some of the most significant artists of the early and mid twentieth century, including: Guy Pene DuBois, Joseph Hirsch, Dois Emrick Lee, Fletcher Martin, Georges Schreiber, Margurite Zorach, and many more.
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Join us at Grand Manse for our very special benefit dinner and art auction.
A deLUX Art Gala
September 19, 4:30 pm
Sponsored by: ARCHI+ETC.LLC - Jones National Bank & Trust Co. - Smith Hayes - Woods & Aitken
$65 before Aug. 30
$75 after Aug. 30
Table for 10 - $650 before Aug. 30
Table for 10 - $750 after Aug. 30
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Thanks for your support!
Thanks to everyone who came to the Barnes & Noble Boodfair on September 2! Because of you, we raised over $500 for our education programs and received many of the books on our wishlist.
Art Van deLUX hits the Road! Thanks to generous contributions from our community, Art Van deLUX is ready to hit the road! Find out how you can bring art to your clients or employees! Contact Natalie for more information.
Read about Art Van deLUX!
 | This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. |
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Celebrate your birthday at the LUX
LUX Center now offers 'artsy' birthday parties! Party pricing includes one hour and a half class with professional art instruction, materials for projects, and time to enjoy cake and presents. Hand decorated commemorative plate available at an additional fee. Contact our education director about pricing.
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Kansas City bus tour
Saturday, October 9
Early bird rate before September 9: $60 for members; $70 non-members
Registration after September 9: $65 for members; $75non-members
The tour will leave LUX Center for the Arts at 7:30am and return at 8:30pm. Participants will receive docent led tours through the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and the Nerman Museum in Overland Park and visit with art collectors Christine and Sandy Kemper at their farm outside of Kansas City.
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For more information, email Anne Pagel or call her at 402.470.9194.
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Lux Center for the Arts is located at 48th and Baldwin, in Lincoln's historic University Place neighborhood.