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December 4 - January 30

Xanthous Mermaid Mechanics

In his first solo exhibition, artist, musician and wordsmith, Brion Poloncic explores the media of pen and ink drawings and watercolor. Poloncic says of his works on paper, “I tend to philosophize about the possible realisms concerning communication of the soul, the subconscious mind, and the communal consciousness contained within my subjective experience.”

November 6 - December 23 Opening Reception: November 6, 5-7pm

Gifts from the Heart

Choose the perfect holiday gift from our selection of original works by more than 75 local, regional and nationally known artists and craftsman. High quality, reasonably priced art pieces perfect for gift giving will be for sale in this two month long exhibition. Come and see blown glass, functional pottery, jewelry, prints, photography, woodwork, wearable art, paintings and more in this festive celebration of art.

November 6 - 28 Opening Reception: November 6, 5-7pm

Handle . Spout . Story . Shrine : New Work By Gail Kendall

University of Nebraska-Lincoln ceramics faculty member Gail Kendall will show new utilitarian ceramics in this solo exhibition. Kendall is known for speckled and lustrous hand-formed terracotta dishes. Kendall’s down-to-earth forms combined with a bold pallet have become her signature.

Exhibition Sponsored by: ME Group, Inc.

Oct 2-31 Opening Reception: Oct 2, 5-7pm

Kuh-nek-tiv

In conjunction with the Art of Fine Craft biennial conference, Lux Center for the Arts will exhibit the work of conference demonstrators and presenters Jason Briggs, Victoria Goro-Rapoport and Jessica Starkel. The goal of the exhibition is to create a dialogue about the connections between media and maker, experiences in the contemporary world, and the vitality of centuries-old craft traditions.

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Sep 4-26 Opening Reception: Sep 4, 5-7pm

Bound Together

Bound Together, curated by art collector, Karen Duncan and Lux Center board member Anne Pagel, include selected works by: Lanny Bergner, Jerry Bleem, Jane Chavez, Carol Eckert, John Garrett, Jan Hopkins, Mary Merkel-Hess, C.A. Michel, Leon Niehues and Conrad Quijas. This extraordinary exhibition of contemporary baskets created by using traditional and modern techniques and media will be on display in the West Gallery alongside selections from Karen Duncan's private basket collection.

Lecture at LUX: Local art collector, Karen Duncan, and Seattle based artist and national Endownment for the Arts grant recipient, C.A. Michael, will speak at LUX Center for the Arts on September 15 at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.

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Selections from the Karen Duncan Basket Collection

Art collector, Karen Duncan, has graciously loaned an eclectic selection from her basket collection for this exhibition. View pieces from eleven international artists including: Lindsay Kettering Gates, Mary Giles, Norie Hatakeyama, Syoryu Honda, Mary Jackson, Kay Khan, Gyong Laky, Tom Lee, Judy Mulford, Jane Sauer and Noriko Takamiya.

Slidemeister and Man of Titanium

Michael Bauermeister’s works in wood and Sam Stang’s works in glass compliment each other in this exhibition of long-time friends and bandmates. The two have established a reputation as expert craftsmen in their respective media. They have shown their work at American Craft Council shows and exhibitions throughout the country.

Aug 7-29 Opening Reception: Aug 7, 5-7pm

Fragmented Echoes and Manufactured Myths

Artist-in-residence, and recent MA graduate of the Textiles Program at UNL-Lincoln, Jennifer Graham, will present works in wool, silk, handmade paper and linen in this solo exhibition. Graham joins experimental and traditional craft processes to explore identity, place, and memory in pieces both tactile and textural, yet fragile and reserved.

Practical Fantasy

Using wood and glass, this exhibition explores the contrasts of opacity and translucency, utility and form, and the formats of vessel and sculpture. Three regional participating artists include: Alma, Nebraska wood worker, Harold G. Adams, Hastings College glass department head, Tom Kreager and Nebraska Wesleyan faculty member, Robert Schwieger.

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July 10 - Aug 1 Opening Reception: July 10, 5-7pm

Needle in Cotton

New-media and installation artist, Jamie Burmeister, displays works that explore how we each experience our environment. Burmeister uses common mechanical and electronic parts to create works with which viewers can interact. He believes this interaction allows each viewer to experience his work and leave with a unique interpretation.

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The Audacity of Stripes

California artist, Daniella Woolf explores form and color relationships in her series, The Audacity of Stripes. These pieces in encaustics emerge from the artist’s new contextualization of ordinary shapes and materials as a basis for this body of work. Woolf’s works, melding wood and wax, are shown throughout the United States.

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June 5-27 Opening Reception: June 5, 5-7pm

Finding and Making Identity in Nebraska

This exhibition showcases the work of artists identifying themselves as new Nebraskans and new Americans. View works that have combined influences of the artists’ native country with those from living in the United States. Participating artists: Khamisa Abdalla, Maisun Allahiq, Inna Kulagina, Enriqueta Martinez, Wah Wah Moo, Gabriela Vlad Moscu, Inna Novikova, Pa Saw and Andrei Sorokin

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the Pillow Talk

Ceramics Artist-in-Residence, Conner Mckissack, presents wheel thrown and altered works in porcelain produced during his residency at Lux Center for the Arts. This work uses an intimate conversation between objects to suggest an ease to both the material and the construction process.

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May 1 – 30 Opening Reception: May 1, 5-7pm

I Don’t Want to Grow Old and Bitter Alone; I Want to Grow Old and Bitter With You

Artists, Sandra Williams and Gerit Grimm curated this multi-media exhibition that takes a closer look at our intimate relationships. Twelve locally and nationally recognized artists will explore the conflicts and resolutions that keep us together and tear us apart. Participating artists include: Brett Anderson, Chris Antemann, Gerit Grimm, Benjie Heu, Adriane Herman, Mark Hosford, Megan Marlatt, Peter Morgan, Kevin Snipes, Erika Navarrete, Shalene Valenzuela and Sandra Williams.

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Wanderfrost

Lux Center Artist-in-Residence, Nicole Gustafsson, exhibits a series of etchings and relief prints, which explore narrative and imagined worlds in this solo exhibition. A strong connection between magical creatures and the environments in which they live are depicted in these fantastical works.

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April 3 – 25 Opening Reception: April 3, 5-7pm

Juried Student Art Show

Juror, Anne Pagel, Curatorial Assistant for the Duncan family collection, has selected the very best artworks from those submitted by Lincoln area high school students. This show promises to be an exciting exploration of Lincoln’s future visual artists.

Bruning-Davenport High School: Ashley Hinrichs, Melinda Holeman (Honorable Mention), Nathan Werner, Shelby Garland

Friend Public School: Valerie Vossler

Home School (Lincoln): Carmen Claesson, Monica Claesson (Gladys Lux Award)

Lincoln High: Kellen Restau (Best of Show)

Lincoln Southeast High School: Alex Avery, Briana Brown, Shalom Parker

Lincoln Southwest High School: Molly Steadman

Mead High School: Rebecca Murray

Milford High School: Marisa Esch

Northstar High School: Brenna French, Katie Michael

Omaha North High School: Ashley Hauger, Cameron Hancock, Casey Griffin, Elise White, Ellen Siemer, Emily Leisure (Gomez Art Supply Award), Emma Headley, Jamie Metzer, Justin Waskowiak (Honorable Mention), Kayla Klepper, Kelsey Schneider (Glaser’s Ceramic Award), Lisa Gurvara, Nicholas Molczyk, Rachel Curry, Sara Belk, Sarah Henry, Sarah Sullivan, Sophia Haorei, Stephen Lobbes, Taylor Long, Tiffany Griffith, Trevor Jaixen, Victoria Warta

Pius X High School: Anna Henrichsen

Raymond North Central High School: Amzi McFarling, Clayton Friedeman, Halie Mohlman, Jacob Jambor, Keith White, Wyatt Urbom (Frameworks Award)

National Juried Cup Exhibition

For our first National Juried Cup Exhibition, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ceramics faculty member, Pete Pinnell, made selections from some of the most exceptional functional and non-functional cups produced by contemporary ceramic artists. Pinnell chose 97 pieces from 400 submissions. Fifty-five artists will be represented from around the country in this exhibition.

Erica Iman - Juror's Choice Award Winner
Seth Green - Juror's Choice Award Winner
Kyle Johns - Purchase Award Winner
Joanna Powell - Purchase Award Winner

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March 6 - 28 Opening Reception: March 6, 5-7pm

16 Hands

Potters, Silvie Granatelli, Rick Hensley, Donna Polseno, Ellen Shankin, Stacy Snyder and woodworker, Brad Warstler, make up the Floyd, Virginia based artists of 16 Hands. This group of artists, all working independently of one another but in close proximity, have become known for their much anticipated twice yearly home studio tours and sales. This year they have added the Lux Center for the Arts to their exhibition and sale schedule.

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Plywood Exploration

Dan Terpstra exhibits his two and three dimensional plywood sculptures in this solo exhibition. Terpstra’s pieces consist of partially decayed wood, lumber and plywood which have been assembled and altered through the use of a chainsaw. This finely and intuitively crafted work pushes the boundaries of what woodwork can be.

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February 6 - 28 Opening Reception: February 6, 5-7pm

Converging/Diverging

In conjunction with Lincoln's citywide PhotoFest, Converging/Diverging, presents the works of husband and wife Dana Fritz and Larry Gawel. Fritz and Gawel's contrasting methods of working exhibit the scope and depth of the photographic media. While Fritz's work uses straight photography to record and analyze the human environments which we have created, Gawel's diverges from the rules to explore and record ephemeral impressions and sensations.

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Flowers Don't Argue, Part II

Local attorney, Herb Friedman, gets in touch with his softer side with pictorials illustrating the wonder of the natural landscape. Everything is coming up roses, lilies or snapdragons in Friedman's botanical wonderland.

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January 9 - January 31 Opening Reception: January 9, 5-7pm

Painting outside the Lines: Emerging Nebraska

This exhibition brings together pieces from emerging Nebraska artists who work in media and processes seldom or never shown at Lux Center for the Arts. Artists working in new media, mixed media, painting and print processes come together in this dynamic show. Participating artists include: Michael Burton (painting/video), Peggy Gomez (painting/mixed media), Andrew Hershey (print/new media), Joey Lynch (print), and Erika Navarrete (painting).

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Divine Decadence

Artist-in-Residence, Gerit Grimm, invites viewers into the imagined worlds of her ceramic creations. This series of majolica glazed terra cotta ceramic girls and their animal companions showcase Grimm's skill at leading the viewer through a series of misadventures and a comedy of errors.

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November 7 — December 23, 2008

Gifts from the Heart

Karen Payzant

Opening Reception
Friday, November 7, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm
Happening
Friday, December 5, 5:00-7:00 pm

Choose the perfect holiday gift from our selection of original works by more than 50 artists. High quality, reasonably priced, craft items perfect for gift giving. Local, regional and nationally known artists/craftsman produced glass work, functional pottery, jewelry, prints, photography, woodwork, wearable art and more.

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August 1 — 30, 2008

Bedazzled

2008 Lux Center for the Arts Bead Invitational

Opening Reception
Friday, August 1, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm

Curated by Marcia Laging Cummings, the Lux Center's 2008 Bead Invitational is a celebration of the most innovative work being produced in contemporary bead work. This exhibition will showcase the boundless possibilities in expressions from jewelry and wearable art to wall pieces and three dimensional sculptural works.

Participating artists include: JoAnn Baumann, Wendy Ellsworth, Susan Fraerman, Kim Z Franklin, Susan Lenart Kazmer, Nancy Koenigsberg, Connie Lehman, Laura Leonard, Jennifer Mokren, Amy Clarke Moore, Rachel Nelson-Smith, Christine Marie Noguere, Huib Petersen, Christy Puetz, Sherry Serafini, Natasha St. Michael, James Edward Talbot, Dustin Wedekind, Tom and Kathy Wegman, Laura Willits, and Jan Zicarelli.

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August 1 — 30, 2008

Utility and Desire

Jenni Brant

Opening Reception
Friday, August 1, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm

Local potter and Lux Education Director, Jenni Brant, creates sensuous functional ceramics that are meant to celebrate the ordinary and the extraordinary events of life. With soft yet vibrant glazes that hug feminine curves and overlay dainty decoration, Brant brings to life objects that she hopes will inspire and stir the viewer to an awareness of the present through beauty within ritualized utility.

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July 8 — 26, 2008

Unreal Landscapes

Steve Ryan

Opening Reception
Friday, July 11, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm

Steve Ryan, a native of Oakland, Nebraska, draws on his background in photography and oil painting to produce Unreal Landscapes. This body of works features digital photo manipulations of the seemingly mundane outdoor scene in juxtaposition with bird's eye views and Rorschach like effects. Discover whole new worlds through the lens of Steve Ryan's camera.

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In the Showroom

For sale in the showroom this month: Photography by Dana Fritz; Prints by Victoria Goro-Rapoport; Ceramic work by Liz Howe; Pottery by Ryan LaBar; Prints by Jewel Noll; Pottery by Eric Petersen.

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June 6 — 28, 2008

Handsome Deviants

Works on Paper by Brett Anderson

Opening Reception
Friday, June 6, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm

Artist-in-Residence, Brett Anderson, explores contemporary social commentary through the use of his own personal brand of ghouls and monsters. Satire is most often at work in Anderson's highly detail woodcuts, intaglios, and drawings, revealing his good sense of humor about himself and the state of the world in which he lives.

In the Showroom

In the showroom this month: Prints by Sherry Black; Pottery by Susan Dewsnap; Mixed Media Assemblage by Janet Eskridge; Pottery by Seth Green; Clay work by Gerit Grimm; Encaustics by Susan Schenk.

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May 2 — 31, 2008

All Synthetic/All Natural

2008 Lux Center for the Arts Book Invitational

Opening Reception
Friday, May 2, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm

Curated by book artist, Carianne Cass, All Synthetic/All Natural uses the format of the book as a means to explore artists' observations about their own personal environments and lifestyles. The materials used to convey these ideas range the spectrum from used floppy discs to rocks, lipstick, plant matter and beyond. Participating artists include: Heidi Atwood, Mary-Ellen Campbell, Carianne Cass, Irene Chan, Nisha Drinkard, Holly Hanessian, Melissa Kaup-Augustine, Aimee Lee, Bonnie O'Connell, Pamela Paulsrud, Marilyn Sward, and Janet Williams.

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May 2 — 31, 2008

Genomatrial Forms

April Katz

Opening Reception
Friday, May 2, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm

In this solo exhibition, printmaker April Katz explores her personal identity through the lens of her Jewish heritage, genetics, and the earth and environment in which she finds herself. Universal and timely subject matter are also touched on in this body of work. Concern regarding bioengineering and the alteration of genetic materials raise questions about the ethics of our current course.

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April 4 — 26, 2008

Distinctive Directions
2008 Curated Quilt Invitational

Deidre Adams, Pam RuBert, Joanie San Chirico, Jeanne Williamson

Opening Reception
Friday, April 4, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm

Curated by fiber artist, Lisa Call, the Lux Center's 2008 Quilting Invitational brings together diverse and talented regional and east coat artists. Deidre Adams uses the structure of the quilt to investigate surface and textures through stitched and painted natural landscapes and man made structures. Works by Joanie San Chirico share a similar focus on the environment and artifacts, while employing the use of hand dying processes and stitching on both cloth and paper. A fascination with form and color through the use of painting, printmaking, collage and sewing are displayed in Jeanne Williamson's weekly quilts and construction fence monoprints. Rounding out the bunch are Pam RuBert's quilts which in their altogether unique way use RuBert's own cartoon character, PaMdora, to create humorous narrative adventures.

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This exhibition is sponsored in part by

April 4 — 26, 2008

Fencing In or Keeping Out

Lisa Call

Opening Reception
Friday, April 4, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm

In conjunction with the 2008 Quilt Invitational, Denver, Colorado, fiber artist and curator, Lisa Call, will display her own hand dyed and stitched quilts. Call employs the use of abstraction, geometry, and the color pallet of the Southwest within her work. Interest in both geological formations and man-made structures such as fences and walls manifest themselves within her Structures series. Visible delineations suggesting containment and boundaries also allude to the psychological boundaries we set.

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March 7 — 29, 2008

CUPCAKE: The Resurgence

Carlos Guerrero

Opening Reception
Friday, March 7, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm

Artist-in-Residence, Carlos Guerrero, will employ the use of wood, clay, dirt, wax, paint and found objects to create an installation sculpture juxtaposed with pictorial images on paper and panel. In this solo exhibition, Guerrero will use the cupcake as format and symbol confronting the dichotomy of the human experience as well as issues regarding institutional dogma, consumption, and consumerism.

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In the Showroom: clay work by Sarah Bauman; photography from Katrina Mitchell; encaustics by Margaret Berry; and pottery from Dandee Pattee, Karl Borgeson, and Naomi Cleary.

February 1 — March 1, 2008

Bored Meeting: a Sunday Dinner

Caitlin Applegate

Opening Reception
Friday, February 1, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm

Bored Meeting: a Sunday Dinner, explores the figurative work of ceramic sculptor Caitlin Applegate. This solo exhibition will showcase pieces made during the artist's recent residency at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha. In this installation Applegate "examines relationships and interactions that occur when a group of people share a common space over a period of time; whether it is in the common area of a family home, or in a work environment." She states "The intersection, or in some cases, collision between public and private lives, provides a place to peer through the cracks in the mask we put on for one another each day."

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January 11 — March 1, 2008

The Gifts that Lovers Give

Opening Reception (in conjunction with The Finer Things)
Friday, January 11, 2008, 7:00-10:00 pm

This group exhibition will feature jewelry by a variety of locally and nationally known artists. Pieces will celebrate a wide array of styles from intricate beadwork to contemporary silver and gold settings with precious and semi precious stones. Attend our special event, The Finer Things and be the first to have an opportunity to purchase the perfect Valentine's Day gift for your loved one!

Including work by Donna D'Aquino, Donna Burdic, Stephanie Collins, Marcia Laging Cummings, Sarah Hood, Tamar Kern, Sydney Lynch, Alley Maranto, Jessica Starkle, and April Stevenson.

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January 4 — 26, 2008

Journeys

Yvonne Meyer

Opening Reception
Friday, January 4, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm

Local photographer Yvonne Meyer uses personally recorded images as the basis for communication and story telling. In her solo exhibition, Journeys, Meyer will install three separate bodies of work, both black and white and color photos, all records of her travels and the movement of time. While one body of work is comical and follows the journeys of a Pee-wee Herman ventriloquist's doll, Transitions, follows the changes within the lives of her family and friends. Parentheses, the final piece of this puzzle, records the breaks from everyday life in Meyer's journeys and travels with her sister. Of her work she says, "These images portray my fascination with the quiet, curious and sometimes absurd."

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The Finer Things

Friday, January 11, 2008, 7:00-10:00 pm

In conjunction with the opening reception of The Gifts that Lovers Give on January 11th, the Lux Center will also present The Finer Things — an evening of romance with style. Enjoy a glass of wine while romantic music is being played. Take a step back in time to an era of glamour with a touch of old world elegance. This fund-raising event will be one to remember!

Tickets for The Finer Things are $20.00 for members and $25.00 for non-members. Tickets can be reserved by calling 402-466-8692.

November 2 — December 22, 2007

Winter Showroom

Jenni Freidman

Jenni Brant

Sneak Peak for members only
Thursday, November 1, 5:00-7:00 pm

Opening Reception
Friday, November 2, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

Grand Finale
Friday, December 7, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

High quality, reasonably priced, fine crafts perfect for gift giving. Local, regional and nationally known artists/craftsman produced glass work, functional pottery, jewelry, prints, photography, woodwork, wearable fibers and more.

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Participating artists:

Ceramics

• Jenni Brant
• Bernadette Curran
• Paul Eshelmen
• Su Harvey
• Bryan Hopkins
• Gail Kendall
• Stephanie Leach
• Lisa Orr
• Dandee Pattee
• Kristin Pavelka
• Eric Petersen
• Brenda Quinn
• Amy Santoferraro
• Brian Taylor

Glass

• Heron Glass - Ralph Mossman and Mary Mullaney
• Tom Kreager

Fibers

• Roxann Chalfant
• Jennifer Graham

Jewelry

• Laura Beamer
• Jenni Brant
• Donna Burdic
• Jen Carlson
• Stephanie Collins
• Donna D'Aquino
• Caitlin Johnston
• Lonna Keller
• Ray Kunc
• Sydney Lynch
• Lulu Smith
• April Stevenson

Mixed Media

• Carlos Guerrero
• Deb Omel
• Margaret Berry
• Susan Joan Schenk

Photography

• Jean Lewis
• Yvonne Meyer

Printmaking

• Brett Anderson
• Diana Behl
• Wanda Ewing
• Jenni Friedman
• Eriko Fujita
• Anne Ruehrmund
• Francisco Souto

Wood

• Different Drummer Workshop - Maine Toys
• Dennis Wattier

October 5 — 27, 2007

Mind Over Matter

Hiroki Morinoue and Kathryn Finnerty

Opening Reception
Friday, October 5, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

Held in conjunction with the Art of Fine Craft 2007 Conference: Original Mind/Modern Matter, Mind Over Matter showcases the work of conference demonstrators, Hawaiian printmaker Hiroki Morinoue and Oregon based ceramicist Kathryn Finnerty. Morinoue's nature inspired woodcut prints, produced in the ancient Japanese style, explore the rhythms, cycles and patters of the physical world. Finnerty's ornate hand-built and altered functional wares, in contrast, reference the Victorian period through her use of decorative ornamentation.

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October 5 — 27, 2007

Weight/Light

Jeanne Quinn

Opening Reception
Friday, October 5, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

Also held in conjunction with the Art of Fine Craft 2007 Conference: Original Mind/Modern Matter is the solo exhibition of sculptor Jeanne Quinn's site specific installation, Weight/Light. Quinn, a noted ceramicist, uses clay as her primary medium, incorporating mixed media components, creating relationships between parts, thereby addressing ideas about gender, objects and their uses.

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September 7 — 29, 2007

2007 Lux Center for the Arts Glass Invitational
Exploring the Human Form

Martin Blank, Robert Carlson, Dino Rosin, and Leah Wingfield

Opening Reception
Friday, September 7, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

Exploring the Human Form is curated by nationally acclaimed glass artist and educator Tom Kreager of Hastings, Nebraska. This exhibition includes work from four premier contemporary glass artists working with the figure as a basis to explore both modern and contemporary expressions of the human form.

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September 7 — 29, 2007

Selections from the Steve Wake and Linda Esterling Collection

Opening Reception
Friday, September 7, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

Local collectors generously share selections from their contemporary glass collection. Work from ten of the most influential glass artists working today will be displayed in conjunction with the 2007 Lux Center for the Arts Glass Invitational.

August 3 — 25, 2007

Clay Convergence

UNL Ceramics Graduate Students

Opening Reception
Friday, August 3, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

In the exhibition Clay Convergence Lux Center patrons will be treated to a diverse range of forms and techniques from functional to sculptural ceramics, created by current and former MFA students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Artists scheduled to participate are: Caitlin Applegate, Sarah Barnard-Blitz, Jenni Brant, Autumn Cipala, Susan Dewsnap, Seth Green, Xanthe Isbister, Jesse Ross, and Rhonda Willers.

Stephanie Leach, Lux Center exhibition director, expresses her admiration for the UNL clay program. "It boasts a wide variety of physical expressions in clay including figurative, minimalist, and realistic sculpture, in contrast with functional wares in everyday stoneware and ornate porcelain," Leach said. "So many students leave UNL and quickly establish a great reputation in the ceramics world. It's wonderful that we are able to showcase some of them while we have the chance."

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August 3 — 25, 2007

Adventures on the Low Road

Dandee Pattee

Opening Reception
Friday, August 3, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

The title Adventures on the Low Road reflects Dandee Pattee's emphasis of study during her year at the Lux Center. The low-fire process has allowed her to explore a more vibrant color palette than in previous work fired at higher temperatures. Strongly influenced by traditional Asian and contemporary American ceramics, Pattee creates pieces intended for use. "My work possesses a strong sense of straight forward form," says Pattee. Pitchers, bowls, cups and other pots are intended to provide the user with comfort and confidence in their utility."

A Wyoming native, Pattee received her undergraduate education from Casper (WY) Community College, and Southern Utah University in Cedar City, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Additionally she has studied and worked at UNL, Peters Valley Craft Center, in Layton, NJ, and in Ely, Iowa with Clary Illian. After leaving the Lux Center this month, Pattee will begin a residency in Floyd, VA, with noted ceramist Silvie Granatelli.

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July 6 — 28, 2007

Recent Work

Deborah Schwartzkopf

Opening Reception
Friday, July 6, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

Salt fired functional ceramics that use hard lines, soft planes and vibrant color to explore the contrasting dichotomies of defined mathematical order and the organic.

"Working in clay is elemental: water and earth touched by hand and fire," says Schwartzkopf of her medium. "I want my work to participate in the rituals involved the preparation and eating of food. To promote this interaction, I create pottery that is comfortable and encourages discovery during use. Through the awakening of personal association and connection to a piece I hope to enrich to the life of the user."

Among many recent awards, Schwartzkopf was featured in Ceramics Monthly magazine as an Emerging Artist in 2006. She earned her MFA degree from Penn State after several years of studying at the University of Alaska in Anchorage, at San Diego State, and independently with studio potters. Currently she is a resident artist at the prestigious Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena MT.

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June 1 — 30, 2007

Wire Bound

Judy Bales

Opening Reception
Friday, June 1, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

Judy Bales has exhibited her fiber and mixed media work nationally for more than 20 years. She is an experienced educator and lectures frequently about her work in conjunction with exhibitions. Bales utilizes cold, industrial materials to create objects that contain warmth and lyricism. Although materials cast off from industry and agriculture provide the raw materials for her work, the inspiration comes from the landscape and the natural world.

In Wire Bound, Bales' work will consist of constructed objects that have roots in fractal geometry, African American textiles (in concept rather than direct appearance), and jazz. The artist begins with a set material and technique and then proceeds to vary or improvise the forms created by those materials and techniques in a many ways as possible.

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June 1 — 30, 2007

Roots, Branches and Twigs:
2007 Midwest Fiber Invitational

Curated by Mary Zicafoose

Opening Reception
Friday, June 1, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

"This exhibition will showcase the diverse and compelling work of six prominent mid-career Midwestern fiber artists," says Mary Zicafoose, curator of the weaving invitational as well as a participating artist. "I have pulled together outstanding examples of wall and sculptural textiles that reference symbolism, strength and scale. Those artists represented include Jo Stealey, Chair of the University of Missouri-Columbia Fiber Department, whose handmade paper wall pieces and vessels address the metaphorical. The powerful vessels of Missouri artist Leandra Spangler's will complement the highly collected delicate wall pieces of Luanne Rimel, Education Director of the St. Louis Craft Alliance Gallery. Also featured is Betsy Knabe Roe, Design Professor at Washburn University, Topeka, KS, known for her installation work in cloth, Nebraska favorite Jane Marie with new felted forms. My own work features sapling baskets and new weft face ethno-contemporary ikat tapestries."

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May 4 — 26, 2007

A Dime a Dozen

Shanna Crosby-Wilson

Opening Reception
Friday, May 4, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

New work by printmaker Shanna Crosby-Wilson examines modern animal husbandry in chicken farming and processing factories and the relationship humans have to their food.

"There is more to these simple birds than their ability to provide us with food," says Crosby-Wilson of the subjects of her prints. The subject matter of her work is intended to make a statement and open a discussion."As a whole, we must take a deeper look at what we are doing and how our lives are affected by the way we treat those around us, including those of the animal world."

Omaha native Crosby-Wilson returned to her home city last year with her husband and 6-year old daughter after four years at California State University Long Beach where she earned her MFA in printmaking.While in California, she worked as a lab tech for the University's printmaking department and was chosen to lead a team of artist's in a public art project for the city's annual Smithsonian Week in Long Beach. Currently, Crosby-Wilson is an Artist in Residence at the Lux Center where she teaches printmaking for Doane as well as children's art classes at the Lux Center.

May 4 — 26, 2007

Featured Artists

Joshua Pfenning, Kelli Damron, Justin Kohmetscher, and Wanda Ewing

Opening Reception
Friday, May 4, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

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April 6 — 28, 2007

Guilty Pleasures & Other Social Addictions

Stephanie Leach

Opening Reception
Friday, April 6, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

Leach's current work employs the use of the Trompe l'Oeil Still Life format, interpreted through the medium of ceramic sculpture, and incorporates contemporary American social commentary. It explores the effects of the Mass Media largely building Popular Culture, thereby forming social addictions, consuming passions, and ultimately, social decay. The sculptural manifestations of these concepts are in the form of candies, which are compared and even equated with objects of indulgence, consumerism and addiction.

March 2 — April 28, 2007

Tactile Traces

Katherine K. Allen, Eleanor A. McCain and Barbara W. Watler

Opening Reception
Friday, March 2, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

"We work independently and have not shown as a group before," says a statement provided by the Tactile Traces artists. "Our images represent a wide range of the expressive power of thread, cloth and color. Our artworks are included in museums and collections both private and public. Katherine Allen is a printmaker using cloth, pigment, and stitching to speak to the connections between nature and culture. Eleanor McCain works in an associative construction format, which uses color in graphic grid structures. Barbara W. Watler uses the classical technique of reverse appliqu to execute decidedly contemporary graphic depictions of natural forms and phenomenon. Aesthetically and conceptually, the diversity of our images provides an exciting and provocative mix."

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March 2 — 31, 2007

Mapping the Surface

Judith James

Opening Reception
Friday, March 2, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

Judith James received a BFA in graphic design and photography from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth in 1971, and an MA in textiles from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln in 2002. She has taught classes at UN—L and maintains a studio in Lincoln. Her textile constructions have been exhibited and published nationally and internationally and are included in private collections.

James' textile constructions reveal a fascination with the structure of fabric and how it can be manipulated to reveal its poetic and communicative potential. Stitched resist dyeing processes are used by James to produce both soft, out-of-focus effects and clear, crisp markings. James combines these discharge processes with screen printing and relief printing and uses the resulting imagery to suggest landscapes observed and imagined, recorded in the folding and stitching of the cloth.

February 2 — 25, 2007

The Self: Collections and Memories

Matel Rokke

Opening Reception
Friday, February 2, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

As people pass on we are left with a fragmented memory of who they were.But the items they leave behind help sustain our memories, whether those are snapshots or random items that we can't seem to let go of. This body of work is about discovering the self with the use of objects from personal history, family portraits, and photography as a tool for facilitating memory.From the most mundane objects to the most beautiful strand of pearls they all hold a certain resonance or aura of the person that once possessed them.By using these objects and photographs in this work a new "family portrait" emerges, allowing multiple generations to congregate. Re-creating this history creates a rich narrative that ultimately leads to a new understanding of the "self," both past and present.

January 12 — February 24, 2007

Double Vision

Keith Jacobshagen and Paula Day

Opening Reception
Friday, January 12, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

In their first show together in Lincoln, Keith Jacobshagen and Paula Day will present images of gardens, urban and suburban spaces. Working in the tradition of unaltered photography, the artists explore the emotional and physical attributes of their surroundings. The couple has photographed together and separately for 25 years on trips and in their Lincoln neighborhoods.

January 12 — 31, 2007

The Prairie Print Makers

Selections from the Lux Print Collection

Opening Reception
Friday, January 12, 2007, 5:00-7:00 pm

Lux Center for the Arts will present a unique exhibition of prints from the pioneering graphics society, the Prairie Print Makers.

From 1931 to 1965, the Kansas-based Prairie Printmakers had over one hundred members throughout North America. Among its active members were many of the foremost printmakers in America during the middle of the 20th century, including Thomas Hart Benton, Clare Leighton, and John Steuart Curry.

The sixteen prints on exhibition are part of the Gladys M. Lux collection. Gladys Lux collected nearly 500 prints during her career as an art educator at Nebraska Wesleyan University. The print collection, along with extensive collections of historical dolls and glass paperweights, is now part of the Gladys M. Lux Museum on the second floor of Lux Center for the Arts. In conjunction with the exhibition, Kiechel Fine Art will display at the Lux Center a selection of historical prints by some of the Midwest's most famous printmakers of the same era. These prints will be for sale, a portion of which Kiechel Fine Art will donate to benefit educational programs at the Lux Center.

Underwriting for this show is provided by Kiechel Fine Art.

December 1 — 30, 2006

Arrangements

Tracy Shell

Opening Reception
Friday, December 1, 2006, 5:00-7:00 pm

Resident artist, teacher, and Education/Exhibition Director since January, 2006, Tracy Shell's delicate work in clay is functional as it is beautiful. An alumna of Rochester Institute of Technology School for American Crafts in New York, Tracy Shell shares her talents with Lincoln with new work devoted to flower display. Vessels and containers of all sizes and shapes will be on display — perfect for holiday giving.

Lux Center for the Arts will exhibit the latest work from ceramic artist Tracy Shell featuring a variety of ceramic vessels with a focus on floral display. An opening reception will be held December 1 from 5 to 7 pm. There will be a gallery talk by the artist at 6:15 pm.

"This work is more subtle than anything I have produced in the past," Shell says about her hand built forms. "It is my hope that as these pieces are used, each collector will discover new and interesting ways of integrating floral displays with the vessels. I'm grateful to Hillis & Company for donating fresh flowers to inspire experimentation."

Shell has been with the Lux Center since September 2004 as a resident artist, teacher, and currently as Education/Exhibition Director. She is an alumna of Rochester Institute of Technology School for American Crafts in New York.

Arrangements is sponsored by Union Bank and Trust, and by Hillis & Company who will provide fresh flowers for display during the opening weekend of the exhibition.

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November 3 — December 30, 2006

Wrappable

Art for Giving

Opening Reception
Friday, November 3, 2006, 5:00-7:00 pm

Handcrafted gifts for holiday shopping... an old tradition with a new form. Find unique, museum-quality original artwork in photography, printmaking, ceramics, glass, metal and jewelry, wood and fiber for that special person. Ongoing during the months of November and December, the main gallery showroom will be brimming with contemporary fine art and craft of the highest quality by over 75 local, regional and national artists.

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Participating artists: Diana Behl, Jacquline Sanchez, Brett Anderson, Lulu Smith, Trudie Tejink, Laura Beamer, Mary Zicafoose, Cindy Gardner, Gina Reynoso, Stephanie Collins, Shanna Wilson, Sydney Lynch, Curtis Jones, Chihiro Makio, Jenni Friedman, April Stevenson, Sarah Smelser, Lonna Keller, Kristen Martincic, Eriko Fujita, April Katz, John Driesbach, Jesse Ross, Josh Fleming, Michelle Tinner, Sarah Martin, Andy Shaw, Holly Tornheim, Dandee Pattee, David Diegel, Kari Radasch, Michael Bauermeister, Pete Pinnell, Deb Wald, Stephanie Leach, Susan Dewsnap, Marty Kreamer, Liz Smith, Harry Tompkin, Lisa Orr, Tom Kreager, Paul Eshelman, Jill Franke, Richard Parrish, Hope Rovelto, Sandra Williams, Mary Zicafoose, Katherine Griesan, Breanna Kincaid, Jane Marie, Lisa Call, Elizabeth Smathers, Sue Quambusch, Margaret Quambusch, Mary Beth Yates, Dana Fritz, Larry Gawel, Jean Lewis, Matel Loop, Katrina Mitchell, Rex Peterson and Yvonne Meyer

November 3 — 25, 2006 > Folsom Gallery

No Body

Wanda Ewing

Opening Reception
Friday, November 3, 2006, 5:00-7:00 pm

Omaha printmaker and professor of art at the University of Nebraska—Omaha, Wanda Ewing explores popular culture by way of personal narratives, illustrating what life is like in contemporary society from the perspective of a black, single woman. In doing so, she confronts common experiences and/or fears that cross different ethnic and racial backgrounds. Ewing's work has been featured in many solo and group exhibitions in the U.S.

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October 6 — 28, 2006 > Folsom Gallery

Gail Kendall

Opening Reception
Friday, October 6, 2006, 5:00-7:00 pm

Gail Kendall has been working with clay since 1970. She has taught at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln since 1987. She exhibits widely in national and international exhibits and also teaches workshops extensively throughout the United States.

"It is to the private life of the individual that I address most studio efforts," Kendall says, "in the hope that the tureens, bowls, teapots and other serving pieces I make enhance the routines and rituals that frame the intimacy of our lives at home."

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Art of the Teapot

September 1 — October 28, 2006 > Main Gallery

Opening Reception
Friday, September 1, 2006, 5:00-7:00 pm

Curated by Pete Pinnell, professor of art in ceramics at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln, and internationally recognized ceramic artist, this exhibition features 40 contemporary teapots from around the world. The pots range from traditional to functional to purely sculptural.

Sponsored in part by:

Participating artists:

Dan Anderson
Robert Archambeau
Susan Beiner
Linda Christianson
Sam Chung
Bede Clarke
Tony Clennell
Sheila Clennell
Michael Connelly
Josh DeWeese
Sanam Emami
Sarah Jaeger
Randy Johnston
Jan McKeachie Johnston
Louis Katz
Matt Kelleher
Matt Metz
Geo Lastomirsky
Ah Leon
Matt Long
Ricky Maldonado
Blair Meerfeld
John Neely
Karen Newgard
Richard Notkin
Betsy Rosenmiller
Diane Rosenmiller
Lisa Scroggins
Nicholas Seidner
Bonnie Seeman
Mark Shapiro
Linda Sikora
Richard Swanson
Geoffrey Wheeler
Lana Wilson
Karl Yost

Statement by Pete Pinnell:

Everyone knows what a teapot looks like. It's one of our most archetypal vessels: a little round pot with a lid, a spout on one side and a handle on the other. As kids, we even sing a song about teapots and pantomime its parts. It sounds so simple, yet in the hands of an artist this model can be taken in surprisingly inventive and entertaining directions. Artists today still make traditional teapots that are meant to steep and pour tea in a practical and satisfying way, but they also use it as a metaphor, a vehicle for personal expression, a basis for sculptural exploration, or simply as a starting point for a flight of fancy.

Most potters try their hand at teapots, and there are thousands of potters today who can make a nice, usable one. When Tracy and I began discussing the idea of a teapot show, the question was how do we go about narrowing the list of makers down to a practical number. We batted around a number of ideas: perhaps only usable teapots, or ones made out of particular kinds of clay, like porcelain? I also liked the idea of limiting it to young potters (to get a fresh perspective) or to those working most inventively. In the end, I decided to use quality as the qualifier. Every potter on this list has a national or international reputation, and every one of them is known for their teapots. Beyond that, there is nothing that binds them together except that they all work in clay. There are some on this list who are just a few years out of school, and others who have been professionals for decades. Some explore the teapot for its experiential qualities, while others are unconcerned about function and use the teapot as simply a vehicle for communication and expression. Taken together, I hope you find this exhibition to be an engaging, interesting and entertaining introduction to The Art of the Teapot.

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September 1 — October 28, 2006 > Folsom Gallery

100 Cups Invitational

Opening Reception
Friday, September 1, 2006, 5:00-7:00 pm

Teapots and cups go together beautifully in this national group show in the Folsom Gallery. See and learn about the variety of styles and interpretations artists place on cups.

Participating artists:

Dan Anderson
Mary Barringer
Kirsten Bassion
Jenni Brant
Meredith Brickell
Bernadette Curran
Kelli Damron
Carol Ann Ferr
Julia Galloway
Ursula Snow Hargens
Ayumi Horie
Meredith Host
Sarah Jaeger
Reena Kashyap
Matt Kelleher
Kristen Kieffer
Steve Lee
Suze Lindsay
James Lobb
Matt Long
Andrew Martin
Kent McLaughlin
Lisa Orr
Dandee Patee
Pete Pinnell
Joe Pintz
Kari Radasch
Mary Roehm
Jesse Ross
Carol Schwartz
Deb Schwartzkoff
Amy Smith
Michelle Tinner
Jerilyn Virden
Deb Wald
Geoffrey Wheeler
Sandra Williams
Mary Beth Wehrung

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Visual Vacation

Mo Neal and James Bockelman

August 4 — 29, 2006 > Main Gallery

Opening Reception
Friday, August 4, 2006, 5:00-7:00 pm

Relative Steadiness

Justin Kohmetscher

July 7 — July 29, 2006 > Folsom Gallery

Opening Reception
Friday, July 7, 2006, 5:00-7:00 pm

Relative Steadiness, a photography and video installation by Justin Kohmetscher will open Friday, July 7 from 5 to 7 pm. in the Lux Center for the Arts' Folsom Gallery. The exhibition, which uses photography and video to explore the relationship between photograph and the natural human tendency to interpret, classify and define, will run through July 29. The exhibition is supported by The Frederick Group at Smith Barney.

Kohmetscher, a former artist in residence at the Lux Center observes, "The relationship between a photograph and the rest of the world demonstrates the pretense of objectivity that is particular to the medium. Superficially, the photograph acts as a record of light striking some receptive surface for an amount of time, therefore acting as a type of truth, fact or document. However, art does not exist in a vacuum and its usefulness as truth is dependent upon interpretation and context."

Kohmetscher holds a BFA in photography from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He will be pursuing a MFA in photography at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY beginning this fall.

Sponsored by The Frederick Group at Smith Barney.

Unfinished Business

Carol Schwartz

June 2 — July 1, 2006 > Folsom Gallery

Opening Reception
Friday, June 2, 2006, 5:00-7:00 pm

Figurative sculpture is narrative by nature, but not always merry. Unfinished Business, a solo exhibition by resident artist Carol Schwartz, will feature figurative ceramic sculpture that employs humor as a key element. For the past several years, Carol has used humor to address serious issues of love, desire, and ambition that often occur in interpersonal relationships. She often uses the workplace as a metaphor for romantic relationships between men and women.

Carol Schwartz is a current resident artist at the Lux Center for the Arts. She was raised in Texas where she received her BFA in ceramic arts from Texas State University in 2002. She received her MFA in ceramics with a minor in printmaking from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2005. She teaches ceramics and printmaking workshops and classes for Doane College and the Lux Center for the Arts.

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National Pastimes: Spring Season

Joey Lynch

April 7 — May 27, 2006 > Folsom Gallery

"My main interest growing up was baseball. Playing, watching, and drawing the stars of the game. It then shifted to politics. Dropping all attention paid to season after season of the sport. Now I've come back to watching, playing, and drawing ball players while still being opinionated on the policies and traditions of governments. This work juxtaposes the two subjects with multi-media screen prints to display them as National Pastimes. This work is the begining of what I hope to be a continuing series."

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February 3 — March 31, 2006 > Folsom Gallery

Clouds and Stone

Dana Fritz

The photographs in Clouds and Stone were made in fall 2005 in the Brittany region of France. As a participant in the Alfred and Trafford Klots Artist Residency Program, Fritz lived in a small village on the grounds of the Chteau de Rochefort-en-Terre. Her extended stay enabled her to focus on aspects of time in a location that has been continuously inhabited since the 12th century.

Taking a slight detour from her familiar photographs of formal gardens, these images reveal the interwoven layers of nature and culture in a site with deep history. Crumbling walls, errant vines, mossy stones, slumping chimneys, tidy topiary and foggy mornings reveal the presence of time, both cyclical and linear.

Dana Fritz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research and creative work have been funded by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Research Council, Layman Trust, Hixson-Lied Endowment and Humanities Center. This funding enabled her to travel throughout the United States, Europe and Japan to make photographs that investigate the intersection of nature and culture found in gardens.

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November 10 — December 23, 2005 > Folsom Gallery

Wood Vessels and Sculpture

Michael Bauermeister

After working as a self employed furniture designer for twelve years, Michael Bauermeister began to take a more non-functional, sculptural approach to the material of wood and never looked back. "I make wooden vessels because I have found in them a form of expression that is nearly limitless and one that offers the viewer a handle with which to access this sculptural work."

As Bauermeister has said, "My current work is about vessels, both constructed and naturally occurring. I try to make pieces that exist in both these worlds at once, challenging the viewer to imagine their origins."Using different woods including cherry, pine, birch, sycamore, and linden, Bauermeister will feature a body of work with much larger pieces than is typical. Prices range from $800—$5,000 for objects ranging in size from tabletop pieces to free-standing six foot tall sculptures.

Bauermeister's passion for wood is obvious in everything he makes."I have chosen the wood vessel for my sculptural ideas because I find it to be a comfortable place for both the viewer and myself to start. From here I can explore the issues of form and texture, scale and color, all in the natural beauty of wood. I hope these pieces have a soothing presence that provides restful relief in an increasingly pressured world."

In addition to exhibiting in the United States, Germany and France, he has most recently finished a commission for an installation at the U.S. Embassy in South Africa.Nationally he has shown at the Smithsonian Craft Show where he received the Niche Award in 2002, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and at the University of Michigan's Museum of Art where his work is a part of the Bohlen Collection.In addition to exhibiting at the SOFA Invitational in Chicago, The Woodturning Center in Philadelphia, and the Patina Gallery in Santa Fe, Bauermeister has also been a visiting artist at Virginia Commonwealth University and received the "Best of Wood" award at the American Craft Exposition in Evanston, Illinois in 2002.

Bauermeister grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana and went on to study at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1975—76 concluding his BFA at the Kansas City Arts Institute in 1979.He has been working with wood ever since and presently maintains his studio in an old general store "which is all that is left of a town called Nona" in Missouri.

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October 7 — November 13, 2005 > Folsom Gallery

Four Stories

Resident Artists

An exhibition of work by Lux Center for the Arts resident artists: Tracy Shell, Carol Schwartz, Kristen Martincic and Justin Kohmetscher.

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