EMERGE LNK 2025

Description

LUX Center for the Arts is thrilled to bring you the third biennial EMERGE LNK: Mural + Street Art Festival!

EMERGE LNK seeks to support and inspire the community and gives us a reason to celebrate our collective shared spaces. Three new murals will be created in the University Place neighborhood, Lincoln’s first certified Creative District. This year’s theme will focus on and celebrate the Creative District and its deep roots as a center of community within the larger Lincoln area. Focusing on UNI Place’s Past, Present and Future respectively.

Mural locations:
Joy Kjer — Past — North wall of the Masonic Building, 2600 N 48th St
Margaret Kops Kuveke — Present — West wall of Mo Java Café, 2649 N 48th St
Matthew Mederer — Future — East wall of The Flats at Leighton District, 2401 N 48th St

Sunday, September 21st, 2025, 10am - 3 pm
The Street Art Festival is a FREE, family-friendly event featuring:

Art Activities & Demos
- Community Mural Activity
- Printmaking Activity
- 3D Pens & Copper Foiling
- Spin Art Activity
- Clay Mountain Activity
- Medallion Painting Activity
- Barn Quilt Squares
- Wheel Throwing Demonstrations

LUX & Uni Place Experiences
- LUX Shop & Galleries
- LUX Fellows Ceramics Sale
- LUX Merchandise Table
- Makers Market by Uni Place (10am–2pm)
- Community Vendors

Food Trucks
-Ybor Cuban Sandwiches
- The Corner Kitchen
- Kona Ice

Community & Family Fun
- Lincoln City Libraries’ Bookmobile
- Photo Booths
- Community Art Alley Painting

Live Music Schedule
- 10am: Mike Semrad & The Riverhawks
- 12pm: NWU Gold Standard
- 12:30pm: DJ SpenceLove
- 2pm: Madeline Reddel
- 3pm: The Bergamot

Special Remarks at 11am
Featuring Senator George Dungan, and City Councilmember James Michael Bowers.

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