December 2, 2016

Holiday concerts, campus projects featured during First Friday


Image from the "Glimpses of the Southwest" exhibition at the Great Plains Art Museum.

Holiday concerts, seasonal treats, architectural visions and a library milestone are featured attractions in First Friday Artwalk events at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Dec. 2.

Both Sheldon Museum of Art and the International Quilt Study Center and Museum will host holiday concerts during the event.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chamber Singers will perform in the Sheldon’s Great Hall. The program begins at 5 p.m., with the Chamber Singers performing at 5:30 and 6:15 p.m.

At the quilt museum, Lincoln Southeast High School’s Art Nova and Bel Canto choirs will perform at 5:30 p.m.

Galleries in both museums will also be open for the event. All First Friday events are free and open to the public. Other university-related First Friday events include:

Great Plains Art Museum – The museum will offer cookies, cocoa, hands-on activities for kids, and a scavenger hunt from 5 to 7 p.m. Exhibits on display include: “Ten Years of Elizabeth Rubendall Artists in Residence,” “Contemporary Indigeneity: Spiritual Borderlands,” “Glimpses of the Southwest: Native American Art from the Permanent Collection” and “75 Iconic Covers from the University of Nebraska Press.” For more information, click here.

College of Architecture – Architecture students will display concepts for Lincoln’s Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Museum in the south lobby of Pinnacle Bank Arena from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information on the project, click here.

Love Library – An opening reception and presentation for the “75th Anniversary of Love Library’s Cornerstone” exhibition is 4 to 7 p.m. at the library. Lincoln historian Jim McKee will discuss Don L. Love, the namesake for Love Library, and the library’s early years in a 4 p.m. lecture. Refreshments will be served. For more information, click here.