Museums and galleries on the UNL campus will offer extended hours and free admission as a part of First Friday events Oct. 2.
At Love Library, for one evening only, see Eric Saxon’s “The Art of Jeff Randall” exhibition in Room 221. Randall was a Lincoln outsider artist who created a potent, neurologically-charged body of art during a life always approaching full speed.
“The Art of Jeff Randall” will afford the public the opportunity to see Randall’s minutely detailed artworks from two perspectives: in their original physical form, where the artist’s hand is apparent, and through digital projection, which will allow viewers to appreciate this work enhanced and magnified. A select few of the artworks in this exhibition have been displayed before at Randall’s 2010 solo show at the Sheldon Museum of Art, but the majorities are heretofore publicly unseen.
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For the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, beginning in 2008, Karen and Sudanese high-school-aged refugees living in Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha recorded their past and dreams for the future with the help of “The Quilted Conscience.” All of the “Dreams and Memories” quilts are on display together for the first and possibly the last time at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum.
Quilt artist Peggie Hartwell and project director John Sorensen will lead a panel at 5:30 p.m. in conjunction to the exhibition. The panel will share the creativity, respect and friendship displayed through the project.
For more information, go to http://www.quiltstudy.org/.
The Sheldon Museum of Art will offer extended hours and engagement activities as part of the First Friday Artwalk.
Exhibitions currently on display include “Emory Douglas: Power to the People, The Struggle Continues,” “James VanDerZee,” “Black Fire: A Constant State of Revolution” and “Gordon Parks: Segregation Story.”
For more information, go to http://www.sheldonartmuseum.org/.
At the University of Nebraska State Museum Morrill Hall, there is a celebration of the opening of “Feline Fine: Arts of Cats II.”
“Feline Fine: Art of Cats II” is a sequel to the popular 2003 traveling museum exhibition. Feline II consists of 50 paintings and sculptures by leading artists who specialize in the subject of cats. Artworks portray domestic breeds and wild cats in a variety of places and styles. Each exhibiting artist was invited to display three to four works to demonstrate the range of his or her particular subject matter and treatment of these fascinating animals.
New for Feline II is the inclusion of feline sculpture by the past president of the National Sculpture Society, feline fantasy art, feline miniatures and computer generated feline art by an artist who was on “The Lion King” animation team.
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