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October Is Arts & Humanities Month
 The Lincoln Arts Council joins thousands of arts organizations and communities across the nation in celebrating National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM) throughout October. Some tips for celebrating NAHM: - Care about the arts? Initiate a conversation about them!
- Use this month to give extra support to local artists and artistic venues.
- Find out what's going on with the art scene in Lincoln by checking out our calendar.
- Talk to city leaders about the importance of the arts. Learn how to contact your elected official here.
- Learn facts about arts education and do an arts activity with your child.
- Share the arts with people you care about.
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10th Annual Lincoln Arts Festival a Success!
Thanks to the dedicated group of Lincoln Arts Festival volunteers and staff our 10th annual Lincoln Arts Festival was memorable and fun. This year was full of positive comments about the beauty and variety of the art for sale, the terrific interactive art area for kids and lively entertainment daily.  We hope that you will show your support by frequenting and acknowledging our generous sponsors: Performance Toyota of Lincoln, Great Western Bank and Ameritas. Nebraska Heart Institute sponsored our ever growing Patron Sponsor Program with great success. The Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation, Sandhills Publishing and Shopko Foundation made the Children's Art Area a reality. Helping to bring live entertainment daily, please thank the Berman Music Foundation, Sutton Ryan Aesthetics, Target, Amtrak and the Holiday Inn & Suites, Downtown Chicago. This year's winner of the two Round Trip Tickets by Amtrak to Chicago and two free nights at the Holiday Inn was lucky Barb Burback. "I never win anything!" she exclaimed. Now you have Barb! We wish you a happy trip and thanks for supporting the arts. Through rain and wind and beautiful sunshine we wish to sincerely thank all of you that made it to the Lincoln Arts Festival and we hope you went home with fond memories and a beautiful addition to your art collection. |
The Lincoln Arts Council Announces the 2010 LAC Project Grant Program
 The Lincoln Arts Council will distribute grants in December to support arts projects in Lincoln. The applications must be postmarked by October 31. In 2010 we will be funding projects at $1,500 each. Projects that receive funding must occur between January 1, 2011 and August 31, 2011. LAC Project Grants are available to arts organizations that are members of the LAC with a 501(c)3 status. For more information, click here for the application.
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NEW Roundtable Series for Artists and Organizations
 The Lincoln Arts Council invites arts organizations and artists to participate in a new roundtable series designed to promote capacity building and networking in the Lincoln arts community. The first session will be held on October 12 at 3:30 pm in room 104 of the Temple Building on UNL city campus.
The goal of the first meeting is to brainstorm issues and topics for future roundtables and to network with other people in the Lincoln arts community you may not have met before. Participants are encouraged to come with ideas for topics they would like addressed in future meetings.
Everyone is welcome! We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to help our arts community thrive by learning and growing from each other. Together, we are stronger!
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Lincoln's ArtScene Unites!
 Your Lincoln Arts Council organization membership supports services and programs that help maintain the arts as a vital part of our community. The Lincoln Arts Council's goal is for 100% of arts organizations in Lincoln to be members of the Council, believing that our cause for creativity is stronger as participation grows. To learn about the benefits of membership click here!
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October Art Events
Fall is upon us, but that doesn't mean it's too late to catch some great art in the great outdoors. The Plainsong Folk Festival will be Saturday, October 2 from 1 to 9 p.m. at the Sprague/Martell Community Center in Martell, NE. Also this month, Angel's Theatre Company presents the powerful play "In My Daughter's Name", by Becky Key Boesen at the Lied Center's Johnny Carson Theater. And TADA continues it's production of "Bard of Blood" this October. Don't forget to check out the First Friday gallery happenings too! Other organizations with events this September: Don't see your art organization's event here? That's because we need a profile created on our website, ArtScene.org. Fill out a bio, add events to our calendar, and get your contributions to Lincoln's artscene noticed! |
And Now, Your Moment of Artistic Zen.
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