This December 4, the 5th Annual Lincoln Holiday Craftacular will set up shop in the Grand Ballroom of The Cornhusker, a Marriott Hotel, for a onenightonly celebration of all things handmade. Over 1,000 visitors will shop at over 120 handmade artist's tables, while sipping cocktails and listening to live music.

The first 60 shoppers will each receive an amazing reusable swag bag filled with handmade items from our artists. Enjoy the shopping experience while listening to tunes from a mustache wearing tuba player from the The Bolzen Beer Band. Entry is free with suggested $1.00 donation going to the Lincoln Arts Council.

This handmade extravaganza will take place at the Cornhusker, a Marriott Hotel, on Wednesday, December 4 from 4pm to 9pm.

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This quarter, AmeriCorps Members Alma and Josh have been working with the CLC clubs at Belmont Elementary School to host "Awesome Artists," an advanced art club for grades 4-5 that focuses on teaching lessons in art rather than just completing craft projects. So far, the students have enjoyed creating portfolios to hold their art pieces, discovering watercolor resist with crayons, learning to draw single-point perspective, and becoming acquainted with Picasso by drawing cubist portraits with oil pastels.

The children's dedication to the projects is admirable, and they come in every Thursday excited and ready to work. Alma and Josh are thrilled to round out this club quarter by exploring abstract art techniques through foil art, and working on literacy by writing a few lines about each of their favorite artworks from the club. Alma and Josh hope to continue the "Awesome Artists" club in future club quarters, working with new groups of talented youth.

End of Year Campaign Update

Deadline March 1, 2014

 

Lincoln Arts Council, in cooperation with the Kimmel Foundation and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, announces two special Mayor's Arts Awards available to emerging artists and writers working in Lincoln, Nebraska. Begun in 2009, the Lincoln Mayor's Kimmel Foundation Award includes a two-week residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City and a $1000 stipend. Awards will go to one emerging visual artist and one emerging writer. Only emerging artists working in Lincoln, Nebraska, through year-end 2014 will be considered for this year's award. Award winners will be chosen by panelists in March.

 

An application including the application form and support materials must be received by Lincoln Arts Council, 1701 South 17th Street #1A, Lincoln, NE 68502 by March 1, 2014. Application materials and guidelines are available at www.artscene.org. There is no application fee to apply. Award winners will be notified by the Lincoln Arts Council and recognized at the Lincoln Mayors Arts Awards on May 28, 2014.

 

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Woods Charitable Fund's Fall 2013 newsletter is now available online!  Click here to read the year in review, which includes a listing of WCF's 2013 grantees to date, information on our new employee volunteer program, free conference room space for nonprofits and more.

 

Woods Charitable Fund recently approved grants totaling $477,000 during its third and final grant cycle of 2013.  Click here to visit WCF's website and see the full list of grant recipients!

Members of the Lincoln Arts Council Board gathered for four-hour retreat in the lodge-like setting of Roca Ridge Events and Teaching Arts Center on November 14. Attending were 13 board members, both veteran and new, to receive training and discuss ideas. Melissa Epp, former development director and current events contractor participated along with Executive Director, Deb Weber and Executive Assistant, Lori McAlister. Fred Hoke presented on social styles and how identifying them can enhance our interactions in any group setting. Clover Frederick led the discussion on board roles and responsibilities. Deb charted out the profitability and mission impact of 19 of our programs and events.

 

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One of the most important partnerships the Lincoln Arts Council has is with arts organizations throughout Lincoln. The advocacy work that arts council staff is involved in seeks to improve the environment for both non-profit and for-profit art enterprises as well as independent artists who make Lincoln home. The professional training and capacity-building opportunities we host and encourage are to enhance the operations of these organizations - both large and small. Just a few perks of organizational membership include:

• Inclusion in the Arts Portfolio, newly developed promotion for travel writers and distributed in conjunction with the Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
• A place at The Presenter's Round Table discussions each quarter. The next round table is January 16 at Warehouse No. 4 downtown.
• Lincoln Arts Council Project Grants for qualifying non-profits. Ten project grants at $500 are available in 2014.

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