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Beginning Friday, February 7th, the Lincoln Arts Council will be accepting applications for participation in the 2014 Lincoln Arts Festival that takes place on September 27th and 28th. This premier art event in Lincoln brings over one hundred artists from all over the country to SouthPointe Pavilions for a fun weekend of art sales and demonstrations. Great weather brought thousands of art lovers last year. We expect to grow this year with more great artists, memorable food and fabulous live music wrapped in a festival atmosphere that everyone enjoys.
If selling your art in an outdoor, festival setting seems like a good idea, go to www.zapplication.org
to find out about our festival, and many other festivals all over the country. You will submit your application online on Zapplication. Photos and a $25 jury fee are required, with easy instructions right on Zapplication. Join us for a great weekend at a festival that many of our artists say is their favorite. Contact melissa@artscene.org if you have any questions on applying. We look forward to seeing you and your artwork at the 2014 Lincoln Arts Festival!
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 Great Opportunity for Emerging Visual and Literary Artists
Lincoln Mayor's Kimmel Foundation Artist Residency
 Proposal Deadline March 1, 2014
Now is the time to submit a proposal for the selection process for the Lincoln Mayor's Kimmel Foundation Award. The award includes a two-week residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City and a $1000 stipend. Our thanks to the Kimmel Foundation and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts for supporting artists in Lincoln. These two special Mayor's Arts Awards are available to emerging artists and writers working in Lincoln, Nebraska. Apply yourself, or pass this on to someone who would benefit from this great experience.
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. 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. More...
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We are pleased to announce funding for eleven outstanding projects through the annual LAC Project Grants program. The grants are designed to assist in the sustainability of current programming or to fund new ideas that provide arts opportunities in our diverse community.
Funding for the LAC Project Grants is possible thanks to a generous gift from an endowment established by the estate of Kenneth J. Good. We offer our heartfelt thanks to Mr. Good for his generosity and vision for a future filled with beauty.
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Community Supported Artists for 2014 Announced at Press Conference February 13
 The suspense is building to learn who will make up this year's line-up of CSArtists! Mayor Chris Beutler will make the announcement at a press conference on Thursday, February 13 from the Pine Lake branch of Union Bank and Trust. Union Bank and Trust is the exclusive sponsor of CSArt.
After an extremely successful first year, Lincoln Arts Council staff is preparing for the next season of this grass-roots initiative that connects artists with art collectors through a series of art deliveries and exclusive experiences designed to increase exposure for local artists and build relationships with their patrons.
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The Ultimate Goal: Improving Lives"
 Whether you are the one with the vision or strategy, the one with resources to deploy or the one trying to make it work day-to-day, the ultimate goal is improving lives. This seems to be a natural impulse for human-kind (broadly speaking) and is incorporated into the mission statement of many organizations. The Lincoln Arts Council is among them.
Your passion, your interests and your life experiences influence how you think about what constitutes "improved lives." There is no "one size fits all" program that alone will cure all ills. Naturally, those of us serving the arts feel strongly about the powerful life-changing effects it can exert. We believe that to inspire a creative community, to promote all the art that Lincoln has to offer and to work toward sustainable arts programs, organizations and professional artists is all about improving lives. Not just the lives of those we serve directly, but of the whole community.
Thanks to a recent study summarized in the New York Times ("Art Makes You Smart" Nov 23, 2013) there is continuing evidence that even casual exposure to art has demonstrably positive outcomes. "Clearly... we can conclude that visiting an art museum exposes students to a diversity of ideas that challenge them with different perspectives on the human condition. Expanding access to art, whether through programs in schools or through visits to area museums and galleries, should be a central part of any school's curriculum." Together, we are improving lives!.
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The National Arts Program® 2014 - Register now!
 The National Arts Program® 2014 registration is still open! City of Lincoln and Lincoln Public Schools employees and their immediate family members are invited to compete for prize money totaling $2,400 in this juried art exhibition. All artwork entered will be exhibited April 4 through April 30, 2014 in the Lincoln City Libraries.
The National Arts Program® is designed to give visual artists at all skill levels an uninhibited opportunity to exhibit their work in a professional manner and to compete for cash prizes. The exhibit is judged by professional artists and visual art professionals in Amateur, Intermediate, Professional, Teen and Youth classifications, and is free to all. The National Arts Program® in Lincoln, NE is coordinated by AmeriCorps staff at the Lincoln Arts Council. Register by February 17, 2014 to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. Registration is available online at http://www.nationalartsprogram.org/venues/lincoln-ne or you may request a paper brochure by contacting program coordinator Alma Cerretta at alma@artscene.org .
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Artist Residencies in LPS are Underway
We are excited to announce that the Lincoln Arts Council has received the grant for Artists in Schools and Communities from the Nebraska Arts Council! This is our fifth year to have this opportunity. The grant, headed up by our AmeriCorps members, Alma Cerretta and Joshua Thorne, will allow for two artist residencies within Lincoln Public Schools. The focus of these residencies is to directly impact underprivileged students and give them exposure to diverse art forms and local artists. The AmeriCorps are also looking to develop academic engagement and improve literacy skills.
The first residency begins February 3rd at Elliott Elementary and will last three weeks. First and fourth grade students will have a chance to work with Jordan Buschur. Buschur is a local painter and was the recipient of the Kimmel Emerging Artist Award at the 2013 Mayor's Arts Awards. Students will be creating handmade books incorporating storytelling, painting, and drawing. At the end of the residency there will be a public show to celebrate the wonderful experience.
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 For a sixth year, local artists will be challenged to creatively paint rain barrels with a prairie theme to celebrate the important roles that prairies play in water quality. The Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center and the City of Lincoln Watershed Management will select artists based on their applications addressing the prairie theme. Teachers are encouraged to apply for their class as this activity can be used as a teaching tool in their classroom. A total of 25 artists will be selected for this year's program.
Selected artists have five weeks to paint and return their barrels. The barrels will be on display with interpretative signage at SouthPointe Pavilions during the month of April 2014, and will be available for purchase on the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center website for the month of April. All proceeds will support the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center educational information for exhibits and other environmental education programs. Download an application More...
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February Art Events
Check out the events below from each of the art organizations on our calendar. And before you head out for First Friday on February 7th, be sure to check out our interactive First Friday Guide.
Saturday, February 1
Thursday, February 6
Friday, February 7
Saturday, February 8
Saturday, February 15
Sunday, February 16
Thursday, February 20
Thursday, February 20
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 by the 25th of this month, and get your contributions to Lincoln's art scene noticed! Call us at 402-434-2787 and we'll help you get started.
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And Now, Your Moment of Artistic Zen.
 This Month's Video is by Linda Stephen, one of the artists that participated in the 2013 CSArts program. The video is a timelapse spanning 4 months, showing the creation of a collaborative art piece she created with 2,000 tiny origami pieces made by 400 people. Her next exhibit "Shutterfold: Capturing the Moment" opens January 12 at The Immanuel Fine Arts Gallery at The Landing at Williamsburg Village and runs through April 25. What inspiring acts are you up to? Send your videos to info@artscene.org, and you could be in our next newsletter!
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