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2025 Exhibit Schedule

March 14 - April 12

March 14 - April 12

March 14 - April 12

Youth Art Month

WSC students: Sculptures

Little Roots students: Drawings

April 18 - May 31

March 14 - April 12

March 14 - April 12

Siouxland Artists Traveling Exhibit

June 4 - June 28

March 14 - April 12

July 9 - August 16

WSC Art Students Print Collection

July 9 - August 16

November 14 - December 20

July 9 - August 16

8th annual "Signs of Rural Life" juried exhibit (visit the Artist Opportunities page for information about submitting artwork to this exhibit)

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August 30 - November 2

November 14 - December 20

November 14 - December 20

Paula Bosco Damon: Photography

Joel Damon: Paintings

November 14 - December 20

November 14 - December 20

November 14 - December 20

 "Under Two Hundred" group exhibit (visit the Artist Opportunities page for information about submitting artwork to this exhibit) 

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Current Featured Exhibit

Siouxland Artists Traveling Exhibit: April 18 - May 31

    Past Featured Exhibits

    Food Friends: March 14 - April 12, 2025

    Monkey the Ghost by Emi and Yaire

      Nov - Dec 2024: 100 x 100

        Sept - Oct 2024: Pet Portrait Show & Fundraiser

        "Bottom Turtle"

        oil on cradle board

        Francine Fox

        $75

          Black Cat, acrylic

          Sherian Craft, North Loup, NE, $185 

          Grandparents’ Backyard, ceramic

          Melinda Montoya, Hampton, NE, $150

          Merit Award

          Lilac Windmill, ceramic

          Melinda Montoya, Hampton, NE

          $250 

          Third Place Award

          20 West, linocut

          Derek Buckley, Sioux City, IA, SOLD

            

          Sticky Sweet Mulberry Feet

          acrylic on canvas

          Gabrielle Brosman, Aurora, NE

          $300 

            

          Barn Owl, acrylic

          Julie Schram, Omaha, NE , $300 

            

          Stuck in the Mud, photography

          Abby Schademann, Wayne, NE , $50 

          Merit Award 

          Feeling Fancy, oil

          Tori Swanson, Aurora, NE

          $2200 

          First Place Award

          Nelson Produce Farm Truck, oil

          Tim Hantula, Blair, NE, $1100

          Merit Award 

          And It Was Good, oil on panel

          Paula Wallace, Omaha, NE, $495

            

          Summer Kitchen

          photography multimedia

          Paula Bosco Damon, McCook Lake, SD, $85 

          Cold Front Moving In, oil on canvas

          Debora Morris, Gulfport, MS, $450 

            

          Backyard View, marker, pen, ink on paper

          Dawn Hunter, Columbia, SC, $650

            

          Summer Fields, acrylic on canvas

          Claude L. Potvin, Gatineau, QC, $345

          Impact IV, oil on board

          Christopher Boring, Verona, PA, $400

          Peering Through the Brush

          acrylic and pen on paper

          Ann Williams, Lincoln, NE, $125

          Merit Award

          Sway, bronze on cedar

          Ann Williams, Lincoln, NE, $200

          Merit Award

          Fall Morning, photography

          Erin Koger, Grand Island, NE, $300

            

          Sugar, photography

          Emma Bermel, Columbus, NE, $65 

          Rooster, stoneware

          Eileen Rooney, Omaha, NE, $100 

          Krivopeta (Fallow 1)

          embroidery floss, photo, stretched canvas

          Diane Bronstein, Fletcher, NC

          $300

          Harrison’s Barn, mixed media

          Jonny Binkard, Ponca, NE, $60

          Rush Creek Ranch, acrylic on canvas

          Jeanette Johnson, Dodge, NE, $1200

          Bank Hold Up, pastel

          Jan Johnson, Wakefield, NE, $500 

          Merit Award

          Moving Clouds 2, watercolor on paper

          Francine Fox, Wayne, NE, SOLD

          Second Place Award

          Portrait With Magnolias

          collage mixed media

          Mary Gubbels, Papillion, NE, SOLD

          Farm to Fable

          mixed media on canvas

          Madison Vetter, Aurora, NE, $250 

          Merit Award

          Broken Dreams

          35 mm photography

          Laura Snyder, Council Bluffs, IA, $300

            

          Winter Rest, acrylic

          Judith Edgington Bayes

          Treasure Island, FL, $475 

          2023 Exhibits

          "Under Two Hundred" 7th Annual Exhibit, Nov-Dec 2023: Francine Fox, Mytzy Rodriguez-Kufner, Amy Slater, Amy Thompson, Beatriz Rodriguez, Jan Garvin, Mirka Hokkanen, Cortney Kenny Porto,  Wendy Ketelsen, Tobi Abrams, Michael Fluent, Carolyn Albracht, Abby Schademann, Cindy McClellan, Lynette Fast, Nancy Fairbanks, Madison Vetter, Paula Bosco Damon, Carol DeVall, Elizabeth McNally, Nicole Listerfelt

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          "Seven Women with a Brush", Sept-Oct 2023: Mary Jo Kvidera, Glenda Drennen, Carol Ratcliff, Jeanne Emmons, Lynn Nordsiden, Sharon Hobart, Paula Crandell

          "Signs of Rural Life" 6th Annual Juried Show, July-August 2023: Madison Vetter, Amy Tomasevicz, Wendy Ketelsen, Emma Bermel, Jerene Kruse, Beatriz Rodriguez, Michele Walsh Gorres, Tim Hantula, Shawn Digity, Debbie Hughbanks, Abby Schademann, Julie Schram, Gregory Brown, Emily Heermann, Jan Johnson, Derek Buckley, Kyle Gorenschek, Joanna Walitalo, Lisa Wenger, Francine Fox, Amy Slater 

          "Cut from the Same Cloth", May-June 2023: Janna Car-Buckley

          Siouxland 2022 Traveling Exhibit, March-April 2023: Anna Murphy, Connie Smith, Sandy Wienhold, Shannon Smith, Lynn Nordsiden, Carol Ratcliff, Barbara Sparks, Jonny Binkard, Brian Joel Damon, Jeanette Beck, Phyllis J. Bennett, Jody Donner, Mary Jo Kvidera, Sharon Hobart, Paula Crandell, Kay Luckett, Jeanne Emmons, Kim S. Treinen, Paula Bosco Damon

          2022 Exhibits

          Nov 4 - Dec 17: 6th Annual Under Two Hundred

          Featured Artists: Abby Schademann, Nicole Listerfelt, Zoe Nielsen, Francine Fox, Michael Fluent, Alison Boughn, Skylar Cooper, Jan Johnson, Bert Wanger, Lynn Soloway, Jaycie Germer, Lynette Fast, Karen Krull Robart, Carol DeVall, Nancy Fairbanks, Wendy Ketelsen, Amanda Yvonne Edwards, Julie Schram, Derek Buckley, Rae Clinkenbeard, Paula Bosco Damon, JoAnn Kennedy, Tobi Abrams, Amy Slater, and Erika Chapman.

          Sept 2 - Oct 29: Then & Now

          Featured Artist: Glenda Drennen

           Glenda Drennen, a native of South Dakota, now resides in Sioux City, IA. She maintains Watermark Studio where she creates original watercolors and water media paintings. Her creativity was already apparent in childhood, and she has been painting watercolors professionally for over 50 years.  

          July 6 - August 27: 5th Annual Signs of Rural Life

          Featured Artists: Abby Olson, Wayne, NE; Francine Fox, Wayne, NE; Abby Schademann, Wayne, NE; Mytzy Rodriguez-Kufner, Wayne, NE; Jan Johnson, Wakefield, NE; Trudie Teijink, Howells, NE; Wendy Ketelsen, Wausa, NE; Jeanette Johnson, Dodge, NE; Amy Tomasevicz, Columbus, NE; Rachel Mindrup, Omaha, NE; Tim Hantula, Blair, NE; Jessica Hill, North Platte, NE; Laura Vroman, Valentine, NE; Laura Snyder, Council Bluffs, IA; Nash Bellows, Council Bluffs, IA; Jeanette Beck, Sioux City, IA; Tobi Abrams, Arlington Heights, IL; Michele Walsh Gorres, Hatton, ND; Kelsey Nolin, Claysville, PA; Paula Bosco Damon; McCook Lake, SD; Amy Slater, Mukilteo, WA; and Brendan Quirk, Mayville, WI. 

          May 6 - June 25: Siouxland Artists Traveling Exhibit

          Featured Artists: Jonny Binkard, Brian Damon, Paula Bosco Damon, Joann Dandurand, Glenda Drennen, Jody Donner, Jeanne Emmons, Jessica Hammond, Chaeli Hanna-Kohn, Shannon Hobart, Thomas Kleber, Kim Kouri-Treinen, Mary Jo Kvidera, Kay Luckett, Lynn Nordsiden, Carol Ratcliff, Austin Rodriguez, Susie Rodriguez, Tani Russell, Gail Ray, Jean Guy Richard, Connie Richardson Smith, Shannon M. Smith, and Vicki Williams  

          May 6 - June 25: La Batalla de La Artista

          Featured Artist: Alba Loredo

          Artist Statement:  Throughout my artwork, I include monarch butterflies. The monarch butterfly is the only butterfly that migrates in two directions, as a geographic range and a metaphor. Monarch butterflies are famous for their seasonal migration. Millions of monarchs migrate from the United States and Canada south to California and Michoacán, Mexico for the winter. Monarch butterflies are a cultural symbol in Mexico for Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). It is a way of representing the souls of ancestors returning to visit the living for the Day of the Dead. Even though they represent my culture they are also present throughout my artwork as a symbol of growth, rebirth, and cycle of life. 

          Mar 4 - April 30: Abandoned Nebraska

          Featured Artist: Chad Petska

          Artist Statement:  Much of my work is a reflection of my interactions with forgotten spaces and objects: abandoned homes that still contain evidence of lives lived, as well as discarded, timeworn objects. I spend time familiarizing myself with the area and all that is left behind. I search for objects and spaces that are unusual in some way: weathered, broken, or out of place. The ones I choose have a natural gravity, pulling in the viewer. I use light, composition, and editing to enhance that effect. I translate my experience of the environment into my photos to show isolation, peace, sadness, or beauty.  


          2021 Exhibits

          Nov 5 - Dec 18: 5th Annual Under Two Hundred

          Featured Artists:   Abby Olsen, Abby Schademann, Alison Boughn, Bea Rodriguez, Beth O Hanlon, Chello Sherman, 

          Cole Beebe, Francine Fox, Gabe Perez, Jan Johnson, 

          Janet Vadon, Jenny Martin, Julie Schram, Lynette Fast,

          Nicole Listerfelt, Paula Damon Bosco, Rose Ingracia, 

          Tanya Grosshans, Tim Hantula, Tobi Abrams, Zoe Nielsen

          Sept 3 - Oct 30: PTSD and Journal Series

          Featured Artist: Elizabeth Boutin

          Boutin expresses important issues to her through art and brings an awareness on such subject matters; these include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the military, and the meaning of our natural environment.

          July 7 - August 28: 4th Annual Signs of Rural Life

          Featured Artists:Tobi Abrams, Derek Buckley, Kumm Dieber, Lynette Fast, Francine Fox, Jan Johnson, J Kennedy, Staci Koenig, Sarah Lemmon, Kassidy Linabery, Michael Lynch, 

          Bonnie Mercer, Peach Pair, Abby Schademann, Schram, Laura Synder, Tori Swanson, Roi Tamkin, Trudie Teijink, Janet Vadon

          May 12 - June 26: Earth as We See It

          Featured Artists: Amy Tomasevicz & Jerene Kruse

          Tomasevicz creates collages and paintings depicting Nebraska landscapes, florals and animals. Kruse creates ceramic vessels and fused glass, and her subject matter is often inspired by a walk in her flower garden, a day driving around the countryside, or observing artwork in a museum or a book.  


          April 2 - May 1: Siouxland Artists Traveling Exhibit

          Featured Artists:  Jonny Binkard, Brian Damon, Paula Bosco Damon, Joann Dandurand, Glenda Drennen, Jody Donner, Jeanne Emmons, Jessica Hammond, Chaeli Hanna-Kohn, Shannon Hobart, Thomas Kleber, Kim Kouri-Treinen, Mary Jo Kvidera, Kay Luckett, Lynn Nordsiden, Carol Ratcliff, Austin Rodriguez, Susie Rodriguez, Tani Russell, Gail Ray, Jean Guy Richard, Connie Richardson Smith, Shannon M. Smith, and Vicki Williams 


          2020 Exhibits

          Nov 12-Dec 19: 4th Annual Under Two Hundred

          Featured Artists:   Nicole Listerfelt, Abby Schademann, Francine Fox, Isaac Baker, Jan Johnson, Jeanine Kiser, Emily Lasinksy, Annette Leu, Jenny Martin, Lavonne Nightengale, Leroy Von Glan, Rose Ingracia, Bert Wagner, Susie Rodgriguez, Austin Rodriguez,  Amy Tomasevecz, Elizabeth Boutin, Julie Schram, Steve O’Hare, Jerene Kruse, Lynette Fast, Karen Krull Robart, Mirka Hokkanen, Renee “Red Robin” Robbins.

          Sept 3-Oct 31: Breaking Boundaries

          Mixed media artworks, featuring Johntimothy Pizzuto and Patti Roberts-Pizzuto

          July 8-August 29: 3rd Annual Signs of Rural Life juried exhibit

          Featured Artists: Tobi Abrams, Cole Beebe, Betty Carlson, Shailee Currin, Francine Fox, Carol Glass, Jan Johnson, Julie Schram, Lois Smith, Laura Snyder, Lynn Soloway, Susan Martin-Straub, Amy Tomasevicz, Mary Vanderbeek, Abby Schademann

          May 13-June 27: "Siouxland Artists" and "Glenda's Gang"

          Featured Artists: Lynn Nordsiden, Paula Crandell,  Mary Jo Kvidera, Glenda Drennen, Jeanne Emmons, Carol Ratcliff, Joanne Dandurand, Jonny Binkard, Brian Damon, Vivian Miller, Anna Murphy, Tani Russell,

          April 2-May 2 Online: One Room School House

          Fiber Art Exhibit: Cynthia Levis, Killie Kachek, Pat Young, Sheri Ruwe, Paulette Peters, Peg Pennell, Shelly Burge, Dianne Duncan Thomas, Lois Puckett Wilson, Marilyn Schmadeke Rembolt, Dorothy Heidemann-Nelson, Mary Barnett Ramirez

          2019 Exhibits

          Nov 7-Dec 21: 3rd Annual Under Two Hundred

          Featured Artists: Mackenzie Oliver, Amy Thompson, Lynette Fast, Jan Johnson, Susie Rodriguez, Austin Rodriguez, Meghan O’Connor, Sarah Lemmon, Gabriel Perez, Nicole Listerfelt, Cindy McClellan, Francine Fox, Pearl Hansen, Tanya Grosshans, Julie Schram, Karen Krull Robart, Gina Dignazio, Cole Beebe, Paula Damon, Brian Damon, Pam Apley, Zaynab Kouatli, Bonnie Mercer, Carol DeVall, and Abby Schademann. 

          Sept 5-Oct 26: "Natural World" by the Studio Art Quilt Associates

          Featured Artists: Dorothy Heidemann-Nelson, Shelly Burge, Rhonda Baldwin, Gail Dickel, LaVonne Dunetts, Jane Haworth, JoAnne Alberda, Dianne Duncum Thomas, Marge Bresel, Marilyn Rembolt, Elaine Jones, and Linda Batten

          July 10-Aug 31: 2nd Annual Signs of Rural Life juried exhibit

          Featured Artists: Susan Baker (MD), Michele Deiber Kumm (IA), Danielle Dewees (NE), Lynette Fast (NE), Francine Fox (NE), Callie Hastings (VT), John Hughes (NE), Jan Johnson (NE), Jeremy Koelzer (KS), Deb Kubik (NE), Tammy Kushnir (PA), Mackenzie Oliver (NE), Kaci Schacht (NE), Laura Snyder (NE), and Tori Swanson (NE).

          May 2-June29: "Driven to Abstraction" by the Midwest Fiber Art Alliance

          Members include: Roberta Price Willet, Debra Ward, Cindy Schroeder, Karen Murphy, Debo Hysack, Dianne Duncan Thomas, Peg Pennell, Gail Dickel, Cindy Erickson, Aimee Mahan, LaVonne Dunetts, Shelly Burge, Marcia O'Donovan, Cynthia Levis, and Wendy Maliszewski

          Mar 15-April 27: Literally & Figuratively

          A solo exhibit featuring a variety of works created by Courtney Kenny Porto, using charcoal, pencil, yarn, acrylic and mixed media. 

          2018 Exhibits

          Nov 1- Dec 22: 2nd Annual Under Two Hundred

          Featured Artists: Lonn Atwood, Abby Schademann, Austin Rodriguez, Cindy Beckman & Coleen Hammer, Jody Boyer, Lexi Culver, Diane Culver, Denise Dendinger, Carol DeVall,  Glenda Drennen, Lynette Fast, Michael Fluent, Francine Fox, Jan Fox, Ina Glaubius, Jan Johnson, Sarah Lemmon, Nicole Listerfelt,  Russ Nordman, Meghan O'Connor, Doug Polk, Karen Krull Robart, Susie Rodriguez, Leroy E. Von Glan, Carolyn Albracht

          Sept 6 - Oct 27: Juicy, Joyous, and Jarring Juxtapositions

          Featured Artists:   Sam Senff, Sharon Nicole Cole, Robert Bombeck, Carol DeVall, Carl Dumicich, and Richard Black 

          Sept 6 - Oct 27: Retrospective - Paintings by J. Marlene Mueler

          Featured Artist:   J. Marlene Mueller, Professor Emeritus at Wayne State College

          July 11 - Sept 1: Chickens & Other Signs of Rural Life juried exhibit

          Featured Artists: Sharon Cole, Wayne, NE; Robert Klein Engler, Omaha, NE; Lynette Fast, Lincoln, NE; Amber Hansen, Vermillion, SD; Jan Johnson, Wakefield, NE; Tammy Kushnir, Chalfont, PA; Josephine Langbehn, Omaha, NE; Annette Leu, Waterbury, NE; Nicole Listerfelt, Wayne, NE; Johanna Mueller, Fort Collins, CO; Steve O’Hare, Raymond, NE; Robert Schwieger, Plainfield, Illinois; and Logan Woodle, Conway, SC. 

          May 4 - June 30: Color Splash

          Featured artists: Nancy Fairbanks and Andy Gentert

          March 2 - April 28: Myths & Monsters

          Featured the UNO Print & Book Arts Guild: Charlotte Berryman, Rico Childs, Amanda DeFazio, Samantha Helms, Jose Hernandez, Alissa Rosentrater, and Karmen Valadez 

          2017 Exhibits

          Nov 3 - Dec 23: Under Two Hundred

          Featured Artists: Jody Boyer, Carol DeVall, Lauren Doeschot, Glenda Drennen, Lynette Fast, Michael Fluent, Ina Glaubius, Barbara Hayford, John Hughes, Jan Johnson, Kara Kloke, Kari Kollars, Jerene Kruse, Annette Leu, Nicole Listerfelt, Cindy McClellan, Lavonne Nightengale, Russ Nordman, Courtney Kenny Porto, Karen Krull Robart, Sue Taylor, Leroy E. Von Glan, Kim Zach

          Sept 1 - Oct 28: Urban Dreaming

          Featured Artists: Alex Beeson, Bob Esquivel, Ronda Esquivel,Kari Kollars, Cindy McClellan, Steve O'Hare, and Linda Stephen  

          July 7 - Aug 26: Chickens & Other Signs of Rural Life

           Featured Artists: Kris Allphin, Roy Swoboda, Meghan O'Connor, Glenda Drennen, Carol DeVall, Vonni Sparks, Pearl Hansen, and Carolyn Albracht 

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