Join Lincoln Artists' Guild

As we continue to build our website, if you want to be a member of the Lincoln Artists' Guild, email us at:

lincolnartistsguild@gmail.com

Membership Benefits

  • Two juried shows per year Open to LAG members only in the Spring and Fall: featuring cash awards and ribbons
  • Opportunity to participate in solo and group shows at various venues around Lincoln including: Against the Wall Gallery, the NE Bookstore Art Dept., Barnes and Nobel
  • The informative & interesting LAG newsletter featuring news of art opportunities such as exhibitions and art workshops offered is sent to each member
  • Membership in ANAC (the Association of Nebraska Art Clubs)
  • Guest speakers, teachers, workshops, & demons

    trations with hands-on experiences
  • Organized critiques by guest artists
  • Field trips to other galleries, etc.
  • Access to essential art equipment (mat cutter, point driver, shrink wrapper, paper cutter, display screens)
  • Access to art books and videos
  • Opportunity for creative endeavors and sharing knowledge with others in your local art community- we have FUN!
  • Discounts at local art supply merchants
  • Work may be featured in the Lincoln 55+ Publication

IMPORTANT NOTES:

A 20% commission is charged on ALL work sold from LAG organized shows, unless otherwise indicated. This directory is not to be used for soliciting. Use of this directory is for LAG art related communication only.

The Lincoln Artists' Guild was established in the 1920s by artists FOR artists. The Lincoln Artists' Guild (LAG) warmly welcomes you whether you are a beginner or have been creating art for many yearsŠ we can all learn from one another and have fun doing it!

Program/Meetings

2009-2010 Feb.-Nov.:

1st Tuesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. Lincoln Public Schools District Office, 5901 O Street, Lincoln, NE Program location and times may change if we have an outing or go on a tour.

Annual Dues

Annual dues are $35 per person or $50 per couple 1/2 year: July-Dec. $20 per person For Membership Contact: Theresa Tibbels, Membership Chair (402) 438-2984

821 West Jennifer Dr., Lincoln, NE 68521 Our dues include your $7 membership in the Association of Nebraska Art Clubs* (ANAC). Membership in ANAC (Association of Nebraska Art Clubs) allows you opportunity to attend its annual Nebraska convention and allows you to submit work to be specially juried at LAG's Annual Spring show. If chosen by the juror as an entry to ANAC, your work is then entered in the ANAC state-wide juried art competition in the early summer and is also considered for inclusion in their year-long traveling show. ANAC membership does also include a newsletter issued quarterly.

Basic Rules for Juried/Non-juried Shows

  • Work must be ready to hang; screw eyes and wires are required on flat pieces. No saw tooth hangers. No glass on works for ANAC show except for pastels per State competition.
  • Work must be dry. Unframed canvas may be hung if sides are painted.
  • Class or privately supervised work is not eligible for entry. Work must be original.
  • Work must be original. Copies of other artwork or from copyrighted photos are not eligible.
  • No work may be removed from a show in progress. Work must be submitted and picked up a the specified times. Those failing to do so will incur a handling/storage charge of $5 per piece for moving and storing the work. The Guild is not responsible for damage or loss when artwork is left behind.
  • Any piece of artwork cannot be entered more than once in either the LAG Fall or the LAG Spring Juried Show- that means once in any of the Fall Shows or once in any of the Spring Shows; for instanceif an artwork is shown in the Fall or Spring Show of one year, then artwork cannot be entered again in another year's Spring or Fall Show. But artworks entered into an ANAC competition may be entered that once in ANAC and then once again in a LAG Fall or a LAG Spring Juried Show. The Fall, Spring & ANAC Juried Shows are our premiere competitive shows that allow our members a chance to show their best works in quality display venues. Our other juried shows, however, are secondary in importance and are fine venues for second showings of the same artworks that might have already been shown in LAG's Fall, Spring or ANAC Juried Shows. But no artworks may be entered in any show at the same location twice (that means that an artwork can be shown only once in any the Nebraska Bookstore shows or an artwork can be shown only once in any of the Lincoln Orchid Society's Shows and etc.) Artwork for the Fall & Spring Juried Shows must have been completed within the last 5 years. But artwork entered into the juried Spring ANAC show must have been created within the past 2 years, as per ANAC's rules.
  • Artist's name, title of piece, medium, phone number, and price needs to be on a card attached to the back of the artwork.
  • The show chair(s) have the right to refuse artwork that is not prepared for show properly.
  • The judge's decisions are final per juried shows.