Upcoming Schedule

Exhibitions at Sheldon in 2010-2011

Through Summer 2011 2010-2011 Sheldon Statewide Exhibition: Messaging: Text and Visual Art

Through Summer 2011 Better Half, Better Twelfth, Women Artist in the Collection

Opening September 17 through January 30, 2011, ORLAN: The Harlequin Coat

Opening October 8, 2010 through January 2, 2011, New Material World: Rethreading Technology

Opening November 19, 2010 through January 2, 2011, Recent Acquisitions

Through December, 2010 Sheldon: A Winter Gem

Opening January 21, 2011 through May 1, 2011, Rohman Collection

Opening January 21, 2011 through May 15, 2011, Still Life

Opening February 8, 2011 through May 29, 2011, Lincoln Photofest: Abstract Photography



Winter Events


December 2010

December 24-2. Special public hours at the museum. Sheldon will be closed Dec. 24-27, open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 28-31 and closed Jan. 1 and 2. Regular museum hours resume Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011.


January 2011

Friday, January 7, 5:00 p.m. First Friday

Monday, January 17Martin Luther King Day; Museum Closed

Saturday, January 22, 2-4:00 p.m. Round-Chair Discussion: Blindness and the Visual Arts


February 2011

Tuesday, February 1, 5:30 p.m. Wendy Katz, Still-Life Gallery Talk

Tuesday, February 1, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Nights at Sheldon: A School of Music Performance Series: Chiara String Quartet

Friday, February 4, 5-7 p.m. First Friday, Abstract Photography & Photofest Opening Reception

Tuesday, February 8, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Nights at Sheldon: A School of Music Performance Series: Faculty Jazz Concert

Sunday, February 13, 2:00 p.m. UNL School of Music, Chamber Choir & Clark Potter, Viola

Tuesday, February 15, 7:00 p.m. Film screening, Film of and By Women Artists

Friday, February 18, 8:00 p.m. Sheldon Friends of Chamber Music Performance, Ames Piano Quartet

Tuesday, February 22, 7:00 p.m. Film screening, Film of and By Women Artists


Spring Events


March 2011

Tuesday, March 1, 5-7 p.m. PhotoFest Award Ceremony & Reception. Film Screening, Film of and By Women Artists

Friday, March 4, 5-7 p.m. First Friday, followed by an Immigration Symposium reading

Tuesday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. Janet Farber, Still-Life Gallery Talk (or March 15)

Tuesday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Nights at Sheldon: A School of Music Performance Series: Student Brass Chamber Ensembles

Sunday, March 13, 3:00 p.m. Sheldon Friends of Chamber Music Performance, Trio Nuovo

Saturday, March 19, 6:00 p.m. Young Arts Circle, Lincoln Symphony 20/30 Club

Tuesday, March 22, 7:00 p.m. Jazz Film Series, Krin Gabbard


April 2011

Friday, April 1, 5-7 p.m. First Friday, Reception, Still Life

Sunday, April 3, 2:00 p.m. UNL School of Music, Honors Jazz Final Concert

Tuesday, April 5, noon-5 p.m. Chamber Choir, Vocal Chamber Ensemble Festival Workshops

Tuesday, April 5, 5:30 p.m. Judith Shea artist lecture and reception, Sculpture by Women

Tuesday, April 12, 5:30 p.m.UNL Fashion and Textiles Department Fashion Show

Saturday, April 16, 8:00 p.m. Sheldon Friends of Chamber Music Performance

Tuesday, April 19, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Nights at Sheldon: A School of Music Performance Series: Jazz Ensembles I & II

Tuesday, April 21, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday Nights at Sheldon: Ernesto LaClau Lecture, UNL English Department

Tuesday, April 26, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Nights at Sheldon: A School of Music Performance Series: Honors Chamberfest


May 2011

Sunday, May 1, TBASpecial Events Mother-Daughter Tea & May Day

Tuesday, May 3, 7:00 p.m.The Clean Part reading Series

First Friday, May 6, 5-7 p.m. First Friday, Sheldon Statewide Opening Reception


Summer Events


June 2011

Friday, June 3, First Friday, Jazz in June Preview

Tuesday, June 7, Jazz in June

Tuesday, June 14, Jazz in June

Tuesday, June 21, Jazz in June

Tuesday, June 28, Jazz in June