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Light Night: Dinner at Sheldon Museum of Art

Sheldon Contemporaries, a group at Sheldon Museum of Art for the next generation of museum supporters (21 to 50), presents a candlelit dinner inspired by the exhibition “Ken Friedman: 92 Events.” Guests will experience a night of light, shadow, and infinite reflections while dining in the museum’s Great Hall. Cocktail attire is encouraged.

Tickets are $40 per person for members of the Sheldon Art Association, $50 for nonmembers, and include a plated dinner and served wine. Themed drinks will be available at a cash bar.

Reservations are required and may be made at https://sheldonartmuseum.doubleknot.com/event/light-night-dinner-at-sheldon/3122243.

Curator Tour of 'Ken Friedman: 92 Events'

Erin Hanas, curator for academic and campus engagement at Sheldon Museum of Art, will lead a tour of the exhibition “Ken Friedman: 92 Events” which features six decades of text-based event scores by the Fluxus artist Ken Friedman. Learn more about the exhibition, Ken Friedman, and Fluxus in this tour.

Yoga in Sheldon’s Great Hall

Campus Recreation is partnering with Sheldon Museum of Art to offer hour-long yoga classes appropriate for all levels.
Register through the Active Husker App or online at https://go.unl.edu/sheldon-yoga. Registration opens one week before the class.

Sips at Sheldon

Sips at Sheldon looks at works of art from new and thought-provoking perspectives. The November program will feature Tim Gay, Willa Cather Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Bennie Shobe, Lincoln City Council member and program analyst, Nebraska Department of Labor. Professor Gay and Mr. Shobe, both co-curators of the exhibition "Go Big Red," will be in conversation with Erin Hanas, Sheldon’s curator for academic and campus engagement.

Conversations begin in the galleries and continue in the Great Hall with sips and charcuterie. Free for members, $10 for nonmembers. Please register at https://sheldonartmuseum.doubleknot.com/event/sips-at-sheldon/3113416.

Drop-in Tour at Sheldon Museum of Art

Drop in for a tour of Sheldon’s exhibitions led by a Sheldon Student Ambassador before each Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture.

Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture: Pablo Helguera

Pablo Helguera, a visual artist living in New York City who is often considered a pioneering figure in the field of socially engaged art, will present the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture on Thursday, November 20 at 5:30 p.m.

Helguera’s practice involves performance, drawing, pedagogy, installation, theater, and other literary strategies. Coming from a family of classical musicians, his work also frequently includes musical elements.

Ken Friedman 'Rational Music' Event Score Performance

Musicians from the Glenn Korff School of Music will perform a newly commissioned arrangement for Fluxus artist Ken Friedman’s event score Rational Music.

Dorian Avig, Kat Hardgrave, Comet Smith, and Cyrus Zgud will perform the arrangement by composer M. Joseph Willette.

Drop-in Tour at Sheldon Museum of Art

Drop in for a tour of Sheldon’s exhibitions led by a Sheldon Student Ambassador before each Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture.

Twenty Gallons of Soup

Sheldon Museum of Art and University Dining Services are collaborating to realize artist Ken Friedman’s 1967 event score “Twenty Gallons: Cook soup for several hundred people.” The soup will be served at the museum and in campus dining centers from 11 AM to 2 PM and from 5 to 7 PM. Free and open to the public.

Participants will be entered to win a framed event score from the exhibition “Ken Friedman: 92 Events.”

Twenty Gallons of Soup

Sheldon Museum of Art and University Dining Services are collaborating to realize artist Ken Friedman’s 1967 event score “Twenty Gallons: Cook soup for several hundred people.” The soup will be served at the museum and in campus dining centers from 11 AM to 2 PM and from 5 to 7 PM. Free and open to the public.

Participants will be entered to win a framed event score from the exhibition “Ken Friedman: 92 Events.”

Study at Sheldon

Looking for a place to study—or to take a study break? Come to Sheldon Museum of Art, where the Great Hall will be transformed into a great study hall for an afternoon. De-stress with watercolor painting, coloring, and origami. Explore the galleries for inspiration. Fuel up with free snacks.

Great Plains Talk: Rebecca Nagle

Rebecca Nagle, the winner of the 2025 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize, will give a talk about her book as part of the Center for Great Plains Studies’ Paul A. Olson lecture series. The book, By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land (Harper Collins Publishers), recounts the generations-long fight for tribal land and sovereignty in eastern Oklahoma by chronicling both the contemporary legal battle and historic acts of Indigenous resistance.

The talk is free and open to the public, and the book will be available for purchase at the event.

Drop-in Tour at Sheldon Museum of Art

Sheldon’s drop-in tours are a great way to learn more about the Sheldon’s architecture, exhibitions, and collection. Drop-in tours are free and open to everyone. No registration is required.

Printmaking Workshop for Adults

Join Francisco Souto, director of the School of Art, Art History & Design and professor of art with a focus in printmaking at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in an exploration of the artworks and printmaking processes in the exhibition “Robert Rauschenberg and the Flatbed Picture Plane.” Following the conversation, Souto will lead the group in a solvent printing workshop in the university’s printmaking studio.

Tickets are $12 per person for members of the Sheldon Art Association, $15 for nonmembers, and may be purchased at https://sheldonartmuseum.doubleknot.com/event/printmaking-workshop-for-adults/3109193.

Yoga in Sheldon’s Great Hall

Campus Recreation is partnering with Sheldon Museum of Art to offer hour-long yoga classes appropriate for all levels.
Register through the Active Husker App or online at https://go.unl.edu/sheldon-yoga. Registration opens one week before the class.

Family Day at Sheldon Museum of Art

Renowned artist Karen Kunc will lead an interactive printmaking activity inspired by the exhibition Robert Rauschenberg and the Flatbed Picture Plane. Families will have a chance to learn more about the printmaking process while creating a print to take home. An in-gallery sketching activity and hot cocoa bar will also be provided. 

Family Day is free and open to everyone. Please register at https://sheldonartmuseum.doubleknot.com/event/family-day-printmaking-with-karen-kunc/3116122.