ABOUT
The Lincoln Billboard Art Project was created to unite, support, inspire, and bring joy and healing to our community, and provide financial support to local artists during the pandemic, through a privately supported community art project.
A Request for Submissions was released seeking submissions of artwork that used text and imagery to unite, support, inspire, and bring joy and healing to the Lincoln community to be presented on one of ten different billboards throughout the city. The original RFS is available here as a PDF
ARTWORK SELECTION
Forty-two artwork submissions were received by Lincoln artists and ten works were selected for billboard presentation. Selection preference was given to artists whose income and work have been immediately impacted by the pandemic. Additional criteria included the artwork’s ability to unite, support, and inspire the community, its suitability to the billboard format, and its creative use of imagery and text.
BILLBOARD ARTWORK
Images may not be used without permission of the artists.

Wendy Jane Bantam, Artist / Instagram: wendy_jane_bantam

Lindsey Day, Artist

Andy Dillehay, Artist / Instagram: andydillehay

brooke petermann, Artist / Instagram: brookepetermann_art

Danny Reneau, Artist / Instagram: danny.reneau

Wes Staley, Artist

Nolan Tredway, Artist / Instagram: nolantredwayart

Ian Vesper, Artist / Instagram: tattooed_lens

Samantha Wicht, Artist / Instagram: samwichtart

Aileen Wiles, Artist / Instagram: simplyprinted
WHEN
Artwork was placed on billboards May 26/27, 2020, and each work will remain up for at least four weeks.
IMAGES OF ALL ARTWORK SUBMITTED
Images may not be used without permission of the artists.
Kris Jarchow, Artist / Instagram: kmjarchow Chad Greene, Artist Isaiah Jones, Artist Arden Ellen Nixon, Artist / Website: ardenellennixon.com Julia Noyes, Artist Molly Lockwood, Artist Linda Stephen, Artist / Website: lindastephen.com Shailee Curin, Artist / Instagram: curincreations Ann Loaris, Artist / Instagram: annloaris_tattoos Kinzee Hillis, Artist / Instagram: Kinzee_hillis_art_page Tom Sullivan, Artist Ty Bainbridge, Artist Amber Roland, Artist Meghan Vesper, Artist Kristin Pluhacek, Artist / Website: kkpluhacek.com Anonymous Artist Ellen Budell, Artist / Email: ellenbudell@gmail.com Amanda Converse, Artist Rebecca Rose, Artist Gretchen Olberding, Artist Diane Ogden, Artist Bob Reeker, Artist Sarah Pagano, Artist Jan Lang, Artist / Email: tlang541@gmail.com Holden Armstrong, Artist / Instagram: holdentrils Eric Saxon, Artist / Website: ericsaxon2020.blogspot.com Christopher Holmes, Artist Thalia Helwig, Artist Kathy Horn, Artist / Website: Kathy-horn.pixels.com Megan Harrell, Artist (Proposal – not finished work) Mackayla Kelsey, Artist Charley Friedman, Artist
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Deb Arenz, Director, Public Art Lincoln: publicartlincoln@gmail.com
MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF:



SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR REVIEW PANEL
- Rich Bailey, Retired Chairman, Bailey Lauerman
- Barbara Bartle, President, Lincoln Community Foundation & Public Art Lincoln board member
- Lynne Boyer, Public Art Lincoln board member
- Santiago Cal, Assoc. Prof. of Art (Sculpture), UNL & Public Art Lincoln board member
- Aaron Holz, Prof. of Art (Painting & Drawing), UNL
- Pam Hunzeker, Marketing Executive, Bailey Lauerman and Lincoln Community Foundation
- Lynn Johnson, Director, Lincoln Parks and Recreation & Public Art Lincoln board member
- Kathy LeBaron, Community Affairs Coordinator, Lincoln Industries & Public Art Lincoln Co-Chair
- Clay Smith, Partner, Speedway Motors/Speedway Properties & Public Art Lincoln board member
- Richard Vierk, CPA and Attorney & Public Art Lincoln Co-Chair