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