Artist-in-Residence Program
LUX Center for the Arts offers three-month to two-year residencies to artists at any stages in their career in ceramics, printmaking, painting, fibers and metals. Resident artists receive studio space, exhibition opportunities and teaching experience, while they work to launch their careers as professional artists.
If you are interested in becoming an artist-in-residence, contact Natalie Nelson, 402-466-8692, or download the LUX AIR application and submit your slides.
Follow our current and former artist-in-residence on our artist-in-residence (AIR) blog to find out what their studios look like, what upcoming shows they are in, and what they are up to at the LUX Center.
Current Artists in Residence:
Katie Taylor Frisch
Katie Taylor Frisch holds a BA in Psychology of Religious Belief and Women’s Studies and an MA in Textiles, Clothing and Design from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She works in nuno felt, handmade paper, and handbound books. She teaches Surface Design on Textiles at UNL and community classes through a variety of organizations. Katie is an Artist in Schools/Communities with the Nebraska Arts Council, and recently finished an AiS/C residency in conjunction with the Lincoln Arts Council and Riley Elementary School (http://www.artscene.org/katie-frisch-spotlight/). She is the owner/designer of FeedingTheLake.com where she sells one-of-a-kind handbound books featuring handmade paper and hand dyed/printed fabric covers.
Nora Rolf
Nora Rolf received her BFA from Concordia University in Seward, NE. Nora is a mixed media artist who works with drawing, sculpture, and installation. She is interested in the process of mark making, whether it be with line drawing, painting or the three dimensional marks that are created by positive and negative space. Nora has been an Art Van deLUX instructor since early 2010 and will be teaching youth and adult classes this Summer!
Trudie Teijink
Trudie Teijink was born and raised in Amsterdamn, the Netherlands. She earned her BFA at the Amsterdam College of Fine Arts. Teijink spent a semester at the Higher Institute of Find Arts in Ghent (Belgium) and continued her education as an indepentent student at the College of Fine Arts in Utrecht. After living and working in Greece and Germany for several year, she moved to Lincoln in 2001. Teijink earned her MFA at the University of Nebraska Lincoln in 2010 and is an artist-in-residence in printmaking at the LUX Center. She is looking forward to teaching community youth and adult classes this fall.
Arjan Zazueta
Arjan Zazueta received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and his MFA from Syracuse University. He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. As a visual artist working in drawing, painting, and sculpture, he is currently an artist-in-residence in painting at the LUX Center. Zazueta teaches community art classes for both youth and adult
