The Elizabeth Rubendall Foundation has generously funded an artist-in-residence program since 2007 at the Great Plains Art Museum. Artworks are commissioned by the museum to become part of the museum's permanent collection, and the artist completes the commissioned artwork(s) in the lobby of the Great Plains Art Museum. The full artistic process is on display for visitors and school groups, creating a unique program as well as enduring art.
Residencies are usually in late April. If you would like to be added to the mailing list for your school or tour group, please contact the Great Plains Art Museum at 402/472-6220.
2012 Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-in-Residence: Anne Peyton
Anne Peyton, premiere wildlife artist and avid avian conservation activist, will be the artist-in-residence in Lincoln April 24 through May 4, 2012. Visitors are welcome to watch and interact with the artist as she completes two commissioned acrylic paintings of a raptor native to the Great Plains region and a songbird native to the Great Plains region. To schedule a classroom or group tour, please call 402-472-0599.
Anne Peyton is based in Ahwatukee Foothills, Ariz. She is a Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists since 2000; a member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society since 2001 and was honored with Signature Artist's Guild status in 2004; a Signature member of the Artists for Conservation since 2005; an associate member of the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylics since 2005; a member of the American Society of Marine Artists since 2009, a member of The Pen and Brush, Inc., since 2009, an associate member of Women Artists of the West since 2009, and an associate member of the American Plains Artists since 2010.
A corresponding exhibition is Longed for Still: The Avian Art of Anne Peyton running April 24 to May 27, 2012 at the Great Plains Art Museum.
Prior Elizabeth Rubendall Residencies:
Patty Eckman
Prairie Chicken Dance
cast paper
Allen Eckman
Traditional Dancer,
Prairie Chicken Dance
cast paper
Wendy Hall
Jug and Bird Nest
oil
Wendy Hall
Calf and Resting Cow
oil
Gail Sundell
Women of the Plains
Colorado alabaster
Michael Albrechtsen
Catching Sunsets
oil
Michael Albrechtsen
Nebraska Reverence
oil
Delmar Pettigrew
I'm Outta Here
bronze
Martha Pettigrew
Dakota Wind
bronze
Prior Great Plains Art Museum Resident Artist:
Andrew Peters
A Good Solid Century Farm
oil
