The 815's Final First Friday

Posted by: The 815

Press Release                                                                               

Cheech Sorilla                                       Tim Frisch

Visual Arts Director                                 Assistant Visual Arts Director

arts@the815.org                                    tim@the815.org

402.957.2435                                        402.480.0731

The 815 @ 815 ‘O’ St., Suite 1 

The 815 Presents: Final Friday at The 815.

After nearly two years spent sharing local art with the community, The 815 will host its Final First Friday on February 3. To celebrate the success of The 815, all artists who have shown on the lower level have been invited back to display a few of their favorite pieces. Artists will include Robert Donlan, Tim and Katie Frisch, Eddie Gentry, Rob Liliedahl, Daniel Joseph May, Aimee Smith, Andrei Sorokin, Gonca Yengin, and more. The Artists on the Edge will show upstairs for the final time after 23 consecutive First Fridays.

The 815 first invited art lovers to stop in, have a cup of coffee, and enjoy the Artists on the Edge and an up-and-coming local artist back in April of 2010. Since then The 815 has become a staple of the First Friday art walk, and the city’s leading promoter of outsider art. On the main level the Artists on the Edge have been able to share their work with thousands of visitors, and sell approximately $20,000 worth of art in the process. On the lower level, over a dozen local artists have had their own private showing, many for the first time.

Though The 815 is closing its doors as a venue, the men and women behind The 815, members of 2 Pillars Church, will continue to show and promote local art in Lincoln. In October, The 815 began featuring an up-and-coming local artist each month in the Grand Manse Gallery, and will continue curating that space for the foreseeable future. In December, The 815 partnered with Indigo Bridge Books to make the Artists on the Edge the artists-in-residence at Indigo Bridge. The 815 will continue to support this talented community of artists as their work is now be available for people to view and purchase on a daily basis at the bookstore. 

The 815

The 815 is a community venue that aims to serve the visual and performing artists and musicians of the city of Lincoln by providing a space where their work can be showcased and celebrated. It is located at 815 O Street in the old Pepperberg Cigar Factory under the O Street overpass and around the corner from Gallery 9 and Noyes Art Gallery. Visit their web site for more information at www.the815.org.

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