- Abigail Denton
- Barb Sullivan
- Barbara Sullivan
- Brook Taylor
- Carol DeVall
- Dave Galois
- Donna Burdic
- Gabriela Vlad
- Gail Folda
- Ginny Freitag
- Gretchen Olberding
- Group Show
- Guest Artists
- Holiday Show
- Invitational
- Jan Fox
- Jan Garvin
- Jan Lang
- Jennifer Austin
- Jude Martindale
- Judith Andre
- Kelley Dachtler
- Larry Pelter
- Larry Schwisow
- MC Anderson
- Mark Coyle
- Mark Entzminger
- Meghan Stratman
- Mitch Egeberg
- Nancy Hagler-Vujovic
- PJ Peters
- Pam Young
- Patrick Grewe
- Robert Esquivel
- Rose Kotwas
- Scott Grossenbacher
- Sharon Lacy Cech
- Vonni Sparks
- bonnie vodehnal
- gretchen olberding
- jan lang
- jennifer nichols
- meghan stratman
- merle henkenius
- su harvey
Our annual Invitational show, with work by gallery members and an exciting group of guest artists.
SyZyGy (June 2023)
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SyZyGy - the alignment of three celestial bodies
Paintings by Robert Esquivel and Vonni Sparks and ceramic sculptures by Ginny Freitag. On display May 31-July 2, 2023
Click here to listen to Vonni and Robert discussing the show on NPM’s Friday LIVE podcast.
BIRDS & Bs, FLOWERS and TREES (May 2023)
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Photography by Patrick Grewe and ceramics by Larry Pelter. May 3-28, 2023
PATRICK GREWE
My journey in photography began in 1979 when I bought a 35 mm film camera. I have been taking pictures ever since. My subject is anything that I find to be interesting or beautiful. Most often, that will be something in the natural world like flowers, trees, birds, and butterflies, which ties in perfectly with Gallery 9’s May theme of “Birds and Bs, Flowers and Trees.”
LARRY PELTER
I grew up in Newman Grove, a farming community on the banks of the Shell Creek in north central Nebraska. I have had a diverse upbringing experiencing, at times, life as a sheepherder, cowboy, railroad gandy dancer, truck driver, anti-submarine warfare specialist, electrical engineer, barista, and Zen practitioner. Throughout my life, I have maintained a passion for the arts, having studied classical and blues guitar, painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and ceramic art with a variety of teachers. My current work is an exploration of pottery forms , masks and sculptural pieces related to aboriginal and indigenous peoples as well as early Neolithic European cave art. I like this work for its purity of form and connections to the earth.
WITHIN & WITHOUT (April 2023)
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Paintings by Jan Lang and photography by Merle Henkenius. On display April 5-30, 2023.
ANIMAL, MINERAL VEGETABLE (March 2023)
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ANIMAL, MINERAL, VEGETABLE featuring paintings by Nancy Hagler-Vujovic and ceramics by Su Harvey. March 1 - April 2, 2023.
MINIATURES (February 2023)
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An all-member group show featuring small art, tiny subjects, and other takes on the “miniatures” theme. February 1-26, 2023
HOLIDAY SHOW (December 2022)
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In December, Gallery 9 featured our annual Holiday Show, with work by all of our member artists. November 30, 2022 - January 15, 2023.
SHIMMER GLIMMER & BRIGHT (November 2022)
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Kilnformed glass by Judith Andre, mixed media by Mark Coyle, and jewelry by Su Harvey.. November 2-27, 2022
CONFLUENCE (October 2022)
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New paintings by Vonni Sparks, Mixed Media by Robert Esquivel, and ceramic sculptures by Ginny Freitag. October 5-30, 2022
NATURAL BEAUTY (September 2022)
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In September, Gallery 9 featured new work by Jennifer Nichols (charcoal on paper) and Barb Sullivan (watercolor on paper).. On display August 31-October 2, 2022
LIFE'S ABC'S (August 2022)
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In August, Gallery 9 featured oil paintings by Mitch Egeberg, acrylic paintings by Jan Lang, and ceramics by Pam Young. On display August 3-28, 2022
JULY INVITATIONAL (July 2022)
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In July, we featured our annual Invitational Show, with work by gallery members and guest artists.
On display June 29 - July 31, 2022
Guests include: Angela Behrends (Sculpture), Danny Reneau (mixed media), Deb Monfelt (paintings), Elijah Swanson (paintings), Heather Brandt Ladman (painting), Hannah Demma (handmade paper/printmaking), Jane Chesnut (paintings), Kelly Axmann (mixed media), Linda Benton (painting), Matt Steinhausen (photography), Nick Brown (airbrush/mixed media), Patty Gallimore (paintings), Randy Mittan (photography), Sara Kovanda (paintings), Peg Pelter (over painting on porcelain).
IMAGES FROM THE ROAD (June 2022)
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IMAGES FROM THE ROAD, featuring photography by Merle Henkenius.
On display June 1-26, 2022
Merle Henkenius | Artist Statement
Nothing said about a work-of-art ever improves it, but sometimes a little history can make a wider pathway into it. Most of these photos are straightforward, but a few are so peculiar that a little story to flesh them out. All of these photos were found along roads, which make them, Images From the Road
Speaking generally, my goal is to render art from artifacts. I often favor homely artifacts, especially those which can serve up a little irony, or whose placement helps us know something about the person who did the placing. The Gallery 9 example here is the image I’ve entitled, “The Exact Spot Where Farming Failed in Sheridan County.” We can see at a glance that the sand beneath that row of implements could never have earn a farm income. It’s as if that farmer defiantly parked the last tangible remnants of his failed dream, and rode away on a draft horse, which likely wore blinders.
The two images entitled Whimsical Crucifixes #1 and #2 are of sculptures made by New Mexican artist, Ken Wolverton, who used scrap lumber and backlot detritus. He’s also a decent painter, who does not use galleries for their display. He hangs his many paintings and found item-sculptures on his horse corral fence, which is just a few feet off the road, where they weather. He sells a few this way, and if they don’t sell, he enjoys watching them deteriorate, to return to their elemental components.
And check out those mortar and chicken wire folks, which were crated by a self-proclaimed Native American shaman. Their creator was a WWII vet who was badly burned in a tank battle in Northern Germany. Back home, he underwent months of excruciating recovery. He emerged believing he acquired a specific wisdom with native overtones. He then purchased five acres in the Nevada desert, took the name Rolling Thunder Mountain, which as a name, is precisely two syllables too long. He then set about building a phantasmagorical spiritual compound. One befitting a shaman. He built numerous effigies and structures out of mortar and chicken wire. In time, especially in the 1960s, many seekers found their way to the compound, where they sat at the shaman’s feet and sussed out his pain-tinged wisdoms. When his health began to fail, the shaman shot himself. Only some the mortar remnants survive today.
TURNING COLORS (May 2022)
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TURNING COLORS, featuring turned wood/epoxy bowls by Mark Entzminger and paper collages by Meghan Stratman.
On display May 4-29, 2022
SHARON LACY CECH & PRAIRIE MILE TILE Retrospectives (April 2022)
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In April, Gallery 9 showcased the work of Sharon Lacy Cech and Prairie Mile Tile.
Sharon Lacy Cech, who passed away in December 2021, was a member of Gallery 9 for 20 years and her distinctive, colorful paintings always brought joy our walls. Join us in celebrating Sharon's wonderful spirit through this retrospective of her art.
In addition to our main featured show, we will also be showcasing ceramics by Su Harvey/Prairie Mile Tile through the month of April. Su has retired from ceramics so this will be your last chance to take home one of her great tiles or ceramic sculptures.
