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Tugboat Gallery Proudly Presents “Maternal Logic” featuring Madeleine Marie LeMieux.

opening First Friday February 4th from 7-10 with DJ Relic – closing on February 26th.

Maternal Logic is the inter-curation of three separate bodies of work (2020-2022), each dealing with the maternal body, ambivalence, and intersubjectivity. Through my materially driven and experimental practice I have developed an internal logic which uses the collaging of various 2D and 3D media to express the often conflicted experience of contemporary maternity.

Madeleine Marie LeMieux (b. 1982, Chicago) lives and works in Columbia, Missouri. She received a BFA with an emphasis in Art History, Theory and Criticism from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007, a MA in Visual Arts Administration from New York University in 2011 and a MFA in Painting from the University of Missouri in 2021. She has been exhibiting her artwork and using art as a tool for community organizing since 2004.

LeMieux has founded and directed two experimental emerging artists spaces: OAO Galleria in Chicago, IL from 2004-2007, and the non-profit gallery and residency program, Resident Arts in Columbia, MO from 2014-2020. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Midwest, New Mexico, New York, and Virtually; and will be featured in New American Paintings, Midwest Edition #155 in 2022.

She is currently working as the Art on the Move Coordinator and as Adjunct Faculty for the School of Visual Studies at the University of Missouri.

Tugboat Gallery Proudly Presents “Exquisite Slop Swap” a fundraiser to keep Tugboat Gallery afloat.

“Exquisite Slop Swap” is a collaborative effort between local artists that have volunteered their time and talent. Each artist draws, paints or collages on a cradled wood panel that is passed on to the next artist until the piece feels finished. Each piece will have a starting bid of $50.00 and be available on First Friday December 3rd from 7-10 with DJ ol’ moanin.

The list of generous participating artists:

• Byron Anway
• Larry Buller
• Anne Burton
• Michael Burton
• Keith Buswell
• Erin Cross
• Patricia Davis
• Hannah Demma
• Amanda Durig
• Janet Eskridge
• Christian Gauthier
• Andie Geiken
• Peggy Gomez
• Isaiah Jones
• Eve Lanik
• Julia Leggent
• Kyle Nobles
• Nolan Tredway
• Toan Vuong
• Kat Wiese
• Sandra Williams.

Tugboat Gallery is located at 116 N. 14th Street, Lincoln, NE – second story above Gomez Art Supply. Elevator entrance at 1410 ‘O’ Street. Questions answered by Gomez Art Supply at 402-477-6200.

Tugboat Gallery Proudly Presents “Bonecrusher Meets Batman” featuring George Sisson and Dan Terpstra opening First Friday November 5th from 7-10 with DJ ol’ moanin – closing on November 27th.

“Bonecrusher Meets Batman” is the celebration of nature vs. the celebration of detritus, organic vs. TV tray, 2 artists starting at 2 completely different points and both ending up with unpredictable outcomes.

George Sisson – George Sisson is a semi abstract artist painting on stuff and building sculptures with junk. Dead birds, bunnies with beaks, dogs with hooves, poops everywhere, and ohh, man, the flies…

Dan Terpstra – Dan Terpstra starts projects by focusing on the physical aspects of the material he has chosen. Dan likes to work in ways that increase the chances of happy accidents and unpredictable outcomes.