Rotunda Gallery

Questions?

Karen Freimund Wills
Rotunda Gallery Manager
(402) 472-9749

Rotunda Gallery Hours:
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Monday-Friday)

Rotunda picture

The Rotunda Gallery is an art gallery that presents educational and cultural exhibits to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Lincoln community at-large. Located on the north side of the first floor of the Nebraska Union, the gallery provides an out-of-the-classroom experiential learning space for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln to showcase meaningful educational or cultural exhibits sponsored by UNL Departments and Recognized Student Organizations.

To reserve exhibition space, please contact the Rotunda Gallery Manager Karen Freimund Wills at 472-9749.

SPRING 2012 

Monday, January 2 - Friday, January 13, 2012
Not Available (University Bookstore)

Dates: Tuesday, January 17 - Monday, January 20, 2012
Title:
"UPC Poster & Print Sale"
Sponsor:
University Program Council (UPC)
Contact:
Riley Vanek, Financial Manager
Advisor:
Lauren Eckert, Graduate Assistant
Reception:
None

Dates: Monday, January 23 - Friday, January 27, 2012
Title:
"UNL Master of Architecture Degree Program: Student Work"
Exhibit Hours: SAME AS NEBRASKA UNION HOURS 
Sponsor: Architecture Program, UNL College of Architecture
Contact: Alex Stotz
Advisor(s): Chris Ford & Tom Laging
Reception: None

Dates: Monday, January 30 - Friday, February 3, 2012
Title:
"Voids"
Sponsor:
Department of Art & Art History
Artist:
Allison Holdsworth
Advisor:
Aaron Holz
Reception:
Friday, February 3, 2012 (5:00 to 8:00 p.m.)

Dates: Monday, February 6 - Friday, February 10, 2012
Title:
Red Meat and Gluten
Sponsor:
Department of Art & Art History
Artists: 
Jamie Fritz, Matt Blache, Jacob Francois, Liana Owad
Advisor: Santiago Cal
Reception: Friday, February 10, 2012 (5 to 6 p.m.) 

Dates: Monday, February 13 - Friday, February 17, 2012
Title:
"Text / Image"
Sponsor:
UNL College of Architecture
Artist:
Alex Stotz
Advisor:
Rumiko Handa
Reception:
None

Dates: Monday, February 20 - Friday, March 2, 2012
Title:
"3rd Annual UNL Employee Quilt Show"
Sponsor:
Rotunda Gallery
Contact/Advisor:
Trudy Rhoads
Reception:
Monday, February 13, 2012 (5:00 to 7:00 p.m.)

Dates: Monday, March 5 - Friday, March 9, 2012
Title: 
Bolivia Reborn
Sponsor: College of Journalism
Artist/Advisor: Luis Peon-Casanova
Reception: Friday, March 9, 2012 (12 noon to 1 p.m.)

Dates: Monday, March 12 - Friday, March 16, 2012
Title: 
UNL Womanhouse presents: Little Waves
Sponsor: Women's Center
Contact: Amy Vanderpool
Advisor: Jan Deeds
Reception: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 (5 to 7 p.m.)


Monday, March  19 - Friday, March 23, 2012
Not Available (Spring Break)

Dates: Monday, March 26 - Friday, March 30, 2012
Title:
Out and Proud
Sponsor:
LGBTQA Resource Center
Contact:
Stacey Cleveland
Advisor:
Pat Tetreault
Reception:
 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 (2 to 4 p.m.)

Dates: Monday, April 2 - Friday, April 13, 2012
Title: "6th Annual UNL Staff Art Exhibition"
Sponsor: Rotunda Gallery
Contact/Advisor: Valerie Bender
Reception: Monday, April 2, 2012 (5:00 to 7:00 p.m.)

Dates: Monday, April 16 - Friday, April 20, 2012
Title: 
Focus Nebraska Sustainable Art Exhibition
Sponsor: ASUN Student Government
Contact: Matan Gill
Advisor: Marlene Beyke
Reception: TBD

Dates: Monday, April 23 - Friday, April 27, 2012
Title:
Student Involvement Information Strategies "TITLE TBA"
Sponsor:
Rotunda Gallery
Contact/Advisor:
Mike Jackson
Reception:
TBD

Dates: Monday, April 30 - Friday, May 4, 2012
Title:
Student Involvement Student Organizations "TITLE TBA"
Sponsor:
Rotunda Gallery
Contact/Advisor:
Val Anderson
Reception:
TBD

SUMMER 2012 

Dates: Monday, May 7 - Friday, May 18, 2012
Title:
"The Mystic Realm of Rokeya Sultana"
Sponsor:
Department of Art & Art History
Artist:
Rokeya Sultana
Advisor:
Karen Kunc
Reception: 
Monday, May 7, 2012 ( 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.) 

Dates: Monday, May 21 - Friday, June 1, 2012
Title:
"Divisions"
Sponsor:
Department of Art & Art History
Artist:
Keegan Baker & Allison Holdsworth
Advisor: Liz Ingraham
Reception: None


The following dates are annual reservations and are NOT available except for the organization listed:
  • The Rotunda Gallery is reserved for the Office of Admissions during the entire month of June and the First Five-Week Summer Sessions in July for New Student Enrollment (NSE) and E.N. Thompson Forum banners are displayed since they are appropriate for audiences of all ages, but will not be placed on the north wall of the Rotunda Gallery, which is used as a projection wall. 
     
  • In order to accommodate the increase in traffic during University Bookstore textbook distribution, the tables and chairs in the Nebraska Union east dining area are relocated to the Rotunda Gallery, which becomes a lounge space and is NOT available the last week of July or during the entire month of August or the week following fall commencement through the week before MLK Day in January and up through the first week of classes