Tugboat Gallery

Today is the day! Porch-Art-Palooza is on from 1-6pm! This year we have 3 interactive stops.

Stop #17 1311 S. 11th
Print a linoleum block with Israel!

Stop #23
Live screen printing!
Bring a T-shirt, tote bag, anything you want and Amanda will screen print the Porch-Art-Palooza logo on it. We will have some blank t-shirts and totes available, but they will go fast.
We will also be experimenting with henna screen prints.
Get a henna insect screen printed on your arm.
Stop #32 1908 C Sreet

Make a Cyanotype with Henry!
Bring something flat that will block out the sun.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply. The event is this tomorrow, Sunday, August 11th from 1-6!

Today we feature Stop #39 with Sydnie Willey at 1515 S. 21st Street, and Stop #40 with Nicole Renaud at 1106 S. 20th Street.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply. The event is this Sunday, August 11th from 1-6!

Today we feature Stop #36 with Jon Love and Brent Aldrich at 2244 C Street, Stop #37 featuring Emily Mulvaney at 2410 C Street, and Stop #38 with Evija Lupins at 1930 B Street.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply. The event is this Sunday, August 11th from 1-6!

Today we feature Stop #33 with Dana Clements and Abby Carey at 1236 S 20th St, Stop #34 featuring Dustin Witte and Hannah Ashburn at 1445 S. 20th Street, and Stop #35 with Kat Morrow and Erin Butcher at 2336 Washington Street.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply. The event is this Sunday, August 11th from 1-6!

Today we feature Stop #30 with Timothy Benavidez and Chadric Devin at 1820 D Street, Stop #31 featuring Alex Renbarger, Ani, Rachel Clarke and Trevor Marten at 1900 C Street, and Stop #32 with Matel Rokke, Hannah Demma, and Moose Mudds at 1908 C St which is another interactive stop!

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply. The event is this Sunday, August 11th from 1-6!

Today we feature Stop #27 Malcolm Daniel and Patrick Engman Photo & Oil at 1614 D Street, Stop #28 with Aorta and Samantha Wicht at 1617 E Street, and Stop #29 with Jewelya Coffey, Thomas Coffey, Casey Beck and Madison Svendgard at 1608 E.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply.

Today we feature Stop #24 Caroline B White at 1333 S. 18th, Stop #25 Jenn Bassen at 1716 B Street, and Stop #26 Ren's Nest Gems at 1620 C St.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply.

Today we feature Liz Clayman at stop #21 at 1412 Washington St, Stop #22 Dogboy Diogenes and La Jolie Joelle at 1345 S. 16th, and Stop #23 with Dominique Ellis and Toan Vuong and 1645 A St, which will be an interactive stop.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply.

Today we feature stop #19 David Reed Gracie, Kate Gracie, Anna Jane VanCleave, and Jack VanCleave at 1335 B Street stop #20 Jennifer Beall at 1435 S. 13th.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply.

Today we feature Angelica Tapia at 1311 S. 11th at stop #17 and Stop #18 featuring R.M.Wells and Renee Langan at 1020 S. 11th

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply.

Today we feature Michelle Asher and Matt Ahlschwede at stop #15 located at 918 Washington and Tessa Wiser Creations at stop #16 at 1345 S. 11th.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply.

Today we feature stop #13 New Visions Community UMC at 1610 S 11th St and MEF stop #14 at 1011 Washington

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply.

Today we feature Buggz at stop #11 at 1345 B and Wendy Jane bantam at stop #12 located at 1112 Sumner.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply.

Today we feature Artisan Ways at stop #9 at 1602 Sumner and Art by Jayda at stop #10 at 1442 Plum.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply.

Today we feature Jon'el Hunt and Lazy Dog Leather Company at 1916 Sumner at stop #7 and Kinzee, crash crew and Megan McCollister at stop #8 on 1624 S. 17th Street.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply.

Today we feature stop #5 Abigail E. Penner and Lesley Darling Fiber 1901 Prospect and Luci Packard and Mya Levitch at stop #6 at 1848 Prospect.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 40 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply.

Today we feature stop #3 at 1731 S 23rd St featuring Eden Elder and #4 featuring Elliot Starlin-Hintz at 1919 Prospect.

It’s time for Porch-Art-Palooza! We have 39 porches this year with over 65 artists! We’ll be spotlighting our artists over the next few weeks as we gear up for the event. Maps can be picked up at Gomez Art Supply.

Today we feature stop #1 1818 Pepper Ave. featuring Ray Baby Designs and K.M. Manual and Stop #2 Emily Asboe at 1919 S. 24th.

Join us this Friday for Tugboat Gallery Proudly Presents "Fruit Salad" featuring:

Pawl Tisdale
Darby Carlin
Lim Puoch
Kat Morrow
micepup
Mya Levitch
Patrick Bradley
Brian Andrew Coate
Talia Tacy
Santi Mora-Amaral

Opening First Friday, June 7th from 7-10 with DJ HairBrain.

Pictures below:

1) Brian Andrew Coate
2) Mya Levitch
3) Kat Morrow
4) Darby Carlin
5) Pawl Tisdale
6) Santi Mora-Amaral

This week is the last week to apply to Porch-Art -Palooza! Applications are due this Friday!

bit.ly/PorchArt2024

Call for art!

“The "gARTen of eve" Embodied Brunch & Art Show is an event that serves as a platform for female-identifying and q***r artists to share art on topics of the feminine spirit, inclusivity, gender identity, pleasure, s*x, raw and real truths about the human form, eroticism, body positivity, and body neutrality.”

gARTen of Eve by Yoniversity of Nebraska Acknowledgement and gratitude to for the original prints that were edited and adapted for the creation of the cover art. Cover art done by .

Call for artist in the Near Southand Everett neighborhoods! apply to be a part of Porch-Art-Palooza. For more information and to apply go to https://bit.ly/PorchArt2024

Thank you to everyone who came to our Sweet Sixteen exhibition last night! You are the reason we volunteer our time to make Tugboat possible. Thank you to everyone who has ever shown at our gallery, anyone who has taken time to visit the gallery, and thank you to all the designers, interns, and captains who makes this gallery possible.

And finally, we present one of the founders and current co-captains, Peggy Gomez, as one of our feature artists! Come say hi to udon Friday for our Sweet Sixteen show!

She makes site-specific installations and mixed media art that includes objects
found while walking her dogs. Foraging for cast off objects is an adventure. The
objects get carried home and processed into like-colored bins. If the piece calls for
something green and round, the green bin gets pulled out and the hunt begins.
Spaceships, privacy patterns, propellers and plant matter that is both alive and
possibly dead are recurring themes in Peggy's artwork. All have to do with the
idea of transitioning from A to B.

Bio:
Peggy Gomez is a Nebraska native that lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, an entrepreneur
– owner of Gomez Art Supply, Tugboat Gallery Co-Founder and Co-Captain, front
yard vegetable gardener and 4-season commuter bicyclist. She lives in a small
freshly painted pink house in the Near South neighborhood with her partner Pepe
and their dogs Jet and Marigold. Peggy graduated from UNL with a BFA in 1984 and received her MFA from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1989.

Only two more days until Tugboat Gallery’s Sweet Sixteen show! Today we feature another founding member, Joey Lynch.

“My work is largely drawn from personal, political and social histories. The stylistic through line is a strong connection to the early punk rock aesthetic of cut and paste and photocopy
reproduction.”

Bio
A self-taught artist, Joey Lynch first leamed to screen print in high school to create merch for local Sioux Falls punk bands. In 2004, Joey co-founded Tugboat Gallery with Peggy Gomez and Jake Gillespie. He created and curated the nomadic Tugboat Presents: shows and a number of exhibitions for the Bemis Center's Underground space. For nearly a decade, Joey designed merch, posters and stage production for bands including Bright Eyes, Gillian Welch and Desaparecidos. For the past 8 years he has been the Installations and Facilities Director at
The Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha, NE.

Just a few more days until the opening of our Sweet Sixteen show and now we are featuring the founders of Tugboat Gallery. First up is Jake Gillespie:

"Drawing makes me feel honest. Drawing makes me feel vulnerable. Drawing can sometimes make me feel brave. Drawing is how I’m trying to talk to you. Where you and I might connect, maybe somewhere in a drawing. Lately I often draw a narrative, or at least an implied narrative. I’m dyslexic, I often can’t trust what I’m seeing is actually what I’m seeing. Historically most of my work manipulates the viewers’ experience optically in both subtle and overt ways. I’ve been focusing on monochromatic graphite and graphite powder drawings. My hope is that less is more."

Our next co-captain featured in this Friday’s Sweet Sixteen exhibition is Nolan Tredway.

“Soft Mutations is a revisiting of a few sculptural prototypes, tests, and failures for my sculptures at Meow Wolf, reworking them with a kind and compassionate lens into new creatures with new purpose. It’s a practice of grace and forgiveness, a path forward, and a nod toward the endless possibilities for transformation.”

Bio
Found covered in moss near the Korvik River, Nolan was raised in the Great North by a mountain and a burning forest. He learned the art of storytelling from his time among the Volkos, before studying art at the University of Nebraska and Fundacion Ortega y Gasset in Toledo, Spain. His work has been featured locally at the Sheldon Museum of Art, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, KANEKO, Nebraska Governor's Residence, and Fred Simon Gallery. His work has been included nationally in exhibitions such as Currents New Mexico, Altered Aesthetics, and is part of the permanent exhibition at Meow Wolf Denver.

Our spotlight of co-captains continues with former captain Lisa Guevara. She’ll be one of the feature artists at our Sweet Sixteen show opening this Friday:

“I mix traditional media with readily accessible materials that would otherwise contribute to waste. I rely on my own physiological responses and improvisation to guide my creative decisions. Processes such as braiding, painting, and knot-tying help me achieve a flow state, while materials like glittery paper, acrylic paint, and dyed fabric focus my attention. The outcome is a ‘combine’ that reintroduces the sum of the parts as a new whole.”

Bio:
Lisa Guevara received her Bachelors in Fine Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2015, and an Associates in Web Programming from Austin Community College in 2023. She has been included in shows hosted by Petshop Gallery (Omaha, NE), Plug Projects (Kansas City, MO), Centro de Artes (San Antonio, TX), and Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos (San Marcos, TX). She has curated a number of shows in Tugboat Gallery (Lincoln, NE) and Spellerberg Projects (Lockhart, TX). Lisa currently lives and creates in San Marcos, Texas.