First Friday Art Walk

NexLynx Gallery is the “must see” art gallery on the First Friday Art Walk located in the historic Bates Building in the heart of Downtown Topeka. Beginning in 2010, we have shown hundreds of original photographs, paintings, carvings and sculptures from dozens of local and regional artists. The First Friday Art Walk is our “Opening Reception“ for each new monthly exhibit at NexLynx Gallery of Arts. The First Friday Art Walk is a program of ArtsConnect.

First Friday Art Walk – September 2024

Beth Hanna, a lifelong multi-media artist currently based out of Tecumseh, KS, was drawn to creating art at an early age after a trip to the Art Museum in Chicago, inspired by the work of Georges Seurat. Drawn to Pointillism, Beth expanded it from the traditional black pen & ink, to begin her artistic career as a full-spectrum pointillism artist before moving to 2D and expanding to 3D.

Currently Beth’s works range from modern, mixed media Cold-wax and oil paintings, biomorphic, mixed media 3D florals made from copper and ceramic, Glass lampwork, Fabric and much more. In this exhibit, you will find works from several mediums, emphasizing on mixed media Cold-wax and Oil on wood. Beth describes this work as a “collection of mental snapshots that gather on the panels to express a variety emotion.”, leading to what can be perceived as discombobulated to some or perfect sense to others. Each of these pieces are comprised of cold wax, oil paints and mixed media on a solid wood panel and frame.

Beth has a BFA in Metalsmithing and a BFA in Ceramics as well as a Master’s in education, all from Kansas State University. Her award-winning works have been shown throughout the country, including The National Metalsmithing Museum and even a mention in an off-Broadway play. She taught metalsmithing, painting and design at Shawnee Heights High School for several years, until art kept calling and heading back to the work force to become a welder at a Kansas bronze foundry.

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  • Our History

  • NexLynx Gallery of Arts started in 2010, after being selected as one of the venues for the ReThink Topeka Exhibition and Art Walk that same year and each year after. The Re-Think Topeka Art Walk was a movement to spur re-building community awareness through art and cultural events. NexLynx continues to be a proud supporter of the art community with our monthly exhibits and opening receptions. We worked with the former Arts Council of Topeka, and now ArtsConnect to promote art in the community as a premier downtown gallery on the Downtown Topeka Art Walk.

    The Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the historic downtown Bates Building. Walter L. Bates' (1859-1903) last business enterprise was the building of the structures on the corner of Sixth Avenue and Jackson Streets, known as the Bates Block, which includes the I.O.O.F. Hall (117 W. 6th - c. 1910) and 123 W. 6th (c. 1902).

    NexLynx Gallery was voted a Finalist for both 2016 and 2017 People's Choice Awards, nominated by people in the Topeka Community as their favorite stop on the First Friday Art Walk, a program of ArtsConnect.

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