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First Friday Art Walk
November 2018
Nathan Biester, is a mixed media, abstract and illustration artist from Topeka, who has shown from local coffee shops to international competitions.

Jordan E. Brooks, is a painter, illustrator, and Creative Consultant, influenced by a wide variety of work ranging from the classical to comic book greats from the 90’s.

First Friday Art Walk
December 2018
Art has been part of Nancy’s life from early childhood through her adult life by drawing what she saw, fascinated with molding metal into shapes, found objects and intrigued with the texture and color of pastel, watercolor, oil and fabric. Her exhibit reflects her love of landscapes and waterscapes from Kansas to other sites throughout United States, Australia and Europe.

First Friday Art Walk
January 2019
Morgan Celeste enjoys working with acrylic, mixed media, and watercolor in a variety of styles. Giving her art, an eclectic appeal to people of all ages and backgrounds. She will be showcasing her pieces inspired by nature, from soft flowers to rocky brooks.

First Friday Art Walk
February 2019
Featuring Doug's series, “The Water’s Edge”, painted using palette knives. Viewing from different perspectives, upstream, downstream or watching the river flow by. Palette knifes can produce rhythm and sparkle that create a sense of fresh moving water. The thick strokes of color bring a powerful brightness to his paintings.

First Friday Art Walk
March 2019
Our opening reception features photographer, Charles Benton. Most of Charles’ photos have some aspect of nature as their subject. Consisting of images taken from his travels to Great Britain, Iceland, near his home, right outside his front door, and from every season. He hopes for people to see his love of creation and perhaps be moved to look at the world around them with a new eye. Jump into spring and get into the Irish Spirit as we are serving Irish themed and “greenish” snacks and drinks.

First Friday Art Walk
April 2019
NexLynx Gallery showcases the works of talented young visual art students from Washburn Rural High School, displaying a variety of mediums including acrylics, oils, printmaking, and weavings. Many of the pieces on display were created during the school’s recent Art Lock In event, where students got to meet a professional artist and created a piece of artwork using the guest artist’s techniques.

First Friday Art Walk
May 2019
NexLynx Gallery celebrates its 100th Consecutive First Friday Art Walk with a special exhibit, featuring selected pieces of artwork varying in photography, acrylics, mixed media, and more from over 35 of our returning artist alumni.

First Friday Art Walk
June 2019
Pradeep creatively constructs fine art utilizing a blend of cutting edge Laser and computer graphics. He calls this process “Lasered Layers”. The 3-D artwork consists of painstakingly assembled multiple layers of intricately laser-cut sheets of paper.

First Friday Art Walk
July 2019
Local photographer, Jared Hitchens has a passion for Topeka that comes from a life spent in the community. He has worked in graphic arts for over 20 years, but with his lens and artistic eye, Jared has captured some of Topeka’s beautiful landmarks. Jared will be featuring his portfolio, showing his new love of photography as well as his pride for the city that he grew up in.

First Friday Art Walk
August 2019
Irma WagerIrma creates stunning counted cross stitch pieces that takes her anywhere from 1-4 months to finish. They vary from European landscapes to animals, flowers, city streets and beautiful women.
Barbara SchillingBarbara began selling her homemade jewelry creations in 2004. Her jewelry has evolved from mostly beaded pieces and now includes intricate wire, metal and bead pieces as well as etched metal, enameled pieces and resin.