Location:
Loft Gallery (3rd floor)
University of Nebraska–Lincoln East Campus Union
1705 Arbor Dr
Lincoln, NE 68503
“Illustrations in Origami Art” by Linda Stephen will be featured in April at the University of Nebraska East Campus Union Loft Gallery. The Loft Gallery is located on the third floor of the East Campus Union. It is open to the public most days from 7 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to midnight Saturdays, and 9 a.m. to midnight Sundays. Closed holidays.
MEET THE ARTIST: Saturday April 12, 1-3 p.m. join the artist for a personal tour of the exhibit and to learn more about the materials and processes involved in creating Linda’s intricate artworks. All ages are welcome.
See more than 15 landscapes, cityscapes and illustrations created entirely from assembled layers and layers of origami (folded paper) sculptures in hundreds of textured washi Japanese papers. Scenes celebrate the UNL Campus, Holmes Lake Park, sandhill cranes, summer sailing, playground time at a one-room school and more. See original illustrations including picture book illustrations and “Broyhill Fountain in Origami” featured in the UNL Alumni Association’s Nebraska Quarterly 2024/25 winter issue.
The Loft Gallery on the 3rd floor is accessible either by elevator or by stairs.
PARKING: Metered parking for visitors available in parking lot on the north side of the East Student Union. https://parking.unl.edu/sites/unl.edu.business-and-finance.parking/files/media/file/VisitorGuestParkingEastCampus.pdf
Linda Stephen’s origami landscapes are part of collections around the world, from the Mayor’s Office in Omihachiman, Japan to the J.W. Marriott in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She presents programs to ages 3 to 97 on origami, Japanese paper arts, invention, and writing to schools, senior centers, parks, arts centers and museums nationwide. Her picture book The Day We Went to the Park won a Nebraska Book Award for illustration.
Fluent in Japanese, Linda taught in Japan for six years. She has worked in communications for projects on five continents.