Since 2006, the Elizabeth Rubendall Foundation has generously funded an annual artist-in-residence program at the Great Plains Art Museum. During the residency, the artist interacts with the public, leads educational programs and tours, and creates a work of art for the museum’s permanent collection. The artist also receives a solo exhibition at the museum that coincides with their residency. In 2019, the museum opened the Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-in-Residence Studio and Education Lab to house the residency program. Made possible through a significant donation from Fred and Julie Hoppe, this studio provides a dedicated, flexible space in which the artist can work and engage with visitors.
There is no application process for the residency program; artists are identified and invited each year by museum staff. Interested in learning more about the program? Contact Museum Director and Curator Ashley Wilkinson at ashley.wilkinson@unl.edu or 402-472-0599.
Groups interested in booking a tour or interaction with the current artist in residence should contact Education and Outreach Associate Alison Cloet at acloet3@unl.edu or 402-472-3964.
2025 Elizabeth Rubendall Artist in Residence
Amanda Maciuba, Trace I (Peru, Nebraska), 2023, monotype, intaglio, and relief, 17 x 23 inches, photo by Aaron Paden.
Amanda Maciuba
Residency dates: April 8–19, 2025
Born and raised in the Buffalo, NY area, Amanda Maciuba graduated from the University at Buffalo with a degree in Visual Studies. She has an MFA in printmaking and a Certificate of Book Arts from the University of Iowa. Maciuba’s work is concerned with landscapes, communities, development practices, and environmental practices throughout the United States. Her work—which consists of drawing, printmaking, book arts, and animation—considers how humans influence and attempt to change, destroy, and re-create the natural environments around them. She shows her work regularly throughout the United States and has participated in artist residencies at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Fire Island National Seashore, the Lawrence Arts Center, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, the Kathmandu International Artist Residency, and the Haystack Open Studio Residency. Currently, she teaches printmaking, drawing, and book arts at Mount Holyoke College in Western Massachusetts.
Maciuba’s solo exhibition, Watershed, will be on view at the museum from April 4 to September 20, 2025. Learn more about the exhibition.
Visitors are encouraged to visit the artist in the lower-level Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-in-Residence Studio & Education Lab during the museum’s public hours. To schedule a group tour, email acloet3@unl.edu.
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