February 21, 2026 - March 7, 2026, 2026
***Because of Mardi Gras our “Second Saturday” Opening Reception will be held on February 21st 6-10pm
Gallery open hours are Saturdays and Sundays, 12-5pm. & by appointment (reach out to an artist)
Programming This Month
Saturday January 10th, 6-10pm
Opening Reception, Second Saturdays
Tuesday January 27th, 7pm
Cling Let Go reading and book signing.
Saturday January 31st, 12-5pm
Sunday February 1st, 12-5pm
Hurricane Melissa Benefit Art Auction
Room 1
anderson funk, __________mental___________ flyer
anderson funk, you kwon hawt you’re looking rof, notebook, 2015
anderson funk, cling let go, Book, 120 pages, 2026
anderson funk, manic Painting, Mixest Media, 2013
Drake LeBlanc
Rooms 3 4 The Temple / Dateline (Denver, CO)
__________ mental __________ is my way of processing the events and aftermath of my being hospitalized involuntarily for manic behavior in 2013. For the longest time, I have felt a pressure to hold these facts of my life back, to hold myself back, and through this show, I am beginning to lay down my burden, my mask, my shame, my shy, and let you see me. Let myself feel allowed, accepted and seen.
Artists make things, I have gone through many making cycles, I learned almost two years ago, that i could use "my practice" as we artists love to say, to change my habits, i.e. to change my life. I had a tea room in the gallery, every day for a month i would open it for 90min or two hours and drink tea. Often I was the only attendee, and there were some very sweet visitors too. At the end of the month, I was no longer drinking coffee. So im like huh? I can make my art, which i hold in such high esteem, a way to help myself.
For some reason, this was a revolution for me, I had thought my artist's job was making outside of myself, making things, making feelings, making thoughts, making others, making the world, i hadn't really thought "what if i'm making myself" what does my life show of my intentions, priorities and passion.
The Stafford Beers' thing, just assume that what ever a system is producing, that is it's goal. There is no striving towards goals, there is only arriving where you've headed.
So i'm using my art to go into this place in me i've kind of kept down in the deep of me, in a shell, hiding. I for so long felt that if anyone found out I was in the psych ward, my credibility and their trust in me would be compromised. Now i feel differently. As Audre Lorde prays “Black mother goddess… hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away” I bring it up and let go of the hiding urge, shine the light, throw back the covers. My own personal apocalypse.
as ever… you are encouraged to join me. I love being joined by you…. wel(l...)come(!) -and fun
anderson funk is an artist and poet interested in unfurling and embracing truths of all kinds, even as he stumbles and furls, fidgets and winces, ducks and dodges. anderson has studied in art and engineering in universities, and presently studies writing and dancing at the drop of a hat. He has a weekly radio show on WTUL 91.5, drinks tea incessantly, and sponsors his life and art practices with money he receives pedicabbing.
andersonfunk.com @andfunandfun Room 2
1. Peggy Gomez, Bird and Plant, Mixed media and found objects on panel, 8"x6", 2026
2. Nolan Tredway, Bull of Indeterminate Futures, Acrylic on MDF / animation, 35" x 35", 2025
3. Keith Buswell, Little Ones to Him Belong, Mixed media, 25"x28", 2018
4. Luci Packard, Pickled, Acrylic gouache on panel, 5”x7,” 2024
5. Toan Vuong, Lost in Toil, Rubber Stamp on Mounted Paper, 18”x22”, 2024
6. Kat Morrow, Squeak, Gouache on paper, 16”x20”, 2025
Hook Line and Sprinkle
Tugboat Gallery (Omaha, NE)
"Hook, Line and Sprinkle" is part of a gallery exchange between The Front and Tugboat Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska. Tugboat Gallery is a no-commission, non-commercial, artist-run gallery showing both emerging and established artists since 2004. Featuring work by the Tugboat co-captains Peggy Gomez, Nolan Tredway, Toan Vuong, Keith Buswell, Luci Packard and Kat Morrow, this "Hook, Line and Sprinkle" is a love letter, a collage, and a mysterious gift from the Midwest to our new friends in the South.
tugboat.gallery instagram.com/tugboatgallery @tugboatgallery
Peggy Gomez is an artist and founder of Tugboat Gallery. She received her BFA from the University of Nebraska Lincoln, and her MFA from the University of Minnesota. She recently retired from the store she founded, Gomez Art supply, a foundational core in the local art scene featuring and supporting numerous emerging and established artists. Peggy received the UNL Alumni Achievement in Art Award from UNL in 2010, and currently sits on the board of Live Yes Studios. instagram.com/stuffifindwhilewalkingmgoldxviolet @stuffifindwhilewalkingmgoldxviolet
Nolan Tredway - 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 included nationally at Currents New Mexico, Altered Aesthetics, the Colorado State Capitol, and is part of the permanent exhibition at Meow Wolf Denver. nolantredway.com / instagram.com/nolantredwayart @nolantredwayart
Keith Buswell graduated with a BFA in art University of Nebraska--Lincoln. He works with various printmaking processes such as screen-printing, intaglio and mono printing and dabbles in drawing and multimedia. He currently is a member of Karen Kunc’s Constellation Studios where he creates his prints. His work has been shown in the United States, Egypt, Dubai, France and Italy. In 2021, Keith became curator/co-captain of the Tugboat Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska. Originally from Council Bluffs, Iowa, he currently lives in Lincoln with his husband Brad and his dog Max and is the new owner of Gomez Art Supply. keithdbuswell.art / instagram.com/keithdbuswell @keithdbuswell
Toan Vuong is a Nebraska-born artist from Omaha who received his MFA in Printmaking from Temple University: Tyler School of Art. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and his Bachelor of French Modern Language in 2014 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In 2016, he received a fellowship to study at Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA and Temple Rome University, Italy for printmaking. In 2024, he was inducted into the Mid-America Art Alliance Fellowship program. He is currently making work and teaching in the state of Nebraska. vuongart.wordpress.com / instagram.com/toanvuongart @toanvuongart
Luci Packard received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2023 with an emphasis in painting. Since graduation, she has continued supporting her local art community in her hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska. She proudly works at Gomez Art Supply and is a current intern with the Tugboat Gallery. Luci’s paintings focus on the exploration of self, the relationship between love and loneliness, and the nuances of femininity. instagram.com/lucipackardart/ @lucipackardart
Kat Morrow is a painter and printmaker from Lincoln, Nebraska. They graduated from UNL with a BFA in Painting/Printmaking in 2024 and are currently interning at the Tugboat Gallery. instagram.com/katmorrowthings @katmorrowthings
room 3 + 4
Farah Billah, ADORN, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 60x55 inches, 2023
Farah Billah, CATFISH, Oil on Canvas, 16x20 inches, 2025
Farah Billah, NOT HERE, 55x55 inches, Oil on Canvas, 2025
Thin Air
Alex Hall, Brisa Andrade, Mario Zoots, Amber Cobb, Kaylee Pinto, Cate Dolphin, Rebecca Thronberry, Mario Zoots, Clara Somerset, Dylan Griffith, Alyssa Williams, Laura Beacom, Dani/elle Cunningham, Allison Nicolosi-Risinge
Thin Air is the first show in an exchange between The Front and Dateline Gallery and the Temple Contemporary Artist Haven, both based in Denver, Colorado. For this show Front member Taylor Balkissoon invited Dateline’s assistant curator, Jonas Sanchez, and Temple resident artist Dani/elle Cunningham to partner in curating works by an eclectic group of artists based in and outside of these DIY spaces. The show features drawings, paintings, collages and videos that are reflective of each curator’s sensibilities and their approaches to the esoteric, existential concerns of the new American West.
dani/elle cunningham is an artist, art historian, and psy-borg living in Denver, CO. Interested in the lives of materials, she draws from mysticism and science fiction/fantasy themes to transform her own body and everyday matter like concrete, machinery, and craft supplies into otherworldly sculptural, lens-based, and performance works. She often uses the artistic process to interrogate and subvert the impact of capitalism on gender, sexuality, and disability and is especially concerned with humanity’s uncertain future. dani has curated exhibitions and written about cyborgism and magick as means of de-stigmatizing various experiences, particularly mental illness and neurodivergence. She also regularly writes for regional art publications, co-directs chant cooperative, and is a resident artist at the Temple Contemporary Artist Haven.
Jonas Sanchez (b. 2003) is a Denver-based curator currently studying Art History at the University of Colorado Denver. He has long been drawn to the DIY ethos, a key element of his Marine St. Gallery project, where he curated three exhibitions in Boulder, Colorado, working with both international and local artists and curators. Jonas's curatorial approach focuses on experimental mediums and concepts, with an emphasis on reimagining the traditional gallery model through a DIY lens. He has served as curatorial assistant for Dateline gallery for over three years and was chief curator for I Don’t Believe in Anything or Anyone, and I Don’t Believe in You Either and Vis-á-Vis. @639mph