Ink and acrylic on canvas

20 x 20 x 3 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $500

Starting Bid: $350

Buy It Now: $750

REBECCA ALEXANDRA HERSKOVITZ is an artist and educator whose work embodies authenticity and nuanced meaning-making. It is an investigation of the ways that humans engage with life's challenging realities, including loss and grief, as well as the existence that marches on afterward. Herskovitz's paintings weave together organic shapes, abstract color fields, and linear elements. A form materializes, though only for a moment-vacillating interchangeably, and perhaps simultaneously, between foreground and background. Each piece includes a component of dissolution: a reminder that nothing is certain. Born in Boston, Herskovitz earned her BA and MAT in Visual Art from Clark University. She then lived in Omaha, exhibiting throughout the region and receiving the OEA award for Best Emerging Visual Artist in 2011. Herskovitz graduated from the University of Nebraska Omaha with an MS in Special Education, focusing on teen social-emotional and mental health. Herskovitz now resides in Western Massachusetts.

Oil and collage on paper

28.5 x 26 x 2 inches

Fair Market Value: $1,000

Starting Bid: $700

Buy It Now: $1,500

ANDREW JOHNSON is an artist and engineer born and raised in Nebraska. He received his Master of Architectural Engineering in structural engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2006. He is a self-taught artist and works in a variety of media. Johnson has shown work throughout the metropolitan Omaha area, most notably at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and The Union for Contemporary Art. Johnson's most recent work explores interactions among form, composition, and color. His works consist of oil paint and collage on paper and feature cut recycled elements from the artist's earlier work. Modifying and reusing elements from previous works provides continuity of visual ideas over time and creates a practical, sustainable model for material reuse.

Oil and collage on paper

28.5 x 26 x 2 inches

Fair Market Value: $1,000

Starting Bid: $700

Buy It Now: $1,500

ANDREW JOHNSON is an artist and engineer born and raised in Nebraska. He received his Master of Architectural Engineering in structural engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2006. He is a self-taught artist and works in a variety of media. Johnson has shown work throughout the metropolitan Omaha area, most notably at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and The Union for Contemporary Art. Johnson's most recent work explores interactions among form, composition, and color. His works consist of oil paint and collage on paper and feature cut recycled elements from the artist's earlier work. Modifying and reusing elements from previous works provides continuity of visual ideas over time and creates a practical, sustainable model for material reuse.

Mixed media

25.5 x 25.5 x 1.5 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $1,250

Starting Bid: $875

Buy It Now: $1,875

EPIPHANY KNEDLER is an interdisciplinary artist and educator exploring how we engage with history. She earned a BFA in Studio Art and a BA in Political Science from the University of South Dakota. She completed her MFA in Studio Art at East Carolina University. She is based in Aberdeen, SD, where she serves as an Assistant Professor of Art and Coordinator of the Art Department at Northern State University, a Content Editor with LENSCRATCH, and the co-founder and curator of the art collective Midwest Nice Art. Her work has been exhibited in The New York Times, The Guardian, Vermont Center for Photography, LENSCRATCH, and Dek Unu Arts. She has received awards from LensCulture, the Lucie Foundation, F-Stop Magazine, and Photolucida Critical Mass.

Mixed media on canvas

13 x 10 x 2 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $550

Starting Bid: $385

Buy It Now: $825

MARY KOZIOL is a contemporary mixed media artist living in Lincoln, NE. She grew up in a rural setting where the diverse animal and plant life around her made a profound impression-and continues to inform her work today. Combining abstraction with more representational elements and relying on both intuition and careful composition, she often tells stories from her time growing up on the edge of the Nebraska Sandhills, as well as from her travels. She holds a degree in Interior Design and practiced professionally before committing fully to her artistic career. Through her time as an interior designer, Koziol developed an appreciation for, and professional knowledge of, how color, texture, and composition affect people in their surroundings. This background has strongly influenced her artistic style. Koziol is represented by Anderson O'Brien in Omaha, NE, and Divine West Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. Her work has been published in both Tattle Magazine and Australian Homespun.

Acrylic on canvas with yarn

48 x 48 x 1.5 inches

Fair Market Value: $3,000

Starting Bid: $2,100

Buy It Now: $4,500

KELSEY NOECKER is an artist, philanthropist, and investor based in Omaha, NE. Formerly Vice President of Design at Hudl, she led global teams in building software for elite sports organizations including the NBA, NHL, and Premier League. Today, Noecker invests in early-stage startups driving innovation in mental health and tech and actively supports Nebraska's artistic community. Noecker began painting in 2015 when she was diagnosed with CPTSD. Each canvas represents the friction between control and surrender. Through her work, Noecker invites others to witness the emotional undercurrents we often conceal. Explore her work at @kelsnoecker and follow #kelspaintsfeelings.

Acrylic on birch cutout

22.5 x 18.5 x 1.5 inches

Fair Market Value: $1,000

Starting Bid: $700

Buy It Now: $1,500

COURTNEY KENNY PORTO is a multidisciplinary artist based in Omaha, NE, whose practice spans abstraction, expressive realism, and modern still life. She is known for her vibrant color palettes and approachable, uplifting subject matter. Porto earned her BA in studio art from Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS, graduating summa cum laude. Her work has been exhibited widely in solo and juried exhibitions and is held in private and corporate collections throughout the United States. Porto is represented by Anderson O'Brien Fine Art, Rennie Art Company, NoName Gallery, and is an associate artist at The Burkholder Project in Lincoln, NE. Beyond her studio practice, Porto has contributed to a range of curatorial and public art initiatives. She has served as Vice Chair of the Joslyn Art Museum's Young Advocates Committee, curated several large-scale group exhibitions, and participated in multiple public art projects.

Screen print and watercolor on paper

25.5 x 33 x 1.5 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $1,800

Starting Bid: $1,260

Buy It Now: $2,700

MICHAEL SCHEEF, aka eggman, is an artist and printmaker living in Papillion, NE. Eggman uses repeated and recycled images in his work, with drawing and screen printing as his primary practices. Current works are exploring the history of his family for an exhibition in 2027. His work has been selected for group exhibits at the Nebraska Biennial, University of Nebraska Omaha, Drake University, and the Mesa Arts Center. Solo exhibits include Eggman Inventory at the Fred Simon Gallery in Omaha. Scheef earned his BFA at the University of Nebraska Omaha with postgraduate work at Boise State University.

Colored pencil, acrylic on paper

33.5 x 26 x 1.5 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $1,450

Starting Bid: $1,015

Buy It Now: $2,175

SKYLER SIMPSON is a painter based in Chicago. In her work, Simpson explores the mysterious nature of intuition, a phenomenon that connects our world to the otherworld. She holds a BFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Simpson's work was selected for the AXA Art Prize Exhibition at the New York Academy of Art three years in a row, 2022-2024, and she was recognized as a Luminarts Visual Arts Finalist in Chicago (2026). Her work has been featured in New American Paintings, Booooooom, and in venues across the country, including Anderson Ranch Arts Center and the Chicago Artists Coalition.

Visuals drawn by family members, silk threads (printed then woven), dye

33.5 x 25.5 inches

Fair Market Value: $1,600

Starting Bid: $1,120

Buy It Now: $2,400

LINDA SOK's practice is rooted in her Cambodian heritage and engages with distance and absence to unravel personal and historical traumas. Grounded in weaving, her practice spans sculpture, installation, and textiles. Sok has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia; Campbelltown Arts Centre, Australia; the Institute of Modern Art, Australia; the Textile Art Center, New York City; Center for Craft, Asheville, NC; and Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT. In 2024, she was awarded the Monash Room Emerging Artist Prize from the Australian Consulate in New York and the Dorner Prize from the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Her work is held in collections at the Australian War Memorial, the Australian Consulate in New York, and Art Pharmacy. She holds an MFA (sculpture) from the Rhode Island School of Design. Sok was a resident at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in the summer of 2025.

Artist-in-Residence, 2025

Generates Creativity, 2026

Fabric collage

19 x 22.5 x 1 inches

Fair Market Value: $500

Starting Bid: $350

Buy It Now: $750

DOROTHY TUMA, a native Nebraskan, is best known for her black and white architectural photographs. She attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and received a Theology Degree from Creighton University. Recently, she has turned to fabric art to recreate her artistic visions. She enjoys the tactile creation process, working in abstract form on fabric as the canvas with various techniques. Her art has appeared in group shows in Omaha, Lincoln, Fremont, Norfolk, and Nebraska City, NE, and Fredericksburg, MD, WA, DC, Hartford, CT, San Antonio, and Los Angeles. Tuma is a past President of Omaha Artists, Inc. Her photography and textile art have appeared in local, national, and international publications; she has received numerous awards for her art.

Leucetta corticata (after E. Haeckel), 2024

Wool, viscose, silk fibers, and polyester thread on felted wool

30 x 17.5 inches

Fair Market Value: $1,600

Starting Bid: $1,120

Buy It Now: $2,400

SHEA WILKINSON has been creating with textiles since childhood. Wilkinson worked for several years in the medium of art quilts, but currently works with felted textiles. She is currently based in Nashville, TN. Wilkinson's work has been exhibited widely in national juried exhibitions, received numerous awards, and has been published in books and magazines around the world.

Ikat wrapped, dyed & woven wool on linen warp

75 x 60 inches

Fair Market Value: $16,250

Starting Bid: $11,375

Buy It Now: $24,375

MARY ZICAFOOSE is a Nebraska artist and a master at weft ikat tapestry. Her work has been represented in Poland's Triennial of Tapestry, Museo de Textil, Oaxaca, Mexico, China National Silk Museum, and in eighteen United States Embassy collections. Zicafoose received her BFA from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN. Graduate studies include the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A three-time USA Artist finalist, she currently sits on the board of the Museum of Nebraska Art. She is co-director emerita of the American Tapestry Alliance, founding board member of the Union for Contemporary Art and GoodWeave USA. Extensive exhibition, teaching, mentoring, and lecture venues include the de Young Museum, San Francisco, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and universities, conferences, and textile programs worldwide. She is the author of Ikat: The Essential Guide to Weaving Resist Dyed Cloth, Penguin-Random House.

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