Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture: Mickey Smith

Name: Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture: Mickey Smith
Start: 2025-09-04T17:30:00-05:00
Location: 12th and R Streets, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States, Nebraska 68508

Schedule

Thu, 04 Sep, 2025 at 05:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

12th and R Streets, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States, Nebraska 68508 | Lincoln, NE

Conceptual artist Mickey Smith will present the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in Sheldon Art Museum’s Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to everyone.
The School of Art, Art History & Design’s Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series brings notable artists, scholars and designers to Nebraska each semester to enhance the education of students. The series is presented in collaboration with Sheldon Museum of Art.
Smith is a master chronicler of libraries, having turned her camera to these repositories of knowledge for over 20 years. Her prolific series explores the life cycles of library collections and the dedicated labor of those who care for them. Her exhibition, “Morphologies,” presents Smith’s profound insights, showcasing work from her long-term documentary project “Volume,” alongside selections from “As You Will,” “Believe You Me,” “Denudation” and new work created during her residency at Macalester College’s DeWitt Wallace Library. The exhibition reflects Smith’s deep engagement with her long-term subject, as well as her collaboration with Macalester College students and library staff during her residency from 2022-2024.
Smith’s work has been included in numerous exhibitions internationally. Her works belong to public and private collections including the Museum of Modern Art Library, North Dakota Museum of Art, Sheldon Museum of Art and Weisman Art Museum. She has received grants and awards from the McKnight Foundation, CEC Arts Link, Americans for the Arts and Creative New Zealand.
Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in photography from Minnesota State University Moorhead and a diploma in jewelry design from Hungry Creek Art & Craft School in New Zealand.
Underwritten by the Hixson-Lied Endowment with additional support from other sources, the series enriches the culture of the state by providing a way for Nebraskans to interact with luminaries in the fields of art, art history and design. Each visiting artist or scholar spends one to three days on campus to meet with classes, participate in critiques and give demonstrations.