Oct 22

“Friends of Kent” exhibition featuring the artwork of the late Kent Bellows and 6 contemporary Nebraska portrait artists who knew Kent and worked with him…326 RSVP’d for this opening. 

Jan 8

Molly Hutton Lecture “Friends of Kent” curator, had late afternoon lunch at M’s…it blew up the next afternoon!

Jan 10

Brunch for Donors – 125 attended – last day of “Friends of Kent” exhibit

Jan 20

UNO Fine Arts curatorial class visit for Milton Wolsky

Jan 21

UNO Fine Arts Guest Speaker, Diane Michael Fashion Week Photo Shoot in Gallery with Chris Christenson Omaha World Herald

Feb 1

Nebraska Literary Society visit, coordinating Willa Cather summer event

Feb 19

MONA visit and Lunch – site inspection for upcoming MONA2Omaha Landscape Exhibition - Audrey Kauders and Russ Erpelding

Feb 22

NE Arts Council Meeting – Governor's Residence Program presentation and selection

Feb 26

Physicians Mutual Executive Council, offsite meeting at the Guesthouse, concept test for corporate collaboration…extremely well received!

Mar 9

OCI (Omaha Creative Institute) Group tour – Emily Moody

Mar 10 

Women in Architecture Spring meeting at Gallery 1516

Mar 21

MONA delivered and hung MONA2Omaha Landscape Exhibition “Terra Firma”

Mar 31

MONA2Omaha Landscape Exhibition “Terra Firma” Members Preview

Apr 1

MONA2Omaha landscape Exhibition “Terra Firma” First Friday public opening

Apr 2 

Omaha2MONA Bus Trip to Kearney for 2016 Spirit event – Arranged and sponsored by Gallery 1516 - first stop was a tour of Gallery 1516 and the Landscape exhibition

Apr 8

Opera Omaha meeting and tour to discuss potential use of the gallery for 2018 world premier opera (Rodger Weitz, Opera Omaha General Director – James Darrah, Los Angeles Artistic Director – Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, New York writing team)

Apr 23

Letter Arts Alliance of Nebraska Guest Speaker event at Gallery 1516 featuring International guest speaker and calligrapher, Denis Brown

Apr 26

Scholastic Arts Awards OPS, Nebraska Arts Council Gallery 1516 provided framing and installed the artwork at the Governor’s residence in Lincoln

Apr 27

NAC Governor's Residence Exhibition Opening for students and parents. Gallery 1516 awarded every student and teacher involved from across the state a free year membership

May 16

Backwaters Press board meets to present 2016/2017 schedule of guest speakers

May 23

Shakespeare on the Green Board members and actors for this year’s kickoff for the 2016 Summer stock performance (this is the 4th year that we have hosted this event)

May 24 

Museum of Nebraska Art/Kearney (MONA) hosts public and member event to showcase their traveling art program MONA2Omaha.

June 3

The Great Plains Theatre Conference, A Performance and Conversation with Naomi Wallace

June 7

 Nebraska Arts Council board meeting with cocktail reception following for past board members

June 9

Omaha Creative Institute hosting 125 of Omaha’s finest for the culmination of their winter program for artists

June 10

Willa Cather Foundation production of Willa Cather’s “Lucy Gayheart” her 11th novel by Nebraska Literary Society actress with pianist and baritone singer 3 sold-out performances

June 22

Gallery 1516 is struck by a Firetruck, repairs completed in just 30 days! no one seriously hurt and no artwork was on display…MONA show went back to Kearney 5 days before we were “fireStruck”

July 21

Gallery 1516 Member event preview with artist of our summer exhibition “Dan Boylan Retrospective”

July 22

“Dan Boylan Retrospective” First Friday opening, became a part of the Old Market ArtWalk with service provided by Ollie the Trolley

Sept 28 

“Dan Boylan Retrospective”  exhibition ends

Oct 6 

“Tubach+Tubach” member preview

Oct 7 

“Tubach+Tubach” Public Opening coinciding with First Friday ArtWalk

Oct 26 

Backwater Press reading event featuring 3 guest authors & poets Kim Garcia, Adrian Koesters and Lisa Sandlin

Nov 27 

“Tubach Twice” ends

Dec 1

 “Larry Roots Retrospective” Gallery 1516 member preview

Dec 2

“Larry Roots Retrospective” First Friday public opening

Museum of Nebraska Art -Kearney    

The Great Plains Theatre Conference    

Shakespeare on the Green    

Scholastic Arts Awards Program      

Letter Arts Alliance    

UNO Fine Arts    

Willa Cather Foundation

Omaha Creative Institute

Nebraska Literary Society 

Backwater Press

Omaha Public Schools 

Creighton University

Nebraska Arts Council

Kaneko

Nebraska Artists

Larry Roots, Allen Tubach, Lisa Tubach, Dan Boylan, Kent Bellows, Paul Otero, Edgar Jerins, Steve Roberts, Greg Scott, Mark Chickinelli, Dan Howard, Keith Jacobshagen, Eugene Kingman