First Friday Art Walk

NexLynx Gallery is the “must see” art gallery on the First Friday Art Walk located in the historic Bates Building in the heart of Downtown Topeka. Beginning in 2010, we have shown hundreds of original photographs, paintings, carvings and sculptures from dozens of local and regional artists. The First Friday Art Walk is our “Opening Reception“ for each new monthly exhibit at NexLynx Gallery of Arts. The First Friday Art Walk is a program of ArtsConnect.

First Friday Art Walk – March 2025

Step into a vibrant world where fabric becomes poetry and stitches weave stories! This breathtaking quilt exhibit celebrates the artistry of longtime quilter Sally Kuno, whose passion for quilting has only deepened since she first picked up a needle in 1993.

For Sally, quilting is more than just piecing together fabric—it’s a way to capture emotion, create movement, and bring warmth to the soul. Her mastery of techniques like paper piecing, appliqué, and trapunto transforms each quilt into a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, rich in color, texture, and depth.

Now, with the freedom of retirement, Sally embraces every new project with boundless enthusiasm—seeking inspiration in quilt shops, traveling to workshops, and forming lifelong bonds in quilting guilds like the Kansas Capitol Quilt Guild and Country Quilters. As one admirer beautifully put it, “Her quilts are works of art, stitched from the heart.”

Artist Image Gallery

  • Our History

  • NexLynx Gallery of Arts started in 2010, after being selected as one of the venues for the ReThink Topeka Exhibition and Art Walk that same year and each year after. The Re-Think Topeka Art Walk was a movement to spur re-building community awareness through art and cultural events. NexLynx continues to be a proud supporter of the art community with our monthly exhibits and opening receptions. We worked with the former Arts Council of Topeka, and now ArtsConnect to promote art in the community as a premier downtown gallery on the Downtown Topeka Art Walk.

    The Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the historic downtown Bates Building. Walter L. Bates' (1859-1903) last business enterprise was the building of the structures on the corner of Sixth Avenue and Jackson Streets, known as the Bates Block, which includes the I.O.O.F. Hall (117 W. 6th - c. 1910) and 123 W. 6th (c. 1902).

    NexLynx Gallery was voted a Finalist for both 2016 and 2017 People's Choice Awards, nominated by people in the Topeka Community as their favorite stop on the First Friday Art Walk, a program of ArtsConnect.

    • NexLynx Gallery of Arts