Feb 10, 2015 08:00AM ● By Kim Carpenter
Dilapidated houses. Watie White has learned a lot about working with them, but not in the conventional sense. Last year, the artist partnere...
Jan 16, 2015 08:00AM ● By Kim Carpenter
A greater depth. That’s what Omaha-based artist John Lajba focuses on when creating his varied body of work. No matter how compellingly lif...
Jan 09, 2015 03:31PM ● By Kim Carpenter
When I paint, I don’t start with just one idea,” said artist Shawnequa Linder. “If something emerges, I go with it and see how it reveals it...
Dec 25, 2014 08:00AM ● By Kim Carpenter
By day he’s a mild-mannered assistant director of learning and development at Omaha’s Hyatt hotels. By night and during weekends, though, Do...
Sep 27, 2014 09:00AM ● By Kim Carpenter
We all do it. See someone and come to snap judgments about who they are. It might be because they’re dressed a certain way, talk a certain ...
Aug 08, 2014 09:00AM ● By Kim Carpenter
When Ying Zhu was choosing a major at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, family friends encouraged her to focus on computer science because, ...
Jul 18, 2014 09:59AM ● By Kim Carpenter
"Art is time,” observes artist Bill Hoover. “You need to take time and spend time thinking about it.” That’s why five years ago the painter ...
Jun 17, 2014 03:57PM ● By Kim Carpenter
Helga doesn’t drink. Please keep beverages away.” That sign is a gentle reminder for people not to go remotely close to Helga with anything ...
Jun 01, 2014 01:29PM ● By Kim Carpenter
This has been a banner year for Justin Beller. The 38-year-old Benson-based artist has completed several major private, non-profit, and corp...
May 05, 2014 09:15AM ● By Kim Carpenter
St. Cecilia Cathedral, the Old Market, Creighton University, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. The list goes on and on. Think of any Om...
Mar 02, 2014 03:55PM ● By Kim Carpenter
Jorge Ambriz has been moving his whole life—as a dancer, that is. The 36-year-old HR Manager of Omaha Steel Castings trained as a child in M...
Jan 12, 2014 03:30PM ● By Kim Carpenter
Scholar, lawyer, professor, arts administrator, university dean. David Thompson has had all these professional titles, but he’s impossible t...
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