“Left and Right of Center”
Modern Arts Midtown will be hosting two diverse solo shows with an opening reception on Friday, June 8th. The artist are Tom Rierden and Sunny Gibbons. Tom Rierden’s works are in oil and feature “eye-popping color with a touch of humor…of subject matter familiar, if not iconic to the midwest culture” and Sunny Gibbons paints [...]
“Freestyle 50/50″
The New BlK and Skate for Change are presenting a one-night pop-up show featuring 50 artists and 50 handcrafted skateboard decks to benefit Nebraska’s homeless and underserved community on Friday, May 25th. Mini desserts provided by J. Coco will be served. Skate for Change are a group of skaters devoted to helping the community, rather [...]
JAMA Black and White Gala
The Joslyn Art Museum is hosting it’s annual gala to celebrate 60 years of the Joslyn Art Museum Association(JAMA) on June 1st. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the Peter Kiewit Foundation Sculpture Garden. There will be a gallery viewing highlighting works purchased with funds from JAMA. Dinner [...]
“Freestyle 50/50″
The New BlK and Skate for Change are presenting a one-night pop-up show featuring 50 artists and 50 handcrafted skateboard decks to benefit Nebraska’s homeless and underserved community on Friday, May 25th. Mini desserts provided by J. Coco will be served. Skate for Change are a group of skaters devoted to helping the community, rather [...]
Sixth Annual Open Studios Tour
Every year, Bill Hoover and his compadres of the Omaha art scene open their home studios to show and sell artwork and offer a look into where they work and what they are working on. Last year’s event was at four locations and on that gorgeous day, it was perfect to stop, look, chat and befriend. This year the [...]
The Great Plains Theatre Conference
The Great Plains Theatre Conference will be presented from May 26th to June 2nd at Metro Community College Fort Omaha Campus and plays will be staged at various places throughout the city including the Union for Contemporary Art, The Burlington Train Station, the Kaneko and the top of a prairie hill, and a downtown rooftop. [...]
May 26th-June 2nd
JAMA Black and White Gala
The Joslyn Art Museum is hosting it’s annual gala to celebrate 60 years of the Joslyn Art Museum Association(JAMA) on June 1st. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the Peter Kiewit Foundation Sculpture Garden. There will be a gallery viewing highlighting works purchased with funds from JAMA. Dinner [...]
Bemis $100 Art Sale
The Bemis Center is hosting their famous fundraiser-the $100 Art Sale with all proceeds benefiting the bemisUNDERGROUND. On June 8th, the fee is $10 at the door for a chance to snatch up some great work and help fund the projects, exhibitions, and opportunities available at the UNDERGROUND. An event in which not only can [...]
“Left and Right of Center”
Modern Arts Midtown will be hosting two diverse solo shows with an opening reception on Friday, June 8th. The artist are Tom Rierden and Sunny Gibbons. Tom Rierden’s works are in oil and feature “eye-popping color with a touch of humor…of subject matter familiar, if not iconic to the midwest culture” and Sunny Gibbons paints [...]
21 & Over: Passion Play
According to the New York Times, “Passion Play” is “an epic-length but light-spirited romp through several centuries of religious pageantry, individual morality and global politics.” The playwright, Sara Ruhl, has also written “In the Next Room, or the vibrator play”, for which she did extensive research on the history of women’s sexuality (seen as a [...]
“The Rainbow”
The Bemis Center has announced that it is commissioning Michael Jones McKean’s project “The Rainbow: Certain Principles of Light and Shapes Between Forms.” It is a real-yet-scientifically fabricated rainbow, a public artwork outside the Bemis Center, appearing twice every sunny day beginning June 21st. The Bemis’ ever-searching intuition has found a very new gallery — [...]
June 21st
