Bemis Art Talks paradise…Jennifer Homan at Fred Simon…

by Sally Deskins

August 2 at Bemis’ First Thursday Art Talk, hear artist-partners Hendrikje Kuehne and Beat Klein (Basel, Switzerland) talk about how they formed the ideal landscape from the theme of paradise gardens from historical paintings for their latest series of works. LA-based artist Brian Porray will discuss how he spins his personal history and obsessions with science and technology to create his psychedelic paintings....

Justin Beller at Curbside…Jess Benjamin’s ThinkTank…

by Sally Deskins

Justin Beller is exhibiting multi-media paintings, wall installations and “plinth-like towers” at Curbside Clothing in the Old Market thru the month of July. Curbsideclothing.com.

Artist Jess Benjamin opens her own studio in Benson for ThinkTank, a five-day workshop with five artists and academics who will initiate conversation and work. The community is encouraged to follow and offer opinions or take...

You’re Welcome in Omaha Art/Music at House of Loom…

by Sally Deskins

You’re Welcome in Omaha, an effort by residents in “art, music, business, education, community and faith who are proud that Omaha is inclusive and welcoming of all of its immigrant neighbors” presents an art/music Fundraiser July 20th at House of Loom. The evening will include original art by Shane Bainbridge, Wendy Jane Bantam, John Henry Muller, Carrie Ratcliff, Justin Kemerling and more for sale to benefit the...

Tugboat Presents closes…Peerless opens Log Lines…

by Sally Deskins

Midtown’s gallery, Tugboats Presents, is now closed. The owners are seeking new space but have not announced plans for further exhibitions. The show planned for July (Mark Andrew Stephan’s Revelation) has been cancelled.

Midtown’s Peerless Gallery opens Heidi Bartlett’s Log Lines July 13. The artist, currently working in Raymond Nebraska on Branched Oak Farm, takes interest in the “marks, bodies, light, action,...

Lux Center opens Finding Identity show…Signe Stuart at Anderson O’Brien…

by Sally Deskins

Opening July 6 at the Lux Center for the Arts, six favorite Nebraska-transplanted artists will be showing together celebrating the varied human landscape that makes us their new home. Santiago Cal (Belize), Nancy Friedman (Colombia), Victoria Goro-Rapoport (Russia), Francisco Souto (Venezuela), Jette Vogt (Denmark) and Ying Zhu (China) exhibit in “Finding Identity in Nebraska” each bringing a diversity of talent...

bemisUNDERGROUND’s Performing Human…Kent Bellows prints on view…

by Sally Deskins

At bemisUNDERGROUND, Performing Human opens June 29. The exhibit with new work from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate Kan Seidel (now a Chicago resident) presents photography and video presenting six conceptually linked human subjects inhabiting or pursuing “idealized states of identity” like the model relationship, complete happiness of the “American Dream.” BemisUNDERGROUND curator Joel Damon will give...