Medium Cool

by Laura Vranes

Midwest Arts Midtown has curated an intriguing show with varying points of view. Cool Abstraction features two artists with very different mediums, Gary Day and Michael Tegland.  Day uses his computer animation skills and Tegland uses graphite renderings on panel to deconstruct our idea of abstraction.  Although these two artists use contrasting styles - seeing the juxtaposition of these works may induce the...

Demo Graphics

by Michael J. Krainak

An artistic license can take one to strange places. There are no boundaries to one’s imagination, passion and freedom if a bonafide card carrying member of the profession.

Just ask Omaha artist Watie White what drew him to an abandoned inner city home on the North side, and his answer falls easily under the umbrella of all his inspiration no matter the project past or present.

“I remain insatiably curious,”...

3D Keyboard Magic

by Mary Day

The art of creating sculpture made from preformed objects or materials is a practice running through the history of 20th century art. Omaha based artist Robert Miller has done a turn with this form in his exhibition, Arranged Music, on view through March 29 in the Sunderland Gallery at Saint Cecilia’s Cathedral.

Pipe organs and pianos, Miller’s primary material source, reference the early musical instrument...

Talking Pictures

by Laura Vranes

The traveling photo exhibit, Conversations on a Bus, is an original, charming, and gripping tribute to a city where beauty is found in many unexpected places such as in the conversations of everyday people.  The show, currently on display at its last site, RNG Gallery in Council Bluffs, through March 3^rd,  consists of ordinary people discussing extraordinary things about their life and experiences all while riding...

Photo Synthesis

by Michael J. Krainak

As mentioned in a recent review of the OEAA Visual Arts Nominee Show at Hot Shops, there wasn’t a single photography exhibit, solo or otherwise, nominated for an award this year from the past period of eligibility, Sept. 30, 2011-Aug. 31, 2012.

Not that there aren’t significant photography artists in the Metro area. Larry Ferguson’s idealized images of Nature, James Hendrickson’s found photos of the Metro’s back...

Dream Weaver

by Mary Day

A new direction is being woven into the fabric of the Metro arts community. Tapestries, prints, and carpets by Mary Zicafoose are being featured with the opening of Gallery 72’s new space at 1806 Vinton St. “Her work speaks volumes about what we want to do here,” said John Rogers, Gallery 72 owner and Director. ”Her work helps define what we hope to accomplish.”

Nationally recognized and internationally known,...