Sculptor Sidney Buchanan shows careers worth of work…

by Sally Deskins

Artist Sidney Buchanan is known for his enormous public sculptural work around the city—at University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha Public Schools administration center, Eppley Airfield, Gene Leahy Mall, University of Nebraska Media Center, Joslyn Art Museum and more. His work, including drawing and smaller wood sculptures, is also collected in private collections nationwide. This weekend, he is hosting a retrospective...

Thinking Provoked by Brigit, Shelterbelt

by Warren Francke

It’s intriguing to encounter plays by Samuel Beckett and Omahan Aaron Zavitz on consecutive days, something you can experience by visiting Brigit St. Brigit’s new space downtown at 10^th & Dodge and the Shelterbelt Theatre at  3225 California.

Yes, Beckett’s more established than Zavitz, but the former’s Krapp’s Last Tape has strong appeal in common with the latter’s premiering Intelligentsia. They provoke...

Stanley Yells “STELLA,” Tevye Returns

by Warren Francke

Two contrasting classics, the musical Fiddler on the Roof at the Orpheum, and the Tennessee Williams’ tragedy, Streetcar Named Desire at the Omaha Community Playhouse, share appeals that never grow old.

High on my list of favorite moments in Playhouse history took place far from Omaha when the father and mother of native son Marlon Brando saw him win the longest standing ovation in Broadway history when their...

‘From Here to There’

by Mary Day

Flo Oy Wong recently brought a variety of mixed media work from California to Council Bluffs and The RNG Gallery. Wong’s March/April exhibition From There to Here presented selections of past work, along with her new series the “Omaha Pie Project” completed in 2011.

“I am making work from the totality of my being,” Wong said. “The journey and story of the people I feature is the place where people can connect. I...

Magic Marker

by Michael J. Krainak

It may not be possible to identify a Metro arts “look” the way one readily identifies a “sound”—thanks to Saddle Creek Records and its ilk—but the area does have a handful of visual artists who leave a recognizable mark on the local scene and memory.

No one has yet connected the dots, but the Metro continues to enjoy its 2D and 3D favorites that include such signatures as Kaneko, Joy, Statom and Mercer. Add to...

Lincoln artist to exhibit in Denver…Project [101]’s B[ugs]!...

by Sally Deskins

Lincoln jewelry artist Casey Sheppard was selected to exhibit at the upcoming Cherry Creek Arts Festival, a Denver event that selects just 230 artists out of 2,100 applicants annually. Her handcrafted jewelry is made with sterling silver, copper, PVC, found wood and spray paint, leather and other elements that make it an expensive trip for the artist. She started a Kickstarter Campaign to help her raise $2,500;...