The private doodles Ciara Fortun used to make have evolved into working sketches for collections she now produces for Omaha Fashion Week shows. After debuting at OFW with a formal women’s wear show in March, she’s unveiling a new collection of dresses inspired by her Filipino heritage in August. The 16-year-old Elkhorn resident and junior […]
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Big Screens, Bigger Selection
If there is an Omaha Cinema Culture, it cuts across consumer, exhibitor, artist and aspirational experiences. Being far from traditional film centers poses certain barriers, but rich offerings and showplaces exist. Natives pursue and some achieve screen careers. It’s been this way since the industry’s start. In addition to many name actors, Nebraska has produced […]
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Universal Solvent
Mixing art with science to help preserve one of our five basic elements may strike some as a bit odd. Yet that is exactly the solution offered in Kaneko’s current, extensive exhibition, aptly titled Water. The exhibit doesn’t pretend to be a fix to what constitutes a global problem. Instead, in its own words, Water […]
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Jacobshagen’s Gold
After 40 years of painting prairie landscapes in which nuanced skies get top billing, one might wonder if Keith Jacobshagen has tired of his subject. One might as well ask whether the tall grass of the prairie has grown bored with the song of the meadowlark. “I’ll paint until I can’t paint anymore,” Jacobshagen said […]
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Courting Favor
Courting Favor Bemis offers something old, new, borrowed and blue with annual auction exhibit If you are a patron of the arts you have gotten the memo, not to mention the email, Twitter and formal invitation: “Come join us at the 12th annual Bemis Center Art Auction and Exhibition. The favor of a reply is […]
