<?xml version="1.0"?>
<oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>The Reader</provider_name><provider_url>https://thereader.com</provider_url><author_name>Janet L Farber</author_name><author_url>https://thereader.com/author/janet-l-farber/</author_url><title>'Work in Progress' - The Reader</title><type>rich</type><width>600</width><height>338</height><html>&lt;blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="CBdDWuktmk"&gt;&lt;a href="https://thereader.com/2020/02/07/work-in-progress/"&gt;&#x2018;Work in Progress&#x2019;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://thereader.com/2020/02/07/work-in-progress/embed/#?secret=CBdDWuktmk" width="600" height="338" title="&#x201C;&#x2018;Work in Progress&#x2019;&#x201D; &#x2014; The Reader" data-secret="CBdDWuktmk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
/*! This file is auto-generated */
!function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l&lt;n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l&lt;i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3&lt;(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s&lt;200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n&lt;i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document);
&lt;/script&gt;
</html><description>It&#x2019;s still the sad state of affairs that no universities in Omaha offer an MFA program, usually considered an essential qualification for professional visual artists. Amplify Arts has stepped into that breach with its Work in Progress program, and the art from its first cohort of &#x201C;students&#x201D;&#x2014;Travis Apel, Elizabeth Boutin, Anne Dovali, Holly Kranker and [&hellip;]</description><thumbnail_url>https://thereader.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Apel-Dream-at-Sundown--scaled.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>