Workshops in Omaha and the Surrounding Area

The Omaha Creative Institute offers a wide variety of workshops and events in the Omaha community. Check out the workshop and event calendar on their website to find out about local opportunities to participate.

The Joslyn Art Museum offers adult, teen and children's classes. Take a look at their upcoming class schedule here. 

The Hot Shops Art Center offers a variety of classes and workshops including glass blowing, ceramics and life drawing. Here is their online class schedule.

The Lux Center for the Arts in Lincoln offers classes and workshops in a wide variety of media. Private lessons are also available. Here is their class schedule.

Artist Statements

New York Foundation for the Arts: Information about portfolio development and artist statements

Books on reserve for our class here at the EVC Library:
The Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist by Margaret Lazarri
Art/Work by Heather Darcy Bhandari and Jonathan Melber
How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist by Caroll Michels

Here are a few links to the funny artist statement generators I showed you in class:
http://10gallon.com/statement2000/
http://www.artybollocks.com/#abg_full
Abstract Art Title Generator:
http://noemata.net/pa/titlegen/

First Friday Oct 5th

First Friday in the Old Market, click here for information
See the Art in our Community links in the sidebar to the right for a list of local galleries in Omaha to visit. 

Omaha First Friday on Twitter

First Friday is relatively new to Omaha, but has been thriving in Lincoln for years. For information about Lincoln's first Friday walk look here.

This First Friday at the Tugboat Gallery (14th and O Street) in Lincoln there is a show titled High Tech, Low Tech and Who Cares? curated by my husband Michael Burton. The show features the following artists:
Donald Fodness
Alvin Gregorio
Angela Carbone
Brian Pytlik Zillig: Associate Professor and Digital Initiatives Librarian at the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities

Alvin and Donald will be giving a public lecture at UNL City Campus in Richards Hall sometime next Friday Oct 5th - please email me for up to date information next week if you are interested in attending. 

Shut Your Face Off by Donald Fodness at the Boulder Art Museum, 2010

Upcoming Events at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art

Check out the following upcoming events at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, located in Omaha's historic old market.

Sept 21st: opening reception for the annual art auction 6-9pm (free)

Oct 4th: First Thursday art talk 7pm, features current artists in residence at the Bemis (free)

Oct 20th: 14th annual art auction gala event, 5:30-10pm

Nov 1: First Thursday art talk 7pm, features current residents at the Bemis (free)

Nov 10th: Open studios, take a look through the studios of current artists in residence at the Bemis 1-4pm (free)

Nov 16th: Brittan Rosendahl | Underground, exhibition opening 6-9pm - Nov 17th talk with the curator   at noon (free)

Dec 6th: First Thursday art talk, 7pm


Image from the exhibition Brittan Rosendahl | Underground

Steve Job's 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Great reading to get you started....

"The following address was delivered by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, at Stanford University‘s 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005."  Read it here.

Scott McCloud on Comics TED Talk

Scott McCloud discusses comics and visual communication in this brief lecture with great visuals. McCloud is a comic artist and author of several books including Understanding Comics an Reinventing Comics - both are available in the MCC library.

"Play" Episode from Art 21

Art 21 is a PBS series that looks into the lives and work of wide variety of successful studio artists. This is one of my favorite episodes that explores the theme of "Play" in the the work of four artists.

Watch Play on PBS. See more from ART:21.

See all Art 21 episodes free on www.art21.org

Why You Will Fail to Have a Great Career - Larry Smith