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Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 9am-4pm (2010)

The 1st annual Ides of Art Show & Sale is a combined effort of Peace Presbyterian Church and Arts For All, Inc. a non-profit organization committed to accessible and affordable arts education in our area. Arts For All, Inc. offers classes in 2-D art, sculpture, creative writing, acting/improvisation, instrumental and vocal music, dance and film. Classes are offered at four other Omaha and Papillion locations in addition to Peace Presbyterian Church in Elkhorn.

The goal of this event is to raise funds for and increase awareness of, the Arts For All organization and the ongoing missions of Peace Presbyterian Church which has served Western Douglas County for over 130 years. Funds raised will support Arts and Artists. Please join us for a wonderful event. Ides of Art – March Into Spring is a two-day Juried Art Show (9 am – 4 pm Friday and Saturday) and on Sunday at a 12:30 pm luncheon in addition to a silent auction of donated art.

Click here to help us promote this event! Download the Flyer, print it and post it at work!

If you are an artist and are interested in participating, please, visit:

http://www.artsforallinc.com/ides-of-art-spring-into-march-art-show-and-sale.html

Hot Shops Art Center’s 9th Annual
Spring Open House
First weekend of May

Our biggest event of the year, the Hot Shops Open House features informative art demonstrations and live music, plus, most of the Hot Shops artists have their studio doors open to the public! Live music, informative demos, cool art, dense location — a genuine good time.

Saturday, May 1st and Sunday, May 2nd, 2010.

Come on down, say goodbye to winter, and see what all the fuss is!

PURPOSE: Since 1999, the Hot Shops Art Center has become a thriving community of local, working artists and artisans. The 80+ artists occupying and exhibiting in 50 studios and shops warmly invite all to join them. Come visit the studios, view their very newest artwork and learn how they create them!

ARTWORK: The artwork created at the Art Center ranges from drawings, paintings, prints, photography and digital imagery to sculptures, installations, pottery, glass art, weaving, custom furniture, and clay, iron, brass, and aluminum cast architectural pieces.

DEMONSTRATIONS: Bronze pouring, clay work and raku firings, iron forging, and glass blowing are taking place in the south side of the building, plus many of the artists will also be demonstrating their work in the studios, such as painting, sculpture, and photography…

REFRESHMENTS: Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be available to guests in the individual artists studios.

LIVE MUSIC: Musical groups will perform during the day. Visitors will be able to listen to a wide variety of music on the first floor of the Hot Shops.

GALLERIES: Come check out the galleries, many of the artists will be on hand. Shows include the Metro Student Show in the Nicholas Street Gallery, plus The Visual Voice of Three Women Revisited in the 1301 Gallery. Also, the Alley Gallery will feature the photography work of Gabriel McGrath.

Hot Shops Art Center is located at 1301 Nicholas Street, just north of the Qwest Center.

CLICK HERE FOR HOURS MAP AND DIRECTIONS

A.H.A.! Artist Helping Artists
Presents
“Hanging by a Thread”

Join the Artists for Food and Libations
PLEASE BRING A NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEM TO DONATE TO THE FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND
Show runs through March 31st

Artist Reception
Date: Fiday, March 5, 2010
Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: BLUE POMEGRANATE GALLERY
Street: 6570 Maple St
City/Town: South Omaha, NE

Click here for map!

Start Time: Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 6:00pm
End Time: Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 9:00pm
Location: JACKSON ARTWORKS contemporary art
Street: 1108 Jackson Street
City/Town: Omaha, NE

WATIE WHITE – PAINTINGS
BRENT HOUZENGA – MIXED MEDIA

OPENING RECEPTION FOR THE ARTISTS SATURDAY MARCH 6, 2010, 6 -9pm

Who are these people? That is the common question asked about artists’ Watie White and Brent Houzenga’s current art work.
In White’s “Stolen Paintings” he has his subject play an active role in the development of the work. Each model chooses a masterpiece painting in which they feel a connection toward. White then “steals” the composition of that painting and interweaves the subject’s personal stories into the subject matter. White infuses the paintings with his own whimsy, and sometimes off color humor to create his signature messy painterly palette pieces. By the end of the finished product, the identity of the original painting, the subject and the artist’s view are changed completely.
The process of identification takes a different turn with Brent Houzenga’s found object mixed media work. Houzenga’s plays another kind of interactive role in the identity of his subjects. These found photographs from the late 1800’s were “stolen” from a trash bin along the road where he takes his daily jog. His fascination with these portraits has brought up his own questions about personal identity.

Both of these artists question history, identity and create icons out of common folk. At the same time the viewer has an opportunity to create his/her own stories of who these people are, taking portraiture into the 21st century.

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Every year, painting Professor Mike Giron, organizes the Bellevue University Student art show.

This year, it will start on February 13th until March 15th, 2010. As usual, it will take place at the
Hitchcock Humanities Center Gallery (Bellevue University, 1000 Galvin Road South, BELLEVUE, NE, US 68005).

The Artist Reception will be on Thursday, February 25th from 7pm to 9pm. Join professors, students, friends and family for refreshments and art!

For detailed information and maps, click here!

Artists’ Co-op show features three longtime members

OMAHA, Neb. – The Artists’ Cooperative Gallery is showing the work of three longtime members – painter Valerie Light Anderson, potter Thomas Hamilton and painter Jean Mason. Their feature show will run March 3 through March 28, 2010. The artists will host an opening celebration 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 6 and will demonstrate their techniques Sunday, March 7 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

In addition, members of Omaha’s Ikebana group will bring their skills in the Japanese art of flower arrangement to the gallery. Members will each choose an artwork in the gallery to inspire a floral design. The arrangements will be on display March 19 through March 21.

As always, events at the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery are free.

Valerie Light Anderson paints landscapes, figures and still lifes. She’s interested in the ways light affects objects, and how capturing that moment conveys a sense of time, place and emotion. “I look for what the light does, revealing some quiet scene, some interplay between objects, textures, shadows, space,” Anderson said. “I like to think of my works as moments, captured just before the light changed and the moment was gone. Sometimes my paintings are more than moments, but quiet little conversations.”

Thomas Hamilton creates ceramics pieces inspired by the outdoors. He developed his own blend of stoneware clay over the last 40 years of studio work. His extensive research led to using multiples glazes to create dynamic pieces that often include references to clouds, wind and water. “The unique properties of clay make it limitless,” Hamilton said. “I can move it easily – push, pull, add or subtract.” He creates wheel-thrown as well as hand-built pieces.

Jean Mason’s energetic paintings feature movement and bright colors. Perhaps best known for her portrayal of musicians, Mason has created new works that are spontaneous, loose and affordable. In these large-scale paintings on canvas pieces, she explores relationships, communication, listening to one’s instincts and the connections to powers beyond us. “They are about having fun, living with joy and intention, connecting and feeling alive,” she said. “The series comes from a scrap of paper on the wall in my studio that says ‘there’s a bold bright spot where my soul wants to be.’ ”

The Artists’ Co-op has been showing the work of respected regional artists for nearly 35 years. This cooperative group of artists conducts educational and cultural outreach activities, and it maintains and staffs a gallery that features works in a wide variety of media, including sculpture, weaving, painting, pottery, photography, printmaking and drawing. Monthly opening receptions provide opportunities to meet member artists and learn more about their work.

For more information visit www.artistsco-opgallery.com

Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 9am-4pm (2010)

The 1st annual Ides of Art Show & Sale is a combined effort of Peace Presbyterian Church and Arts For All, Inc. a non-profit organization committed to accessible and affordable arts education in our area. Arts For All, Inc. offers classes in 2-D art, sculpture, creative writing, acting/improvisation, instrumental and vocal music, dance and film. Classes are offered at four other Omaha and Papillion locations in addition to Peace Presbyterian Church in Elkhorn.

The goal of this event is to raise funds for and increase awareness of, the Arts For All organization and the ongoing missions of Peace Presbyterian Church which has served Western Douglas County for over 130 years. Funds raised will support Arts and Artists. Please join us for a wonderful event. Ides of Art – March Into Spring is a two-day Juried Art Show (9 am – 4 pm Friday and Saturday) and on Sunday at a 12:30 pm luncheon in addition to a silent auction of donated art.

Click here to help us promote this event! Download the Flyer, print it and post it at work!

If you are an artist and are interested in participating, please, visit:

http://www.artsforallinc.com/ides-of-art-spring-into-march-art-show-and-sale.html