Chloe Kehm
October 11, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Encounter
With her bobbed blond hair, flowered orange dress, and a jean jacket covered in pins (mostly cats in some form or another), artist Chloe Kehm looks like she could have stepped out of one of […]
Byron Anway
October 10, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Encounter
When Byron Anway talks about his art, he doesn’t say he “paints.” He says he “makes a painting.” As an artist, educator, and musician, this emphasis on making—on investing in the process—colors all aspects of […]
Painting New Worlds
September 26, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Encounter
Can you get to know an artist through their Instagram posts? Scroll through Keegan Baker’s portfolio, and you will flip past years’ worth of fantasy portraits, life drawing sketches, and miniature paintings, eventually coming across […]
Omaha’s Own Da Vinci
September 22, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Omaha Magazine , People
It is hard to squeeze through the doorway; enormous canvases painted with human beings block the entryway of the cozy home near Memorial Park. The art forces one to stop and realign, and not just […]
Absence Makes the Heart
September 10, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Encounter
“Where are you from?” This common question is a complex one for Los Angeles-based conceptual artist and summer 2018 Bemis artist-in-residence Jenny Yurshansky. She was conceived in Moldova in the late-1970s, when it was part […]
Main Street Studios
August 20, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Omaha Magazine , Sponsored Content
Tyler Curnes was on the fast track to a career in finance, poised to join his family’s financial company, Curnes Financial Group, after completing his financial degree program at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Though he […]
Nadia Shinkunas
August 15, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Encounter
The shapes and forms in many of Nadia Shinkunas’ works have a geometric rigidity about them. To achieve their three-dimensional feel, the angles are sharp and defined. Her career path, on the other hand, is […]
Ugly Yellow and Violet Vividity
August 8, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Encounter
It all started with a knee injury. In 2006, things for the now-24-year-old Jenna Johnson came to a screeching halt when the soccer enthusiast was subjected to multiple surgeries to repair her ACL. While she […]
Alexandria
Smith
July 24, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Encounter
After years of tenaciously applying, Brooklyn native Alexandria Smith got the news she’d been waiting for—the mixed-media visual artist had been accepted into the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts residency program. Her patience had finally […]
The Ham Ma’am
July 20, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Omaha Magazine
For Ella Weber, her career as a professional artist began where all the greats get their start—bathing in a tub filled with 40 gallons of sprinkles. After working in a frozen yogurt shop, she was […]
