Omaha arts

On today's show, Michael Griffin is in conversation with Annie Butler, BFF Omaha production manager and advocacy chair, and Petfest founder Zach Schmieder about the annual music festival fundraiser in Benson.Petfest 2023 is on Aug. 19 at the Petshop Gallery in Benson.

Maria Corpuz talks to San Antonio-based artist Jennifer Ling Datchuk, whose exhibition “Eat Bitterness” is on display through Sept.r 17 at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts.

On today's show, Michael Griffin is in conversation with artist and event curator Alajia McKizia about the upcoming Juneteenth Joy Fest arts and culture festival, which supports Black entrepreneurs and artists in celebration of the Juneteenth holiday.

Interview With Nebraska Cultural Endowment Executive Director Maggie Smith

Mixed media artist Jeff Sedrel has a series of floral paintings in an exhibition at the Garden of the Zodiac Gallery through Jan. 29.

Tim Guthrie is a visual artist, art professor at Creighton and award-winning filmmaker. His work has been included in collections at the Boise Art Museum, the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, the Plemmons Collection of Contemporary Art, and the Leigh Lane Edwards Collection of Contemporary Art. His documentary "Missing Piece" chronicles his own grieving process after his wife's death.

Charles Kay Jr. is a first-generation Thai-American visual artist whose work explores assimilation, identity and the American Dream. His exhibition “Unseen: Emerging from the Currents of Assimilation” is on display at Kaneko through Feb. 5, 2023.In this conversation with Maria Corpuz, he shares his experience growing up in Omaha with immigrant parents, the racism he and his family have endured, and his changing relationship with his Asian-American identity.

Alex Jochim and Zach Schmeider talk 10 years of arts engagement nonprofit BFF Omaha and what to expect at Petfest 2022, happening August 13 in Benson.

Katie Otten discusses working as an actor in Omaha as well as creating and starring in the new web series "Inner Worlds," which follows a series of friends who engage in a tabletop roleplaying game of the same name.

Joel Damon and Josh Powell founded and curate Project Project: an independent contemporary arts space in South Omaha. Project Project hosts new visual art exhibitions on the second Friday of every month as well as public lectures and performances.