Creighton Preparatory School is a private, Jesuit high school for boys in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It was established in 1878 under the name Creighton College and is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha. Creighton College was founded by John A. Creighton and named after Edward Creighton, developer of the transcontinental telegraph line. It was founded from a $100,000 grant and donated to the Catholic Church, leading to its inception as a Jesuit institution. Creighton College separated into Creighton University and Creighton Preparatory School in 1958. Over the 142 years since its founding, Creighton Prep has grown from an initial class of 120 students to a student body of 1021 individuals (2016).
Jun Kaneko is a Japanese-born American ceramic artist known for creating large scale ceramic sculpture. Based out of a studio warehouse in Omaha, Nebraska, Kaneko primarily works in clay to explore the effects of repeated abstract surface motifs by using ceramic glaze.
Richard E. DeVore, also written as Richard De Vore was an American ceramicist, professor. He was known for stoneware. He was faculty at Cranbrook Academy of Art’s Ceramics Department, from 1966 to 1978.
D. Wayne Higby is an American artist working in ceramics. The American Craft Museum considers him a "visionary of the American Crafts Movement" and recognized him as one of seven artists who are "genuine living legends representing the best of American artists in their chosen medium."
The culture of Omaha, Nebraska, has been partially defined by music and college sports, and by local cuisine and community theatre. The city has a long history of improving and expanding on its cultural offerings. In the 1920s, the Omaha Bee newspaper wrote, "The cultural future of Omaha seems as certain of greatness as the commercial future... The symphony orchestra, the Art institute, the Community Playhouse and other organizations are on firm foundations and Omaha is destined to be not only a bigger, but a better city, both financially and culturally." Reviewing Omaha's contemporary arts scene in 2007, the New York Times hailed the city as having "a kind of cultural awakening".
Tourism in Omaha, Nebraska, United States offers visitors history, sports, nature and cultural experiences. Its principal tourist attractions are the Henry Doorly Zoo and the College World Series (CWS). A 2003 study by a Creighton University economist estimated that the CWS added $33.8 million to the city's economy that year. With 1.1 million visitors annually, the Henry Doorly Zoo is Nebraska's most popular tourist attraction. In 2007 Omaha hosted the USA Roller Sports National Championships, along with 10,000 people who auditioned for the American Idol television show at Qwest Center Omaha.
Robyn O'Neil is an American artist known for her large-scale graphite on paper drawings. She was also the host of the podcast "ME READING STUFF". In 2023, she retired from the art world by posting a Kristy McNichol quote on her Instagram account. She launched a new podcast, called ROBYN'S GATE, in early 2024.
Judith Shea is an American sculptor and artist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1948. She received a degree in fashion design at Parsons School of Design in 1969 and a BFA in 1975. This dual education formed the basis for her figure based works. Her career has three distinct phases: The use of cloth and clothing forms from 1974 to 1981; Hollow cast metal clothing-figure forms from 1982 until 1991; and carved full-figure statues made of wood, cloth, clay, foam and hair beginning in 1990 to present.
Therman Statom is an American Studio Glass artist whose primary medium is sheet glass. He cuts, paints, and assembles the glass - adding found glass objects along the way – to create three-dimensional sculptures. Many of these works are large in scale. Statom is known for his site-specific installations in which his glass structures dwarf the visitor. Sound and projected digital imagery are also features of the environmental works.
Lari George Pittman is a Colombian-American contemporary artist and painter. Pittman is an Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Painting and Drawing at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
Wanda Ewing (1970–2013) was an artist born in Omaha, Nebraska. She considered her art to be "provocative with a political edge." A common message of her art was “I’m a proud black woman, and I’m going to be hard to ignore.” Ewing studied printmaking at San Francisco Art Institute where she received her BFA in 1997. She received her MA and MFA in printmaking at the University of Iowa in 2001 and 2002, respectively. She was a tenured professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she taught visual arts classes from 2004 to 2013. Ewing exhibited nationally and won several awards for her work.
Terry Rosenberg is an American artist, known for painting, sculpture, and drawings that reference the body.
Mel Ziegler is an American artist whose artistic practice includes community art, integrated arts, and public art.
Claudia Alvarez is a Mexican American painter and sculptor who has worked as an artist in residence in Mexico, Switzerland, France, and China. Alvarez's solo exhibitions include Claudia Álvarez: A Moment in Between at the Acércate at the National Arts Centre, Mexico City; Girls with Guns, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California; Falling, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska; Silence Water, Museum of Art Contemporary Yucatán, Mérida; American Heroes, Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin; Things of a Child, The Latino Museum, Omaha, Nebraska; and History of Immigration, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, Nebraska. Alvarez is based in New York City.
Carol Haerer (1933-2002) was an American artist known for abstract painting in the vein of Minimalism and Lyrical abstraction.
Joan Livingstone is an American contemporary artist, educator, curator, and author based in Chicago. She creates sculptural objects, installations, prints, and collages that reference the human body and bodily experience.
Karen Kunc,, is a printmaker and book artist whose artwork utilizes, augments, and distorts symbols of nature. She attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and received her BFA in 1975.Her work examines the colors, shapes, and forms of both the natural and artificial landscapes present within our society. Ultimately, she abstracts the visual motifs of both worlds within her art, providing insight into each one and the interaction between them. Her art books, prints, and other artistic ventures have achieved vast critical acclaim nationally and internationally, and her impact within the art world is notable.
Suchitra Mattai is a Guyanese-born American multidisciplinary contemporary artist, of South Asian descent. Her art practice includes mixed media paintings, fiber works, sculptures, and large scale installations which draw upon myth, memory, and her ancestral history, and often invite critical reflection on the legacy of colonialism in the Indo-Caribbean. She lives in Los Angeles, California, and previously lived in Denver, Colorado, and Canada.
Leonard Thiessen was an artist from Omaha, Nebraska, best known for his work as the first art critic for the Omaha World-Herald and for his contributions to Nebraska arts administration. He was the first Executive Director of the Nebraska Arts Council and encouraged the establishment of Nebraska art collections and museums. Thiessen worked in painting, design, printmaking, and mural making.
