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Therman Statom
Category: Free | Season: Community
Art is a Tool for Empowerment and Education
Like all exhibits in the Community Exhibition, this work will respond and evolve through time. The entrance to Statom’s exhibit is a giant glass wall that will remain at KANEKO semi-permanently to designate our newly expanded education space, but even that massive structure will change; the colors, found objects, and stories within will be moved, replaced or added.
Therman Statom is a pioneer in the contemporary glass art movement, a longtime friend of Ree and Jun Kaneko, a KANEKO board member, and a social activist. Much of the latter half of his career has been focused on the importance of educational programming within the arts. Statom has taken a deep interest in employing workshops as a catalyst for social change and, in effect, positively impacting a community. This exhibit displays a variety of his new and historical work, but the greater story is this catalyst as a dynamic and powerful movement for social justice.
“I feel that art is a tool for empowerment and education. It’s also a viable tool to investigate positive change and engage a culture through the use of exploration.” – Therman Statom
About Therman Statom
Therman Statom – sculptor, glass artist, and painter – is most notably known as a pioneer of the contemporary glass movement for his life-size glass ladders, chairs, tables, constructed box-like paintings, and small scale houses; all created through the technique of gluing glass plates together. Sandblasted surfaces become a canvas for spontaneous vibrant colors and line work, which take nuances from Abstract Expressionism and concepts of Minimalism, while simultaneously incorporating a twist by using blown-glass elements and found objects.
Born in Winter Haven, Florida in 1953, Statom spent his adolescence growing up in Washington, D.C. His interest in the arts grew from a fondness of painting and he began to investigate ceramics at RISD. However, after an experimental glass blowing session with Dale Chihuly, he was soon hooked on the spontaneity of glass blowing and its limitless possibilities. Statom went on to pursue studies at Pilchuck Glass School during its inaugural year, completing a BFA in 1974 from RISD, and later studied at the Pratt Institute of Art & Design.
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Pamela Conyers-Hinson
Category: Free | Season: Community
Infused with questions, vulnerability, and disruption.
Pamela Conyers-Hinson moves through the world investigating and experimenting. Often this work is done through the use of discarded and forgotten materials, the shared stories of women of color, or the magnification of a subject’s journey. Nothing embodies this more than her mask work: the physical and intellectual relationship developed between artist and subject through touch and conversation as the material is applied, and the manifestation of a face whose ancestral facial features are embellished and elevated by the artist through hand-painted design.
Most of the work in this exhibit was completed between 2018 and 2020 and some pieces were made at KANEKO; all are infused with questions, vulnerability, and disruption. Conyers-Hinson’s use of multiple mediums: wood, bronze, marble, alabaster, clay, and textiles, represents the diversity of her subject matter and the intimate and tactile ways she engages with her audience and her community.
What to Expect When You Come to the Opening
We have created a safe environment for this Opening so that everyone attending can enjoy themselves. By reserving a space for this Opening you accept the following:
- Doors at our main entrance on 11th and Jones will open ten minutes before each 45-minute time slot for check-in. We recommend not coming earlier to avoid having to stand outside.
- Guests will observe a 6-foot distance from each other while waiting for doors to open and while in the KANEKO (if you are with a group of cohorts you may stay close together but please remain at a safe distance from other guests).
- Masks are required while waiting outside the main entrance for admission and inside the KANEKO.
- At the 45 minute mark, you will be asked to move out of the exit through the Bowtruss so the space can be cleaned and readied for the next group.
About Pamela Conyers-Hinson
Conyers-Hinson holds a Masters of Arts in Teaching and Organizational Leadership and a BA in Studio Art. She is a classically trained sculptor using the lost wax method for bronze casting and traditional methods for stone carving and her interest in sustainability within the arts is evident by her use of experimental natural mediums. She received the Council of American Art Society Inc. Award for Excellence in Representational Sculpture and was a 2018 Fellow at The Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha, NE. She has taught art all over Nebraska: in rural communities with exhibitions from the Sheldon Museum of Art, for Joslyn Art Museum, and in after school programs focused on underserved populations. Conyers-Hinson has exhibited artwork in New York, Illinois, and Virginia, is a member of the National Association of Women Artists (New York Chapter), and recently published a book of artwork focusing on capturing ancestral facial features titled “Expressions of Black Heritage Through 50 Faces.”
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Watie White
Category: Free | Season: Community
Some are bold, some are funny. All are human.
Watie White’s new exhibit consists of two separate bodies of work, each with individual and vital ties to this community and to KANEKO. Both projects are rooted in the process of woodcut printmaking, a reductive process that begins with a flat piece of wood into which the white of an image is carved. White’s newest project is the presentation of 4 of the largest woodcut panels he has ever created, all containing moments the artist himself experienced and which hold secrets woven in.
Also presented are a series of large prints from 100 People, a public art project which White began in January of 2017. This project features friends and collaborators of White’s who advocate for others, who bring joy with their practices and whose lives are intertwined with the ethics and generosity they display to their communities and the world.
About Watie White
Born in Palo Alto, CA, Watie White was raised in a transplanted family of cultural anthropologists in very rural Southern Illinois. Watie learned early the power of the stories we tell and the long term effect of being heard. The diverse work produced by his studio is known for being site-specific and highly collaborative, deeply skilled, and rife with hidden absurdity.
Watie received degrees from Carleton College (BA 1993), School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 2001), and American University (MFA 2003), has attended multiple International residencies and sustained an obsessive studio practice since 1996.
In Omaha, Nebraska since 2006, his work has embraced studio-based painting and printmaking as well as a socially engaged public art practice incorporating local communities, nonprofits, and multiple school districts. Learn more about Watie White
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Ceramics Philosophy June
Category: Education • Free • Summer Camps | Season:
Explore your inner Kaneko in this brand new ceramics camp.
Campers will learn the foundation of hand-building methods of slab, coil, and pinching clay. Activities will be wide-ranging, including ideas about sound, architecture, the vessel, and personal narratives. Students will have the opportunity to discuss current pieces in the KANEKO exhibition, surrounding works in the Old Market, and a tour of the Jun Kaneko studio. Campers should come ready to have a high-energy week that includes quick sketch periods, short gallery and neighborhood tours, and multi-piece explorations of the ideas they bring for each assignment. No prior experience is needed and novice students are encouraged to join. Campers will be led by ceramics artist and former Jun Kaneko studio assistant Peter Scherr. Children Entering Grades 6-9.
SUMMER CAMP UPDATE
In order to ensure the safety of our creative community and to support all students and parents managing this challenging time, we are moving our summer camps to an online model AND making these virtual camps FREE for all students!
Our staff is working very hard to give all summer campers a quality virtual experience and have moved to a donation-based model to make sure ALL kids can have an inspiring, creative experience at their fingertips.
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
All materials needed for this camp will be provided by and delivered to your door by a KANEKO staff member. All you will need to participate in this camp is the following:
- Internet Access
- Computer with Webcam
- A fairly distraction-free workspace that can get messy
DONATIONS GLADLY ACCEPTED 💯
We believe that every child should have the opportunity to explore their creativity and are so happy that you chose to enroll your child in this Creative Summer Camps with the KANEKO!
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it much more difficult for families to provide their children with unique and thoughtful learning opportunities, which is why we’ve made our camps online and FREE this summer. COVID-19 has also made a large dent in the KANEKO’s programming funds, so if you wish to donate, we would be forever thankful for your generosity; all proceeds will go towards our educational programming.
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Unapologetic Me: Film Screening & Pop-Up Exhibition
Category: Free • Performances | Season: Influence
A Celebration of Black Queer Art
Join KANEKO and Andrew Aleman Consulting for unapologetic me: A Celebration of Black Queer Art. We invite the Omaha community to join us for an evening filled with visual art from several Omaha-based black queer and trans artists. The evening will end with a showing of unapologetic me: Black | Gay | Man. This screendance by Justin Dominic and producers Justin Dominic, Micaiah Carter, and Daniel P. Calderon, tells a story through movement and visual imagery, about the intersectionality of being a black gay man. Justin Dominic and Daniel P. Calderon will be joining us from New Jersey for a filmmakers discussion following the showing.
Tickets: This program FREE, but registration is required and space is limited. A suggested donation of $10 cash donation is requested at the door – all money raised goes to our featured visual artists.
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Architecture with HDR
Category: Education • Free | Season:
Build & Explore
Join the HDR team for a five-day design camp that will introduce the interesting interplay between the concept of a circular economy and the practice of architecture. In this camp, students will explore how ideation, design techniques, modeling, drawing– and, above all, collaboration between fearless designers–can be applied to regenerate and reimagine form and structure, creating “new” architecture through the actual construction of a full-scale design-build project that will be displayed in the KANEKO galleries. Children Entering Grades 7-9.
SUMMER CAMP UPDATE
In order to ensure the safety of our creative community and to support all students and parents managing this challenging time, we are moving our summer camps to an online model AND making these virtual camps FREE for all students!
Our staff is working very hard to give all summer campers a quality virtual experience and have moved to a donation-based model to make sure ALL kids can have an inspiring, creative experience at their fingertips.
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
All materials needed for this camp will be provided by and delivered to your door by a KANEKO staff member. All you will need to participate in this camp is the following:
- Internet Access
- Computer with Webcam
- A fairly quiet/distraction-free workspace
DONATIONS ACCEPTED 💯
We believe that every child should have the opportunity to explore their creativity and are so happy that you chose to enroll your child in this Creative Summer Camps with the KANEKO!
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it much more difficult for families to provide their children with unique and thoughtful learning opportunities, which is why we’ve made our camps online and FREE this summer. COVID-19 has also made a large dent in the KANEKO’s programming funds, so if you wish to donate, we would be forever thankful for your generosity; all proceeds will go towards our educational programming.
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Video Game Design
Category: Education • Free • Summer Camps | Season:
Explore the creative process of video games.
A returning champion from summers past, Video Game Design camp welcomes a new instructor that offers an exciting new creative process! In this camp, students will jump into the video game development pipeline and practice 2D game design principles alongside the RHO Interactive game design team. Using the Unity game engine and open-source software, campers will create new character skins, animations, backgrounds, and complete playable levels using RHO’s multiplayer battle-game “Megaton Punchers”. This camp offering requires no coding, as we will focus on the creation of digital assets and the use of in-engine tools for making fully interactive experiences focused on core game design principles and narrative development practices. Children Entering Grades 7-9
SUMMER CAMP UPDATE
In order to ensure the safety of our creative community and to support all students and parents managing this challenging time, we are moving our summer camps to an online model AND making these virtual camps FREE for all students!
Our staff is working very hard to give all summer campers a quality virtual experience and have moved to a donation-based model to make sure ALL kids can have an inspiring, creative experience at their fingertips.
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
All materials needed for this camp will be provided by and delivered to your door by a KANEKO staff member. All you will need to participate in this camp is the following:
- Internet Access
- Computer with Webcam
- (Optional) Camera/Cell phone camera
DONATIONS GLADLY ACCEPTED 💯
We believe that every child should have the opportunity to explore their creativity and are so happy that you chose to enroll your child in this Creative Summer Camps with the KANEKO!
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it much more difficult for families to provide their children with unique and thoughtful learning opportunities, which is why we’ve made our camps online and FREE this summer. COVID-19 has also made a large dent in the KANEKO’s programming funds, so if you wish to donate, we would be forever thankful for your generosity; all proceeds will go towards our educational programming.
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Architecture with RDG
Category: Education • Free | Season:
Everything is Design
Join the RDG architects in an all-encompassing introduction to the fundamentals of architecture and design and explore your creativity in the overarching theme ‘Everything is Design.’ As a collaborative, we will explore the idea that design is all around us and can be found in color, material, and the built environment. Using multiple mediums, students will collaborate using inspiration gathered throughout the week to produce an installation for the KANEKO creating “The City of Found Form.” Children Entering Grades 7-9.
SUMMER CAMP UPDATE
In order to ensure the safety of our creative community and to support all students and parents managing this challenging time, we are moving our summer camps to an online model AND making these virtual camps FREE for all students!
Our staff is working very hard to give all summer campers a quality virtual experience and have moved to a donation-based model to make sure ALL kids can have an inspiring, creative experience at their fingertips.
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
All materials needed for this camp will be provided by and delivered to your door by a KANEKO staff member. All you will need to participate in this camp is the following:
- Internet Access
- Computer with Webcam
- A fairly quiet/distraction-free workspace
- (Optional) Camera/Cell phone camera to photograph work
DONATIONS GLADLY ACCEPTED 💯
We believe that every child should have the opportunity to explore their creativity and are so happy that you chose to enroll your child in this Creative Summer Camps with the KANEKO!
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it much more difficult for families to provide their children with unique and thoughtful learning opportunities, which is why we’ve made our camps online and FREE this summer. COVID-19 has also made a large dent in the KANEKO’s programming funds, so if you wish to donate, we would be forever thankful for your generosity; all proceeds will go towards our educational programming.
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PASSAGES: In Praise of Wasting Time
Category: Free • KANEKO Core Programs • Lectures • Passages | Season: Influence
The value of wasting time.
The KANEKO, along with the University of Nebraska Omaha, welcomes distinguished physicist and bestselling author Alan Lightman for the spring session of our PASSAGES Literary Series.
Discussion will center around the ‘art’ of wasting time. A description of Lightman’s recent book In Praise of Wasting Time includes the themes for the evening:
We are all worried about wasting time. Especially in the West, we have created a frenzied lifestyle in which the twenty-four hours of each day are carved up, dissected, and reduce down to ten-minute units of efficiency. We take our iPhones and laptops with us on vacation. We check email at restaurants or our brokerage accounts while walking in the park. When the school day ends, our children are overloaded with “extras.” Our university curricula are so crammed our young people don’t have time to reflect on the material they are supposed to be learning. Yet in the face of our time-driven existence, a great deal of evidence suggests there is great value in “wasting time,” of letting the mind lie fallow for some periods, of letting minutes and even hours go by without scheduled activities or intended tasks.
Doors open at 6:30; please join us early to write down your questions for Lightman. A special addition to the program, internationally recognized fiddler Bonnie Rideout will begin the evening with an informal concert in connection with her creative process of ‘wasting time’.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
About Alan Lightman: “A scientist who is a humanist in the noblest sense of the word.” – Los Angeles Times
After serving on the faculty of Harvard University for a dozen years, Alan Lightman moved to MIT, where he became the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in the sciences and the humanities. In astrophysics, Lightman has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of black holes, radiation processes at the center of galaxies, and the foundation of Einstein’s theory of gravity.
Dozens of independent theatrical and musical production worldwide have been adapted from Lightman’s novel Einstein Dreams. An international bestseller, this book is one of the most widely used texts in universities today and has been translated into 30 languages. A prolific author, Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine, 2018, and the novel Three Flames, 2019.
Lightman’s appearance at KANEKO PASSAGES, which includes a discussion with expert panelists and the audience, will center around his book In Praise of Wasting Time, which was released in 2018.
See more about Alan Lightman here.
About the Panelists
Kevin Clouther serves as Coordinator of the UNO MFA in Writing Program. He’s an assistant Professor at the UNO Writer’s Workshop. Clouther’s story collection, We Were Flying to Chicago, was published by Catapult. His stories have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, The Greensboro Review, Gulf Coast, Puerto Del Sol, and Vol. 1 Brooklyn, among other journals, and he has contributed essays to The Millions, NPR, Poets & Writers, Salon, and Tin House’s “Art of the Sentence.” He is the recipient of several grants and awards, including the Richard Yates Fiction Award and Gell Residency Award.
Dr. Christine Cutucache is UNO’s Haddix Community Chair of Science, the Acting Director of the UNO STEM TRAIL Center, and Associate Professor of Biology. She is a tumor immunologist and science education convert. Consequently, her teaching and research interests range from cancer biology to discipline-based education research methods. She has published copious primary articles on her work, authored 3 textbooks, and is a strong advocate for undergraduate professional development.
Dr. Christopher Moore is UNO’s Haddix Community Chair in Physical Science and Associate Professor of Physics. Dr. Moore conducts research in physical science education and teacher preparation, focusing on how we learn/teach creativity and innovation in STEM Dr. Moore is author of the books Creating Scientists and Teaching Science Thinking (which was written at the UNO-Kaneko Library), over 40 peer-reviewed articles, and is co-author of the best-selling high-school curriculum Experience Chemistry. He has recently given invited lectures internationally on the parallels between sense-making in the sciences and humanities.
Bonnie Rideout: On stages from Scotland’s Edinburgh International Festival to America’s Kennedy Center, her unique style of Scottish fiddling has charmed audiences across the globe. Bonnie has been featured on the BBC, CBS, NPR’s Performance Today, Morning Edition and The Thistle and Shamrock. In addition to authoring seven music books for Mel Bay Publishing Company, Bonnie has recorded over fifteen solo albums. Her Scottish Christmas CD became a New York Times “Top Ten Holiday Best Seller.” Three of Bonnie’s recordings received Grammy nominations.
About PASSAGES: PASSAGES is the core literary program at KANEKO that seeks to intersect and expand all offerings and forms of creative literacy activities across the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan area. PASSAGES programming includes critical readings, interactive writing workshops and sessions, and events featuring accomplished and diverse authors.
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What’s Your Story: The Healing Power of Words FEB 2020
Category: Education • Free • Passages • What's Your Story • Workshop | Season: Influence
Discovering new meanings of health.
Stories and storytelling create the capability for communities and individuals to adapt, adjust and manage when faced with physical, mental or societal challenges and changes.
KANEKO presents it’s newest Partner Program, What’s Your Story: The Healing Power of Words, where you are invited to create and explore innovative meanings of health and sickness.
What’s Your Story: The Healing Power of Words offers a safe space to discover and write about new meanings of health and dis-ease as it applies to you and the community around you.
This workshop meets on the first Saturday of every month to write our experiences into existence. This program is free and open to the public. Space is limited and registration is required.