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What’s Your Story: The Healing Power of Words
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.
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Artist Talk: John Balistreri
Category: Artist Talk • Education • Lectures • Members | Season: Influence
Circles of Influence
Enjoy an evening of enlightenment and behind-the-scenes information on Balistreri’s career, including several bodies of work Balistreri has generated spanning thirty years, the comparison and contrast of the educational philosophies of his mentors with current trends in art education, and how the Jun Kaneko Studio and the city of Omaha have served as an important crossroads in his own development as an artist.
KANEKO’s NEW quarterly artist-talk series features creators both locally and nationally who are tied to KANEKO’s programming, exhibitions, educational workshops, or mission. Please join the KANEKO staff in welcoming featured artist John Balestrieri as our next artist-talk lecturer.
About John Balistreri:
John Balistreri is a Professor of Art at Bowling Green State University, where he has been the head of the Ceramic program since 1996. He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1986, his MFA from Kent State University in 1988, and received the Emerging Talent Award at the 1995 National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference. Balistreri also served on the Board of Directors of the Archie Bray Foundation. His articles have been published in Ceramics: Art and Perception, Ceramics Monthly, and American Craft and his work has appeared in many books and ceramic art.
He has conducted over fifty workshops and lectures throughout the United States and China, has had many solo exhibitions of large-scale ceramic work, and has participated in many national and international group exhibitions. Balistreri’s work is also included in numerous corporate, private and museum collections, including the Fredrick R. Weisman Art Museum (Minneapolis, MN), The American Museum of Ceramic Art (Pomona, CA), The Canton Museum of Art (Canton, OH), The Daum Museum (Sedalia, MO), The American Ceramic Society (Columbus, OH), The Shiwan Treasure Pottery Museum (China), and the Foshan Ancient Kiln Museum (China).
Balistreri is best known for his large-scale ceramic sculpture as well as his innovations using digital technology to create ceramic objects using ceramic 3D printing techniques and has been awarded several patents related to this technology.
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MOVEMENT Series: ÆFFECT
Category: KANEKO Core Programs • Members • MOVEMENT • Performances | Season: Influence
Nothing is created in isolation.
As part of The Movement Series, tbd. dance collective presents ÆFFECT. This evening length production began in the studio while recording sounds generated through movement. These sounds became the base and inspiration for the original score, structure, and content of the performance. Choreography was re-imagined to the audio samples, and music was generated in response to visual samples and ideas of movement. The result is a production that is a reflection of itself, representing the cyclical nature of collaboration and influence. Nothing is created in isolation.
ÆFFECT features original music by Dereck Higgins and Graham Ulicny.
Friday, March 20
7:30 pm Performance
Saturday, March 21
7:30 pm Performance
About the MOVEMENT Series:
Presented by KANEKO and tbd. dance collective, MOVEMENT is a series of performances and workshops exploring the creative process + presentation of dance. Influenced by both exhibition and space, productions within the series feature site-specific choreography, multidisciplinary collaborations, and encourage dialogue the relationship between movement and visual art. Through interactive workshops, audience members are invited into the process of developing movement-based productions and choreography.
About tbd. dance collective:
tbd. is a non-profit, modern + contemporary dance collective with a creative process + vision built around exploration and collaboration. Operating under the belief that movement can be a platform for communication and connection, it is our mission to provide unique dance experiences through performance and education that encourage dialogue and expand perceptions of movement as an art form.
We work with artists and organizations throughout the community to produce movement based productions that feature site specific choreography and multidisciplinary collaboration. Our work is highly imaginative, diverse in content and structure, and seeks to discover the possibilities for performance within unconventional spaces.
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GENERATOR Series: The State You’re In
Category: Generator Series • KANEKO Core Programs • Members • Performances | Season: Influence
Nebraska-Based Creators
The KANEKO Generator Series returns with its first event of 2020, “The State You’re In,” which will explore the music and art of Nebraska-based creators. This will be a program that asks questions: What is unique about living in Nebraska? How can we characterize our state beyond the catchy slogans and branding campaigns? What does Nebraska sound like? Is there a specific acoustic character to our state? Where are we shaped as listeners and creators by the sonic qualities of the Great Plains?
The State You’re In features a world premiere by composer Stacey Barelos which weaves narrative reflections from the community with string quartet, as well as music composed by composers Mathew Fuerst, Dana Murray, and Anothony Donofrio, poetry by Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, and a special art installation by Susan Knight.
About the Generator Series: Presented by KANEKO and Omaha Under the Radar, the Generator Series will present events that investigate music’s relationship to our physical world, seeking the connections between sound and architecture, sound and natural landscapes, sound, and the human body, and more. Focusing on music by living composers, including sound improvisation and experimental composition, the Generator Series will be an outlet for non-commercial music that asks questions about how we listen and how we interact with sound in the 21st century.
About Omaha Under the Radar: Omaha Under the Radar is an annual experimental performance festival in the Midwest. We celebrate cultural innovators with performances throughout the city of Omaha. The festival emerged from a desire to support innovative performers and creators living and working in the Midwest, and to connect this community to other performance communities throughout the United States.
Since the first festival, held in 2014, Omaha Under the Radar has presented over 200 artists from more than one dozen cities throughout the United States. We work to present a multiplicity of genres, ideas, and identities through performances, talks, group discussions, and educational opportunities. Omaha Under the Radar is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization. To make a tax-deductible donation in support of our programming efforts, visit our SUPPORT page.
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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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Soundry Workshop: Sounds Inspired
Category: Generator Series • Performances • Workshop | Season: Influence
Spark your creativity with words of local authors!
Collaborating with members of KANEKO writing groups, Soundry participants will create original music to be performed at a 2020 Omaha Under the Radar event!
Soundry is a musical workshop part of the GENERATOR Series. With classes geared towards adult learners, Soundry investigates the art of sound installation, instrument building, and 21st century composition techniques. No music experience is required! Soundry is directed by composer and pianist Stacey Barelos, and includes expert instructors from Omaha and around the country!
About Omaha Under the Radar
Omaha Under the Radar is an annual experimental performance festival in the Midwest. They celebrate cultural innovators with performances throughout the city of Omaha. The festival emerged from a desire to support innovative performers and creators living and working in the Midwest, and to connect this community to other performance communities throughout the United States.Since the first festival, held in 2014, Omaha Under the Radar has presented over 200 artists from more than a dozen cities throughout the United States. They work to represent a multiplicity of genres, ideas, and identities through performances, talks, group discussions and educational opportunities. Omaha Under the Radar is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization.
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Architecture with HDR
Category: Education • Members | Season: Influence
Build & Explore with HDR Architects
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.
Sponsorship Available: We believe that every child should have the opportunity to explore their creativity! We are so happy that you would like to enroll your child in the Creative Summer Camps at KANEKO; embracing creativity at this age is vital for young learners and leaders. We know that for many families the cost of Summer Camp can be a financial burden that they might not be able to afford, which is why we are happy to offer sponsorship assistance to our students. If you wish to register your child through our sponsorship program, please click the button below. Once we receive your registration, we will reach out to you within a month to let you know what sponsorship you’ve received.
Half of all students who attend our summer camps are sponsored by the KANEKO due to the generous giving of our members, donors and grant giving organizations. Sponsored students are selected based on financial need and they attend our week long camps for free. If you become a KANEKO Friend Member, your membership will automatically sponsor a child for summer camp. Enrolling your child in summer camp will also help support the financial sponsorship of fellow campers.
Apply for a Friend Memberships and sponsor a summer camper today: Apply Now
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Video Game Design
Category: Education • KANEKO Core Programs • Members | Season: Influence
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
Sponsorship Available: We believe that every child should have the opportunity to explore their creativity! We are so happy that you would like to enroll your child in the Creative Summer Camps at KANEKO; embracing creativity at this age is vital for young learners and leaders. We know that for many families the cost of Summer Camp can be a financial burden that they might not be able to afford, which is why we are happy to offer sponsorship assistance to our students. If you wish to register your child through our sponsorship program, please click the button below. Once we receive your registration, we will reach out to you within a month to let you know what sponsorship you’ve received.
Half of all students who attend our summer camps are sponsored by the KANEKO due to the generous giving of our members, donors and grant giving organizations. Sponsored students are selected based on financial need and they attend our week long camps for free. If you become a KANEKO Friend Member, your membership will automatically sponsor a child for summer camp. Enrolling your child in summer camp will also help support the financial sponsorship of fellow campers.
Apply for a Friend Memberships and sponsor a summer camper today: Apply Now
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Filmmaking in Action
Category: Education • Members | Season: Influence
Explore the creative process of the film industry.
In this camp, students will work in teams to learn the creative and technical processes of filmmaking while conceiving, shooting, and editing a short documentary to be screened at the end of the week. Participants will hear from professionals in the field about all the elements that converge in filmmaking — camera, lighting, story building, editing, directing, and producing. In addition, they’ll get hands-on practice with filmmaking tools, dedicated mentorship throughout the week, and will come away with skills to help them generate ideas and work collaboratively in a creative process. Children Entering Grades 7-9
Sponsorship Available: We believe that every child should have the opportunity to explore their creativity! We are so happy that you would like to enroll your child in the Creative Summer Camps at KANEKO; embracing creativity at this age is vital for young learners and leaders. We know that for many families the cost of Summer Camp can be a financial burden that they might not be able to afford, which is why we are happy to offer sponsorship assistance to our students. If you wish to register your child through our sponsorship program, please click the button below. Once we receive your registration, we will reach out to you within a month to let you know what sponsorship you’ve received.
Half of all students who attend our summer camps are sponsored by the KANEKO due to the generous giving of our members, donors and grant giving organizations. Sponsored students are selected based on financial need and they attend our week long camps for free. If you become a KANEKO Friend Member, your membership will automatically sponsor a child for summer camp. Enrolling your child in summer camp will also help support the financial sponsorship of fellow campers.
Apply for a Friend Memberships and sponsor a summer camper today: Apply Now
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Architecture with RDG
Category: Education • Members | Season: Influence
Explore your creativity in the overarching theme “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.
Sponsorship Available: We believe that every child should have the opportunity to explore their creativity! We are so happy that you would like to enroll your child in the Creative Summer Camps at KANEKO; embracing creativity at this age is vital for young learners and leaders. We know that for many families the cost of Summer Camp can be a financial burden that they might not be able to afford, which is why we are happy to offer sponsorship assistance to our students. If you wish to register your child through our sponsorship program, please click the button below. Once we receive your registration, we will reach out to you within a month to let you know what sponsorship you’ve received.
Half of all students who attend our summer camps are sponsored by the KANEKO due to the generous giving of our members, donors and grant giving organizations. Sponsored students are selected based on financial need and they attend our week long camps for free. If you become a KANEKO Friend Member, your membership will automatically sponsor a child for summer camp. Enrolling your child in summer camp will also help support the financial sponsorship of fellow campers.
Apply for a Friend Memberships and sponsor a summer camper today: Apply Now