Our concentration of 90 artists at the Hot Shops has forged a truly unique arts organization, and the work they do enhances the vibrant arts community in Greater Omaha. Check out the impact some of our resident artists have been making recently!
Ilaamen Pelshaw created a mural as a background for the city sign in Ralston. Fellow Hot Shops artist Eduardo Gardea helped with painting. Ilaamen also collaborated with Arbor Street Studios and Jair Rodriquez Alvarez on the project.
One of Paula Wallace’s paintings was featured in an article celebrating Willa Cather and ecology in Resurgence & Ecologist, a journal from The Resurgence Trust @resurgencetrust, based in the UK. The painting was originally among a body of work presented at the Willa Cather Foundation gallery in Redcloud, Nebraska.
https://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article6165-a-fragile-beauty.html
Thousands of visitors got to witness the magic of the Hot Shops thanks to artists who collaborated at our Omaha Summer Arts Festival booth. Demonstrations were held over three days in glassblowing, torch working, wheel thrown pottery and painting.
Participating artists were:
Logan Woods
Lynn Kvigne