I do not like it when people steal plaques and such, thinking their need to melt down some bronze for cash is greater than the publics need to know or remember or enjoy.
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| This is at Miller Landing Park |
This art work was completed by John Howard Thein and John Mossman in 2004. I found it very interesting as it depicted historical episodes.
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| buffalo hunt |
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| River boat |
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| pulling the boat |
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| Lewis' dog Seaman |
I drove past a strange art object of a bird. It advertised itself as Avian Forest and is on Bellevue Blvd. between Fontanelle Forest and Camp Wakonda.
There are many excellent artists. Native American art has a special flavor, often pointing towards past oppressions. They also cary a different spirit.
James Luna: Artist, performance artist
Michael Naranjo: Blind sculptor
Jamie Ocuma beadwork, footwear and fashion design
End of the Trail at Bass Pro Shop, Springfield, MO
Tonita Pena, San Ildefenso artist
Maria Antonia Martinez and family, pottery
R.C. Gorman Navajo Painter
Will Sampson: actor and artist
Acee Blue Eagle Oklahoma painter
Matika Wilbur. Photographer
Mabel Pike beadwork
Sergie Sovoroff maker of Iqyax models
Buffy Sainte-Marie Singer, actress, artist
Native Art at San Juan Bautista.
Native American Art at Mohave Museum of History and Art
Edmonia Lewis. sculptor
Amos Bad Heart Bull. A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux
Native American Art at Gateway Arch Museum
Jack Malotte. Duckwater
Sophie Allison, Irene Mike Duckwater basketweaving
The other art at the Conference Center is very symbolic and can trigger many emotions and thoughts. It includes the tree of life, pioneers, and a representation of angels. Paintings of Jesus
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are Christian as attested by these paintings.
other art in the Conference Center
Omaha Impressions, Photography and Text by Mike Whye, Far Country Press, Helena, MT, 2008.
This book offers a photographic journey into Omaha and its surroundings. The book includes looks at open spaces, farms, green spaces etc., as well as looks at the buildings and skyscrapers of Omaha. There is even snow boarder close in Iowa. Pictures of waterways, lakes and ponds. All presented in an artistic flare. There is a picture of the gate at The Gerald Ford birthplace, covered in snow which is very nice to look at.
There is a photograph of Mormon Hollow in Bellevue where the Mormons stayed for a few months on their journey west. Pictures of uniformed men at fort Atkinson firing a cannon, and a picture of Fort Crook (now Offutt) in Bellevue.
There are many picturs of statues including at Mormon Pioneer by cemetery by Avard Fairbanks and Martin Luther King down town by Littleton Alston, the pioneers by Blair Buswell at Pioneer Courage Park. There are also views inside museums, Joslyn Art Museum and galleries, and Hot Shops Center.
