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NEWS

Events: Open studio of Big Omaha artist, AIM Happy Hour and more

932_2b75f9cb3d_small May 26, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Starting with AIM Institute's Happy Hour at 5 p.m. tomorrow, Omaha has quite the lineup of events these next two weeks. For example, if you weren't able to make it to Big Omaha or were there and missed out on exploring Scott Blake's Barcode Art (left, photo by Malone & Co. Photography), I strongly encourage you to stop by his studio this weekend. Three Omaha artists will be opening their art studios to the public on Saturday, May 29 from noon to 5 p.m. read more

SERIES

From the Founders: The Big Omaha energy carries on

924_6c367a74ad_small May 25, 2010 by Dusty Davidson & Jeff Slobotski

Omaha As we sit here just over a week since we kicked off Big Omaha 2010, we're still unbelievably amazed by what took place in our community over the course of two and a half days. A new level of excitement and passion was born at this year's event. People left changed, and for that we're extremely grateful. This year saw over 500 people come to KANEKO to experience the event we created just two short years ago. read more

PROFILES

Big Omaha: Barcode artist Scott Blake digitizes human expressions

909_62176e264a_small May 18, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej

Omaha The mission of KANEKO, the venue of the annual Big Omaha event, is to support and promote freedom in creativity, which begins with an idea and a vision to see things differently. Scott Blake, a 32-year-old Florida native, couldn't be promoting this mission any clearer with his 21st century barcode art resembling the most notable faces in modern culture. Blake, a classically trained artist, studied figure drawing for three years and painted bowls of still-life fruit. Now, instead of using a paintbrush with the flick of his… read more

NEWS

Big Omaha: Morning sessions live blog

904_165b9f7672_small May 14, 2010 by Adam Templeton

Omaha 8:32 a.m. The doors are open, the breakfast table is stocked and the mic's gettin' tested… Big Omaha 2010 is underway! Jeff and Dusty should be taking the stage in roughly 30 minutes for the day's opening speech. We'll check back in with you then! | 9:11 Jeff and Dusty are on stage. Here we go, folks! | 9:21 The crowd looks bigger and bolder than last year's, and the Silicon Prairie News guys have been working overtime to make sure Big Omaha 2010 is in… read more

NEWS

Updates & weekend fun

October 24, 2008 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha It's been a great week here in Seattle...I mean Omaha...hard to tell with all of the rain and clouds we've had.  That being said, there's a lot of great forward progress around the ... read more