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Midtown Gallery to Feature UNO Student Artwork

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"Smiles" by Kelli McDanal

Omaha – Students from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) have spent this semester getting a crash course in how to plan an art installation. On Saturday, Dec. 7, these students will see their hard work pay off at [forty ten], a gallery showcase at Cali Commons, Omaha’s newest co-working and gallery space.

Eight students from UNO will open their show at Cali Commons, 518 N. 40th St, at 6 p.m. with a reception that runs until 9 p.m.

The pieces on display feature the common theme of desire but widely vary in style and approach. Entries include paintings, floor sculptures, digital prints and more.

The [forty ten] showcase is the capstone project for Bart Vargas’ “Professional Practices” course, during which students learned administrative components essential for cultivating and maintaining professional artistic practices.

The show, which runs through Dec. 30, is designed and managed entirely by the eight participating students.

The Cali Commons gallery is regularly open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.

For media requests or questions, contact Charley Reed, UNO media relations coordinator, at unonews@unomaha.edu or by phone at 402.554.2129.

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The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) is Nebraska’s metropolitan university. The core values of the institution place students at the center of all that the university does; call for the campus to strive for academic excellence; and promote community engagement that transforms and improves urban, regional, national and global life. UNO, inaugurated in 1968, emerged from the Municipal University of Omaha, established in 1931, which grew out of the University of Omaha founded in 1908.