Melody Scott is an Omaha sculptor working in steel. Learn how she started her career at 46 with the mentoring of professors at Metro Community College and is now operating a full sculpture studio and showing her organic and flowing sculpture in galleries, public environments, and integrated into architectural forms.

Jerome Dubas teaches visual art at Grand Island Senior High School and has facilitated the creation of a student lead 21st Century educational experience called Underground Contemporary Arts Gallery. Jerome joins me with three of his students to talk about the journey of opening and running an art gallery in Grand Island.

Heather Duckers is a spiritual portrait painter. She infuses color and stones into beautiful abstract paintings that represent a portrait of ones inner spirituality.

Madoka Wayoro is the director of the UNL Kawasaki Reading Room on city campus. Serving students and faculty, the reading room of Japanese studies provides over 7000 resources to the UNL and general public communities. Stop by for some tea, Japanese conversation, DVD, or book.

Keri Kriston has a theatre and house painting background that didn’t fulfill her internal passion for art. Working as a visual artist brings her joy in meeting people and telling their story through portrait painting.

Daniel Owen has many influences in his life providing a variety of subjects to draw and paint. Using primarily mixed media, Daniel has incorporated traditional materials with unique choices like automotive paint.

Daniel Leija paints many figurative subjects with an Art Nouveau style. His subjects are exotic figures posed with beautiful decorative borders. Listen in as Daniel shares his lifelong passion.

Sandy Meyer is a well known artist in Nebraska who lives and works in North Platte. She paints natural and everyday subjects with watercolor and mixed media.

Sandy Carpenter is a lifelong learner and taught art for 30 years. She now works as an artist in here studio producing pottery. She calls herself a colorist and she enjoys using color additives to her porcelain clay body.

Mike Brown is a painter of beautiful women represented in a moody colorful bold simplified form. He selects the subject based on the facial characteristics that contribute to his high contrast abstract style. Listen in as Mike shares the process of how he transitions his subjects using image software to manipulate and brainstorm color and mood.