June 24, 2009 FERTILE GROUND DEDICATION courtesy of KMTV Action 3 News
June 24, 2009 FERTILE GROUND DEDICATION courtesy of Philadelphia NBC 10 News
June 23, 2009 TIME FOR GIANT MURAL TO SHINE courtesy of The Omaha World Herald
Artist Meg Saligman and her assistants were sweating to finish their giant downtown mural. “Fertile Ground,” the monumental public painting on the east side of the Energy Systems Inc. building near 13th and Cass Streets, will receive its dedication and formal lighting on Wednesday night. Saligman and her crew were working feverishly last week to complete the work on time... Read more
November/December 2008 CAPTURING THE CHARACTER OF A CITY: THE OMAHA MURAL PROJECT by Heather Akerberg, courtesy of The Encounter
What do you get when a center for the arts, a philanthropic organization, and a world-renowned artist come together on a project? The result is a piece of public art that is both enormous in its physical size — measuring 22,000 square feet — as well as its historical significance. ... Read more
October 8, 2008 SENSE OF OMAHA WITHIN A PAINTING courtesy of The Omaha Newspaper
The Omaha Mural Project for artist Meg Saligman began with interviewing hundreds of people and taking thousands of photographs during three separate research visits. She came to Omaha with no preconceived notions of what the mural might look like... Read more
August 29, 2008 FERTILE GROUND BLOOMING: INTERNATION MURALIST EMBODIES HEARTLAND SPIRIT by Sally Deskins, courtesy of the Omaha Weekly Reader
The root of the second largest mural in the United States — now about halfway complete in downtown Omaha — is the authenticity of the unseen. Artist Meg Saligman has found a genuine quality in the region’s arts community through the project’s ever-expanding band of players: professional painters, the bartender who works next door to the mural site, a group of Bellevue University students... Read more
August 21, 2008 METRO AREA'S LARGEST MURAL SLOWLY TAKES SHAPE by Kim Bousquet, courtesy of SWIowa News
A short distance from the Interstate 480 bridge, a massive work of art unfolds, paint stroke by paint stroke. "Fertile Ground," a 70-foot tall and 328-foot long mural painted by internationally acclaimed artist Meg Saligman, will be the third largest mural in the United States when it is finished. The size is impressive enough, but up close, the detail of carefully mixed color and texture is incredible... Read more
August 1, 2008 OMAHA'S PAST AND PRESENT COMING TO LIFE ON A DOWNTOWN MURAL by Katie Knapp, courtesy of KIOS Omaha Public Radio
Omaha's past and present are coming alive on a mural downtown. The project is called Fertile Ground and is scheduled for completion next summer.
Nationally-renowned artist Meg Saligman is painting the mural on the side of Omaha's Energy Systems building at 13th and Webster Streets. The mural will tell Omaha's story through its people and landmarks... Read more
July 29, 2008 RESEARCH PERMEATES CITY'S MURAL by Dane Stickney, courtesy of the Omaha World Herald
When Meg Saligman climbs onto her massive scaffolding and slaps paint on a big brick wall, that's the end of the artistic process.
It started months ago with hours of research and interviews.
The Philadelphia painter is creating "Fertile Ground," a 22,000-square-foot mural about Omaha on the Energy Systems Inc. building near 13th and Cass Streets. The creation will feature people, places and landscapes from Omaha's past and present... Read more
July 23, 2008 BIG MURAL TO GO UP IN NODO courtesy of the Omaha City Weekly
The Omaha Mural Project brings in international muralist Meg Saligman, with support from the Bemis Center and the Peter Kiewit Foundation, who is currently in the early stages of completing the mural “Fertile Ground,” located on the side of the Energy System’s Building at 13th and Webster streets... Read more
June 30, 2008 MURALIST CREATING BIG PUBLIC PICTURE OF OMAHA by Dane Stickney, courtesy of the Omaha World Herald
Meg Saligman has conflicting feelings about a big blue factory wall that stretches longer than a football
field. The Philadelphia artist is creating a 22,000-square-foot mural depicting Omaha's history, present and future on the massive east wall of the Energy Systems Inc. building near 13th and Cass Streets. The Peter Kiewit Foundation is funding the project, which should be finished next spring... Read more
