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Press Release 5:
FERTILE GROUND PROJECT PARTNERS
THE GERALD R. FORD CONSERVATION CENTER
Omaha, NE (August 28, 2008) –They’ve treated a pair of JFK’s sunglasses for a private collector and, for the Sheldon Museum of Art, restored a priceless Blakelock oil painting measuring all of four by five inches.
Now Julie Reilly’s team at the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center is setting its sights on a somewhat larger object. The conservators are coordinating and chronicling much of the science behind Fertile Ground, Meg Saligman’s monolithic 22,000 square foot mural rising above 13th and Webster Streets...
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Press Release 4:
OMAHA MURAL PROJECT PARTNERS
ECLECTIC GROUP BEHIND MEG SALIGMAN'S FERTILE GROUND
Omaha, NE (August 11, 2008) – One is an energy company that weaves a spider’s web of subterranean pipelines to provide heating and cooling services to 70% of downtown buildings, including the likes of Creighton University and the Qwest Center. The other is a leader in digital surveillance solutions with clients in the military and law enforcement communities...
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Press Release 3:
FACES IN THE CROWD: CHARACTERS TAKE SHAPE IN THE OMAHA MURAL PROJECT'S "FERTILE GROUND"
Omaha, NE (July 28, 2008) – One by one, the figures are coming into view in “Fertile Ground,” the 70 foot tall, 328-foot long mural on the Energy Systems building at 13th and Webster Streets. The Omaha Mural Project, a gift to the city from the Peter Kiewit Foundation that is being managed by the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, will ultimately reveal almost 50 likenesses of real life Omahans in a work that defines how we as a community think about who we are, how we got here and where we are going...
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Press Release 2:
OMAHA MURAL PROJECT: THE BEMIS CENTER ANNOUNCES ITS PARTICIPATION IN AMBITIOUS PUBLIC ART EFFORT
Omaha, NE (July 14, 2008) -– There are over 800,000 stories out there. This is one of them. But it’s also so much more than just a single story in a metro area whose population is fast approaching the million mark. That’s because the Omaha Mural Project’s “Fertile Ground” by internationally acclaimed artist Meg Saligman will reveal almost 50 real-life Omahans in telling “our story.” Add touchstone historical references that layer intergenerational levels of depth and the giant 22,000 square foot mural, one of the largest in the nation upon completion, becomes a compelling narrative that defines how we think about our past, present and future...
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Press Release 1:
FERTILE GROUND, OMAHA MURAL PROJECT EMERGES IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA
OMAHA NE (June 30, 2008) -- Omaha’s newest and largest public art project in history is beginning to emerge downtown. The Trustees of the Peter Kiewit Foundation, in partnership with the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and Energy Systems Inc., announce this unique collaboration that is creating a 22,000 square foot outdoor mural on the east exterior wall of the Energy Systems plant on North 13th Street between Cass and Webster Streets. The mural is located in the heart of one of downtown Omaha’s most rapidly re-developing neighborhoods near the Qwest Center, Hilton Hotel, Creighton University, the Saddle Creek Records development, and FilmStreams movie theatre. Painting of the design began last week. When finished in June, 2009, this mural will be one of the largest public art murals in the United States...
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