Hot Shops Art Center — Attraction in Omaha

My favorite art collections are the free ones, especially when they are installed outside and accessible to just about anyone who wants to know. Hot Shops Neighbors & All (not the name of the place) is in my opinion the finest iteration of the creative commercial community motif in Omaha. So far I have not entered any of the buildings, even those that are open for business. Loitering is my favorite outdoor sport and I find loiteracy abundant in & around the East Omaha Hoodwink. One might be inclined to infer a pedestrian preference among the city's founders and their architects. I am grateful to them and to the current stewards of our urbanimity. They provide us with many delightful sites to waste our precious time in. My time is put up to a superlative sort of disuse in Hot...

I stumbled in to a world that I felt that I truly belonged. The words "at last", brought my spirit more joy than it has before, my prior time was a mere just quick peek, but I had the time,and the energy that fed my soul drove me further into discovery. Not only did I feel home, but it felt like the home, the heart, the pain, the joys, and all the things that not only someone like me needs,and craves to live, But to survive. It's was colorful, dark,bright. The all within the most,and the spaces between. My dog and I Sacé, (sa-chee),were on our adventure to clear our minds and hearts, and ran into what it is ,that we'd like to call home. So if you're a mixed batch of whatever and love art of many mediums, than the only answer is...

On Sunday, December 2nd, I attended Hot Shops' Holiday Festival. 'Got to visit with visual Artist Paula Wallace. She's a delight, and is also from my home area, Shelby County, Iowa. I purchased her annual calendar; my favorite month was January, featuring a pretty watercolor nut hatch, which she signed for me. 'Next stop, the gallery space of artist Caroline Schmitz, also from my home area. I found a small flaming chalice, which just happens to be the symbol of my denomination, the Unitarian Universalist Association. It was a ceramic chalice, containing pretty stones and a candle; 'just what I've been wanting to get. It was affordable, too. My afternoon was fun, fulfilling, and...