Public Art Displays

Public art in Omaha is big - in fact, it actually stampedes right through the city. Spirit of Nebraska's Wilderness and Pioneer Courage Parks consist of more than 100 individual bronze pieces covering more than six city blocks. Big doesn't even begin to describe the 32,500 sq. ft. mural, Fertile Ground, considered one of the largest public murals in the country. From the playful juggler and stilt-walker statues on the grounds of CenturyLink Center Omaha to the contemporary sculptures that pepper the landscape of the Gene Leahy Pedestrian mall, you'll find art in the most surprising places. For more information about Public Art in Omaha, download the Downtown Public Art Walking Tour or visit www.publicartomaha.org. An app is also available to find public art by proximity while you're in Omaha. 

Downtown

Fertile Ground Mural

Sculptor: Meg Saligman
Location: 13th & Webster Streets
Date: 2009

Fire in the Hole:

Sculptor - John Barlow Hudson
Location: Omaha-Douglas Civic Center Plaza
16^th and Farnam Streets
Date: 1986

The Road to Omaha:

Sculptor: John Lajba
Location: TD Ameritrade Park
1200 Mike Fahey St
Date: 1999

Dance of the Cranes:

Sculptor - John Ramondi
Location: Eppley Airfield
Date: 1986

Yellow Ascending:

Sculptor: George Sugarman
Location: Joslyn Art Museum
24^th and Dodge Streets
Date: 1977

Spirit of Nebraska Wilderness:

Sculptor: Kent Ullberg
Location: First National Bank of Omaha (downtown tower)
16^th and Dodge
Date: 2002

Take a Seat:

Sculptor: Various artists
Location: Gene Leahy Mall
10th-13th & Dodge
Date: 2009
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Neptune:

Sculptor: Eva Aeppli
Location: Garden of the Zodiac
1042 Howard Street (Old Market Passageway)
Date: 1980

Nebraska Grilles:

Sculptor: Stephen Robin
Location: Roman L. Hruska United States Courthouse
111 South 18^th Plaza

Nebraska Centennial Glass Mosaic:

Artist: Tom Bartek
Location: World Building
18^th and Douglas Street
Date: 1967

Learning To Fly:

Sculptor: Matt Lowe
Location: CenturyLink Center
Date: 2005

Blue Cube:

Sculptor: R. Justin Stewart
Location: CenturyLink Center
Date: 2005

Illumina:

Sculptor: Matthew Placzek
Location: CenturyLink Center
Date: 2007

Plant Life:

Sculptor: David Helm
Location: CenturyLink Center
Date: 2005

Sky Fin:

Sculptor: Catherine Ferguson
Location: CenturyLink Center
Date: 2005

Vista 17:

Sculptor: Jackie Sterba
Location: CenturyLink Center
Date: 2005

Omaha's Cultural Quilt:

Various artists
Location: CenturyLink Center
Date: 2005

Martin Luther King Jr.:

Sculptor: Littleton Alston
Location: Farnam Street, Civic Center Plaza
Date: 2003

Totem:

Sculptor: Catherine Ferguson
Location: W. Dale Clark Library
Date: 2005

By the Bucket Full:

Sculptor: Jamie Burmeister
Location: Gene Leahy Mall
Date: 2004

Dangos:

Sculptor: Jun Kaneko
Location: 1001 Cass, Hilton Omaha
Date: 2004

Midtown

Waterworks:

Sculptor: Alice Aycock
Location: UNO South Campus, 67 and Pacific
Date: 1993

Hammerjack:

Sculptor: Sidney Buchanan
Location: Pacesetter Corporation, 4405 South 96^th St.
Date: 1994

Toreador Red:

Sculptor: Dale Chiluly
Location: Peter Kiewit Institute, UNO, 1110 South 67^th Street
Date: 2000

Fountain:

Sculptor: Grant Kenner
Location: Creighton University, South of entrance to St. John's Church 2500 California
Date: 1992

Dundee Streetcar:

Artist: Jay Tschetter
Location: Underwood Avenue and Happy Hollow Blvd.
Date: 2002

Knowledge:

Sculptor: Littleton Alston
Location: UNO Campus - Allwine Hall, 6001 Dodge St.
Date: 2001

Castle of Perseverance:

Artist: Andrew Leicester
Location: UNO Campus - Weber Fine Arts building, 6001 Dodge St.
Date: 1993

Sounding Stones:

Sculptor: Leslie Iwai
Location: Turner Park (Midtown)
Date: 2005

Jazz:

Sculptor: Littleton Alston
Location: North 24^th St.
Date: 2004

West

Pyrata:

Sculptor: Leslie Bruning
Location: 101 South 108 Ave.
Date: 1984

Reading Garden:

Sculptor: Catherine Ferguson
Location: Millard Library, 132 Westwood Lane
Date: 1999

Wind Organ:

Sculptor: Douglas Hollis
Location: Standing Bear Lake, 132^nd and Fort Street (NE entrance # 4)
Date: 1989

He's My Brother:

Sculptor: Enzo Plazzotta
Location: Boys Town Campus, 155^th and Dodge St.
Date: 1977

Angel of Hope:

Sculptor: Ortho and Jared Fairbanks
Location: Boys Town Campus, 155^th and Dodge St.
Date: 2010

Flama:

Sculptor: Saunders Schultz
Location: Northern Natural Gas Company 111 South 103 St.
Date: 1991

Heart and Soul:

Sculptor: Trudy Swanson
J. Doe project, One Pacific Place, 104^th and Pacific Sts.
Date: 2001

Valmont Around The World:

Sculptor: Milton Heinrich
Location: Valmont Industries, Inc. One Valmont Place