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by Unknown
Mediums: Granite
Location: Mid-Town; Elmwood Park 68th and Leavenworth 100 yards North of the Grotto and 100 yards to the East of the Pavilion in the Park
Owner: City of Omaha
Additional Information: This baseball player, dubbed Bosco by some who didn’t appreciate his lack of style and grace, was atop a pedestal in Elmwood Park. Bocso was bronze and with the base, cost the Omaha Amateur Baseball Association $3500.00 in 1927. Made in a Chicago foundry, Bosco was dedicated in a ceremony in which a little girl doused him with a bottle of Elmwood spring water. The site for Bosco is adjacent to the Grotto (which had spring water) in Elmwood Park. Bosco remained on site until 1942 when he was dumped on a scrap-metal pile at 11th & Jackson streets during a collection campaign for “scrap metal for the war” (started by the Omaha World-Herald). A group of Central High School students freed Bosco with crowbars and wrenches and delivered him by truck to the collection site. There has been discussion over the years about replacing Bosco atop the remaining pedestal.
Mediums: Metal
Location: Mid-Town; 333 Kiewit Tower, on the west end of the building.
Owner: Clarkson Hospital
A Molloscock's Inversion of Sky and Sea , 2010
Location: Mid-Town; 6053 Binney Street west side of the Benson Professional Building
Owner: The Professional Building
Series: Benson Mural Project
Additional Information: In 2009, seven people gathered with the common purpose of transforming a portion of Benson’s environment through creative neighborhood projects. After much brainstorming they settled on a public art venture in the form of a mural project. The seven represented Leadership Omaha Class 31, itself a project of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. The group contacted Benson High School and 12 artists submitted their ideas.
Mediums: Stone
Location: Mid-Town; Creighton Preparatory High School, 7400 Western Avenue East wall
Owner: Creighton Prep High School
Location: Mid-Town; Creighton Prep High School 7400 Western Ave Located on the North West side of the school
Owner: Creighton Prep High School
by Alyssa Denny
Location: Mid-Town; Adventure in Art, 6001 Maple Street,
Owner: Adventure in Art
Additional Information: Kristi Pederson, owner of Adventure in Art, has always felt that troubled kids had a lot to say. They just sometime couldn't express themselves. With this in mind, she approached the local Drug Court and was allowed to do a presentation to all of the kids currently in the program. She held a contest and the winning design is what you see on the side of the building at my business. Almost all of the kids in Drug Court participated; from prep work to the actual painting of the mural and to the clean up stages as well. Alyssa Denny was the artist with the winning design.
by Jake Balcom
Mediums: Steel
Location: Mid-Town; 6005 Underwood Avenue
Owner: City of Omaha
Additional Information: The sculpture was commissioned by the Dundee/Memorial Park Association with a gift from an anonymous donor. The artist chose the name Ascension because it felt like the sculpture was still evolving and it would keep growing larger and larger, rising to a monumental state.
by Dan Boye
Location: Mid-Town; 704 TAC Building, 3230 Burt Street. Located on the south side of Cumming Street and on the northeast side of the building.
Owner: Omaha Public Schools
Mediums: Steel
Location: Mid-Town; Heartland Family Service,2101 South 42nd St.
Owner: Heartland Family Service
by Gerard Pefung; Latasha Hill; Erin Robins; Drew Shifter
Location: Mid-Town; Keystone Trail at 67th and Mercy
Owner: Kent Bellows Studio
Series: Kent Bellows Studio Murals
Additional Information: With a dynamic vision for Omaha’s future and a unique and versatile curriculum model, The Kent Bellows Studio & Center for Visual Arts is proud to encourage the development of inspired, engaged citizens dedicated to their community. At Kent Bellows, high school students of all backgrounds take classroom techniques to the next level. They develop their own intensive course of study, setting personal goals and overcoming creative obstacles. While working hands-on up to 20 hours a month with the finest professional artists in the metro, our students build critical thinking and problem-solving skills, tenacity, and a lifelong drive for innovation. The mentor on this piece was Gerard Pefung and the Young Artists were Latasha Hill, Erin Robins, and Drew Shifter.