Maria Barmettler, a newcomer this season, is a senior at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She currently studies Apparel and Textile Design and plans to graduate this coming May.
Dalton Taylor is a newcomer this season for Omaha Fashion Week. The Journalist, Blogger, and Designer currently works and studies in New York City.
Omaha Fashion Week and Develop Model Management will be holding a Model Casting Prep Workshop on December 14th. If you are interested in modeling for March 2016 Omaha Fashion Week, we highly encourage attending this workshop prior to attending the model call (held on January 16th). Participants ages 12+ will learn how to interact with photographers and improve their walking technique on the runway.
Check out which designers made it into Omaha Fashion Week's March 2016 season! Shows are March 15-20, 2016. Tickets go on sale to the public January 11.
We are so excited to bring another season of the Midwest’s premiere fashion event to our audience this March! We are already busy planning this extraordinary event after just a short break following the August shows.
Another remarkable season of Omaha Fashion Week is in the books! It was definitely an eventful night at the VIP Finale. Top designers from the current season competed to win the Omaha Fashion Cup!
Omaha Fashion Week is slowly coming to an end with tonight being the last showcase for the fashion celebration! Last night was our Evening Wear Showcase. Designers who presented their elegant collections included Fella Vaughn, Alison Cloet, Andrea Hurtt, Leah Kettleson, Alesha Johnson, Buf Reynolds, and Denise Ervin.
What to expect at the OFW August 2015 VIP Runway Finale!!
Omaha Fashion Week enjoyed another evening of phenomenal designs in the Fashion Tent last night! The designers who presented collections formed our second Ready-to-Wear Showcase for the week.
Omaha Fashion Week celebrated another night of style with the first Ready-to-Wear Showcase of OFW August 2015 last night. Designers who presented their elegant and fun style include Juantiesha Christian, Sydney Moore, Alejandra Buenrostro, Michelle Dunn, Tamara Newson, and Triple Thread.
Last night, Omaha Fashion Week brought an Avant Garde and Swimwear Showcase to the runway. Designers who presented collections included Judy Bales, Michaela Cawley, Ellene McClay, Jennifer Pool, Sabrina Jones, and Dan Richters. The garments we saw last night were designed with intricate, artistic, and unique combinations.
Last night we kicked off Omaha Fashion Week of August 2015 with our Bridal, Children’s, and Sister Cities Showcase. We had a great evening of food, cocktails, art, and of course, fashion!
The lost art of fashion illustration is making a comeback this year at OFW! Local fashion designer and illustrator, Audi Helkuik will be sketching live from the runway all week! You can buy Audi's sketches of your favorite design at OFW by stopping by the check in desk in the Evolving Art Gallery.
There is something new to feast your eyes on this season at OFW - our Evolving Art Gallery featuring the work of Matt Babe. Matt graduated from Westside High School this past May and participated in one of our favorite student art programs - the Kent Bellows Mentoring Program at the Joslyn Art Museum. We have frequently featured the work of Kent Bellows' fashion design students on the runway and on platforms over the years. Now we are excited to showcase one of their top visual artists!
Finale attendees will get first dibs on a new line of luxury handbags from tehra&b, a brand created by Omaha business woman, Pamela Finn. Each tehra&b item is the result of the many gifts of her relationships with the best leather houses, tanneries, factories, and creative minds from around the globe.
Friday night is our last night before the VIP Finale! After a fun-filled week we will be finishing up with an Evening Wear Showcase.
Thursday night will be our second showcase of Ready-to-Wear collections. We are excited to bring a marvelous group of designers to show their hard work!
We are getting just days away from Omaha Fashion Week August of 2015! Along with extraordinary runway shows each night, you can also expect some of your favorite retailers at our booths and on our platforms.
Wednesday Night will feature our first Ready-to-Wear Showcase! As always, it should be an eventful night with amazing designs coming down the runway!
Hey fashion friends! We're excited to be a part of the North Omaha Summer Arts Crawl this year, and we wanted to share it with you! You can read the event's press release below for more information.
North Omaha Summer Arts Crawl culminates free festival; Arts Crawl is Friday, August 14 from 6 to 9 p.m.
OMAHA, NE – North Omaha native, resident and artist Pamela Jo Berry saw a need for more art to be infused into her community. So she dreamed up something called North Omaha Summer Arts (NOSA) in order to bring art in all its forms into that underserved neighborhood. With the help of partners and collaborators she’s made it a reality. This free, family-friendly arts festival for the community, by the community wraps up Year 5 with the annual Arts Crawl on Friday, August 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. The Arts Crawl happens at venues up and down and around North 30th Street. Take a stroll or drive from Metropolitan College Fort Omaha campus north to various churches to Heartland Family Service/Solomon Girls Center to enjoy inspiring visual art and soothing live music by artists from the community.
Sample the work of artists in a wide variety of mediums and meet some of the artists sharing their work. Free refreshments and homemade snacks available at each stop.
"I am very excited about the fifth annual North Omaha Summer Arts Arts Crawl." Berry says. "From 6 to 9 p.m. we have five locations showing beautiful art and serving really good food. New this year, the Washington Branch Library is hosting a reception from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and there will be food and art there as well.
"The Arts Crawl features established artists and newcomers, all of whom love to share their art and its story with audiences. The food is wonderful at each stop. The deserts at Parkside Baptist Church are another work of art."
The Arts Crawl lineup:
• Metropolitan Community College Fort Omaha campus, Mule Barn Building #21 New this year: Omaha Fashion Week at the Mule Barn
• Church of the Resurrection, 3004 Belvedere Blvd. (just northwest of 30th and Kansas Ave.)
• Trinity Lutheran Church, 6340 North 30th St. (30th and Redick) Featuring a Community Peace mural made by teens and seniors from the North Omaha Intergenerational Human Services Campus
• Parkside Baptist Church, 3008 Newport Ave. (30th and Newport Ave.)
• Heartland Family Service/Solomon Girls Center, 6720 North 30th St. (30th and Titus Ave.)
NEW THIS YEAR:
• Washington Branch Library, 2868 Ames Ave. is hosting an Arts Crawl reception from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Enjoy art and refreshments at the library.
Berry describes the Community Peace mural that a group of teens and seniors from the North Omaha Intergenerational Human Services Campus made under the direction of artist Pamela Hinson:
"This year we wanted to make a mural about North Omaha," Berry says. "It is a beautiful, vibrant place to live, yes. even with all the attention on the violence and the issue of poverty. There are sweet, peaceful neighborhoods, people of different hues, faiths and languages, families of all generations in the parks, community gardens and small forests. And there is art in all forms.
"Many people care about North Omaha's redevelopment and the well-being of the people. Better things are on the horizon. There is much prayer for peace in exchange for the violence that seems to linger in the in-between spaces here.. Our mural is about peace in and for North Omaha. Maybe as we focus on the good that can be found here, better ideas for mastering poverty and violence will come forth."
The mural will be displayed at Trinity Lutheran Church during the Crawl.
The North Omaha Summer Arts team invites the general public from all over the metro to come participate in this important milestone of 5 years bringing art to North Omaha. Discover art and artists in our midst whose work deserves wider appreciation and recognition.
Before, during or after the Crawl, enjoy some of North Omaha’s other resources, including the Loves Jazz & Arts Center, the Carver Bank, the Union for Contemporary Art, the Bryant Center, Miller Park and the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation.
Visit the NOSA Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/NorthOmahaSummerArts and the NOSA Arts Crawl Facebook Event page.
For more information, email pamelajoh100@hotmail.com or call 402-502-4669/402-709-1359.