Rebecca Rotert
The world is more
generous than bleak.
Omaha By Design
24th & Farnam, N/E
Phrase Writer
Inspirational Phrase .
Bench Sponsor
Bus Stop Location
Steve Langan
Recollections made whole,
he stood still for plenitude.
O! Campaign
24th & Chicago, S/E
David Franklin
She smiled, realizing she
could start her day over
anytime she wanted.
Friends of Public Art
108th & Emmet, S/E
Timothy Schaffert
Stepping briskly from the
thrift shop, she fluffed the
pink fur of her fake mink.
Democractic Divas
30th & Chicago, N/W
Artists CoOp
Steve Langan
Empires of sound, the history
of flight, roosting meadows.
An Enthusiast for Public Art
Florence Blvd & Pratt, N/W
Sarah McKinstry-Brown
This earth is a prayer,
disguised as a poem
Terry & Judy Haney
30th & Webster, N/W
Jennifer Lambert
Reach high—the tree
is tall, the fruit ripe.
Edward R. Danner
Neighborhood Association
Florence Blvd & Pratt, S/E
Dina Rogel
Dream big, live large.
Metro Area Transit
24th & Cuming, N/E
Timothy Schaffert
Follow the trail of a book, and
find yourself magnificently lost.
Friends of the Omaha
Public Library
Fontenelle & Ames, N/E
Jeremy Lerman
This bench for dreamers.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas
Peterson, Maureen Fulton,
Theresa Cuellar
24th & Binney
Judith Slater
Give me your hand.
Tell us our future.
Gary & Mary Day
Ames Ave & Florence Blvd, N/E
Lee Baker
To learn how to fly, he asked
those who had soared a while.
Friends of Peggy
24th & Spaulding, East
Donovan L. Welch
Humorous people,
like jello, jiggle.
The Huff Family
46th & Ames, S/W
Paul Otero
The kiss of art,
mysterious universe
inhaled in human hearts.
Bob-Mary-Alex-Mamie
Pershing & Ida, S/W
Sarah McKinstry-Brown
Stretch the world like an
accordion to make room
for the song of you.
Joan Baillon & Vern Wood
Fontenelle & Ames, S/W
Julie Jons
This wasn’t here yesterday.
We’re not the same.
The Lozier Foundation
Pershing & Whitmore, S/W
Jennifer Lambert
The clock is fast/
the hands spin/live now!
Metro. Community College
70th & Ames
Portia V. Love-King
The essence of me/this
poetry/stars and moon
beams at my hand. Create
Joan Gibson & Donald Wurster
16th & Ellison, N/E
Leslie Prisbell
Seek out truth, beauty,
and love…in tap shoes!
Friends of Skutt
Catholic H.S. Fine Arts
72nd & Pratt, N/W
Leslie Prisbell
You are free to stand up,
gather your children, and
walk toward the sunshine.
Peter Kiewit Foundation
16th & Jaynes, N/E
Timothy Schaffert
One sad day he realized he’d
conspired in his own obscurity.
aVENue gALLery
72nd & Spring, West
and Linda Meigs
Connor Meigs
Art is not Communication.
It is Dialogue.
Kiwanis Club of Florence
30th & Morman, S/E
Karen Shoemaker
’Look what I found,’
I said, holding a ball—
and tomorrow—in my hands.
Leavenworth Neighborhood
Association
35th & Leavenworth, S/W
Judith Slater
Leap into the air, weightless
for one split second.
Peter Kiewit Foundation
Florence Blvd & Wirt, N/W
Virginia Thomas
Respect yourself—
body and soul.
Visiting Nurses Association
39th & Leavenworth, S/W
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*Due to rough neighborhoods of the Near North Side (above
Downtown) six
benches were not photographic. Instead, photos of bench maquettes from the pre-open house Sponsorship Catalog are used. |