Jun Kaneko is a prolific artist working across disciplines and who is known for his large scale ceramic sculptures. He and and his wife Ree initially decided to buy three empty industrial building on Jones Street as a place to store his work. Very quickly, they realized that they could do a lot more and give back to the community of Omaha by creating the Kaneko Center, a place to explore creativity in relationship to art, science and philosophy.
In May 2009, the center served as a venue for Big Omaha, a conference gathering forward-thinking creatives, entrepreneurs and innovators. See our interview with Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson, the founders and organizers of the event.
The center also includes the Kaneko/UNO (University of Nebraska in Omaha) art and design library that serves as place to stimulate creativity and the imagination of local residents.
Danny Schreiber
on Aug 31st, 2009
@ 12:05 am:
Both the facility and the people that run it are a great asset to Omaha. Each time I stop by the library, which is just a block away from my residence, I always say, “I need to get here more often.”
I’m excited about their long-term plans, too, as shown in the model above. It’s going to be awesome space.