— dedicated to promoting the growth and appreciation of the arts in the Omaha community.
Artists use color to express their thoughts, feelings, and ideas in their work. These artists explore their relationship with color in Chromophilia: A Passion for Color.
With inspirations that orbit centuries from ancient Indigenous pottery to Moai statues to Land Art, Halfmoon interrogates the intersection of tradition, history, gender, and personal experience.
From wordplay with the actual letters that comprise “BLACK,” to utilizing the expanse of shades of black house paint—including as Nightfall, Soot, Ebony Field, and Black Beauty—to posing the question, “If the color black had a sound, what would it be?,” Benjamin calls attention to the color’s deep historical and social resonance.
Using glass as a medium to utilize the transmission of light and brilliancy of the glass colors to enhance the beauty of her subjects, Borgschulte hopes to capture the viewer’s interest as hers has been captured by nature.
With inspirations that orbit centuries from ancient Indigenous pottery to Moai statues to Land Art, Halfmoon interrogates the intersection of tradition, history, gender, and personal experience.
From wordplay with the actual letters that comprise “BLACK,” to utilizing the expanse of shades of black house paint—including as Nightfall, Soot, Ebony Field, and Black Beauty—to posing the question, “If the color black had a sound, what would it be?,” Benjamin calls attention to the color’s deep historical and social resonance.
Using glass as a medium to utilize the transmission of light and brilliancy of the glass colors to enhance the beauty of her subjects, Borgschulte hopes to capture the viewer’s interest as hers has been captured by nature.
With inspirations that orbit centuries from ancient Indigenous pottery to Moai statues to Land Art, Halfmoon interrogates the intersection of tradition, history, gender, and personal experience.
From wordplay with the actual letters that comprise “BLACK,” to utilizing the expanse of shades of black house paint—including as Nightfall, Soot, Ebony Field, and Black Beauty—to posing the question, “If the color black had a sound, what would it be?,” Benjamin calls attention to the color’s deep historical and social resonance.
Using glass as a medium to utilize the transmission of light and brilliancy of the glass colors to enhance the beauty of her subjects, Borgschulte hopes to capture the viewer’s interest as hers has been captured by nature.
With inspirations that orbit centuries from ancient Indigenous pottery to Moai statues to Land Art, Halfmoon interrogates the intersection of tradition, history, gender, and personal experience.
From wordplay with the actual letters that comprise “BLACK,” to utilizing the expanse of shades of black house paint—including as Nightfall, Soot, Ebony Field, and Black Beauty—to posing the question, “If the color black had a sound, what would it be?,” Benjamin calls attention to the color’s deep historical and social resonance.
