Kim Sellmeyer
• – • Millwork Commons
About the speaker
Collaborator, peacekeeper, risk-taker. I lead the Hot Shops Art Center, an arts organization that provides educational opportunities to explore creativity through a variety of artistic and creative processes. For the makers/artists, we give them a place and the opportunity to be creative. For the public, Hot Shops lets everyone see and experience how the art is made. You can see the tools, the ideas on sketchpads, scale models, mistakes and do-overs. You can feel the heat from the glass furnace, watch the potters bring a lump of clay to life or the sculptor pour the molten bronze.
Our greatest pride comes from putting sparks in minds of people young and old. The looks on their faces when the glass blower pulls the 2000-degree glass out of the furnace are priceless. Our values are to celebrate the individual through education, inspiration and creation, providing a place to share and develop ideas and creative expressions. One of my proudest achievements is the role I played in developing We Don’t Coast, a brand for the Omaha region. I am a graduate of the Colorado Institute of Art and Bellevue University.
Local partners
RDG Planning & Design is a nationally recognized, multidisciplinary firm offering professional services in architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, lighting design, strategic planning, urban and comprehensive planning and design, graphic design, engineering and integrated and public art. Diverse in knowledge and experience, we are united in our pursuit to create meaning together with our clients and in our communities, and by our drive to live life responsibly and do it well.
Millwork Commons is a collaborative community designed to inspire and support the work of innovators and creators by providing engaging spaces to work, live, connect, explore, and unwind. With more than 70 businesses and nonprofit organizations located in the neighborhood, Millwork Commons is a hub for tech, art, design, and community growth.
Additional details
This is the month Omaha got to pick the theme! Join us for a bigger and better version of CM Omaha while we hear from our founding Omaha host - Kim!
Plus, enjoy Live music with Reeve Johnson, a mini gallery from Eduardo Guardea and the unveiling of our Hands in Omaha mural by Jenna Johnson! – 800 AM | Coffee & Breakfast, Networking
830 AM | Kick Off - Be ready to snag the mic and share a project you’re working on!
845 AM | Kim takes the stage!
910 AM | Q&A
930 AM | That’s a wrap! Set a coffee date with a new friend – ABOUT THE THEME When your gaze softens around the edges, where does your mind travel? What thoughts arise unbidden? Reverie beckons us to dream while awake, spinning loose associations that seem to emerge from somewhere not entirely inside or outside of you. Our woolgathering summons past memories and nascent fantasies. We turn them over and over, like smooth stones in our hand, making meaning.
Location
Hosted at
Millwork Commons
1229 Millwork Ave
Omaha, Nebraska United States 68102
When
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Photographer Wyatt Fangman
Videographer Aeric Wallace
