Omaha Art School

If you remember Omaha Art School, or had friends who went to school there, please feel free, to jot down your memories, of Omaha Art School, or the folks who went to school there, etc.
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1970: David and Cathy. (Former students, of Omaha Art School).

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"Leopard" scratchboard, by former Omaha Art School student, Jim Canaday. (Posted with permission of J.C.).

This album is dedicated to the many people (from the Directors & Teachers, to the countless students, etc.), who were, for a time, "connected" to the Omaha Art School. We welcome old photographs, and your "memories" of Omaha Art School).

SCRATCHBOARD: Baby Goat perched on the top of a rural mailbox.

Mr. Wayne Wilson. Omaha Art School.

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OMAHA ART SCHOOL.

• ADDRESS: 14th and Farnam Street. Omaha, Nebraska.
• ESTABLISHED: As yet, the date is unknown. However, Omaha Art School was in operation in 1948 (as early advertisements illustrate); and, the school may have been established as early as 1940.
• CLOSURE: The Omaha Art School closed its doors sometime between 1970 and 1977.
• LOCATION(s) OF SCHOOL: Although Farnam Street was not the first site for the Omaha Art School, the final and most well-known location of the Omaha Art School was in downtown Omaha, in the "penthouse" of the old Woodmen of the World Building, at 14th and Farnam. Originally 18 stories, an additional story was added to the Woodmen of the World building in 1919, to accommodate radio station WOW. When built, the Woodmen of the World Building was the tallest between Chicago and the West Coast. A large dedication ceremony was held October 3, 1912. [The original W.O.W. building was demolished in 1977].

• FOUNDER OF THE OMAHA ART SCHOOL: Wayne H. Wilson.
DATE THAT OMAHA ART SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED: At present, the date that the school was established is unknown; however, there is documentation that Omaha Art School existed as early as 1948, as the following advertisement illustrates:

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PUBLICATION: "CENTRAL HIGH REGISTER,"
VOL. LXIII -- No. 18.
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB.
PUBLICATION DATE: Friday, May 21, 1948
[Page 3 of 4].

[Advertisement]:

STUDY ART

Summer School in Commercial and Fine Art
BEGINS JUNE 21

OMAHA ART SCHOOL
Wayne H. Wilson, Director Dept. 20
1607 1/2 Jackson St.
Omaha, Nebr.
Government Approved
SEND NOW FOR NEW CATALOG

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