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| Jason Jacobsen’s PUNCH! is part of Activate Omaha’s Omaha in Action Photography Series. Each image was taken in and around the metro area by local photographers and shows just how simple it is to get moving. |
Active Art on Display throughout the City
Stroll. Cycle. Stretch.
Residents from throughout the metro area are being encouraged to take on these activities and more in conjunction with a public art initiative launched June 26 at The Union Pacific Center.
Activate Omaha, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making Omaha one of the most active cities in the nation, commissioned a group of local photographers to create the Omaha in Action Photography Series. Its 21 images, taken in and around the metro area, depict people of all ages in various forms of movement. “The series really shows just how simple it is to get moving,” said Tammie Dodge, project manager for Activate Omaha.
The featured photographers are Kristin Curtis, John J. Hill, Jason Jacobsen, Chris Machian, Mike Malone, Gregg Pejsar, John Rohlk, Bill Sitzmann, Daniel Templeton, T. Thompson and Marlon A. Wright.
One of the subjects, a 74-year-old grandmother, began swimming in 1990. She went on to become a volunteer water aerobics instructor at the Butler-Gast YMCA in North Omaha.
PEDAL! is the title of another image featuring a helmeted rider successfully navigating the streets of downtown Omaha. The city, Dodge said, is on its way to becoming a bicycle friendly community. Recent evidence of this transformation is the creation of the first Omaha/Council Bluffs Metro Area Bicycle Commuter Map, which is available online at www.activateomaha.org.
“Public art not only enhances our quality of life – it can challenge us as well,” said Connie Spellman, director of Omaha by Design. “The Omaha in Action Photography Series does just that. Our city will be a better, and healthier, place if we simply get moving.”
Images from the series will be on display at public libraries and Department of Motor Vehicle locations across the city for the next 12 months, Dodge said.
The photography series is funded in part by the Omaha Urban Area Health Education Center. For more information about Activate Omaha, visit www.activateomaha.org.
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