Please send your online digital samples and/or audio attachments to marq_manner@yahoo.com. Good luck!

VISUAL ARTS

Best 2D Artist - Vera Mercer

Best 3D Artist - Jun Kaneko

Best Emerging Visual Artist -Ying Zhu

Best Group Visual - "Extraordinary Rendition" - bemisUNDERGROUND

Best New Media Artist - Ying Zhu

Best Solo Show - Vera Mercer - "Still Lifes" - Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Best Visual Artist - Vera Mercer

PERFORMING ARTS

Best Actor: Comedy/Drama - Scott Kurz “Distant Music” - Brigit Saint Brigit

Best Actor: Musical - Steve Krambeck - “Dirty Rotten Scoundrals” - Bellevue Little Theatre

Best Actress: Comedy/Drama - Ruth Rath - "Three Tall Women” - Blue Barn Theatre

Best Actress: Musical - Kirstin Kluver “Guys and Dolls” Omaha Community Playhouse

Best Choreography - Roxanne Nielsen - “Guys and Dolls” - Omaha Community Playhouse

Best Comedic Play - “Distant Music” - Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre - 

Best Director: Comedy/Drama - Kevin Lawler - “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” - Blue Barn Theatre

Best Dramatic Play - “Three Tall Women” - Blue Barn Theatre

Best Featured Dancer - Erika Overturff - “Momentum” - Ballet Nebraska

Best Local Dance Production   “Momentum” - Ballet Nebraska

Best Local Slam Poet - Matt Mason

Best Musical - “The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” - Omaha Community Playhouse

Best Musical Direction - Mark Kurtz - ”Smokey Joe’s Café” - Children’s Respite Care Center

Best Supporting Actor: Comedy/Drama - Scott Working - “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” - Blue Barn Theatre

Best Supporting Actor: Musical - Dan Chevalier - “The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” - Omaha Community Playhouse

Best Supporting Actress: Comedy/Drama - Laura Leininger - “Distant Music” - Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre

Best Supporting Actress: Musical - Jennifer Tritz - “The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” - Omaha Community Playhouse

Costume Design - Georgiann Regan - “Guys and Dolls” - Omaha Community Playhouse

Lighting Design - Steven L. Williams - “Dark Play, or Stories for Boys” - University of   Nebraska – Omaha

Original Script - Monica Bauer - “My Occasion of Sin” - Shelterbelt Theatre

Performance by Young Actors - Bailey Newman - “My Occasion of Sin” - Shelterbelt Theatre

Performance for A Young Audience - “Pride Players: Project 13” - Rose Teens ‘n’ Theatre

Scenic Design - Scott Kurz - “Distant Music” - Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre

Sound Design - Amanda Miller - “The Year of Magical Thinking” - Circle Theatre

LIVE MUSIC

Album of the Year - Bright Eyes- The Peoples Key

Alternative/Indie - Conduits

Artist of the Year - Galvanized Tron

Best Progressive/Experiment/Funk - Satchel Grande

Best Soul/ R&B/ Gospel - Lucas Kellison and the Assembled Soul

Blues - Kris Lager Band

Country/Americana - Matt Cox Band

Cover Band - Yesterday and Today

DJ/ Electronic - Icky Blossoms

Ethnic/World - The Bishops

Hard Rock - Broken Crown

Hip Hop/Rap - Galvanized Tron

Jazz - Jazzocracy

New Artist - Snake Island!

Rock - Rock Paper Dynamite

Singer-Songwriter/Adult Alternative - All Young Girls Are Machine Guns

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This year’s list was compiled from hundreds of public nominations submitted online during the open ballot session at oea-awards.com. Hancock & Dana, one of Omaha’s largest locally-owned accounting firms, tallied the top five nominations in each category.

A few names, such as visual artist Tim Guthrie, appear more than once on the nominee list. This year, Guthrie was nominated three times, and is a hopeful in the Best Visual Artist, Best 2-D Visual Artist and Best New Media Visual Artist categories.

Ticket information as well as performances will be posted soon. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact us at oea.awards@gmail.com.

Best Visual Artist

Joe Broghammer

Tim Guthrie

Bill Hoover

Jun Kaneko

Vera Mercer

Best Emerging Visual Artist

Leslie Diuguid

Victoria Hoyt

Kim Reid Kuhn

Bill Sitzmann   

Christina Renfer Vogel

Ying Zhu

Best 2D Visual Artist

Joe Broghammer

Tim Guthrie

Bill Hoover

Vera Mercer

Christina Narwicz

Kristin Pluhacek

Best 3D Visual Artist

Justin Beller

Jamie Burmeister 

Jun Kaneko

Robert Miller

Larry Sosso

Iggy Sumnik

Best New Media Visual Artist

Jamie Burmeister

Tim Guthrie

Doug Hayko

Susan Knight

Alex Myers

Kjell Peterson

Ying Zhu

 Best Group Visual Art Show

 “Body As Text” –RNG Gallery

“Extraordinary Rendition” –bemisUNDERGROUND

“Bienvenidos/Welcome” – Cathedral Cultural Center Sunderland Gallery

“Les Femmes Folles” – RNG Gallery

“Reunion: Old Friends–New Work” – Hot Shops Art Center

“Science Fair” – Urban Storage

Best Solo Visual Art Show

Bill Hoover: “Paintings from the Vision Inhabited House,” Stone House Art Gallery

Jun Kaneko: “Outside Kaneko,” Lauritzen Gardens

Vera Mercer: “Still Lifes,” Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Christina Narwicz: “Fluid,” Anderson O'Brien Gallery

Kristin Pluhacek: “Weeds/Pods/Seeds & Landscapes,” Lauritzen Gardens

Iggy Sumnik: “On and Off the Wall,” The New BLK Gallery

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Performing Arts

Best Show

Musical

"Guys and Dolls," Omaha Community Playhouse

"The King and I," Ralston Community Theatre

"Rooms: A Rock Romance," The Candy Project

"Smokey Joe’s Cafe," Children’s Respite Care Center

"The Sound of Music," Rose Theater

"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," Omaha Community Playhouse

Drama

"Dark Play, or Stories for Boys," University of Nebraska at Omaha

"Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol," Blue Barn Theatre

"Three Tall Women," Blue Barn Theatre

"Tuesdays With Morrie," Omaha Community Playhouse

"The Year of Magical Thinking," Circle Theater

Comedy

"Becky’s New Car," Omaha Community Playhouse

"Distant Music," Brigit St. Brigit Theatre

"Noises Off," University of Nebraska at Omaha

"Steel Magnolias," Omaha Community Playhouse

"A Thousand Clowns," Omaha Community Playhouse

Direction

Comedy or Drama

Carl Beck, "Tuesdays With Morrie," Omaha Community Playhouse

Amy Lane, "Becky’s New Car," Omaha Community Playhouse

Amy Lane, "Dark Play, or Stories for Boys," University of Nebraska at Omaha

Kevin Lawler, "Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol," Blue Barn Theatre

Susan Clement-Toberer, "Three Tall Women," Blue Barn Theatre

Stage Direction, Musical

Carl Beck, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," Omaha Community Playhouse

Gordon Cantiello, "Smokey Joe’s Cafe," Children’s Respite Care Center

Susan Baer Collins, "Guys and Dolls," Omaha Community Playhouse

Jennifer Holcombe, "The Sound of Music," Rose Theater

Todd Uhrmacher, "The King and I," Ralston Community Theater

Music Direction, Musical

Jim Boggess, "Guys and Dolls," Omaha Community Playhouse

Jim Boggess, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," Omaha Community Playhouse

Mark Kurtz, "Smokey Joe’s Cafe," Children’s Respite Care Center

Zach Peterson, "Rooms: A Rock Romance," The Candy Project

Kevin Smith, "The Sound of Music," Rose Theater

Choreography

Sue Gillespie Booton, "The Sound of Music," Rose Theater

Debbie Massey, "The Music Man," Papillion-La Vista Community Theatre

Roxanne Nielsen, "Guys and Dolls," Omaha Community Playhouse

Roxanne Nielsen, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," Omaha Community Playhouse

Patrick Roddy, "Smokey Joe’s Cafe," Children’s Respite Care Center

Acting – Musicals

Actress

Angela Jenson-Frey, "Guys and Dolls," Omaha Community Playhouse

Shiloh Jones, "The Music Man," Papillion-La Vista Community Theatre

Kirstin Kluver, "Guys and Dolls," Omaha Community Playhouse

Ruth Rath, "Mame," Bellevue Little Theatre

Jodi Vacarro, "The Sound of Music," Rose Theater

Actor

Steve Krambeck, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," Bellevue Little Theatre

Ryan Pivonka, "The King and I," Ralston Community Theatre

Seth Shirley, "Guys and Dolls," Omaha Community Playhouse

Mark Thornburg, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," Bellevue Little Theatre

Dan Tracy, "Floyd Collins," Creighton University

Kirk Vaughn-Robinson, "The Sound of Music," Rose Theater

Supporting Actress

Mary Carrick, "The Sound of Music," Rose Theater

Megan McGuire, "Guys and Dolls," Omaha Community Playhouse

Jennifer Tritz, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," Omaha Community Playhouse

Kathy Tyree, "Smokey Joe’s Cafe," Children’s Respite Care Center

Tiffany White-Welchen, "Smokey Joe’s Cafe," Children’s Respite Care Center

Supporting Actor

Gary Bosanek, "Guys and Dolls," Omaha Community Playhouse

Dan Chevalier, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," Omaha Community Playhouse

Noel Larrieu, "Guys and Dolls," Omaha Community Playhouse

Eric Micks, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," Omaha Community Playhouse

D.J. Tyree, "Smokey Joe’s Cafe," Children’s Respite Care Center

Acting– Comedy or Drama

Actor

Bill Grennan, "Dark Play, or Stories for Boys," University of Nebraska at Omaha

Nils Haaland, "Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol," Blue Barn Theatre

Bill Hutson, "Tuesdays With Morrie," Omaha Community Playhouse

Scott Kurz, "Distant Music," Brigit St. Brigit Theatre

Jonathan Purcell, "Someone to Watch Over Me," F-Troupe Collaborative

Actress

Audrey Fisher, "The Philadelphia Story," Bellevue Little Theatre

Kim Jubenville, "Becky’s New Car," Omaha Community Playhouse

Sarah Liken, "Euridyce," University of Nebraska at Omaha

Ruth Rath, "Three Tall Women," Blue Barn Theatre

Barb Ross, "The Year of Magical Thinking," Circle Theatre

Supporting Actor

Brendan J.D. Reilly, "Dark Play, or Stories for Boys," University of Nebraska at Omaha

Steve Hartman, "Dark Play, or Stories for Boys," University of Nebraska at Omaha

Chris Shonka, "Tuesdays With Morrie," Omaha Community Playhouse

Scott Working, "Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol," Blue Barn Theatre

Brian Zealand, "Shopping and F*cking," Lilyhorn/Martin Productions

Supporting Actress

Sonia Keffer, "Three Tall Women," Blue Barn Theatre

Kirstin Kluver, "Three Tall Women," Blue Barn Theatre

Laura Leininger, "Distant Music," Brigit St. Brigit Theatre

Patricia Lilyhorn, "A Thousand Clowns," Omaha Community Playhouse

Jennifer McGill, "Steel Magnolias," Omaha Community Playhouse

Theatre Arts

Original Script

Monica Bauer, "My Occasion of Sin," Shelterbelt Theatre

Brian Guehring, "The Misfits," Rose Theater

Kirstin Kluver, Kathleen Lawler and Jennifer Poole, "Bitch," The Witching Hour

Aaron Sawyer, "Red Hamlet," Red Theater Omaha

Ellen Struve, "Nobody Gets Paid," Shelterbelt Theatre

Scenic Design

Robbie Jones, "Eurydice," University of Nebraska at Omaha

Scott Kurz, "Distant Music," Brigit St. Brigit Theatre

Martin Scott Marchitto, "Three Tall Women," Blue Barn Theatre

Jim Othuse, "Guys and Dolls," Omaha Community Playhouse

Steven L. Williams, "Twelfth Night," University of Nebraska at Omaha

Lighting Design

Matt DeNoncour, "Floyd Collins," Creighton University

Jane Spencer, "Becky’s New Car," Omaha Community Playhouse

Bill Van Deest, "Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol," Blue Barn Theatre

Steven L. Williams, "Dark Play, or Stories for Boys," University of Nebraska at Omaha

Carol Wisner, "Three Tall Women," Blue Barn Theatre

Costume Design

Debbie Overturff, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," Ballet Nebraska

Lindsay Pape, "Into the Woods," Creighton University

Lindsay Pape, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," Nebraska Shakespeare Festival

Georgiann Regan, "Guys and Dolls," Omaha Community Playhouse

Lynne Ridge, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," Omaha Community Playhouse

Sound Design

Lucas Clopton, "Talk Radio," Blue Barn Theatre

Eric Griffith, "Distant Music," Brigit St. Brigit Theatre

Amanda Miller, "The Year of Magical Thinking," Circle Theatre

Allie Stoysich and Steven L. Williams, "Eurydice," University of Nebraska at Omaha

Molly Welsh, "Shopping and F*cking," Lilyhorn/Martin Productions

Youth

Performance for a Youth Audience

"Fantastic Mr. Fox," Rose Theater

"The Misfits," Rose Theater

"Once Upon a Mattress," Chanticleer Community Theater

"Pride Players: Project 13," Rose Teens’n’Theater

"The Sound of Music," Rose Theater

Performance by a Young Actress or Actor

Noah Diaz, "Nobody Gets Paid," Shelterbelt Theatre

Max Hauze, "The Sound of Music," Rose Theater

Brock McCullough, "Mame," Bellevue Little Theatre

Bailey Newman, "My Occasion of Sin," Shelterbelt Theatre

Ashton Taylor, "The Philadelphia Story," Bellevue Little Theatre

Dance

Dance Production

"45 Degrees Celsius," Omaha Modern Dance Collective

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream," Ballet Nebraska

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream," Heartland Youth Ballet

"Momentum," Ballet Nebraska

"Spring Showcase," The Moving Company

Featured Dancer

Matthew Carter, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," Ballet Nebraska

Matthew Carter, "Momentum," Ballet Nebraska

Kyan Doubet, "Spring Showcase," The Moving Company

Erika Overturff, "Momentum," Ballet Nebraska

Sasha York, "Momentum," Ballet Nebraska

Slam Poet

Andrew Ek

Katie F-S

Matt Mason

Gage Wallace

Ben Wenzl

 Music

 Best New Artist

1.            Gus and Call 

2.            Icky Blossoms

3.            We Be Lions

4.            The Big Deep

5.            Snake Island        

6.            The Seen

Best Artist

1.            Galvanized Tron

2.            Emphatic

3.            Tim Kasher 

4.            Bright Eyes

5.            Matt Cox 

Best Cover Band

1.            Secret Weapon 

2.            Hi-Fi Hangover 

3.            Yesterday & Today 

4.            Lemon Fresh Day 

5.            Jerry Pranksters

Best Ethnic

1.            Omaha Guitar Trio

2.            The Bishops 

3.            Vibenhai

4.            Donneybrook 

5.            Mariachi Luna y sol 

Best Progressive/Experimental/Funk

1.            Funk Trek 

2.            In Dreama 

3.            Blue Martian Tribe 

4.            Machete Archive 

5.            The Midland Band 

6.            Satchel Grande 

Best Jazz

1.            Steve Raybine  

2.            Robot Baklva 

3.            Matt Amandus 

4.            Jazzocracy 

5.            Jorge Nilla and The Jazz Ninjas 

Best Blues

 1.            Kris Lager Band 

2.            Brad Cordle Band 

3.            Lil’ Slim Blues Band 

4.            112 North Duck

5.            Mojo and The Mofos

Best Hip Hop

1.            Galvanized Tron

2.            Jimmy Hooligan

3.            Conchance 

4.            Pflames

5.            Scru Face Jean

6.            Purveyors of the Conscious Sound

Best Soul/R&B and Gospel

1.            JaSoulo

2.            Lucas Kellison and the Assembled Soul 

3.            The 9’s 

4.            Second Chance 

5.            Voices of Victory

Best Country/Americana

1.            Kanesville Boys 

2.            Matt Cox Band

3.            Platte River Rain

4.            Jaymie Jones 

5.            Filter Kings

Best DJ/EDM

1.            Somasphere 

2.            Brent Crampton 

3.            Gunk DJ’s (Kobrakyle and $pencelove)

4.            Icky Blossoms 

5.            BASSthoven

Best Indie

1.            Lonely Estates 

2.            Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship 

3.            Conduits 

4.            So-So Sailors 

5.            Dim Light 

6.            Blue Bird 

Best Hard Rock

1.            Against The Artificial 

2.            Broken Crown  

3.            The End In Red 

4.            The Wreckage 

5.            Aurasing 

Best Rock

1.            Rock Paper Dynamite

2.            Voodoo Method

3.            Vago

4.            Mitch Gettman

5.            Kris Lager Band 

6.            The Minnahoonies

 Best Adult/Alternative…Songwriter

1.            Tara Vaughan

2.            Mitch Gettman 

3.            Manny Coon

4.            All Young Girls Are Machine guns

5.            South Of Lincoln

6.            Eli Mardock 

Best Album

1.          Bright Eyes-The Peoples Key 

2.          Tim Kasher-The Game of Monogamy  

3.          Matt Cox-Tracks in Sound

4.          Galvanized Tron-self titled 

5.          Emphatic-Damage 

And with the Summer Showcase the Public Nomination are now open.

Recognize your favorite artists that live within 100 miles of Omaha and who have performed or exhibited locally from September 1, 2010 throug August 31, 2011 by clicking here.

Nominate thoughtfully, but nominate only once. Public nominations close on August 31, 2011.

The Summer Showcase is set for Fri., July 8th and Sat. Jul. 9th.  Spanning the stages of five venues in Benson will be a diverse line-up of musicians and performers. We promise there will be something for everyone as we have representatives from across the sonic spectrum including Rock, Hip-Hop, Electronica, Indie, Experimental, Jam, Bluegrass, Blues and everything in between.  This year each band will have an additional 5 minutes for a total of 40 to showcase their talent.  We felt this was the least we could do since all the bands volunteer their time and energy for what is one of our biggest fundraisers.

As an added bonus and incentive for the bands and fans, one band will be selected by fan voting to open the MAHA Music Festival on Sat. Aug. 13th to perform alongside Matisyahu, Guided by Voices, Cursive and many others!!  A voting box will be available at each venue, both nights so attendees can vote for their favorite band.

55+ LOCAL BANDS & PERFORMERS 
One Night = $10
Both Nights = $15

VENUES:  Waiting Room Lounge / The Sydney / Pizza Shoppe Collective / Barley St. Tavern / Burke's Pub.  All venues are 21+ except the Waiting Room and P.S. Collective which are all ages.  People under 18 will need a notarized permission slip on file at the Waiting Room.

Here's the full schedule of performances:

FRIDAY - JULY 8th

Waiting Room Lounge
8:00-8:40 - The Abstract
8:55-9:35 - Jerry Pranksters
9:50-10:30 - Dirtfedd
10:45-11:25 - Rock Paper Dynamite
11:40-12:20 - InDreama
12:35-1:05 - Somasphere
1:15-2:00 am - BASSthoven

The Sydney
8:00-8:40 - Kansville Boys
8:55-9:35 - Syke
9:50-10:30 - Mitch Gettman Band
10:45-11:25 -The Seen
11:40-12:20 - Lonely Estates
12:35-1:05 am - We Be Lions

Barely Street Tavern
8:55-9:35 - The Cards
9:50-10:30 - Betties
10:45-11:25 - K. Bandit
11:40-12:20 - Cannonista
12:35-1:05 am -The Big Deep

Burke's Pub
8:55-9:35 - Camile Messerly
9:50-10:30 - Andrew Bailie as The Moscow Mule
10:45-11:25 - All Young Girls Are Machine Guns
11:40-12:20 - Enjoli
12:35-1:05 am - Matt Whipkey

The Pizza Shoppe Collective
8:55-9:35 - Family Picnic
9:50-10:30 - Pharmacy Spirits
10:45-11:25 - Midland Band
11:40-12:20 - Vibenhai
12:35-1:05 am - Edge of Arbor


SATURDAY - JULY 9th

Waiting Room Lounge
8:00-8:40 - Broken Crown
8:55-9:35 - Skypiper
9:50-10:30 - Galvanized Tron
10:45-11:25 - Blue Rosa
11:40-12:20 - Funk Trek
12:35-1:05 - Blue Martian Tribe
1:15-2:00 am - $pencelove

The Sydney
8:00-8:40 - Fizzle Like A Flood
8:55-9:35 - Lepers
9:50-10:30 - Dim Light
10:45-11:25 - Machete Archive
11:40-12:20 - Witness Tree
12:35-1:05 am - End In Red

Barley Street Tavern
8:00-8:40 - Dive Kings
8:55-9:35 - Millions Of Boys
9:50-10:30 - Anniversaire
10:45-11:25 - Scru Face Jean
11:40-12:20 - Bloodcow
12:35-1:05 am - The Answer Team

Burke's Pub
8:00-8:40 - 24 Hour Cardlock
8:55-9:35 - Daniel Christian
9:50-10:30 - Tara Vaughan
10:45-11:25 - Manny Coon
11:40-12:20 - E-Rawq
12:35-1:05 am - Kaitlyn Maria Filippini w/ DJ Lauren J

The Pizza Shoppe Collective
8:55-9:35 - Jus. B
9:50-10:30 - Naked Plywood
10:45-11:25 - Citizen Band
11:40-12:20 - DamonThe Torpedoes: A Tom Petty Tribute
12:35-1:05 am - Young Pflames

 

Gold Membership - $500

Student Membership - $15

• One pass to annual Summer Showcase (July 8/9) in Benson

• Name listed on website

(must send copy of current student ID)