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Dozens of artists at the Omaha Art Fair had their work swept away by severe storms that rolled through the area on Saturday morning.Related Coverage: Storms knock out power to thousands of customersVendors at the show were setting up for the show when the storms made their way into Omaha. Some like Denenna Hughes tell KETV NewsWatch 7 that she lost her entire business today.”Every single piece of art is just completely destroyed. This isn’t salvageable. This is 100% loss here,” Hughes said.Many said they didn’t expect the weather to bring as much damage as it did.”We easily got 70 mph gusts down here where artists, we’re kind of used to this thing,” said But we can only batten down the hatches so far if we’re not expecting a huge storm like that.” said Adam Weiss, President of the Omaha Art Fair.Artists like Shane Anderson did what he could to salvage his artwork.”This is your livelihood. This is my baby, right?” Anderson said. “I’m sitting here thinking about, you know, I got to save my baby.”Anderson lost thousands of dollars worth of work, but he considers himself one of the fortunate ones.”A lot of artists will travel every weekend. You lose all of your work now, you can’t make money next week and the weekend after,” Anderson said. “So it’s not just this show you’re losing out on, but it’s every show after.”Amidst the heartbreak, many vendors helped each other pick up the pieces from the damage left behind. Some even welcomed shoppers just hours after the storms devastated the art fair.”A couple of people went to Walmart, and we got the new 10×10 tent, and they’re already set up, ready.” said Weiss.For artists like Hughes, they’re starting once again with a blank canvas.”I guess the good thing is I got to get in the studio and get painting more. Leave me alone. I need to paint,” Hughes said. Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE:Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
Dozens of artists at the Omaha Art Fair had their work swept away by severe storms that rolled through the area on Saturday morning.
Related Coverage: Storms knock out power to thousands of customers
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Vendors at the show were setting up for the show when the storms made their way into Omaha. Some like Denenna Hughes tell KETV NewsWatch 7 that she lost her entire business today.
“Every single piece of art is just completely destroyed. This isn’t salvageable. This is 100% loss here,” Hughes said.
Many said they didn’t expect the weather to bring as much damage as it did.
“We easily got 70 mph gusts down here where artists, we’re kind of used to this thing,” said But we can only batten down the hatches so far if we’re not expecting a huge storm like that.” said Adam Weiss, President of the Omaha Art Fair.
Artists like Shane Anderson did what he could to salvage his artwork.
“This is your livelihood. This is my baby, right?” Anderson said. “I’m sitting here thinking about, you know, I got to save my baby.”
Anderson lost thousands of dollars worth of work, but he considers himself one of the fortunate ones.
“A lot of artists will travel every weekend. You lose all of your work now, you can’t make money next week and the weekend after,” Anderson said. “So it’s not just this show you’re losing out on, but it’s every show after.”
Amidst the heartbreak, many vendors helped each other pick up the pieces from the damage left behind. Some even welcomed shoppers just hours after the storms devastated the art fair.
“A couple of people went to Walmart, and we got the new 10×10 tent, and they’re already set up, ready.” said Weiss.
For artists like Hughes, they’re starting once again with a blank canvas.
“I guess the good thing is I got to get in the studio and get painting more. Leave me alone. I need to paint,” Hughes said.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
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