A local artist key to the creation of Omaha’s popular Little Italy mural has launched another art project to strengthen the bridge between Nebraska’s biggest city and a small Sicilian town from where many of the state’s early Italians emigrated. This latest venture will be told through the eyes of children.
Called “Little Hearts — Big Roots,” the binational initiative centers on students at Pine Elementary in Omaha’s Little Italy neighborhood and partner schools in Carlentini, one of Omaha’s official sister cities. The local students were invited to create artwork related to a “My World, Your World” theme that reflects their everyday Nebraska lives with family, food, traditions, neighborhoods and other cultural identity.
