What’s in store for Dundee as a certified Creative Art District?
Dundee has always been creative.
It's in our music, food, architecture, local businesses, artists, makers and neighborhood traditions. Now, as a designated Nebraska Creative District, we're investing in even more ways for people to experience, create and connect through the arts in Dundee.
With support from the Nebraska Arts Council Creative District Development Grant, the Dundee Creative District (DCD) is creating new opportunities to support local creatives, expand accessible arts programming and integrate creativity into the places and experiences that make Dundee special.
And we're just getting started.
Our Vision
We envision the Dundee Creative District as a welcoming, vibrant and sustainable community where local creatives and small businesses can thrive.
Our Mission
The Dundee Creative District builds a more vibrant and sustainable community by coordinating resources, creating economic opportunities for creatives, and integrating the arts into neighborhood activities and infrastructure.
CREATE
More Art at Dundee Day
We're building upon the creativity already happening at Dundee Day with more opportunities to make art, experience art and celebrate local artists.
Dundee Draws
30 Minutes. One Subject. Your Perspective.
Dundee Draws is a free, live and friendly art competition for youth and adult artists.
Artists gather in a circle at 50th and Underwood and have just 30 minutes to draw the subject placed at its center. Every artist sees the same subject but every finished piece tells a completely different story.
A professional local artist judges each round, with winners selected from both the Youth and Adult Divisions.
Artists can win prizes from local art supply stores, and participating artwork has the opportunity to be displayed in along Underwood Avenue - turning the neighborhood into a community gallery.
Paper and drawing boards are provided by local sponsors. Artists are encouraged to bring their favorite medium: crayons, colored pencils, pastels or whatever inspires them.
Make Your Own Dundee Button
Stop by the Dundee Day Button Maker Space and create your own free Dundee button alongside local makers.
Dundee Community Street Art
You aren't just looking at Dundee's newest piece of public art. You're invited to help create it.
Join the Dundee Creative District and student artist, Morgan Pierson, as we transform the intersection of 50th and Underwood into a temporary collaborative community street mural with chalk designs.
The mural incorporates the new Dundee Creative District identity being unveiled at Dundee Day 2026 and gives the community an opportunity to literally leave its mark on Dundee's Creative District.
LISTEN
Third Saturdays in Dundee with free live music
Bring your lawn chair, grab dinner or a drink from your favorite Dundee business and settle in for an evening of live local music.
The Third Saturdays in Dundee free concert series brings local musicians to the iHeartMedia Parking Plaza from 6 to 8pm on the third Saturday of each month, April through October.
Presented by the Dundee Creative District and Dundee Merchants Association.
Check out our remaining Third Saturday dates for 2026:
September 19
RIKÉ
October 17
Tim Howard
EXPLORE
Dundee Art Walk: Connecting 50th and Dodge District to 50th and Underwood Avenue Through Creative Walkability
Coming Summer 2027
The Dundee Drive Art Walk will transform a five-block stretch of 50th Street into a walkable, art-filled corridor connecting Dundee's Dodge Street and Underwood Avenue business districts.
Developed through three years of community input and supported by neighborhood residents and local businesses, the Art Walk will combine public art, placemaking, storytelling and wayfinding to encourage people to experience Dundee on foot.
Four distinctive Art Stops will tell chapters of one progressive story about Dundee's past, present and future.
Visitors will travel through four chapters of Dundee history:
Stop 1 — Before Dundee
Explore the natural prairie landscape and native peoples of the Omaha area.
Stop 2 — The Streetcar Era
Discover Dundee's emergence as one of Omaha's early streetcar suburbs.
Stop 3 — The Village
Experience the growth of Dundee's locally owned shops, businesses and community gathering places.
Stop 4 — The Creative District and The Future of Dundee
Celebrate the arts, food, businesses and welcoming culture shaping Dundee today, and imagine what our community might become next.
Art You Can See, Hear and Experience
Each Art Stop will incorporate four elements created with local artists:
An original bench featuring poetry by a Nebraska State Poet Laureate
A sculptural installation
Asphalt or sidewalk art
A QR-enabled audio experience featuring artist narratives, neighborhood stories and interactive activities
The result will be more than an art walk. It will be a new way to experience Dundee.
WATCH
Heartland Plein Air Festival Comes to Dundee
Thursday, September 17 | 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM
This September, creativity won't just be displayed in Dundee. You'll be able to watch it happen.
The Ralston Hinge Creative District is collaborating with the Dundee Creative District and other Omaha certified creative districts to create the inaugural Heartland Plein Air Festival, a national level event and the first of it's kind in the area. The festival will offer daily activities across Omaha from September 13th through 19th.
During festival week, 25 nationally recognized artists and an open division of local artists will spread out across more than 20 locations in Douglas and Sarpy Counties, historic neighborhoods, scenic overlooks, landmarks, and everyday places made interesting by the right set of eyes. The public is welcome to follow along, watch the work happen, and talk to the artists as they paint.
Plein air painting is simply painting outdoors on location, in the "open air." These paintings capture scenes that depict a moment in time that will never happen again. There are a limited number of "open" division slots for local/regional artists who would like to participate as well. Registrations are now open on , first come first served. There will be daily "lunch break paintouts", a judge's lecture (ticket required), Quick Paint competition and live auction and a public reception/sale. Every piece in the final exhibition was made that week, on-site. What you're seeing — and buying — is a record of a specific place at a specific moment in September 2026. That's not something you can replicate.
The public is invited to follow along, watch paintings emerge and talk with artists while they work.
Dundee Paintout
Thursday, September 17
11:00 AM–1:30 PM
The Dundee Creative District is proud to recommend three distinctly Dundee perspectives for participating artists:
1. Memorial Park Rose Garden
2. The Dundee Streetscape — 49th to 51st along Underwood Avenue
3. Dundee's Iconic Light Poles and Flower Baskets
Where each artist ultimately chooses to set up an easel is part of the fun.
Come walk Dundee, find the artists and watch familiar places become original works of art.
The festival also includes paintouts throughout the metro, a judge's lecture, Quick Paint competition, live auction, Collectors Preview Reception, Awards Presentation and public exhibition and sale. See the full schedule here.
LEARN
DCD Creative Workshop Series
Coming Fall 2026 to Fall 2027
What happens when the people who make Dundee creative invite the rest of us to learn alongside them?
The DCD Creative Workshop Series will create hands-on opportunities for people of all ages to explore the creativity already living within our neighborhood.
Potential workshops may include:
Photography
Photography techniques from a local photographer + a Dundee neighborhood photo walk
Weaving & Fiber Arts
A hands-on introduction to fiber arts with a local artist
Culinary Arts
Hands on cooking and culinary techniques with a local chef
Floral Design Workshop
Seasonal floral arranging with a local artist
Bread Baking
The art of artisan bread with a local chef
Illustration
Drawing and illustration for all skill levels with a local artist
Sustainable Fashion & Clothing Care
Repair, clothing care, sustainability and mindful fashion
Meet the Your Farmers
Rotating workshops and demonstrations with local makers and farmers
Community Sing-Along
Learn harmony, make some music and experience the joy of singing together with a local artist
Watch for workshop announcements and registration opportunities as the series develops.
Creative District Nebraska Poster Series
In 2024, Flatwater Free Press and the Nebraska Arts Council collaborated on the Creative Districts of Nebraska Series, a poster project celebrating the energy and character of the state’s official certified Creative Districts.
Dundee was proud to be selected for a 2026 Poster by Dundee Artist Drew Davies
Posters can be purchased at Good Lookin’ Dundee located at 4919 Underwood Ave. in Omaha.
Contact: goodlookinoma@gmail.com or 402-590-2111.
Posters can be purchased at Film Streams Dundee Theater located at 4952 Dodge Street in Omaha. Contact: info@FilmStreams.org or 402-933-0259.
See all posters:
https://www.artscouncil.nebraska.gov/nebraska-creative-district-poster-series/
Investing in Dundee Creativity
Support from the Nebraska Arts Council Creative District Development Grant is helping DCD turn creative ideas into experiences and experiences into lasting community assets.
What's Next for Dundee?
August 22, 2026 — Dundee Day
Community Street Mural • Dundee Draws • Button Maker Space
Third Saturdays | April–October
Free live music in Dundee
September 17, 2026
Heartland Plein Air Festival — Dundee Paintout
Fall 2026–Fall 2027
DCD Creative Workshop Series
Summer 2027
Dundee Drive Art Walk
A Creative District isn't created by a designation. And it isn't created by a grant.
It's created by people who create, participate, show up and care about their community.
So paint a piece of our street mural. Enter Dundee Draws. Watch an artist paint. Take a workshop. Listen to live music. Walk the Art Walk. Support a local artist. Eat somewhere local. Shop somewhere local. Bring your kids. Bring your neighbors.
Come see what we're creating together.
Dundee Creative District
Creativity Lives Here.
Learn more about the Nebraska’s Creative Districts.
