Common Senses Festival 2022

Thank you for making Common Senses Festival a massive success!

 

Common Senses Festival positively impacted inclusion efforts for the Omaha autism community.

This includes:

  • Over 5,000 attended festival events

  • 122 families experienced “Up and Away” performance

  • 29 organizations represented at the “Don’t Just Dim the Lights”: An Arts & Inclusion Symposium

  • 138 voices heard during Timbre Talks: Lifting the Unique Voices of the Autism Community

 

Explore what happened at Common Senses 2022

 

 

Installations

that engage all the senses through visual art and technology

Performances

for and from neurodiverse communities

Lectures

on emerging research and inclusive practices

What People Are Saying

 

“What an incredible event. Our son on the spectrum has been to the installations and has been engrossed in all of them.”

— Festival Attendee
regarding the interactive installations hosted at KANEKO

“Today proved that balloon flights are for everyone- the ages of our balloonists ranged from 2 to 57!”

— Matthew Gutschick, Artistic Director at The Rose
regarding the ”Up and Away” Performances

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 Meet our 2022 Creators