Making Waves in Western Nebraska: PBS Special Highlights Local Murals

Western Nebraska is home to a variety of beauty, from the splendor of waving fields of gold, to the stretching of magenta sunrises and sunsets on the wide open plains, there is a special brilliance to the painted treasures scattered throughout our quiet countryside and towns. Working as the brainchild behind many of these silent splendors is Nebraska native and Garden County art teacher, Lauren Olson. Originally inspired by the idea to make the town she was living in more colorful, Olson began to paint the Panhandle. Now captured through the Nebraska Public Media documentary, "Magic of Murals,...