Act I — Mold  

February 13th
Form shaped in absence.

Act II — Pour 

March 13th
Material in motion.

Act III — Remain 

April 10th
What endures.

For more than a century, Midwest-based foundries shaped the physical backbone of the region and the nation, producing components that would disappear into buildings, bridges, and infrastructure, rarely seen but always relied upon. Among them, Omaha Steel and Wehr Steel Casting operated as sites of transformation, where raw material passed through heat, risk, and labor to become something permanent.

This exhibition centers the often-overlooked tools of that transformation: pattern molds. Before steel could take form, it first existed as absence, an interior space shaped by hand, experience, and repetition. These molds carried intention long before metal ever touched them, holding the imprint of labor while remaining unseen in the final object.

Presented over three months, Mold, Pour, Remain, UNCAST unfolds alongside the casting process itself. Empty molds give way to steel in motion, then to solid form. Rather than resetting the space, the exhibition allows meaning to deepen as material settles and resolves, inviting viewers to consider what endures once making is complete.