In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast, hosts Dr. Jessica Olsen and Dr. Jaclyn Gibbons sit down with Alyssa Jade Baldridge, creator of Omaha Street Art, to explore the stories, voices, and creative resistance living on the walls of Omaha.

Through her work documenting graffiti and street art across the city, Alyssa has become an archivist of a creative culture that often exists outside traditional institutions, galleries, and systems of approval. With a background spanning graphic design, journalism, advertising, and art history, she offers a unique perspective on how public art functions as storytelling, social commentary, cultural preservation, and community expression.

Together, they discuss common misconceptions about graffiti culture, the role of street art in challenging power structures, and what it means to document creat ...