Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts facilitates the creation, presentation, and understanding of contemporary art through an international residency program, exhibitions, and educational programs. Located in an historic warehouse district in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, its studios, exhibition and rehearsal spaces, sculpture and ceramics facility, dark room, computer stations and new state-of-the-art recording studios are open to residents 24/7. Eleven artists are selected from applicants around the world to come to Bemis in three residency periods a year which last from 2-3 months.
Bemis Center
Paul Mpagi Sepuya; “Drop Scene,” 2020; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE; Photo: Colin Conces.
Maria Antelman; “Soft Interface,” 2020; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE; Photo: Colin Conces.
Joey Fauerso; "Inside the Spider's Body," 2020; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE; Photo: Colin Conces.
Laura Ortman performance at LOW END November 14, 2019 at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE.
Miatta Kawinzi, Bemis 2017 Artist-in-Residence and 2019 Bemis Alumni Award Winner. Performance at Open House / Open Studios October 21, 2017 at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE.
“The Warhol Foundation aims to support the full range of artistic activity in America—from exhibitions at major museums to neighborhood projects by artist collectives. Arts writers, through the range and specialization of their individual interests, touch upon all of this activity—illuminating and interrogating it and bringing it into conversation with the public. Support for artists is not complete without support for the circulation and serious consideration of their ideas. The Arts Writers Grant program keeps artists at the center of cultural dialogue and debate—in our opinion, right where they belong.”
Joel Wachs, President