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ARTISTS
WANTED
The Bemis
Center for Contemporary Arts offers artists-in-residence the
gift of time, space, and financial support. Application
deadline: February 28.
Lucrecia Troncoso, artist-in-residence
2011 working in installation space at the Bemis Center for
Contemporary Arts
Because
Exceptional Talent Deserves to be
Supported.
Few
programs exist either on the national or international level
where the sole mission is to support the creativity of
artists. From the beginning, the art-making process has been
the highest priority at the Bemis Center for Contemporary
Arts, where both the atmosphere and environment offer ideal
situations for creative growth and experimentation. Artists
from around the world come to the Bemis Center to work in this
supportive community and confront new
challenges.
The Bemis
Center provides artists-in-residence with the gift of time,
space and financial support.
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TIME: |
2 - 4 months of
uninterrupted, self-directed work
time. |
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SPACE:
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* The Bemis
Center is housed in two urban warehouses totaling
110,000 square feet in
downtown Omaha,
NE.
* Each artist is
provided with a generously sized live/work studio with a
private bathroom
and kitchen, 24
hour access to facilities including a wood shop,
approximately 9,000
square feet of
installation spaces and a large sculpture fabrication
facility.
* The newly
renovated 10,000 square foot Okada Sculpture Facility
features 12
foot
garage doors, a
kiln room with a 31"W x 42"L x 27"D Bailey electric
kiln, a clay mixing
room, 176 square
foot ventilated room, welding facilities and 6,000
square feet of open
space. |
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SUPPORT: |
$750 monthly
stipend granted to each
artist. |
Are you ready for
your residency?
JANUARY 2013 - JUNE 2013:
Application Deadline: February 28,
2012
Our application is
only online, please visit
ABOUT THE
BEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
The Bemis Center
for Contemporary Arts was founded in 1981 by artists, for
artists. As an artist-centered organization, the Bemis
Center’s sole mission is to support contemporary artists of
exceptional talent. In this spirit, the Bemis Center seeks to
perpetually give the institution to artists working at the
forefront of contemporary culture. In addition to our
international artist-in-residence program, our exhibitions,
projects and community arts programs provide direct support to
artists' process and catalyze their work to engage and
challenge the public.
Former
artist-in-residence Sam Duket (AIR 2011)
working in the Bemis
Center's newly renovated Okada Sculpture and Ceramics
Facility
Melissa
Cooke, artist-in-residence 2011
Yashua
Klos, artist-in-residence 2012
Alejandro
Almanza, artist-in-residence 2011
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