THE BEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS CELEBRATES 30 YEARS!
Reflecting on her experience as an artist-in-residence in 2006, Tara Welch called the Bemis Center “ The Super Bowl of residencies!”
In 2011, the Bemis Center celebrates its 30th Anniversary and the dedication of our Building Bemis capital expansion project. The improvement and expansion of our facilities will provide us with the opportunity to respond to growing demand and increase our direct support of artists-in-residence by 50%. Capital improvements include five additional live/work studio spaces, 8,000 sq ft. of multi-use space, a new dock with an urban garden as well as the renovation our 10,000 sq ft. Okada Sculpture and Ceramics Facility. These improvements will ensure that we remain on the leading edge of artist residency programs worldwide.
This is truly an exciting moment in the history of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and I cordially invite you to join us on Saturday, June 25 from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. to celebrate our anniversary and the dedication of our Building Bemis project. Thank you for your support and I am truly honored and extremely proud to be the executive director of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts.
Mark Masuoka
Executive Director/CEO
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BEMIS GARDENS DESIGN CHARRETTE | EVERY THURSDAY
 Every Thursday | 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. | FREE
Please join us for several upcoming events in conjunction with the Bemis Gardens exhibition and design laboratory. The Bemis Center is hosting weekly charrettes and dialogues that convene professionals from diverse fields to consider macro urban land use futures and speculate on specific possibilities for the Bemis Center's site....
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LESLIE DIUGUID: POWER TOWER | JUNE 17th
 Opening Reception: Friday, June 17 | 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. | FREE
Gallery Talk: Saturday, June 18 | 12:00 noon | FREE
In 2008, fringe right-wing Christian radio station Family Radio announced that the date of the Rapture had been discovered: May 21, 2011. Though no major events took place on that date, if it were to hold true, the faithful would be gathered in heaven with God and the sinners left behind would be forced to face their impending judgement or self-destruct in order to avoid it...
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ART SALES FEATURED ARTIST: TAYLOR BALDWIN
The Bemis Center's art sales program is featuring new artwork by former artist-in-residence, Taylor Baldwin. Taylor Baldwin uses sculpture, installation, and drawing as a tool to stitch personal relationships with objects into a web of history and material, civilization and landscape, politics and knowledge. Visit the Bemis Center to learn more.
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NEW ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: APRIL BEHNKE
April Behnke’s drawings and paintings explore the meaning of the term nature, both in the sense of the natural world and of human or animal nature.
April Behnke received a BFA from Cornell University in 2006 and a MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in May...
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NEW ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: MIA FEUER
Mia Feuer makes massive sculptures that create the illusion of architectural elements in states of potential or collapse. They are inspired by North American bridges, cranes, and ports, as well as checkpoints in Israel and Palestine, where the artist has traveled and taught. Her materials include cast and painted foam, aircraft cable, and other commercial products...
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NEW ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: WENDEL WHITE
Wendel A. White photographs objects, documents, and images that relate to the abolition of slavery, Reconstruction, and the civil rights era. White was awarded a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA in photography from the University of Texas at Austin...
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NEW ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: LISA IGLESIAS
In an effort to comprehend the contemporary movements in which we witness and participate, as well as the history that has propelled these changes, Lisa Iglesias explores cultural and nationalistic representations. Her projects take the form of graphite drawings, stop-motion animations and paper sculptures...
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NEW ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: NATHANIEL SULLIVAN
Nathaniel Sullivan recontextualizes borrowed narratives and images into playful and ironic videos and performances. Nathaniel Sullivan received a BFA from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and MFA in Transmedia from Syracuse University. Sullivan has exhibited nationally and internationally including exhibitions at Flux Factory, the Carnegie Museum of Art, Freishichtkino in Germany, Butcher Gallery in Toronto...
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CATCHING A-I-R
UPDATES FROM FORMER ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
The Arnot Art Museum Exhibition in Elmira, NY presents Gravity, a solo exhibition featuring Joe Girandola (AIR98). Gravity investigates the role of architectural icons throughout the history of art. Through September 25. Girandola also has work in the exhibition Young Country, currently on view at Quonset Hut Gallery in Louisville, KY and curated by Maiza Hixson, of the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts.
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METRO ARTS PASS
 JUNE BENEFIT
Metro Arts Pass benefit June: 15% off concessions & a free bag of popcorn at Nebraska Shakespeare.
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CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE
