2011 Bemis Center Regional Exhibition

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha

The exhibition provides a platform to consider emerging artists alongside mid-career and established artists in the cultural hub of eastern Nebraska's contemporary arts community. The exhibition's juror, Kate Hackman chose 36 artists from 217 submissions, and their work spans diverse media, subjects and approaches.

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The Bemis Center is proud to present its first Regional Juried Exhibition, presented throughout the Bemis Underground galleries. This exhibition highlights new talent and perspectives and forms new connections across contemporary art practices within the greater Omaha, Lincoln and Missouri Valley region. Expanding the Bemis Center’s mission to support exceptional talent, the exhibition provides a platform to consider emerging artists alongside mid-career and established artists in the cultural hub of eastern Nebraska’s contemporary arts community.

The exhibition’s juror, Kate Hackman chose 36 artists from 217 submissions, and their work spans diverse media, subjects and approaches. The exhibition includes recent MFA graduates, current BFA students, artists well known to the regional art community and some exhibiting professionally for the first time; their ages range from 22 to 88. Three of the exhibiting artists will be awarded $500 and a 2012 solo exhibition in the Bemis Underground. Winners will be announced by the juror at the opening reception on March 25.

Exhibiting Artists
Will Anderson, Alexandra Borovski, Michael Burton, Peter Cales, Matthew Carlson, Angeles Cossio, Jodi Cramer, Gary Day, Ryan Fisher, Ann Gradwohl, Neil Griess, Tim Guthrie, Nikolaus Hansl, William Hess, Drew Lueders, Lauren Mabry, Jessica Machacek, Laura Mohr, Sean P. Morrissey, Emma Nishimura, Lonnie Potter, Derek Pressnall, Brittan Rosendahl, Megan Sanders, Kan Seidel, Audrey Stommes, Meghan Sullivan, Trudie Teijink, Jeffrey Thompson, Alison VanVolkenburgh, Robert Walters, Ella Weber, Z Xonk, Jason Young and Arjan Zazueta.

About the Juror
Kate Hackman is Associate Director of Charlotte Street Foundation (www.charlottestreet.org), a Kansas City-based non-profit organization recognized nationally for its multifaceted support of individual artists and its community impact. Through a range of programs and initiatives, Charlotte Street provides grants, commissions, studio residencies, and professional development training for artists, as well as presenting multi-disciplinary contemporary arts programming on ongoing basis, with a focus on the work of emerging artists. While helping to lead the organization as a whole, Kate specifically oversees its Urban Culture Project and Art through Architecture programs (www.artarch.org). Of particular interest is fostering the growth of Kansas City as an emergent arts hub, and facilitating connections and collaboration among leading-edge artists and arts endeavors in the Midwest region.

Exhibitions Presenting Sponsor: Omaha Steaks
Underground Presenting Sponsor: Lincoln Financial Foundation
Sponsors: Clark Creative Group, Larry Gawel Photography, Chris Headley / OmahaComputerHelp.com, Nebraska Arts Council, Sherwin Williams, Quail Distributing,Upstream Brewing Company, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Visions Custom Framing, Warren Distribution

Reception: Friday, March 25 | 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Gallery talk with the juror: Saturday, March 26 | 12 noon

Bemis Underground
lower level of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 12th and Leavenworth Streets, Omaha, NE

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