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Open House / Open Studios
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
One of the most anticipated events at Bemis Center each season, Open House / Open Studios encourages visitors to explore various aspects of art-making on-site.
Visit with current artists-in-residence to see their studios, view their works-in-progress, and discuss art, life, and their Bemis residency experience. Participate in a hands-on art activity and experience an experimental music performance from current Sound Artists-in-Residence, Passepartout Duo, at LOW END.
Schedule
10 AM: Exhibition galleries open
12–4 PM: View artists' studios and works-in-progress on the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th floors
1–3 PM: All-ages art activity | Clay sculpture using press molds with David Manzanares in Bemis's Okada Sculpture & Ceramics Facility
4 PM: Live @ LOW END | Passepartout Duo
Open House / Open Studios activities take place on August 3 from noon to 5 PM.
Bemis Center is also a participating venue in the Summer 2024 edition of Open Omaha: On August 3–4, galleries and LOW END will be open for exploring from 10 AM to 5 PM.
Images (from top left): Zalika Azim, Gathering #3 (Double Dutch Study), 2021; Joe Harjo, When the Roses Bloom Again, 2024; Sara Jimenez, Why must our bodies end at the skin (2)?, 2023; Leon Jones, Nicodemus Slept Here, 2022; Wambui Kamiru Collymore, All My Venus Days, 2022; Hazel Katz, Sulka's Daughters v. 3, 2023; Keli Safia Maksud, old blues, new bruises, 2023; Éamon McGivern, Ray and Sathya, 2022; Opia (Heather M. O'Brien-Takahashi and Jonathan Takahashi), we take pictures to forget, 2018–ongoing; Passepartout Duo, Modello Portaile 1, 2023; Amina Ross, Window (1) & Window (2), 2022; Irén Tété, Forwards, Backwards (and every possible path to get somewhere/anywhere/there), 2024; Carlos Vielma, A song to drive back home, 2021; Kathy Cho, Phantom Limb, 2018.
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724 S. 12th Street
Omaha, NE 68102
402.341.7130
info@bemiscenter.org