WHAT: Bemis Center 11th Annual Art Auction and Exhibitions
WHO: Over 200 international, national and local artists
WHERE: 12th and Leavenworth
WHEN: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 2 | 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
AUCTION COCKTAIL PARTY: Thursday, November 12, 2009 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING:
CURATORS TOUR: With Mark Masuoka and Hesse McGraw: Thursday, October 22 | 6:00 p.m.
COLLECTORS FORUM: Build Collections with Passion Thursday, October 29 | 7:00 p.m.
AUCTION GIVE-AWAY AND ART TALK Thursday, November 5 | 7:00 p.m.
In the news:
Stake Your Booty: Art Collectors Seek Their Treasure at Bemis Auction by Michael J. Krainak, courtesy of the Omaha City Weekly, November 16, 2009
Going Once, Twice...: Bemis Auction Offers Fun Atmosphere and Online Bidding by Sarah Baker Hansen, courtesy of the Reader, November 15, 2009
Hopes Are High for Bemis Auction by John Pitcher, courtesy of the Omaha World Herald, November 13, 2009
Bemis Auction Will Have Diverse Art, and Lots of It by John Pitcher, courtesy of the Omaha World Herald, October 10, 2009
Over 200 artists to participate in Bemis Center Art Auction by Candi Puren, courtesy of ONE Magazine, October 3, 2009
360 degree tour of the 11th Annual Art Auction
11th Annual Art Auction One of Most Successful Bemis Center Fundraisers
The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts warmly invites you to join us in celebrating our 11th Annual Art Auction and Exhibitions. This event, and its three accompanying exhibitions, is our most anticipated of the year. It is our largest annual project – it features the greatest number of local, national and international artists; spans 10,000 square feet; is our most significant fundraiser; and the kaleidoscopic survey of current art draws a vast audience. Most importantly, it is a celebration of, and critical opportunity to support exceptional talent.
This event feeds the core of the Bemis Center’s mission to support artists. The auction is designed as a cyclical gift exchange. Through this event, over 200 former artists-in-residence, exhibiting artists and artist friends have offered their work to support future artists-in-residence. We are honored so many artists choose to aid this mission. Please join us in celebrating and supporting the continued vitality, beauty, surprise and risk-taking that contemporary art brings to Omaha,
Nebraska.
Viewers may preview the works during the auction exhibitions now through the evening of the 11th Annual Art Auction on Saturday, November 14th, 5:30 - 10:00 p.m. or online.
AUCTION INFO:
For $25 per member or $35 per nonmember, guests receive admission to the SILENT Auction, buffet and open bar. For $50 per member or $60 per non-member, guests receive the benefits above as well as a reservation to the 11th Annual Art Auction Cocktail Party on Thursday, November 12th and VIP reserved seating in the LIVE Auction Gallery on the evening of the auction. Seats are limited in the LIVE Auction Gallery. For those not seated in the LIVE Auction Gallery, live streaming video will be available so that everyone can be part of the action on auction night. NEW this year – LIVE Auction online bidding courtesy of Proxibid.
The AIR Gallery is dedicated solely to works by former Bemis Center artists-in-residence (AIR). As always, absentee bidding and buy it now options are available and interested parties may contact the Bemis Center at 402.341.7130 for additional details.
In the News:
Stake Your Booty by Michael J. Krainak, courtesy of the City Weekly
Hopes are High for Bemis Auction by John Pitcher, courtesy of the Omaha World Herald
Going Once, Twice... by Sarah Baker Hansen, courtesy of The Reader
Over 200 artists to participate in Bemis Center Art Auction by Candi Puren, courtesy of ONE Magazine
