BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//www.bemiscenter.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.8// VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:www.bemiscenter.org Event First Thursday Art Talk for February X-WR-CALDESC:WHAT: First Thursday Art Talk for February\nWHEN: Thursday\, February 2\, 2012\, 7:00 pm\nWHERE: Bemis Center for C ontemporary Arts\, 12th & Leavenworth\, Omaha\, NE\n\nJoin us as current a rtists-in-residence Matthew Radune\, Eric Zimmerman and collaborators Laur en Was and Adam Eckstrom\, of Ghost of a Dream\, present their work during the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts’ First Thursday Art Talk on Februa ry 2\, 2012 at 7:00 pm. As always\, Art Talk is free and open to the publi c.\n\nGhost of a Dream recreates opulence out of aspirational cultural ite ms like spent lottery tickets and romance novels that typically end up in the trash. Matthew Radune has worked on a series of collaborations under t he name The Wilding Corporation that explore human ecology\, focusing on t he relationships between humans and their natural\, social and built envir onments. Eric Zimmerman’s intimate graphite drawings\, sculptures and writ ings examine romantic myths and symbols of the American West. \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nGhost of a Dream is a collaborative duo comp osed of Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom based in Boxford\, MA. They attended the Rhode Island School of Design where Eckstrom received an MFA in Painti ng and Was received an MFA in Sculpture . They have exhibited nationally a nd internationally\, including shows in Beijing\, Copenhagen\, Bologna and Berlin. Ghost of a Dream has been awarded the Young Masters Prize\, an IA AB Residency\, Artist Projects Material Fund from RISD\, Oxbow Fellowship\ , and a DUMBO Improvement Grant. Their work has been written about in publ ications such as Whitewall Magazine\, World of Interiors\, City Weekend Be ijing\, The Independent in London\, Global Times Beijing\, Time Out and In tersection Magazine.\n\nMatthew Radune is an architect\, artist and DJ based in Brooklyn\, NY. Radune received a BA in Environmental Studi es from Oberlin College in 1999 and an MA in Green Architecture and Urban Planning at Rice University in 2005. His work has been shown nationally an d internationally and been written about in Art in America\, Dwell\, Metro polis and Mark Magazine.\n\nEric Zimmerman is a artist and write r based in Trivoli\, NY. Zimmerman received a BFA from the Cleveland Insti tute of Art in 2002 and an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 2 005. Zimmerman’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at Art Palace Gallery in Houston\, TX\, The Old Jail Art Center in Albany\, TX and the A ustin Museum of Art\, in Austin\, TX and as part of group exhibitions in N ew York\, Philadelphia and Chicago. In addition to his studio work\, Zimme rman is editor of the contemporary e-journal ...might be good. His critica l writing has appeared regularly in Glasstire and Art Lies.\n\nART TALK PRESENTING SPONSOR Weitz Family Foundation\n\nSPONSORED BY Cla rk Creative Group\, Upstream Brewing Company\, Warren Distribution\, Nebra ska Arts Council\, Nebraska Cultural Endowment\, National Endowment for th e Arts\, Phillip and Terri Schrager Foundation\, William and Ruth Scott Fa mily Foundation\, Gifford Foundation\, Laura and Greg Schnackel\, Betiana and Todd Simon\, Paul and Annette Smith\n\nABOUT THE BEMIS CENTER The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts was founded in 1981 by artists\, fo r artists. As an artist centered organization\, the Bemis Center’s sole mi ssion has been to support contemporary artists of exceptional talent. In t his spirit\, the Bemis Center provides artists with the gift of time\, spa ce and support. In addition to our international artist-in-residence progr am\, the Bemis Center curates exhibitions and develops community arts proj ects. These programs directly fund and support the artistic process\, cata lyzing artists’ work to engage and challenge the public. X-WR-RELCALID:7ad4a5c8b7e007d29a31de8b645c3600 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120517T084046UTC-9239pRtNNW@www.bemiscenter.org DTSTAMP:20120517T080546Z DESCRIPTION:WHAT: First Thursday Art Talk for February\nWHEN: Thursday\, February 2\, 2012\, 7:00 pm\nWHERE: Bemis Center for Co ntemporary Arts\, 12th & Leavenworth\, Omaha\, NE\n\nJoin us as current ar tists-in-residence Matthew Radune\, Eric Zimmerman and collaborators Laure n Was and Adam Eckstrom\, of Ghost of a Dream\, present their work during the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts’ First Thursday Art Talk on Februar y 2\, 2012 at 7:00 pm. As always\, Art Talk is free and open to the public .\n\nGhost of a Dream recreates opulence out of aspirational cultural item s like spent lottery tickets and romance novels that typically end up in t he trash. Matthew Radune has worked on a series of collaborations under th e name The Wilding Corporation that explore human ecology\, focusing on th e relationships between humans and their natural\, social and built enviro nments. Eric Zimmerman’s intimate graphite drawings\, sculptures and writi ngs examine romantic myths and symbols of the American West. \n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nGhost of a Dream is a collaborative duo compo sed of Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom based in Boxford\, MA. They attended t he Rhode Island School of Design where Eckstrom received an MFA in Paintin g and Was received an MFA in Sculpture . They have exhibited nationally an d internationally\, including shows in Beijing\, Copenhagen\, Bologna and Berlin. Ghost of a Dream has been awarded the Young Masters Prize\, an IAA B Residency\, Artist Projects Material Fund from RISD\, Oxbow Fellowship\, and a DUMBO Improvement Grant. Their work has been written about in publi cations such as Whitewall Magazine\, World of Interiors\, City Weekend Bei jing\, The Independent in London\, Global Times Beijing\, Time Out and Int ersection Magazine.\n\nMatthew Radune is an architect\, artist a nd DJ based in Brooklyn\, NY. Radune received a BA in Environmental Studie s from Oberlin College in 1999 and an MA in Green Architecture and Urban P lanning at Rice University in 2005. His work has been shown nationally and internationally and been written about in Art in America\, Dwell\, Metrop olis and Mark Magazine.\n\nEric Zimmerman is a artist and writer based in Trivoli\, NY. Zimmerman received a BFA from the Cleveland Instit ute of Art in 2002 and an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 20 05. Zimmerman’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at Art Palace G allery in Houston\, TX\, The Old Jail Art Center in Albany\, TX and the Au stin Museum of Art\, in Austin\, TX and as part of group exhibitions in Ne w York\, Philadelphia and Chicago. In addition to his studio work\, Zimmer man is editor of the contemporary e-journal ...might be good. His critical writing has appeared regularly in Glasstire and Art Lies.\n\nART TALK PRESENTING SPONSOR Weitz Family Foundation\n\nSPONSORED BY Clar k Creative Group\, Upstream Brewing Company\, Warren Distribution\, Nebras ka Arts Council\, Nebraska Cultural Endowment\, National Endowment for the Arts\, Phillip and Terri Schrager Foundation\, William and Ruth Scott Fam ily Foundation\, Gifford Foundation\, Laura and Greg Schnackel\, Betiana a nd Todd Simon\, Paul and Annette Smith\n\nABOUT THE BEMIS CENTER \n The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts was founded in 1981 by artists\, fo r artists. As an artist centered organization\, the Bemis Center’s sole mi ssion has been to support contemporary artists of exceptional talent. In t his spirit\, the Bemis Center provides artists with the gift of time\, spa ce and support. In addition to our international artist-in-residence progr am\, the Bemis Center curates exhibitions and develops community arts proj ects. These programs directly fund and support the artistic process\, cata lyzing artists’ work to engage and challenge the public. DTSTART:20120203T010000Z DTEND:20120203T030000Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:First Thursday Art Talk for February END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR