Sponsorship
Bemis Center sponsorship provides a valuable marketing platform, special benefits, and the opportunity to align your brand with Bemis’s vision of inspiring an open and diverse dialogue through contemporary art.
Join leading local, national, and international businesses, grantmaking organizations, and individuals in supporting all aspects of our mission and operations.
Provide a foundation of operating support to make a broad range of educational and inspiring cultural experiences possible and always free and accessible.
Exhibition sponsors help Bemis engage visitors of all ages through exhibitions focusing on the most innovative ideas, voices, and forms of art on a global scale. Exhibitions are always free and accessible, through the generous support of our sponsors.
Public Programs sponsors provide Bemis’s diverse audiences free and accessible opportunities to learn about and be inspired by contemporary art. Artist-led classes and workshops, ARTalks, open studio events, panel discussions, film screenings, and performances provide the community direct access to artists and to their diverse approaches to art making and interpreting the world around us.
Residency sponsors uphold Bemis’s formidable, 45-year reputation as one of the top international residency programs globally. Attracting artists from around the world to Omaha, Nebraska, Bemis provides artists dedicated time, space, and resources to conduct research and to create new work through the generous support of our sponsors.
Since Bemis Center’s founding in 1981, more than 1,800 artists have participated in our residency or have exhibited at Bemis. The Bemis Alumni Program ensures our ongoing relevance, impact, and connection to former artists by providing financial resources, unique opportunities, and expanding professional networks.
Bemis Center’s special events—such as its Benefit Art Auction featuring today’s leading contemporary artists—provide premier marketing platforms while supporting all Bemis programs and operations. The events draw visitors to Omaha from across the Midwest, ranging from emerging to established artists and young professionals to longstanding business leaders.
Explore Benefit Art Auction sponsorship levels below or contact us to discuss the opportunities that best align with your philanthropic goals.
Subscription to our mailing list including invitations to exhibition openings, gallery talks, Open House / Open Studios, panel discussions, and performances at LOW END.
Invitations to member-exclusive engagements and celebrations throughout the year, such as exhibition previews and artist Meet + Greets.
Complimentary tickets to the annual Benefit Art Auction in late October, featuring libations, bites, and the work of 200+ local, regional, and national artists.
A curated selection of Bemis merchandise, such as exhibition catalogues, coffee mugs, and the limited-edition double album, 5 Years @ LOW END.
Recognition on digital program materials, including the Benefit Art Auction website and email promotions.
$1,160 tax-deductible
Logo in print and digital program materials and publicity, including the annual Benefit Art Auction invitation. Annual deadline August 31.
Logo on sponsor wall at the Auction Exhibition and prominently displayed at the Benefit. Annual deadline August 31.
Logo in sponsor listings on-site and in printed materials for one year.
$4,490 tax-deductible
Logo on the Benefit Art Auction Exhibition sign prominently displayed outside Bemis’s front entrance in the Old Market. Annual deadline August 31.
One customized private event hosted at Bemis for employees, clients, or associates during non-public hours.
$9,320 tax-deductible
Naming rights to one of four galleries during the two-week run of the Benefit Art Auction Exhibition. Annual deadline August 31.
Opportunity to customize recognition benefits to suit your business at the Benefit Art Auction or another Bemis event.
$24,150 tax-deductible
To learn more or to customize a sponsorship opportunity
Dana Ryan
Development Director
402.341.7130 x 16
dana@bemiscenter.org
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Bemis Center’s mission and programs are made possible, in part, by our generous supporters.
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$10,000–$19,999
$5,000–$9,999
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$1,000–$2,499
In-Kind
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In Memory of Donna Menolascino
In Honor of Todd Simon
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724 S. 12th Street
Omaha, NE 68102
402.341.7130
info@bemiscenter.org