
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, 40-year reputation as one of the top international residency programs. 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 1,500 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 + Concert and Summer Arts Encounter 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 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, and performances at LOW END.
Invitation to the Summer Members’ Bash on June 15, celebrating current exhibitions.
Two complimentary tickets to the 2023 Benefit Art Auction, featuring libations, bites, and entertainment in collaboration with our partners Fizzy’s Fountain & Liquors, Maven Social, Omaha Steaks, and more.
The latest Bemis swag: a new collector’s item in collaboration with 2022 Artist-in-Residence, Ron Norsworthy.
Recognition on digital program materials, including the Benefit Art Auction website.
$1,321 tax-deductible
Four guest invitations to the Summer Members’ Bash on June 15.
Four complimentary tickets to the 2023 Benefit Art Auction on October 27.
Logo in print and digital materials and publicity, including the Benefit Art Auction invitation.
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Logo on sponsor wall at the Auction Exhibition and prominently displayed at the Benefit event.
Logo in sponsor listings on-site and in printed materials for one year.
$4,612 tax-deductible
Naming rights to one of four galleries during the two-week run of the Benefit Art Auction Exhibition (e.g., Omaha Steaks, Gallery 1).
Logo on Auction Exhibition banner prominently displayed outside Bemis’s front entrance in the Old Market.
One customized private event hosted at Bemis for Sponsor’s employees, clients, and associates during non-public hours.
$9,418 (less the fair market value of facility rental, if applicable) tax-deductible
Logo placement on all print and digital marketing materials associated with an additional Bemis program or series, such as an exhibition or Open House / Open Studio events, in addition to the Benefit Art Auction.
Opportunity to customize recognition benefits to suit your business at the Benefit Art Auction or another Bemis event.
$24,224 (less the fair market value of facility rental, if applicable) tax-deductible
To learn more or to customize a sponsorship opportunity
Ellie Novak
Development Director
402.341.7130 x 16
ellie@bemiscenter.org
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