Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha

The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts was founded in 1981 by Jun Kaneko, Tony Hepburn, Lorne Falke and Ree Schonlau. At first the Center placed artists at industrial sites where they created their work through an Artist-In-Industry program. In 1984 began the search for a studio facility that could accommodate several artists working at the same time in different media.

This facility became the Bemis Bag Warehouse. The building was renovated and designed to include studio spaces and living accommodations for the artists on the second floor and exhibition space and administrative offices on the first floor. The art gallery of the Center contains works of artists from all around the world. Nowadays the Bemis Center presents more than 20 exhibitions per year.