Open House / Open Studios
Event Information
Description
Celebrate the work of current artists-in-residence and curator-in-residence, hear them talk about their artistic and curatorial practices, visit their studios and view their works-in-progress, and discuss art, life, and their Bemis residency experience. Guests can also participate in an all-ages, hands-on art activity and explore the Benefit Art Auction Exhibition. Plus, Java Daddies Coffee Truck and Kebobs Gyros & Brats (KGB) Food Truck will be on-site at 11 AM with beverages and food for purchase!
SCHEDULE
11 AM – Galleries Open
12–1 PM – ARTalks with Artists-in-Residence and Curator-in-Residence
1:15 PM – Hoy Tengo Ganas de Mi performance
1–4 PM – All-ages Art Activity with Dan Crane
1:30–4 PM – Open Studios
PERFORMANCE
Hoy Tengo Ganas de Mi is a dystopic short play that explores how a highly intelligent machine capable of predicting human behaviors and situational outcomes with near-perfect accuracy influences an American traveler's experience of Mexico and Mexican culture. Written by Scotty Wagner, a workshop presentation of the piece will take place in collaboration with other Artists-in-Residence Marcos Castro, Alicia Reyes McNamara, and Joseph Wilcox.
ALL-AGES ART ACTIVITY
Omaha artist Dan Crane will guide participants in creating a screen print using ink on paper.
Free and open to the public. Free parking available.
ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
Tania Balan-Gaubert (Brooklyn, NY)
Scott A. Carter (Memphis, TN)
Marcos Castro (Mexico City, Mexico)
Guy Goldstein (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Bailey Hikawa and Scotty Wagner (Los Angeles, CA)
Luam Melake (New York, NY)
Alicia Reyes McNamara (Chicago, IL / London, England)
Jeanie Riddle (Montréal, Canada)
Joseph Wilcox (Chicago, IL)
Alisa Yang (Los Angeles, CA)
CURATOR-IN-RESIDENCE
Sylvie Fortin (Montréal, Canada / New York, NY)