Midwestern Voices and Visions is a collaboration between the Alliance of Artists Communities and seven artists' residency programs in the Midwest. Each site offers its own way of serving its artists-in-residence, though all share a common vision that supporting living artists with time and space to create new work is essential to human progress.

Click on the names below to read more about each program:

Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Red Wing, Minnesota

Art Farm
Marquette, Nebraska

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, Nebraska

John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Ox-Bow
Saugatuck, Michigan

Prairie Center of the Arts
Peoria, Illinois

Ragdale Foundation
Lake Forest, Illinois

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

The spirit and programs of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts are based on the conviction that exceptional talent deserves to be supported. The Bemis Center’s practical commitment to this belief is achieved by providing well-equipped studio spaces, living accommodations, and a monthly stipend to artists who are awarded residencies. These artists come from around the world to work within a supportive community of like-minded people. The atmosphere and environment offer an ideal situation for creative growth and experimentation and encourage artists to confront new challenges.

Located in two urban warehouses totaling 110,000 square feet, the facilities are designed to foster creativity and the productive exchange of ideas. The Bemis Center has seven live/work studios in which the artists-in-residence reside, an installation room located on the same floor as the artist studios, and a large industrial space used for fabrication. The Bemis Center is open to all visual media including video, installation, and performance art.

In addition to its residency program, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts is dedicated to providing the community with the absolute best in contemporary art. Bemis Center hosts exhibitions, ArtTalks lectures given by current artists-in-residence, Gallery Talks providing in-depth tours through current exhibitions, and Open Studios inviting visitors to engage the artists in discussions regarding their art. Bemis Center also presents bemisUNDERGROUND, an innovative curatorial residency program that provides community-based artists with the rare opportunity to curate exhibitions of their own design.

www.bemiscenter.org

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