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Contact: Kim Carpenter, Communications Coordinator
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Ready To Go Public?
An Artist’s Guide to a Long-Term Career: A Bemis Center Seminar

OMAHA, NE–

Gallery representation: It’s one of the single most important facets of an artist’s career. A professional gallery owner acts like both an agent and an advocate for the professional artist. Being featured in the right gallery is what gets an artist’s work into the public eye and helps the artist earn income as a working professional. But gallery representation is often the last thing on the mind of budding artists. For this reason, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts is hosting the workshop Ready To Go Public? An Artist’s Guide to a Long-Term Career on Saturday, October 8, 2005, from 12:00 noon until 1:30 p.m. This seminar is geared toward art students and young professional artists who want to learn the value of true gallery representation and how to develop a strategy that advances their own individual career goals. Find out how to navigate the art world labyrinth and discover how a successful gallery/artist relationship will represent, promote and benefit a long-term career. This special workshop will be led by established gallery owners and curators and provides the perfect opportunity for young artists to learn critical tips and pointers from art world insiders.

Ready To Go Public is FREE for Bemis Center Members and $7.00 for Non-Members. Space is limited to 20 participants, and the deadline to register is Friday, September 30th. Call Michele Frost at 402.341.7130 x 10 to reserve your space today.

In addition to this seminar, the Bemis Center announces its last educational symposium for the 2005 season:

Saturday, December 10, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Driven by Vision: Collectors’ Forum

In conjunction with the exhibition Cool & Collected: Consummate Works from Community Collectors, the Bemis Center is bringing together top art collectors from throughout the state to discuss their collecting passions. Find out why they collect art and what inspired them to start. Join us for a fascinating journey into Omaha’s contemporary art collections and collectors. Panel will include some of Nebraska's most prominent contemporary art collectors.

FREE and open to the public.

To register for any of the above seminars, or for more information about our educational programming, please call 402.341.7130 or visit www.bemiscenter.org. Whether you’re an arts professional, arts advocate or arts supporter, make sure to join us at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and participate in these lively, engaging and informative discussions about contemporary art and artists.

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Support for the Bemis Center is provided, in part, by Nebraska Arts Council, THE FUNd, the Elizabeth Graham Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Omaha Steaks, Clark Creative Group, Peter Kiewit Foundation, Millard Foundation, Douglas County Tourism Fund, Nimoy Foundation, Upstream Brewing Co, First National Bank, Duncan Family Foundation and individual members.

Kim Carpenter
Communications Coordinator
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
724 S.12th Street
Omaha, NE 68102
Direct: 402.934.8059
www.bemiscenter.org