Founded in 1981, by artists for artists, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts facilitates the creation, presentation, and understanding of contemporary art through an international residency program, exhibitions, and educational programs. Located in the historic Old Market, Omaha’s arts and culture district, Bemis Center serves a critical role in the presentation and understanding of contemporary art, bridging the community of Omaha to a global discourse surrounding cultural production today.

Bemis Center’s core mission has always been to provide artists from around the world dedicated time, space, and resources to conduct research and to create new work across conceptual, material, performative, and social practices. The independently driven atmosphere and communal environment encourage creative growth, experimentation, confrontation of challenges, and cultivation of new ideas. To date, more than 1,000 artists have participated in the residency program.

**Time + Space**

The Bemis residency is a process-based experience–residents have the ability to research, experiment, and explore free from expectations. Bemis residents enjoy generous sized, private live/work studios and have 24-hour access to extensive installation and production spaces; the Okada Sculpture & Ceramics Facility, a 9,000 square foot industrial workshop used for large-scale sculpture fabrication; and a Sound Studio for rehearsing and recording.

**Community**

Bemis offers opportunities to meet local and regional artists, arts professionals, and others that may specifically help advance a resident’s practice.

**Financial Support**

Selected **US-based artists-in-residence** receive a $1,250 USD monthly stipend and an additional $750 USD travel stipend.

  
Bemis Center is a host organization through the International Art & Artists Exchange program. Selected **international artists-in-residence** are encouraged to apply for a J-1 short-term scholar visa through IA&A to be eligible to receive monthly stipend payments. If a J-1 visa is not acquired by an international artist-in-residence, that artist will be subject to payment restrictions specific to their particular visa. B2 visas (touring/visiting) limit payments to international artists-in-residence as reimbursement of qualified expenses only, such as airfare, ground transportation, and meals.

**Technical + Administrative Support**

In addition to financial support, residents receive technical and administrative support from a dedicated team of Bemis staff members.

2026 Spring Artist-in-Residence

The Tombolo Artist Residency is your opportunity to collaborate with Tombolo: we will design shirts based on your artwork as you work towards a solo exhibition that we host in New York City. The residency culminates in a **solo show in New York City where Tombolo will take 0% commission**; along the way, we will create at least **two unique Tombolo shirts** from your work, from which you will receive **royalty payments for each shirt sold**. We will also provide a **stipend** and **marketing exposure** via Tombolo's channels, and **mentorship** from Tombolo's founders. 

  
The Artist will be provided with a stipend of $3500 for the \~7 months of the residency from May to December; while presence in New York City is encouraged, the residency can be done remotely. The Artist will use this time to create work for a solo show to take place in New York City in January or early February 2026\. During the residency, we will design a minimum of two shirts together. The Artist will receive royalties from every shirt sold. 

  
**_What Tombolo Can Expect from You_**

* Artist to showcase a body of work at the exhibition at the end of the residency
* Artist to deliver two shirt designs created in collaboration with the Tombolo team:
* One shirt design will be completed in the first month based on an existing work by the artist. This shirt will proceed to production immediately and be available for sale at the time of the exhibition.
* The second shirt will likely be designed from scratch based on a new artwork that features in the exhibition. The shirt may or may not be physically available at the solo show depending on the timing; more likely, it will be a made-to-order preorder at the time of the solo show. That new artwork will be displayed alongside a sample of the matching shirt at the exhibition.
* Tombolo will have the right to use these artworks to make these clothing items and the rights to sell these items.
* Artist to assist in creating a small installment in a section of the Tombolo NYC retail store to accompany the shirts sold on site
* Artist to self-install works at exhibition and is expected to collaborate on the event planning, invitations, and be present in New York for the duration of the show (approx. 7 days), as well as leading up to the show to help prepare.
* The artist's body of work must be present in NYC for the show; if an artist is conducting the residency remotely, they will have to handle logistics and costs of getting their work to NYC for the show.

  
**Timelines**

* **Week of April 21:** Kickoff Meeting
* **Mid May:** First Mock Ups for Shirt 1 based on existing work / Initial Concepts for artwork for Shirt 2 Delivered
* **End of May / Beginning of June:** Deadline for delivery of final artwork for Shirt 2
* **June to November:** Continued stipend as resident completes body of work; collaboration to finalize shirt designs and proceed to production; preparation for solo exhibition (event planning, exhibition curation, logistics, etc.)
* **Winter 2025 / 2026:** Solo Exhibition (Most likely in the second half of January)

* $3500 stipend for materials and other expenses
* A solo exhibition show in Manhattan with an opening event, hosted and paid for by Tombolo as the gallerist with 0% commission taken
* Mentorship from the Tombolo Founders and direct collaboration with the Tombolo team
* Tombolo will spearhead creative development of the shirts and handle all production, marketing, photoshoot, etc.
* Exposure and promotion of the collaboration at the exhibition, on social, and website
* Tombolo’s PR team will help promote the collaboration
* Royalties from each shirt sold

  

Tombolo Artist Residency Program

The Decorative Arts Trust established a new publishing grant program in December 2023, the latest expansion of the organization’s efforts to invigorate scholarship and broaden appreciation of material culture. The endeavor is structured to support publications tackling the broad context of the Americas and to encourage projects that advance diversity in the study of American decorative arts and material culture. The program will also respond to the changing needs of the field and will consider publishing efforts in both the print and digital sectors. The Trust receives dozens of requests for funding for publishing related projects each year and recognizes the strong demand for and limited supply of resources focused on publishing in the art community. This new venture establishes a commitment to sharing important art historical research as broadly as possible. An advisory committee consisting of museum professionals and academics with broad experience in publishing stewards the program and oversees the selection of grant recipients.

  
**Publishing Grants for First-Time Authors of Book-Length Publications**

This program is focused specifically to support an author’s first book-length publication (based on a completed dissertation, thesis, or other scholarly research) that increases the awareness and appreciation of important areas of material culture. 

  

Proposals can request funding up to $5,000\. 

Publishing Grants for First-Time Authors

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) invites visual artists to apply for the organization’s 11-month residency program, funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Windgate Foundation.

Three visual artists will be invited to spend the year (September 1 – July 31) making new work, which will be included in a group exhibition set to open in the spring of their residency year. The exhibition will be curated by a consulting curator contracted by VisArts.

Residents will have the opportunity to:

* Work in residence at VisArts’ residency space
* Attend a free class at VisArts during each session they’re in residence
* Teach up to two classes at VisArts in the winter and spring sessions – Please note that residents are paid for teaching under a separate contract
* Host open studio events during major events throughout the year
* Contribute work to the final resident artist exhibition
* Give a gallery talk and/or organize programming in relation to exhibition
* Host studio visits with donors, funders and friends of the organization, as requested

  

VisArts will provide residents with:

* $5,000 honorarium
* $500 materials budget
* Private instruction by VisArts instructors to learn new techniques
* Small, private studio with additional shared studio space available
* Access to all VisArts’ tools and equipment
* An exhibition in the True F. Luck Gallery with curatorial guidance and written catalogue
* Professional photography of the final exhibition
* Video of the resident artists at work
* Printed copies of the exhibition catalog
* Professional headshots
* Annual membership to the Visual Arts Center of Richmond

  

Visual Arts Residency

Klub Żak starts an OPEN CALL for the 14th edition of Solo Dance Contest, an international competition that every year gathers dancers and choreographers from all over the world. 

  
The competition will take place during the 17th Gdańsk Dance Festival on September 22–25, 2025\. The competition is addressed to all professional dancers from Poland and abroad who are over 18 years of age. Deadline for sending the application is March 31, 2025 at 23:59\. We will invite selected solos to the main competition, which will be assessed by an international jury consisting of personalities from the world of contemporary dance. The total prize pool is EUR 6,000! During the competition, an audience prize of EUR 500 will be awarded, and the remaining EUR 5,500 will be distributed by the Jury between the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes. 

  
During this year's edition, the Polish Solo Dance Contest.pl qualifiers will also be held for the first time. To participate in the qualifying rounds, which are scheduled for April 26-27, we will select from 10 to 12 solo performances performed by people from Poland, which will be presented to the audience and a group of experts. The pre-selection jury will select at least 5 works that will qualify for the main competition.

* Invitation to Gdańsk and solo presentation on the Klub ŻAK stage
* Accommodation for the duration of the competition
* Reimbursement of travel costs up to PLN 400 for people traveling within Poland and up to EUR 180 for people traveling from abroad
* Three financial prizes with a total value of EUR 5,500
* Audience Award of EUR 500

solo dance contest at gdańsk dance festival

Following the great success of the two initial calls for entries, the Lesser-Ury Art Prize will also be awarded in 2025.

  
This award for visual arts, launched in 2024, will be given to artists for individual works that are selected by a jury of the KünstlerGilde eV as part of an art prize competition with an annually changing artistic focus.

  
The namesake of the prize, the painter and graphic artist Leo Lesser Ury , born in the province of Posen in 1861 , was part of the German Impressionist movement and an important representative of the so-called Berlin Secession . While the cosmopolitan had an almost legendary enmity with Max Liebermann, Ury only flourished within the Secession with regular exhibitions when Lovis Corinth - the namesake of the Lovis Corinth Art Prize of the Artists' Guild - replaced Liebermann as president. Ury's typical pictures with coffee house and street scenes - and not infrequently with very characteristic reflections of light - are still impressive today.

Prizes: Honor (the prize is currently not endowed) and publication in our magazine, homepage and in the press.

  
The KünstlerGilde eV is exhibiting participants in the shortlist exhibition of the Lesser-Ury Prize 2025 at Küferstraße 37 in 73728 Esslingen near the Wolfstor - probably from mid-April 2025\. As soon as the participants are confirmed, they will be named here on this page.

  
The shortlisted participants selected by the jury will be informed in good time by the Artists’ Guild and asked to send in the originals for the exhibition.

  
In general, it should be mentioned in this context that the association does not have the funds for special insurance. If you estimate the value of your works to be 5,000 euros or more, we would ask you to refrain from submitting them/participating as a precautionary measure.

Lesser-Ury Art Prize '25

**Apply for the Rumpenheim Art Prize 2025!**

  
The “Rumpenheim Art Prize DIANA” has been sponsored since 2020 by the Männche family, Rumpenheim. The award-winning exhibition concept will be realized by the artist on the occasion of the 23rd “Rumpenheim Art Days” and presented in the Evangelical Castle Church from September 19th to October 3rd, 2025.

The prize is endowed with 3,000 euros and will be awarded at a ceremony to open the art days on Friday, September 19, 2025 in the Evangelical Castle Church.

Rumpenheim Art Prize 2025

The Theodor Körner Fund aims to support young academics and artists. Applications are open for scientific research projects, as well as art, literature, and composition projects that are currently underway . Funding is also available for the development of research designs that serve as the basis for competitive application procedures (FWF or at least equivalent).

  
The Theodor Körner Fund awards its prizes exclusively for " work in progress ." The submitted project must have already begun but not been completed before the end of the respective application year. Submitted projects must have been independently conceived by the applicant, be carried out independently, and be feasible within two years . For the 2025 application year, this means a completion deadline between January 1, 2026, and November 30, 2027.

  
In the academic disciplines, only research projects are eligible for awards. Communication, translation, and publication projects, etc., are therefore excluded from applications. Likewise, bachelor's and diploma/master's theses, postdoctoral research projects, and contract research are generally not eligible for funding.

The Theodor Körner Prize is endowed with €5,000 . It is awarded for outstanding projects, but represents direct support for the awardees and is at their discretion. Evidence of the use of the funds is not required. With the exception of the Foundation Prizes, the prize money is paid out in two installments: the first (€3,000) upon award of the prize, the second (€2,000) upon timely and documented completion.

Theodor Körner Preis 2025

The _Creative Exchange Residency for Craft Practitioners_ aims to foster a collaborative and open learning environment, encouraging craft practitioners to apply their unique skills and perspectives. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful exchanges, contributing to the rich tapestry of European craft knowledge and practice.

  
Whether you’re based in different countries or various regions within the same country, you can take part in this knowledge exchange. The roll-out call spans until March 2025, and the residency can take place until 15 April 2025, providing an extended application window and more opportunities for craft practitioners.

  
Each selected participant will receive a stipend of 400€ to facilitate their involvement. This stipend is intended to cover basic travel expenses and contribute to accommodation costs. Additionally, applicants are encouraged to proactively seek additional financial support by applying for an EU mobility grant or other applicable grants if they anticipate further funding needs.

  
**Application categories are as follows:**

  
**Pair Exchange:** A traditional two-week knowledge exchange and residency either all 14 days in-situ or a minimum of 7 days in-situ and the rest up to the 2 weeks online.

  
Established pairs of craft practitioners are encouraged to apply together. This category also has the flexibility to choose between 14 days face-to-face or a hybrid format with 7 days in person and the rest online (equivalent to 15 hours per week). Participants in this category should apply individually and add the name of the partner in the corresponding section and visit each other in their studios. Both persons in the pair are entitled to the full stipend. If you don’t have a partner, a dedicated closed Facebook group will be provided, monitored by the ECA team, allowing you to explore potential exchange partners.

  
**Workshop Attendance:** Craft practitioners interested in attending already established workshops that last at least 7 days.

  
Participants in this category can apply and be eligible for a stipend if the established workshop has a minimum duration of 7 days in situ . For the remaining time applicants should propose a supplementary program to cover the remaining days (equivalent of 15 hours week). This could involve exploring local craftspeople and their workshops, local heritage, and unique materials in the region.

  
**Group Exchange:** Craft practitioners forming a group for a collective exchange either all 14 days in-situ or at least 7 days in-situ and the rest online.

  
Craft practitioners, 3 or up to 20, can form a group and apply together. This category also has the flexibility to choose between 14 days face-to-face or a hybrid format with at least 7 days in person and the rest up to 2 weeks online (equivalent to 15 hours per week). The group can create its own knowledge exchange in one place (e.g., one of the members of the group’s studio) based on craft discipline or the use of materials in different craft disciplines. All members of the group are individually eligible for the stipend.

The individual stipend of 400€ per participant will be disbursed once the application is approved by ECA.

Creative Exchange for Craft Practitioners

**Timeline Shift is the title of the fourth edition of Re:humanism Art Prize, which since 2018 has been dedicated to exploring the relationship between art and artificial intelligence. This edition is a reflection on time, often experienced from a Western perspective and oriented towards the future and productivity. Hence, an openness to other cultural and ritual forms is vital. An invitation to recover, in technologies as in everyday life, a synchronicity capable of reconnecting everyone's experience with the world around them, living species, even artificial entities and ourselves. Timeline Shift is an attempt to go beyond a "wrong timeline", generating the possibility to act on the world and on technological progress, similarly to a collective spell.**

  
Today, new generative models defined as large language models (LLM) allow greater accessibility of these technologies but also greater opacity. While anyone can use natural language (prompt) to obtain content with a high degree of accuracy, on the other hand these models need enormous quantities of data which also need to be classified and organized to obtain satisfactory results. The theme of the archive, already central in the artistic discourse, becomes even more so concerning these tools. Decisions about which data is preserved and which is discarded are highly dependent on human intervention, and the risk of repercussions exponentially escalates with AI.

  
In this context, the art world finds itself at the center of this algorithmic revolution: the interfaces of generative models, while making the creation of content more accessible, reduce the transparency and awareness of the processes that generate them. The debate focuses on the concept of authorship and its recognition, while concerns emerge about how artificial intelligence reproduces stereotypes or intrinsic limits of statistical calculation, rather than generating genuine creativity.

  
In response, many artists are exploring new workflows, seeking sustainable solutions that transcend the recursive nature of algorithms. Among the topics addressed, discourses on gender, decolonization, ritual and ancestral visions, intertextuality and synchronicity emerge, as well as speculative perspectives that aim to outline new cultural and social horizons.

  
This edition aims to foster reflections on how to rethink value systems now at the limit of their usefulness, inviting artists to imagine and experiment with tools that can overcome the current condition. The goal is to create visions capable of tracing trajectories towards a more inclusive, ethical and sustainable future.

The **exhibition** of the ten finalists (excluding the Romaeuropa Prize which will be presented later) will take place in the **Fondazione Pastificio Cerere in Rome in June 2025.**

  
Ten projects will be selected and divided into three 3 main categories: the MAIN PRIZE, the APA PRIZE and the ROMAEUROPA DIGITALIVE PRIZE.

  
The prizes are divided as follows:

  
**1° PRIZE — 7.000 €**

**2° PRIZE — 5.000 €**

**3° PRIZE — 4.000 €**

**APA PRIZE — 3.000 €**

**THE OTHER FIVE FINALISTS — 1.000 €**

**ROMAEUROPA DIGITALIVE PRIZE — 1500 € + festival**

Timeline Shift

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