Omi International Arts Center [SEP] inception
Omi International Arts Center
Art Omi (previously Omi International Arts Center) is a nonprofit international arts organization located in Columbia County in Ghent, New York. It was founded in 1992 by Francis J. Greenburger, a New York real estate developer and literary agent, who serves as chairman of Art Omi, Inc., the residency's parent foundation. The organization takes its name from Omi, a hamlet in the Hudson River Valley two and a half hours from New York City.
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Art Omi offers five distinct
artists in residence programs and provides scholarships for these programs.
Artists and curators Residency Programs DFCA Scholarship at the Omi International Arts Center.
The Art Omi International Artists Residency is a three-week residency program in July for visual artists at the Omi International Arts Center in Ghent, New York. The DFCA program is handled each year by a different critic-in-residence and gathers a group of artists from different countries and nationalities.
In 2001, For this program, DFCA establish a scholarship to an artist from Central