Working with FACT, Actual Architecture Co. created a framework plan and multiple projects for Bemis Center, an international artist residency and a contemporary art center in Omaha, Nebraska. This ongoing partnership has completed numerous projects ranging from temporary exhibitions to permanent capital improvements. The spaces we form support Bemis Center’s artist-driven, community-responsive programs bolstering civic engagement in the creation and understanding of art. Some projects are discrete designbuild entities completed in a semester, others are long-duration efforts requiring creative funding and unique creative collaborations including co-design with artists, musicians, craftspeople, and public charrettes. In all efforts, the staff, board of directors, and public patrons of Bemis play a central role.