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In this Issue: Gods and Monsters
For this issue, in addition to an already-plush selection of upcoming arts events, we've handpicked a selection of Halloween festivities for you – from gentler, kid-friendly outings to fright-filled grown-up fare and zany themed costume parties. Whether your taste tends toward literary spoofs, avant-pop spectacle, spooky puppets, scary movies, or creepy haunts, we've got you covered.
PLUS: It's quite a mouthful - Non Consensual Post Dada Constructivist Cerebral Warts
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Artist Opportunities
»CLICK HERE for a daily-updated list of many, many more opportunities for Minnesota artists in every discipline on mnartists.org |
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Northern Lights is taking applications for a second round of Art(ists) on the Verge commissions. AOV2 is an intensive, mentor-based fellowship program (sponsored by the Jerome Foundation) for five Minnesota-based, emerging artists or artist groups working experimentally at the intersection of art, technology, and digital culture.
Application deadline: November 16
There are two remaining informational meetings: October 26 (noon, MCAD) & October 27 (1 pm, Common Roots "common room")
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: The end of ARP! is nigh, and editors are taking submissions/proposals from writers and artists interested in contributing to the final issue
Proposal deadline: October 23 CALL FOR ARTISTS: Dooryard Gallery, a SE Wisconsin art and fine craft gallery, has issued its inaugural open call for new artists
CALL FOR CERAMISTS: The Duluth Art Institute is taking submissions from emerging MN ceramics artists for an upcoming exhibition
Submission deadline: November 6
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Smitten Kitten seeks submissions for its upcoming Sexy Craft Fair
Submission deadline: November 19
CALL FOR ARTISTS: FEAST, a recurring public dinner designed to use community-driven financial support to democratically fund new and emerging artmakers, is taking artist proposals for grant funding, which will be awarded according to a popular vote at the next FEAST dinner
Proposal submissions deadline: October 29
CALL FOR YOUTH FILMMAKERS: The Twin Cities Youth Media Network is taking submissions for its annual Film Showcase
Deadline: October 26
SEEKING ARTS REPRESENTATIVE FOR MILLE LACS COUNTY: The East Central Regional Development Commission is seeking an individual to represent Mille Lacs County on the East Central Arts Council (ECAC) Advisory Committee
Nomination deadline: November 1
Credit: Photo by k0a1a.net (courtesy of the Walker blogs) |
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Everything and Nothing, All at Once
Ruben Nusz weighs in the ongoing Rob Fischer exhibition, Few Landmarks and No Boundaries, at Franklin Artworks through October 30, calling the artwork "challenging, but wholly worthy of your attention."
Read more >>
Related exhibition details:
Rob Fischer: Few Landmarks and No Boundaries will be on view at Franklin Artworks in Minneapolis through October 30. There will be a closing performance and reception, with live music by Dark Dark Dark, at the gallery on October 29, beginning at 7 pm.
Credit: Artwork by Rob Fischer, courtesy of Franklin Artworks |
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Old-Time Radio 2.0
Writer David Doody profiles the creative team behind Radio Happy Hour, two guys who have been refashioning playfully zany old-time radio shows for hip, young audiences -- first in Minneapolis and now, New York City.
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Upcoming shows:
If you're in New York City this fall, you can see new episodes of Radio Happy Hour at Le Poisson Rouge on Bleecker Street: November 14, with guests Craig Finn and Tad Kubler of the Hold Steady; and on December 12 (guests TBA).
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Some Assembly Required (October 2009)
Recent episodes of Some Assembly Required include a food-themed program and an informal look at the history of litigation in the world of sound collage, not to mention some brazen examples of appropriation-based collage music, as practiced by pop artists. It was an as-always odd assortment of styles and genres this past month -- take a listen.
Start listening >>
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mnLIT presents
Each week, mnartists.org publishes a story or poem by one of this year's winners in the What Light Poetry Project and miniStories flash fiction competitions. Read below for a winning piece in each category.
Read Todd Pederson's What Light poem, Flatiron - Market Sunday >>
Read one of the 2009 grand-prize winners, Furious by Kris Woll >> |
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| Classes and Workshops |
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CLASS: "Photography as Personal Language"
Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis, classes run through December 3
WORKSHOP: Dia de los Muertos annual "Free Ink Day" at Highpoint
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, October 24
CLASS: "Writing an Artist Statement"
Minneapolis Photo Center, Minneapolis, October 20 - November 10
WORKSHOP: Studio Bricolage presents "Performance Sculpture – Kinetic Art" with Tim Fort
Leonardo's Basement, Minneapolis, November 6
CLASS: "Pine City Writes" a series of writing classes by local memoirist and poet, Angela Foster
Pine City Elementary Reading Center, Pine City, through October 29
Credit: Photo of some kinetic sculpture gadgets created by Tim Fort (courtesy of the artist) |
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Russian Seasons in Minnesota
Park Square Theatre, St. Paul, October 25
Osso & Sufjan Stevens' The BQE
Southern Theater, Minneapolis, October 29
Strange Attractors 20 – a festival of new music and intermedia
Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, October 30 - December 4
Screening: Klownboy Circus of Gore
Riverview Theater, Minneapolis, October 24 (midnight)
Flyway Film Festival
Various venues, Pepin and Stockholm, WI, October 22 - 25
Patrick's Zombie Cabaret
Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, October 22
Peace Cabaret - a Mississippi Civil Rights Project fundraiser
Carmody Irish Pub, Duluth, October 27
The Crossing – a short film collaboration between performer Anika Eide, dancer Toni Tinetti and filmmaker Todd Wardrope
Airs every Tuesday @ 6 pm on the Minneapolis Television Network (MTN), Channel 16, October 6 - 27
Indie Film Night – a selection of short films from Greater Minnesota, presented by IFP's Cinema Lounge
Zinema 2, Duluth, November 7
Credit: Still (top) from The Crossing, airing on MNTV, Channel 16, Tuesdays in October; (Bottom) photo for Sufjian Stevens' The BQE (Photo: Denny Renshaw) |
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| Lectures, Symposia & Literary Events |
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MAEP ANNUAL MEETING: The annual Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program's meeting to elect a new panel of artist/jurors
Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Pillsbury Auditorium), Minneapolis, October 24 (10:30 am – 1 pm)
Internationally acclaimed painter Amy Sillman to speak in Mankato
Minnesota State University – Mankato, Ostrander Auditorium (Centennial Union), October 26 (7 pm)
Turtle Quarterly Public Reading
Coffee Grounds Coffee House, Falcon Heights, October 25
A Benefit for Hunger Relief in the Twin Cities
Coffman Union Theater, Minneapolis, October 27
Rain Taxi Reading Series presents a reading by two landmark poets, Dara Wier and Ed Sanders
Rogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis, October 28 (7:30 pm)
A Tribute to Bill Holm – co-presented by Milkweed Editions, Birchbark Books and Plymouth's Literary Witnesses
Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, November 2 (7 pm)
Artist talk for The Precious Object: "By Hand: Craftsmanship, Labor, and the Handmade"
Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, October 27 (7 pm)
Credit: Image of Amy Sillman courtesy of Elle Decor (December 2006) |
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BareBones Halloween 2009 – Devoured
Hidden Falls Park (North Gate), St. Paul, October 24, 25, 30 & 31
Minnesota Death-Songs and The Rats in the Walls
Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis, October 24 (7 pm)
Halloween Haunted Basement
The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, ongoing through November 1
Bunny Clogs & Friends Halloween dance and costume party, with special guests Lucy Michelle, Aby Wolf, and Jeremy Messersmith
Southern Theater, Minneapolis, October 31 @ 11 am & 2 pm
The Loft's "Dead (Poe)ts and Writers Halloween Party"
Kieran's Pub, Minneapolis, October 31 (8 pm)
Zoo Boo - a fright-free Halloween festival for kids
Como Zoo, St. Paul, October 23, 24 & 25 (4:30 - 7:30 pm)
STOP HOMELESSNESS Art Sale and Benefit
Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art, Minneapolis, October 30 & 31 Art Attack 2009 – an annual open studio and gallery crawl
Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, November 6 - 8
Ox-Op Arts presents: Non Consensual Post Dada Constructivist Cerebral Warts – Art, Music, and Film Festival
Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, October 22 - 25
Singing the Legacy of Sekou Sundiata – potluck dinner and community sing
Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, October 24 (6 – 10 pm)
Weekend Trunk Show: Todd Reed and Kiss of the Wolf
Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, October 23 – 24 |
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Ruined by Lynn Nottage, 2009 Pulitzer-winner for Drama, presented by Mixed Blood Theatre
Mixed Blood Theater, Minneapolis, October 16 – November 2
Workhaus Collective's The Sense of What Should Be, written and directed by Dominic Orlando
Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, November 6 - 21
Steve Epp & Dominique Serrand present The House Can't Stand
Southern Theater, Minneapolis, October 22 - 25
Big Love
Rarig Center - U of M, Minneapolis, October 16 - 24
Shakespeare's Othello presented by Ten Thousand Things
Open Book, Minneapolis, October 23 - November 8
Nights of the Living Fringe – five of this year's hottest Fringe shows are back on stage
Minneapolis Theatre Garage, Minneapolis, on stage through November 1
Credit: Photo courtesy of Steve Epp
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mnartists.org's ARTmn exhibition, The Precious Object, a juried show with work by 14 Minnesota artists
Hennepin Country Library, Minneapolis, on view through January 3, 2010
To Have It About You: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, October 23 – January 10, 2010
Three new shows at Midway: 800 Numbers by Ned Vena; Bingo, Wait a Minute… by Alex Hubbard; The Ground by Felix Culpa, Todd Norsten, Conny Purtill, and Josh Rickards
Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, on view through December 5
Citizen – new work by Alex Roche and Page Whitmore
They Won't Find Us Here Gallery, Minneapolis, October 24
The Minnesota Eye – Contemporary Photography
College of Visual Arts Gallery, St. Paul, October 29 – November 14 (opening reception October 31, 5 – 8 pm)
Lucia Hwang -What's Up?
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, October 29 - December 18
Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists
Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, October 30 - December 11
Thomas Allen: Afterword
Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, October 24 (reception from 5 – 8 pm) – November 28
Momentary Performances and Things that Last Longer – Lee Walton
Bethel University (Olson Gallery), St. Paul, on view through December 13
Icons for the Bereaved – traditions and artifacts of mourning
Hennepin History Museum, Minneapolis, opens October 24 (reception from 6 – 8 pm)
The Louvre and the Masterpiece
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, on view through January 10, 2010
War Work: Artists Engage Iraq and Other Wars
Carleton College Art Gallery, Northfield, October 22 – November 18
Credits: Bottom image, Thomas Allen, Aroused, chromogenic print, 2009 |
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One for the Road |
Soo VAC is hosting a four-day, interdisciplinary extravaganza around a large retrospective of the printwork and flatstock design by two noted homegrown outfits: Aesthetic Apparatus and Burlesque of North America. Look for short films by Chris Mars and nightly performance art, including live sets simulcast in "security cam vision" by Gay Witch Abortion, H.O.F., and The Melvins.
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