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In this Issue: Art of the Now
A timely theme has emerged for this issue: a number of features center on artists grappling with issues peculiar to the age unfolding around us right now. Topics run the gamut, from the thorny ethics of cloning, to small-scale devastations of home and family in the wake of natural disaster, art-making in a time of global recession, and the morphing of private/public identities as our lives are lived, increasingly, online. What better moment to reflect on such questions than this one, when we're sending out the old decade and welcoming in whatever comes next?
PLUS: Grown & Sexy – Recent alumni of the Walker's Teen Art Council are all grown up and exhibiting new work at the Northrup King Building next week
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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: FIVETWOSIX Gallery is taking submissions of art in any medium for a juried show of hearts – themes may include love, family, friendships, and illnesses of the heart (physical or not)
Submit art February 2 & 3, on-site at the St. Paul gallery
CALL FOR ART: Two University of Minnesota galleries (Larson and Coffman) are considering art submissions for nine visual arts exhibitions (solo, group, and themed) during the 2010-2011 school year
Deadline: March 5
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Franconia Sculpture Park is taking sculpture/installation proposals for its 2010 exhibition season
FSP/Jerome Fellows application deadline: February 13
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Arts and Urban Renewal Task Force and Healing Environment Committee at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota is seeking submissions from a variety of MN artists to create a healing environment for their facilities in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota
Deadline: February 1 (submissions must be postmarked by January 29); interested applicants should plan to attend the January 14 informational session about the program at the MIA (Pillsbury Auditorium)
CALL FOR FILMMAKERS: Aesthetica Magazine's short film competition is taking submissions of short films in any genre for its international contest – winners receive cash prizes and an opportunity to screen your film at The National Media Museum (Bradford), Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival (London), Glasgow Film Festival and on the Aesthetica website
Deadline: April 30
CALL FOR MAIL ART: The ArtPost Shanty (the Official Postal Shanty of Art Shanty Projects 2010) seeks small-format artwork (no larger than 6" x 8") to show this year on Medicine Lake. Theme: "Art on Ice II"
CALL FOR PERFORMERS: The 2010 Fringe Festival is taking applications for next year's theater extravaganza
General application deadline: January 29
RESIDENCIES AVAILABLE: Elsewhere Collaborative, a living museum and experimental production environment in downtown Greensboro, NC, is now accepting applications from artists, curators, writers, musicians, designers, gardeners, makers, builders, scholars, producers, and creatives across media for residencies in 2010
Deadline: January 31
CALL FOR MURAL PAINTERS: The Hub Bike Co-op invites artists (individuals or groups) from all levels of experience to submit proposals for a mural to be painted in Minneapolis this spring
Proposal deadline: January 8 |
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In Heaven, Everything Is Fine – Basel '09
Sean Smuda returns to Art Basel-Miami for a second year to report on the fair for mnartists.org. Read on for his highly entertaining, incisive take on this year's offerings and to see his extensive photo essay on the "carnage and triumph" of Basel '09.
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Credit: Our intrepid author, on the beat at Art Basel-Miami a few weeks ago (Photo: Sean Smuda) |
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No Laughing Matter
Jaime Kleiman chats with Joseph Scrimshaw & Sarah Stevenson Scrimshaw about their new entrepreneurial venture, Joking Envelope, which aims to capitalize on the performer's successes in the improv and Fringe scenes to create a haven for new writing for the stage.
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Related links and event details:
Fat Man Crying, written and directed by Joseph Scrimshaw, will be on stage at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage through December 20.
Credit: Production photo from Fat Man Crying courtesy of Joke Envelope, LLC
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Master and Commander
Artist Ruben Nusz grapples with the "masterpieces" from the Louvre, now on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and with the slippery, troublesome nature of the term itself.
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Noted exhibition details:
The Louvre and the Masterpiece will be on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts through January 10, 2010.
Credit: Jean-Simeon Chardin (French, 1699-1779). Child with a Top, 1738. Oil on canvas
Musee du Louvre, Department of Paintings (Photo: Peter Harholdt by permission of the Musee du Louvre, Paris/High Museum of Art, Atlanta)
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Dan Graham's Postmodern Dreams, Come to Life
Camille LeFevre ruminates on Dan Graham's retrospective at the Walker, Beyond, and on the "peripatetic, insouciant, and incisive" ways in which his work has foreseen the highly mediated world we now live in.
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Noted exhibition details:
Dan Graham: Beyond will be on view at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis through January 24, 2010.
Credit: Dan Graham performing Performer/Audience/Mirror at De Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, 1977 (Photo courtesy of the artist)
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A Critic's Reflections on Choreographers' Evening 2009
Lightsey Darst reflects on the offerings at this year's Choreographers' Eve showcase, curated by the artists of BodyCartography Project, and on the lively (often heated) audience conversation online that has followed in its wake.
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Looking for more performance reviews? Here are some recent articles you may have missed:
"On Spectacle and Storytelling" – Quinton Skinner weighs in on the touring Broadway production of In the Heights >> "In Our Own Image" – Camille LeFevre reviews Movement Architecture's dance exploration of human cloning, Ode to Dolly >> "To Appreciate or To Feel? That Is the Question" – Lightsey Darst deconstructs her experience of The Good Dance, as envisioned by Reggie Wilson and Senegal's Andreya Ouamba >> "Choreography for Body and Camera" – Lightsey Darst offers a revealing look into the artists and work of the Dance Film Project >> "Mood and Motivation" – Dance critic Lightsey Darst gives her two cents on Zenon's fall season show at the Ritz >>
Credit: (Photo: Cameron Wittig) BodyCartography Project's Otto Ramstad and Olive Bieringa, curators of this year's Choregraphers' Evening
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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 recent weeks' winners in each category.
Read the What Light poem by Elizabeth Dingmann, Double Bound >>
Read Heather Goodman's flash fiction winner, Raccoons >> Read the grand prize-winning poem by Greg Watson, My Brother's Tattoo >> Read the winning flash fiction by Caroline Ore, Solo Performance >> Read Darci Schummer's What Light-winning poem, Hair >> |
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Some Assembly Required (Nov/Dec 2009)
We spoke with three very different artists over the past few weeks here on Some Assembly Required: First up was our long awaited interview with legendary, underground cut-up artist, Wayne Butane. Then came our 2007 studio interview with Minnesota artist (and KFAI DJ) Greg Carr. Finally, just one week later, our very recent phone conversation with electronic musician and composer, Matt Wand, of famed UK improv group, Stock, Hausen & Walkman.
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The Nutcracker According to Mother Goose, presented by Zenon Dance Company
Ritz Theater, Minneapolis, on stage through December 20
Ballet of the Dolls' Nutcracker (not so) Suite
Ritz Theater, Minneapolis, on stage through December 31
Continental Ballet Company's Nutcracker
Sheldon Theatre of Performing Arts, Red Wing, December 19 (2 pm)
Loyce Houlton's Nutcracker Fantasy
State Theatre, Minneapolis, December 18 - 20
Jon Ferguson Theater and John Heimbuch present S. Gunter Claus and the Story Before
Southern Theater, Minneapolis, through December 19
St. Paul City Ballet's The Enchanted Toyshop
Concordia University (E.M. Pearson Theater), Saint Paul, December 18-20
Foxy Tann's Beaverdance – "a Marxist holiday fur trade musical"
Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis, through December 19
Credit: Photo by Eric Melzer (courtesy of the Southern Theater) |
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Screening of Half Life: A Parable for a Nuclear Age by Dennis O'Rourke
Art of This Gallery, Minneapolis, December 18 (8 pm); closing reception for multidisciplinary exhibition, ½ Life by Body Cartography Project, December 19 (live performances, dance party, and DJ Wes Winship, 8 pm)
Screening of The Seducer, a new, locally-produced film by John Koch
Trylon Cinema, Minneapolis, December 22 (7:15 pm)
Childish Films: "Winter Tales" – screening classic and international animated shorts for kids
Hennepin County Central Library, Minneapolis, December 19 (10:30 am)
A holiday bash with The Honeydogs and Chris Koza
Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, December 19 (8 pm)
Screenings of Zhao Liang's Heavy Sleepers
Walker Art Center (Target Gallery), Minneapolis, through March 14
Credit: Still of Betsy Hieb (as Sophia), from The Seducer, directed by John Koch |
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Verse and Converse: "Dancers Who Write" with Linda Shapiro, Mary Easter, and Rebecca Frost
Nina's Café, Saint Paul, January 6
Rain Taxi reading series: Joey Ramone's brother Mickey Leigh and punk historian Legs McNeil discuss their new book, I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE: A Family Memoir
Nick and Eddie, Minneapolis, December 18 (9 pm); on a related note: check out the goods available in Rain Taxi's annual online benefit/auction here.
A poetry dance party, featuring a reading of the poem 10,000 Waves by Wang Ping
Shoebox Gallery, Minneapolis, December 19 (8 pm)
Big Bang Book Club discusses Mary Shelley's classic, Frankenstein
Grumpy's Bar, Minneapolis, December 22 (7 pm)
"Concerto in Photography" – lecture by artists Les Skoropat, Eric Santwire and Jeffrey Opp
Kaddatz Galleries, Fergus Falls, January 7 (5:30 pm)
"Hooked on Books" – a day of family-friendly, literary-themed events and activities
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, January 2 (10 am – 3 pm)
"The Inquisition" – an art-quiz party series in conjunction with the exhibition Benches and Binoculars
Walker Art Center (Perlman Gallery), Minneapolis, January 7 (7 pm) |
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| Sales, Festivals & Special Events |
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Prints on Ice – Highpoint's annual winter co-op show and sale
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, through January 16
Soo Visual Arts Center's "Holiday Sale and Art Extravaganza"
Soo VAC, Minneapolis, December 19 (10 am – 6 pm)
Vine Arts Center's Holiday Sale
Vine Arts Center, Minneapolis, December 19 (noon – 5 pm)
Festivus Party with Tim Rally Gold, Mighty Fairly, The Humbugs & Nikki Schultz
Nomad World Pub, Minneapolis, December 23 (9:30 pm)
Grand Hand Gallery's annual clear-the-decks "Winter Sale"
Grand Hand Gallery, Saint Paul, December 26 - January 10
Rogue Citizen Project's FEAST-funded, guerilla art project, Public Consumption – on January 1, paintings will appear all over Minneapolis, then "you decide what happens to them"
Various unnamed locations in Minneapolis, January 1
WACTAC Alumni Exhibition: Grown and Sexy
Northrup King Building (#332), Minneapolis, December 19 – 23
New Year's Eve at Sauce: Beatrix*JAR, Lookbook, Mystery Palace, Estate
Sauce Spirits and Soundbar, Minneapolis, December 31 (doors @ 9 pm) |
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All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis, December 17 – 20
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, presented by Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company
Hillcrest Center Theater, Saint Paul, on stage through December 22
Junebug Productions presents Don't Start Me Talking or I'll Tell You Everything I Know
Stephen B. Humphrey Theater (St. John's University), Collegeville, January 15 (8 pm)
Open Eye Figure Theatre's annual Holiday Pageant
Open Eye Figure Theatre, Minneapolis, through December 23
Swandive Theatre presents Almost, Maine by John Cariani
Red Eye Theatre, Minneapolis, through December 19
Table Salt Production's irreverent holiday variety show, Spiked!
Lowry Lab Theatre, Saint Paul, through December 20
The Secret Book of Jesus, presented by Maximum Verbosity
Kieran's Irish Pub, Minneapolis, December 22 & 29 (8 pm both nights)
Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, directed by Lawrence Bernabo
The Play Ground, Duluth, January 7 – 9, 14 – 16 |
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Remember This for Later – new drawings by Allen Brewer
Umber Studios, Minneapolis, through January 1
Spotique – a group show of the gallery's artists from 2009
spotArt, Minneapolis, through January 7
A Silent Unity of Gazes: The Photographic Vision of Luis Gonzales Palma
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, through January 17
Survival – When Truth and Fiction Intersect: work by Robyn Stoller-Awend, inspired by Vilna poet Abraham Sutzkever
Form + Content Gallery, Minneapolis, through January 9
Politi-Pop – 'political feedback, in the style of modern and popular art'
Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, through December 19
2009 Dia de los Muertos - an exhibition of Grupo Soap del Corazon's Day of the Dead "steamroller prints," presented by ArtOrg
Plains Art Museum, Fargo (ND), through January 3
Fragments of Eire – photography by David J. Eisenlord
Icebox Gallery & Framing, Minneapolis, show extended through January 16
Biomorphic: The Woodworking Artistry of Tim Byrns
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, through February 28
Dime – paintings by Drew Beson
Gallery 122, Minneapolis, through December 31
Vital Culture – a large group exhibition of art and design, featuring work by 57 visual artists
Gallery 13, Minneapolis, through January 9
Credits: Artwork by Tim Byrns (courtesy of the DAI) |
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