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In this issue: Up Close and Personal
With the wide variety of summer festivals, open studios, works-in-progress showcases, and a passel of new arts engagement programs designed to bring audiences right into the middle of the art-making action, it's the perfect time for you to mix it up a bit, participate in the creative foment, discuss what you see and hear, and generally get to know your friendly, neighborhood artists a bit better.
- HOMEPAGE: Highlights include reviews of the recent Renovate choreography showcase and Ten Thousand Things' stripped-down version of My Fair Lady, a profile of painter Caitlin Karolczak, and an in-depth article on the issues raised by the Walker's exhibition 1964, with responses to the show from artists, critics, and historians
- NEWS YOU CAN USE: A brand-new batch of artist opportunities, handpicked from our daily-updated community bulletin board
- YOU ARE HERE: More arts festivals than you can shake a stick at as well as new dance and theater offerings, gallery exhibitions, summer classes, lectures and literary events, music, and film
PLUS: mnartists.org and ArtsConnectEd want Minnesota artists to participate in a new program, Artist Voice/Artist Choice
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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 |
OPEN CALL: The Walker Art Center needs your help in transforming our big, green backyard into Open Field, a summer-long event that celebrates the many cultural assets of our community. What this means for you: create an activity for the calendar, use the space for your own recreational or creative purposes, join the Drawing Club, join in an artist’s residency project, or anything else.
Deadline: Open Field runs from June 3-September 5.
CALL FOR FILMMAKERS: The Soap Factory invites submissions of very short videos and films from "the amateur and the immature, the talented and the unfortunate, the virtuoso and the accidental artist" for the Ten-Second Film Festival
Deadline: June 1
CALL FOR CLASS PROPOSALS: MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids is accepting proposals for adult, teen and children’s classes in various media, including drawing, painting, printmaking, pottery, and basketry.
Deadline: June 21 for September-January classes, later for following classes CALL FOR ARTISTS: Stevens Square Center for the Arts is seeking artists to help redefine 'the history that never was' or the 'alternative history of the industrial age' through retro-Futurist, neo-Victorian and Steampunk influenced work. Only submissions sent via carrier pigeon, brass pneumatic tube or zeppelin courier will be considered. Just kidding.
Deadline for submissions: July 2
CALL FOR ARTISTS, CURATORS, PERFORMERS OR ANYONE ELSE: Space Available for Storefront-in-a-Box! Occupy a storefront (the former Arise! Bookstore location on Lyndale) for $200 a month, including utilities and wi-fi. If you can legally do it in a storefront, you can do it here.
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Minneapolis Photo Center invites amateur and professional photographers worldwide to submit black and white photography for an upcoming juried exhibition, Black & White: People, Places or Things
Deadline: July 23
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND VOLUNTEER DESIGNERS: Hot Off The is a month-long publishing project, facilitated by Ariel Pate and Tiffany Hockin (ARP! Magazine), at the Soap Factory during the month of August. H.O.T. will be collaboratively publishing manifestos, fiction, art books, newsletters, comics, novellas and anything else that can be printed on paper and bound.
Deadline: Rolling through August 15
CALL FOR ARTISTS: To participate in the 2011-2012 WARM Mentor Program. The WARM Mentor Program is a supportive resource that pairs emerging and professional women artists for two years, sharing wisdom and skills while providing supportive critique. WARM is one of the oldest active independent arts organizations in the Twin Cities.
Deadline: June 5
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: For Wing Young Huie’s University Avenue Project, a monumental public art work that brings Huie‘s photography into a long series of storefronts on one of the Twin Cities’ most diverse, lively and interesting streets. Volunteers are needed for a May 29th Cabaret and for the nightly show at The University Avenue Project(ion) Site.
Deadline: First training sessions May 27-28
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Rent a booth for your work at the ArtSplash Art Fair in North Mankato this June 20. Exhibitors will have a 10x10 space for a $15 entry fee. Music and food, too! All mediums and disciplines welcome to participate.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Original artwork for the University of Minnesota-Morris’s permanent collection, to be installed in the Welcome Center, a historic former engineering building on campus. Generations of UMM students and alumni, greeted by your work!
Application deadline: June 15
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: For Biotics, an exhibition at Conduit Gallery in Northeast Minneapolis exploring the relationship between humans and animals, with sales going in part to fund Springboard for the Arts’ Artists Access to Healthcare program.
Deadline: June 4
CALL FOR PUBLIC ART NOMINATIONS: The Minneapolis Arts Commissions wonders: what do you think is the best public art in the city? Nominations are welcome from one and all. Awards in four categories.
Deadline: May 31
CALL FOR CARTOONISTS: For City Pages’ annual Comix Issue, in conjunction with the Minneapolis Indie Xpo. Open to all Minnesota cartoonists – the theme? “Declaration of independence.”
Deadline: August 9 |
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The View from 1964
Corinna Kirsch seeks out artists, curators, critics, and art historians to respond to the Walker Art Center exhibition, 1964, for their views on the mid-'60s scene, understanding art as a product of its time, and the thorny issues raised by chronologically framed shows.
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Related exhibition details:
The exhibition, 1964, will be on view in the Walker Art Center's Friedman Gallery through October 24.
Credit: Joe Tilson, LOOK!, 1964, oil, acrylic on plywood 73-1/2 x 76-3/4 x 3 in. unframed. Collection Walker Art Center, Art Center Acquisition Fund, 1966. © Joe Tilson 2010 |
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The Serious Business of My Fair Lady
Quinton Skinner reviews Ten Thousand Things' stripped-down production of the classic musical, My Fair Lady. This version, he says, gets at the heart of "the damned serious business" of a desperate girl on society's margins who dares to dream for more.
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Related performance details:
Ten Thousand Things' production of My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, directed by Lear deBessonet, music by Peter Vitale, with Kate Eifrig, Steve Hendrickson, Bradley Greenwald, Kimberly Richardson, and Luverne Seifert; the musical is on stage at the Minnesota Opera Center in Minneapolis through May 30.
Credit: Production photo courtesy of Ten Thousand Things |
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Surprise Me – Hunting for New Dance at Renovate
Lightsey Darst gives the lowdown on the performances at the 3rd annual Renovate choreography showcase at the Ritz, detailing the mix of surprises, familiar pleasures, and valiant failures among this year's offerings.
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Noted performance details:
The 3rd annual choreographers' evening, Renovate, curated by Lisa Conlin with help from panelists Vanessa Voskuil and Mariusz Olszewski, took place May 20-22 at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis.
Credit: Production photo by Parker Michels-Boyce, courtesy of the Ritz Theater |
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Disturbed Dreams
Sheila Regan profiles Minneapolis artist Caitlin Karolczak, whose impeccably rendered, "exquisite yet grotesque" paintings are on view in Rogue Buddha's Science and Wonder exhibition through June 12.
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Related exhibition:
Caitlin Karolczak's new work is on view, alongside that of Michael Thomsen, in Science and Wonder at Rogue Buddha Gallery in Minneapolis through June 12.
Credit: Caitlin Karolczak, Hedone (the first in a series based on vintage medical photographs of hermaphrodites), 60" x 40", oil on canvas, 2009. (Courtesy of the artist) |
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| Classes and Workshops |
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WORKSHOP: "Taking Off the Human Body: Exploring Non-Human Movements," an intensive two-day workshop in Subbody Butoh, a contemporary Japanese style of movement, dance and performance
Fallout Urban Art Center, Minneapolis, May 29 (10:00am)
CLASS: The Artist’s Way class, a 13-week course on creativity, based on the best-selling Julia Cameron book and taught by life coach Amy Engenberger
Homewood Studios, Minneapolis, beginning June 9 (7:00pm)
CLASS: "Beginning Pottery" classes, for those new to the form, or just for those needing a refresher. Cost includes material
Fired Up Studios, Minneapolis, June 7 (12:00pm)
CLASS: "Beginning Spinning" - learn to make handspun yarn and spin wool
Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Minneapolis, June 7-28
Credit: Image courtesy of Kats D and Fallout Urban Art Center |
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Penelope Freeh and Megan Mayer present We’ll Survive if We Don’t Protect Ourselves & We tried to throw the light
Southern Theater, Minneapolis, June 17 (7:30pm)
Bedlam and Inflammati Fire Circus present Persephone: Reign of Fire - dance, theatre, and pyrotechnics
Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis, June 3-13
Time Track Productions' Thirty Years in Thirty Minutes, featuring choreography by Paula Mann, media by Steve Paul, with new works by guest artists Jessica Briggs and Stephen Peabody
Red Eye Theater, Minneapolis, June 10-13
Credit: Photo by Scott Pakudaitis |
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Music | Video | Film |
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Youth Lens: IFP Media Arts Youth Screening: A showcase of filmmaking by high school students from St. Paul and Minneapolis, covering everything from documentaries to music videos to animation
Minnesota History Center Auditorium, St. Paul, May 27 (4:00pm)
Flaneur Productions presents Heliotrope 7, an annual exhibition of underground music
Ritz Theater, Minneapolis, May 27-29
Sound Unseen International Duluth - Film, Music and Art Festival
Various venues, Duluth, June 2-6
June Film Screenings at Midway Contemporary Art, throughout the month, curated by Jonathan Thomas
Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Tuesdays and Thursdays in June
For the Birds, a chamber work with music by Victor Zupanc, poetry by Kevin Kling, and direction by Ben Krywosz, performed by Zeitgeist, Victor Zupanc, and Kevin Kling
Studio Z, St. Paul, June 4-12 (8:00pm)
Franconia Sculpture Park's 3-D summer concert series launches with the Roe Family Singers, live music, food, and artist-led tours of the park
Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, June 12 (4:00pm)
In Michele Campbell’s Mary & Maria, an awkward and luckless romantic looks to the recipes of a famous French chef for the answer to her loneliness - an original comedy short airing on MTN Channel 16
Minneapolis Television Network, Minneapolis, June 1 and 8 (6:00pm)
Cantus Covers III: A Pops Concert
Ritz Theater, Minneapolis, June 4-13
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| Lectures, Symposia & Literary Events |
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Photographer Wing Young Huie (The University Avenue Project) and Guggenheim Fellow artist Monica Haller to speak at Open Book about creative collaboration and the value of cooperative art-making
Open Book, Minneapolis, May 28 (7:30pm)
Artwear Symposium, a multi-day event featuring textile artists and designers from across America, with a keynote address on digital textile printing by Jacqueline Rice
Textile Center, Minneapolis, June 2-8 (see website for times)
Nina Simon, author of The Participatory Museum, in conversation: how will museums meaningfully engage visitors in the 21st Century?
Walker Art Center Cinema, Minneapolis, June 4 (4:00pm)
Newberry medallist and children’s book author Kate DiCamillo in an onstage interview – with ice cream to follow
Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis, June 2 (7:00pm)
Julie L’Enfant of the College of Visual Arts, on the life and career of painter Jo Lutz Rollins of the mid-century Luxton Park Painters group and Stillwater Art Colony. In conjunction with the Luxton Park Painters' exhibition
Hennepin History Museum, Minneapolis, June 5 (6:00pm)
Credit: Photo of Nina Simon courtesy of the CTC |
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| Festivals & Special Events |
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South Minneapolis Wild Wool Market, the first of a series of outdoor monthly textile arts and craft open market
Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, May 29 (10:00am)
Family Fun Tuesdays at Caponi Art Park, a weekly children’s series of art and cultural events. Next up: “Jump, Sing and Explore: Discovering the Natural World with MacPhail Center for Music”
Caponi Art Park, Eagan, June 1 (10:00am)
"Opening the Field" - a conversation and celebration kick-off to the Walker's summer program
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, June 3 (6:00 pm)
Open Field Drawing Club, sponsored by us, mnartists.org! Paper and art supplies provided; sign-up in advance today!
Walker Art Center Open Field, Minneapolis, June 3 (2:00pm)
2010 Minneapolis MOSAIC - a festival of the arts celebrating cultural diversity
Hennepin Ave (between 7th and 8th Streets), Minneapolis, daylong opening celebration is June 5
The 41st Annual St. Anthony Park Arts Fair, benefiting the St. Anthony Park Branch Library. Clothing, glass, painting, music, food, pony rides and more!
Como and Carter Avenues and the Luther Seminary Lawn, St. Paul, June 5 (9:30am)
Edina Art Fair
50th & France, Edina, June 4-6 |
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Workhorse: A showcase for in-progress performance works, in an informal environment encouraging discussion and critiques
The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, May 27 (8:00pm)
Full Moon Theater Cabaret makes its warm weather return to the outdoor patio for a night of “shadows, puppets and shadow puppets”
Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis, May 27 (8:00pm)
True Believers, a new play by Immanuel Elliott about “two con men who transform a village when they create a new religion”
Anodyne Arts, St. Paul, May 28-29 (7:30pm)
World premiere of Pa's Hat: Liberian Legacy, written by Cori Thomas and directed by Marion McClinton
Pillsbury House Theatre, Minneapolis, May 28-June 7
My Fair Lady, performed by the Ten Thousand Things company – the classic musical, seen through the lens of class, feminism and Spanish precipitation patterns
Minnesota Opera Center, Minneapolis, closing May 30 (4pm)
American Buffalo by David Mamet, presented by Rubber Chicken Theater
The Venue at Mohaupt Block, Duluth, June 3-19
New Works/4 Weeks 2010, a month-long showcase of works-in-progress at Red Eye
Red Eye Theater, Minneapolis, June 3 - 26
Chimera, a new work-in-progress co-created by Deborah Stein and Suli Holum, presented by the Workhaus Collective
Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, open rehearsals June 4-12
John Gabriel Borkman, by Henrik Ibsen, examining “the consequences of greed, lust and a hunger for power”
Commonweal Theatre, Lanesboro, through June 11 (times vary)
Credit: (Top) photo courtesy of the Soap Factory; (bottom) image courtesy of Workhaus Collective |
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Scattered Light - A collaborative poster and photographic exhibition by artists’ collective ASDF and ROLU design studio
Art of This Gallery, Minneapolis, closing reception June 12 (7:00pm)
AAXI: A Decade of Aesthetic Apparatus, One Year Too Late, a retrospective of the great, iconoclastic Minneapolis design duo’s past eleven years. On display, along with posters and prints, is their studio couch, “the ugliest in the Twin Cities”
MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, opening May 28 (6:00pm)
Jerome Emerging Printmakers Exhibition, with new work by Katinka Galanos, Miles Mendenhall and Justin Terlecki. Also featuring musical guests Calamity and the Owl
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, opening May 28 (6:30pm)
Obsidian Arts Presents a group exhibition, The Smell of God
Obsidian Arts/Pill House, Minneapolis, opening May 28 (9:00pm)
Food Money Garbage Death - an exhibition and lecture series with art by Crystal Quinn, Phil Psarakos, Sarah Petersen, Jennifer Nevitt, Gudrun Lock, Janet Lobberecht, Mary Johnson, Beth Barnes, Alexa Horochowski, Erin Hernsberger, Katinka Galanos, Cecilia Aldarondo, Morgan Adamson
Nick and Eddie Restaurant and Bar, Minneapolis, opening June 4 (9:00pm)
The Golden Age, new paintings and drawings by Duncan Hannah dealing with “the romantic imagination of youth”
Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, opening June 4 (5:00pm)
Shedding Light: Art Explores Science, an exhibition of visual art relating to science, including work by Christine Baeumler and David Lefkowitz. A roundtable with some of the artists concludes the exhibition
Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, opening June 6 (2:00pm)
Trails and Parallels, an exhibition of new work by Minnesota-born, New York-based artist Dean Ebben
St. John’s University Art Center target Gallery, Collegeville, opening May 27 (4:00pm)
Credit: (Bottom) Justin Terlecki, One Pen – Houseboat in Alleppey, Kerala, plate lithography and screenprinting, 2009. |
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