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In this Issue: Art is Where You Find It
Even though my school days are long past, as the days get cooler and summer gives way to fall, I still get that familiar back-to-school hunger for, well, edification – autumn still feels like the perfect season to embark on a sprawling new project, launch a new series, tackle some meaty nonfiction, or take that long-delayed art class. For this issue, we've got some options to get you going: a new monthly artists' guide to alternative exhibition venues and coffee house galleries, a new essay series on jazz by Jeremy Walker, and loads of classes, lectures and workshops to feed your mind.
PLUS: The first mnLIT winners' reading is September 20 at the Red Stag Supperclub
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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 |
NEWS: SAGE Awards for Dance nominees announced
CALL FOR ARTISTS : The Krista Artista Gallery in Anoka, MN, currently seeks local artists to expand their collection of art and fine crafts. Potters and artists who focus in wearable art are especially encouraged to apply.
Deadline: Ongoing
SEEKING GRANTWRITERS : Kaotic Good Productions seeks a grant writer to assist with local and national grant proposals. Kaotic Good Productions is a local performing arts company nationally established with fiscal sponsorship through Springboard for the Arts.
Deadline: Ongoing
CALL FOR ARTISTS : People Incorporated hosts the Artability art show each October to celebrate artists who use creativity in their journey towards mental health. Any adult living with a mental illness is invited to be part of this show by entering art and/or writing.
Deadline: TBA. Artability runs from September 30 – October 2
CALL FOR ARTISTS : The 18th Annual Women's Art Festival is now accepting registrations for women artists in all categories of media for the December Fest held at the Midtown YWCA.
Deadline: Wednesday, September 15
CALL FOR WRITERS: Crossings invites poets and other writers to participate in the fifth Poetography exhibition. This photographer-poet collaboration will feature original photographs accompanied by poems inspired by the photographs.
Deadline: Friday, September 17
CALL FOR DANCERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS: The Commissioning Program, housed at the company's Williamsburg home, the Streb Lab for Action Mechanism (SLAM) is now accepting proposals from emerging artists whose work is movement-based, including choreographers, aerialists and circus artists.
Deadline: Friday, September 24
CALL FOR ARTISTS : The Minnesota History Center seeks people of all ages and experience levels to submit films about the turbulent era of the 1960s, focusing specifically on 1968. Films must be 10 minutes or less and can be from a national or local, personal or political perspective.
Deadline: Saturday, September 25
CALL FOR ARTISTS : The Rosalux Gallery seeks artwork from non-member artists to showcase in their Sixth Annual Open Door Exhibition. This year's Open Door is juried by Coordinator for the Minnesota Artist Exhibition Program at the MIA, Christopher Atkins.
Deadline: Thursday, September 30
CALL FOR ARTISTS : Altered Esthetic's Solo Exhibition Program seeks emerging artists who wish to advance their art career. The Program will provide an opportunity for artists to build their portfolios, create a cohesive body of art and to exhibit work.
Deadline: Friday, October 1
CALL FOR ARTISTS : The Women's Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) Mentor Program is a supportive resource that pairs emerging and professional women artists for two years. The Mentor Program is now accepting proposals from serious female artists in the early stage of her career.
Deadline: Monday, October 11
CALL FOR ARTISTS : The Minneapolis Photo Center seeks artists for the exhibit Urban View-Rural Sight. Artists are encouraged to submit work that signify rural or urban journeys and explorations.
Deadline: Submissions should be in before the results announcement on Thursday, November 18
CALL FOR ARTISTS : The Soap Factory is now accepting submissions from artists for their 2011 Season. Artists should bear in mind the gallery space has no climate control, air-conditioning or permanent heating system and are encouraged to use the entire 12,000 square feet of the space.
Deadline: Tuesday, November 30 |
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Jazz is a Bastard
Walker Art Center and mnartists.org are teaming up with composer & pianist Jeremy Walker (Jazz is NOW!, Small City Trio) to present a monthly series of essays on jazz as an industry, as a cultural phenomenon, and as a lived art.
Read more >>
Credit: Photo of Jeremy Walker courtesy of the author |
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Of Pastries and Paintings: A Guide to Coffee House Galleries in MN
Maggie Ryan Sandford launches a neighborhood by neighborhood guide to alternative exhibition spaces--coffee shops, cafes, salons--with details helpful to both artists and arts lovers. First stop: Minneapolis' Stevens Square/Whittier neighborhood. Look for her next installment in the series, on St. Paul's Lowertown art venues, in the coming weeks.
Read more >>
Credit: ANDREW MAZOROL / TYNAN KERR – Stepping Out and Standing By, from the most recent show at Spyhouse Coffee Shop's Espresso Bad Gallery |
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Storytelling by Design in a Digital Age
Marsha Trainer chats with Martha Stewart Living Omni, Inc. chief creative & editorial director Gael Towey and her husband, acclaimed designer Stephen Doyle. Both will be at the W Hotel - Foshay Thursday, September 9 as part of the "Design Conversations" series.
Read more >>
Related event details:
"Branding and Communicating in the Digital Age," W Design Conversations: Gael Towey + Stephen Doyle. This event will be Thursday, September 9; cocktails at 5 pm, conversation from 6 - 8 pm, at the W Hotel - The Foshay, Minneapolis. Tickets are $35; some discounts are available for AIGA members and students. Space is limited so advance registration is highly recommended.
Credit: Stephen Doyle's "TRUTH" illustration for "Condemnation without Absolutes" by Stanley Fish, for the Op-Ed page of the New York Times |
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Conversations on Improvisation: Douglas R. Ewart
Pamela Espeland continues her series on improvising musicians with Douglas R. Ewart, a multi-talented and award-winning musician, composer, instrument builder, lecturer, educator, and visual artist who splits his time between Minneapolis and Chicago.
Read more >>
Credit: Douglas R. Ewart plays the bamboo bass flute (photo courtesy of the artist) |
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mnLIT presents: Sandy Beach
What Light finalist Sandy Beach's poem, Do-It-Yourself-Narcissus, was selected for this cycle of mnLIT by Coffee House Press Associate Publisher Chris Fischbach. MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The first 2010 mnLIT winners' reading is September 20 at the Red Stag Supperclub!
Read Do-It-Yourself-Narcissus by Sandy Beach >>
Get the event details for the first mnLIT winners' reading and celebration >>
Credit: Photo courtesy of the author |
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Some Assembly Required (August 2010)
The month of August saw a return to brand new episodes of Some Assembly Required, along with just a couple of our favorite older interviews, this time with artists DJ Qbert and Omer Fast.
Start listening >> |
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| Classes and Workshops |
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WORKSHOP: "Sculpture Workshop" with Arthur Norby
Pottery Studio, New London, September 11 & 12
CLASS: "Digital Photo Academy" classes
Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, September 11-18
CLASS: "I Witness" documentary photography with Brian Peterson
MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, September 11 – 27
WORKSHOP: "Watercolor Landscape"
Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, September 13 - October 18
CLASS: "Sew What You Weave"
Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Minneapolis, September 16 - October 21
WORKSHOP: "Encaustic Painting" with Jeffrey Hirst
Wet Paint: Artists' Materials & Framing, Saint Paul, September 18 |
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Music | Video | Film |
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Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival
Mears Park, St. Paul, September 9 - 11
Swinging the Valley with the St. Croix Jazz Orchestra
Stillwater Public Library, Stillwater, September 10
3-D Summer Concert Series with the bluegrass/Old Time Music of the Lulu Gals
Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, September 11
Redeemer Through the Arts presents gospel music notable Robert Robinson
Redeemer Lutheran Church, White Bear Lake, September 11
The Southern Theater presents Twin Cities debut of musicians Ben Frost and Tim Hecker
Southern Theater, Minneapolis, September 17 & 18
Squonk Opera presents Mayhem & Majesty
Escher Auditorium (Benedicta Arts Center, College of St. Benedict), Saint Joseph, September 17
The films of Mel Brooks – "an orgasm of insanity"
Trylon Microcinema, Minneapolis, through September 24 |
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| Lectures, Symposia & Literary Events |
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Heather McElhatton reads from her novel, A Million Little Mistakes
Minneapolis Central Library, Minneapolis, September 9
Heal the Earth – a celebration in poetry and music
Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, September 12
Laurie Hertzel reads from her memoir, News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, September 13
James Cihlar, Heid Erdrich, William Reichard poetry reading
Birchbark Books, Minneapolis, September 15
Magers & Quinn presents William Gibson
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, September 16
St. Paul Almanac book release party
Black Dog Cafe, Saint Paul, September 16
Linda LeGarde Grover reads from her new collection of stories, The Dance Boots
Birchbark Books & Native Arts, Minneapolis, September 17
mnLIT winners' reading – poetry and prose from the 2010 miniStories and What Light winners, hosted by author Dennis Cass
Red Stag Supperclub, Minneapolis, September 20
CVA's Leaders of Design lecture series presents Joel Templin, co-founder of the San Francisco firm, Hatch Design
Minnesota History Center (3M Auditorium), St. Paul, September 22 |
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| Festivals & Special Events |
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20th Anniversary American Pottery Festival
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, September 10 – 12
St. Croix Valley Historic Architecture Tour
ArtReach St. Croix, Stillwater, September 11
Riverfront Fine Arts Festival – Jesse James Days
Riverfront Fine Arts, Northfield, September 11 & 12
1419's First Birthday party
1419, Minneapolis, September 11
8th Annual Edina “Fall into the Arts Festival
Centennial Lakes Park, Edina, September 11 & 12
The Creative Connection event – a three-day conference for creative women and entrepreneurs
The Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, September 15 – 18
Junk Bonanza
Canterbury Park, Shakopee, September 16 – 18
Lakeville Art Festival
Lakeville Area Arts Center, Lakeville, September 18 & 19
MNfashion Week
Various venues, Minneapolis, September 20 - 26
Soap Factory's annual $99 Sale
Soap Factory, Minneapolis, September 24 |
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| Theater |
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Carlyle Brown & Company presents Therapy and Resistance
Dreamland Arts, Saint Paul, September 2-19
Shout! The Mod Musical presented by Rubber Chicken Theater
Shack Smokehouse and Grill, Duluth, September 9 - 26
Minnesota Shorts Play Festival
Mankato West High School Theater, Mankato, September 9 & 10
The Glass Menagerie
The Jungle Theater, Minneapolis, September 10 – October 17
The Master Butcher's Singing Club a new stage adaptation of the bestselling Louise Erdrich novel
Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, September 11 - November 6
Dr. Seuss' The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbin
Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis, September 14 - October 20
Regional premiere of Sleep Deprivation Chamber by Adam P. and Adrienne Kennedy and directed by Robbie Macauley
Penumbra Theatre, Minneapolis, September 16 - October 10
A Cool Drink A Water by Thomas W Jones II, directed by Marion McClinton
Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis, September 17 - October 10
The Ivey Awards, an annual celebration of Twin Cities Theatre
State Theatre, Minneapolis, September 20
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| Visual Arts |
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From Here to There: Alec Soth's America
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, September 12 – January 2, 2011
Level_13: Classic Video Game Art
Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, on view through September 23
Director's Choice: Prints from the Minnesota Museum of American Art
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, through October 5
Mind at Hand: an exhibition of works by 2009-2010 Jerome Fiber Artist Project Grant program recipients Allison Roberts, Lyz Wendland and Kevin Kramp
Textile Center, Minneapolis, September 10 – October 16
+1 Print Invitational
Groveland Gallery main gallery, Minneapolis, September 10 – October 16
Black & White exhibit: Black, White and Points in Between
Minneapolis Photo Center, Minneapolis, September 10 – October 25
Synthetic Confection...Or No Big Whoop
Gallery at Fox Tax, Minneapolis, September 11 (opening, 6 – 10 pm) – October 8
Faces of Light: new works by Ran Shapira
Sabes Jewish Community Center, St. Louis Park, September 13 – October 21
Ruins: new work by Aldo Moroni
Frank Stone Gallery, Minneapolis, September 17 – October 3
Amazing Visions, Vanishing Acts: works by Christine Baeumler
Form + Content Gallery, Minneapolis, through September 18
Alternate Futures: New Work by Allen Brewer and Pamela Valfer
Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, September 18 – October 31
Systematics: Liz Miller and R. Justin Stewart
Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, September 18
Credits: Top, photo by Eric Melzer, courtesy of Fox Tax Gallery; Russell Joslin, The Beautiful Confusion, courtesy of MPLS Photo Center; work by R. Justin Stewart and Liz Miller, courtesy of Soo Visual Arts Center |
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