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In this issue: Bumper Crop
There was an extra week between issues last month, so we’ve got tons of new articles, essays, and reviews for you to catch up on.
PLUS: New York Foundation of Arts wants to help kick-start your creative career
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| News You Can Use: a selection of current arts news and opportunities on mnartists.org |
Artist Opportunities
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NEWS: Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) announces the recipients of the MCBA / Jerome Book Arts Fellowships, Series XI: Bill Cottman, Will Dinski, Amanda Lovelee, Cathy Ryan, Todd Thyberg
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES: Central Minnesota Arts Board Provides Arts and Cultural Heritage Project Grants to nonprofit organizations, schools, and units of government for strategic work to increase access to the arts
Deadline: November 9; information session: Wed. October 19
CALL FOR ART: Minnesota State Arts Board & Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs are taking submissions of work for the 8th annual Art of Recovery: Minnesotans who have been crime victims or survivors of crime – and have expressed their crime victim experience or recovery through an artistic medium – are invited to submit art or literary work for inclusion
Deadline: November 10
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Rochester Art Center is taking submissions from Minnesota artists for its 3rd Floor Emerging Artists Series
Deadline: November 18
TENURE-TRACK OPENING: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has an opening for a full-time, tenure-track position in Studio Foundation and 3D. Primary responsibility is ongoing instruction in introductory 3D and 2D Design Foundation courses
Deadline: January 13, 2012 |
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The Things We Don’t Talk About
Miranda Trimmier offers a fearlessly candid critical response to Nathalie Djurberg's violent, libidinally charged stop-motion animated shorts and installation - on view in the Walker's exhibition of her new work, The Parade, through December 31.
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The Parade, short films and sculptures by Nathalie Djurberg with music by Hans Berg, will be on view at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis through December 31. The noted screening and dialogue with the artists took place opening day, September 8, at the Walker Art Center.
Credit: Nathalie Djurberg, still from a work in progress, 2010. Courtesy the artists, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York and Giograve; Marconi, Milan |
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Regrets Only
Our music columnist, composer/pianist Jeremy Walker, just celebrated his 40th birthday - this month, he reflects on the something and nothing of that milestone, and on his recent trip to NOLA to play with some of the storied town's best musicians.
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Credit: Photo courtesy of the author |
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A Question of Identity
Marsha Trainer digs into Dana Weiser's exhibition, Who Are You?!? - provocative, appealing work that addresses the thorny issues of ethnicity and identity inherent in transnational adoption. The show's on view at Burnet Gallery through October 16.
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Dana Weiser: Who Are You?!? is on view at Le Méridien Chambers, Burnet Art Gallery, in Minneapolis through October 16. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, and admission is free and open to the public.
On a related note: Marsha Trainer wrote another feature recently on MNKINO, a monthly meet-up for all walks of life to screen their videos -- whether animated, made on a cell phone, or just a collection of stills "It's not just for film school graduates, MFA candidates, or videographers. It's for you."
Credit: Dana Weiser, Orphan Baby (detail), Swarovski crystals, paint and lacquer, 2009-10. Image courtesy of the artist's website: www.danaweiser.com |
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The Least Predictable Dance Company in the Twin Cities
On the occasion of Minnesota Dance Theatre's fall concert, Lightsey Darst reflects on the storied company's past and present, and checks in with artistic director Lise Houlton about where the company is, has been, and would like to be going forward.
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Minnesota Dance Theatre's fall concert, Rumblings, which they first premiered in 2005, was on stage at the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts in Minneapolis September 30 - October 2, October 7 - October 9.
On a related note: You should also read dancer and critic Linda Shapiro’s review of Ragamala Dance's ambitious new bharatanatyam work, Sacred Earth, which had its world premiere recently at the new Cowles Center and, from there, will go on to tour the country.
Credit: Production photo of “Rumblings,” by Michal Daniel, courtesy of Minnesota Dance Theatre |
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Don’t Wait – A Look at Cary Waterman’s Book of Fire
Connie Wanek gives a close reading of the long-awaited poetry collection by Cary Waterman, Book of Fire, just published by Nodin Press, and situates it within the poet's larger body of work.
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Cary Waterman will read from her new book of poems, Book of Fire on Tuesday, October 18 at the University Club, and then again on December 7 at the Hamline Public Library in St. Paul. Book of Fire, a collection of new poems by Cary Waterman (Nodin Press, 2011) is available in bookstores or may be ordered online.
Credit: Book jacket image courtesy of the publisher |
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Slouching Towards a Pre-Occupied Wall Street
Or, "I Was a Governor's Island Art Fair Exhibitor" - mnartists.org's resident travel writer, Sean Smuda, weighs his experience in the artist-run art fair off the tip of Manhattan during one hurricane-crazed, pre-Occupied week in New York City.
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Credit: The author gets an electric chair cut. Photo courtesy of Sean Smuda. |
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mnLIT presents: Kim Teeple
Kim Teeple's short story, "Turtle," was selected for the last cycle of mnLIT by our full panel of miniStories flash fiction jurors: Alexander Chee, Daniel Handler, Heather McElhatton, Kevin Larimer, and Dennis Cass.
Read “The Turtle” by Kim Teeple >>
Read the previously published flash fiction winners in the miniStories series >>
Read the archive of poems in the What Light Poetry Project series >>
Read about the future of mnLIT >>
Credit: Photo courtesy of the author |
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Wondering what's going on in your neighborhood?
Search by region, county, date, discipline - it's easy to browse through the huge variety of happenings listed in mnartists.org's DIY, user-driven arts calendar. There you'll find theater and gallery openings, festivals and art crawls, dance, film, music, and more - all going on right now throughout the state.
Find a broad assortment of arts events going on in your neck of the woods at mnartists.org/calendar >>
Need help spreading the word about your own arts shindig? Here's a step-by-step guide that'll walk you through the simple steps allowing you to promote your events - quickly, easily, and free of charge - on the site's DIY arts calendar. |
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One for the Road |
Professional resources, fundraising and grant support programs for artists
If you’re an artist in any discipline looking for a job, opportunities, grants and professional development, there’s a presentation coming up at Midway Contemporary Art you should make plans to attend: Eleanor Whitney, Program Officer for External Affairs and Fiscal Sponsorship from Artspire, a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), will present on their resources, fundraising and support programs available nationwide for artists at every stage in their careers. Visual, performing, literary artists, musicians and filmmakers as well as those working in small/emerging arts organizations are all encouraged to attend.
This free presentation will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 7 pm at Midway Contemporary Art; there will be time set aside for Q&A and audience follow-up with participants after the talk.
Get the event details in the mnartists.org calendar >>
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