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Project 35 - A Series of Events/Walls of Flowers

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:00:30 GMT

This is a project about the personal journey of healing. It is about moments in time that remind us of our humanity, particularly when we experience life changing events such as birth, death, illness and recovery.

Visual Storage

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:38:45 GMT

Minneapolis, MN— The Minneapolis College of Art and Design is pleased to present the culminating exhibition of graduating Master of Fine Arts candidates. Presenting a variety of disciplines including:information graphics, painting comics, animation, illustration, sculpture, and graphic design, the exhibition will feature work by 23 artists and designers. This exhibition is the result of a two-year interdisciplinary journey of intensive research and studio practice. Whether you’re interested in contemporary regional painting or database-driven information systems, this exhibition will push boundaries into new ideas and visual structures.

T. Young NKB Studio 463 Studio/Gallery Grand Opening & NEEMA Art-A-Whirl

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:20:12 GMT

It’s A Grand Opening Please join me for the Grand Opening of T. Young NKB Studio 463 AND Art-A-Whirl 2013

Friday, May 17^th – 5:00-10:00 p.m. Saturday, May 18^th – Noon-8:00 p.m. Sunday, May 19^th – Noon-5:00 p.m. Studio 463

Northrup King Building | 1500 Jackson St NE, Mpls

Visual Storage

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:38:43 GMT

Art-A-Whirl 2013

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:40:05 GMT

Visit my studio for a new installation, walls of flowers, [i][b]Project 35 - A Series of Events[/b] [/i]during Art-A-Whirl 2013.

2013 Art-A-Whirl - Presented by NEMAA

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:40:12 GMT

Presented by the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA), Art-A-Whirl is the largest open studio tour in the country. It’s a great opportunity to tour private artist studios and galleries, connect with the artists, and purchase original artwork. Art-A-Whirl takes place annually in Northeast Minneapolis, the third weekend of May. This event is free and open to the public. [b]2013 Dates and Hours:[/b] Friday, May 17th - 5:00-10:00 p.m. Saturday, May 18th - Noon-8:00 p.m. Sunday, May 19th - Noon-5:00 p.m. [b]Explore[/b] Tour more than 70 locations throughout Northeast Minneapolis, including studio buildings, art galleries, homes, storefronts, businesses, and restaurants. Plan your visit with NEMAA's Artist Directory and Guide, which includes information about the NEMAA artists, a map of Northeast Minneapolis and the Art-A-Whirl locations, a dining guide, and more. Pick up your free copy of the Artist Directory and Guide at the information booths during Art-A-Whirl, or starting April 17 at the California Building, Casket Arts Building, Keg House Arts Building, Northrup King Building, or Thorp Building in Northeast Minneapolis. [url=https://nemaa.org/art-a-whirl/artist-directory-guide]Pick up an Artist Directory and Guide[/url] or [url=https://nemaa.org/sites/default/files/nemaa_files/nemaa_2013_aaw_map.pdf]download the 2013 Art-A-Whirl map[/url]. [b]Discover[/b] See the work of more than 500 artists in more than 20 mediums including clay, drawing, fiber, furniture, glass, metal, multimedia, photography, printmaking, sculpture and more. The artists’ open studio tours may include demonstrations, live performances, and large-scale exhibitions. Studio tours offer a great opportunity to ask questions, discuss techniques, experience art first-hand, and purchase unique artwork directly from the artists.

Art-A-Whirl 2013 @ the Grain Belt

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:02:21 GMT

[b]Opening reception May 17, 5-10 pm[/b]: The Grain Belt will be chock full of artists! We will have a cash bar provided by [url=http://www.commonrootscafe.com/]Common Roots Cafe[/url], music by the [url=http://thehigh48s.com/]High 48s[/url], food and much more. Grain Belt artists are donating work for a [b]weekend-long fundraising event[/b] in support of [url=http://esns.org/]East Side Neighborhood Services[/url], a wonderful nonprofit based in Northeast Minneapolis. [b]All pieces will be $30![/b] Demonstrations and events throughout the weekend! The trolley will drop you off in front of our building. Lots of parking available.

Art A Whirl 2013

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:27:10 GMT

The Rotondo's Hideaway will be open May 17,18,19th for Art A Whirl Weekend! Come see my art and watch: [b]The Bourgeois Bohemians as they perform Tribal Fusion Belly Dancing. [/b] We have musical performances listed below, come check us out! Eddie Estrin & John Vance (ambient electronic music) Briana & Peter Metcalf (Pop, Country, soft rock) Silver City Millers (Old time Blue Grass) Loose in the Tooth (Folk Blues) Falling From Friday (Alternative rock) Johnny Tourage (Rock) Andrew Spreck (classic rock/folk rock and classic country) Dova-Symane Barnes (Amy Winehouse style) Brian Peterson(Country Folk, Beatles) Special guest Artists: Mackenzie Catton, Leslie Catton & Phil Cordes Come watch, shop and enjoy a wide variety of Art in different ways! Please join us for some fun! Friday night 5pm to 10pm, Saturday noon to 8pm, Sunday noon to 5pm. Totally free!

Art-A-Whirl 2013 @ the Grain Belt / LYNN SPEAKER

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:01:45 GMT

[b]Lynn Speaker[/b] will open her studio during Art A Whirl 2013. New gunpowder works will be exhibited. Come visit the Grain Belt for a weekend-long multimedia event. [b]Lynn Speaker / Studio 101[/b] [b]Grain Belt Bottling House[/b] [b]79 13th Avenue NE[/b] [b]Minneapolis MN 55413[/b] May 17th Friday [b]OPENING RECEPTION 5-10 pm[/b] May 18th Saturday Noon-8 pm May 19th Sunday Noon-5 pm

Here and There by Shiraz Mukarram

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:29:33 GMT

Mukarram’s recent photographic series documents the exploration of cultures in their own unique context. [b]Artist Statement[/b] A journalistic perspective is my instinctive gaze but I have strived to go beyond a visual capture and narration of (the) a human experience to create discursive loops. It has always been about the conversations that a photograph can generate, the emotional and intellectual reactions and sometimes actions, and the second look that repeats the process. My consistent focus has been on creating responsive discourse through photographs and alternative multimedia presentations, at once humane and analytical, of our evolving collectives. As a photojournalist in Pakistan I spent a lot of years as a proverbial ‘grassroots foot soldier’. My work testifies to the best and worst of human endeavors as I covered the changes in the political economy paralleling and rapidly altering the traditional social fabrics of alienated lives. This conflict is innate to the contemporary global structure but it manifests and adapts in various cultures with a resilient ingenuity and each culture responds in kind. In Minneapolis, I see the same conflicts activated in different arenas. It is the Somali community that caught my lens as they display a vision forward preparing its youth for assimilation and leadership while salvaging the best from a remembered home, Somalia. The conflict between tradition and adaption, the displacement and reformation of identity, the diktats of hereditary and ratified community roles play out through passive contrasts in this photo story. Nepal proved to be less binary. It hit close to home with its steep convoluted mountain folk-myths, pebble games at street corners, the eidetic assault of history and religion and the cataract-gaze of a monarchic-bureaucracy trying to modernize. Capturing those stories while retaining the scope of landscape and context was the overriding endeavor through the story. Through my course of research and work, I hope to increase the scope of my visual narrative style and intend to resume my work as a photojournalist on completion of my BFA in the U.S. [b]Artist Biography[/b] Shiraz Mukarram is a Pakistani-born photojournalist who has traveled extensively around the Middle East, Africa and the United States. He started his career early as a teenager, learning about the cultural riots and much deep-rooted issues in Karachi through reporting and photography. He first worked for The News International newspaper in Karachi, covering a wide range of news stories in the city. He was also an intern at The Dawn newspaper. After graduating, he moved to Northern Pakistan for a year, documenting the tragic consequences of war in Afghanistan and its impact on Pakistan. After receiving a B.A. in Journalism from Pakistan, he moved to the U.S. for a B.F.A. in Photography from the Minneapolis College of Arts and Design (MCAD). Since then, he has been making stories among the local Somali and Hmong communities in Minnesota. Shiraz has shown his work locally and internationally, including India, Pakistan and Nepal. He has been the recipient of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Grant, D.C., Scripps Howard News Wire Service Fellowship, D.C. and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Grant in Karachi, Pakistan. He has also covered some local news stories in Washington and at the White House. [url=http://www.augsburg.edu/galleries]www.augsburg.edu/galleries[/url] All events are free and open to the public. First Level, Oren Gateway Center 22^nd Ave. S. at Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454 612-330-1524 Gallery Hours: Monday – Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Alone Together by Dick Ott

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:46:01 GMT

Dick Ott’s photographic series explores the state of social relations in the Twin Cities, observing the paradox of city life with minimal connections in public. Originally from New York, Ott began his interest in photography at the age of nine when his father introduced him to the medium. After completing his Social Anthropology PhD, Ott moved to Minnesota and studied photography through courses at the University of Minnesota and a workshop with Gary Winogrand. His background in anthropology led him to his primary concentration of street photography. He has traveled and documented the streets of China, Mexico, Canada, France, San Francisco and New York City. Ott continues to work on a 25-year project that documents the street life of China. For the past three years, he has been working with OverExposure Media, a non-profit that focuses on community based arts initiatives. He currently lives and works in Bloomington, MN.

[b]Artist Statement[/b] As a street photographer for more than thirty years, I am an unswerving defender of the genre. Making these images is the center of my photography. When I shoot, I try to describe what I see on the street; it may not be truth, but it is not manipulated. Incredibly difficult, this pursuit is frustrating because I am always trying to go beyond my past work. Notice is given: These images are my attempt to describe for you the small dramas and isolated people you as a participant may not notice. [url=http://www.augsburg.edu/galleries]www.augsburg.edu/galleries[/url] All events are free and open to the public. Christensen Center Art Gallery, Augsburg College 22^nd Ave South at 7 ½ Street Minneapolis, MN 55454 612-330-1524 Gallery Hours: Monday – Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Bathers - Minneapolis Drawing Workshop 13th Annual Exhibition

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:43:32 GMT

[size= small][b]May 18 – June 1, 2013 at Vine Arts Center[/b][/size][size= small] Opening party Saturday May 18, 11:00 am to 9:00pm Continuous Drawing Demonstration, Saturday 11:00 to 8:00 Eighteen artists united by their love of the human form have come together to create a fresh, thought-provoking show of drawings and paintings reflecting recent experiences with the live model. In addition to exhibiting their various contemporary interpretations of this traditional subject, these experienced artists will be on hand to demonstrate their art by drawing portraits of visitors during the opening party, on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Exhibition runs until Saturday, June 1 [/size][size= small][b]Participating Artists:[/b][/size][size= small] Daniel Altmann, David Collins, Barbara Daveloose, Laura Jemison, Dede Leither, Joan Martin, Kay Raabe, Herbie Sewell, Emma Wadsworth, Scott Chase, Lisa Colwell, Virgil Delegard, Dona Kos, Dee Lynch, Kit Prendergast, Libby Scheele, Harold B. Stone, Deb Zeller Vine Arts Center 2637 27th Ave. S Minneapolis, MN 55406 Phone: 612 728- 5745 www.vineartscenter.org Gallery hours: Saturdays, 11:00 – 9:00 Mon, Wed and Thurs 5:30 – 7:00[/size]

Francisco de Goya

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:03:17 GMT

[b]FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES[/b] [b]Opening Reception: Saturday, May 18th from 6-9pm[/b] [b]On View: May 18th-June 29th, 2013[/b] [b]Exhibition Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11am-6pm[/b] [b][i]Los Caprichos:[/i][/b] A series of etchings printed during his lifetime from approximately 1797-1799. This exhibition features an early first edition of [i]Los Caprichos,[/i] a set of 80 etchings by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes that was published in 1799. It is regarded as one of the most influential series of graphic images in the history of Western art. [i]Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos[/i] was organized by Douglas Flanders. "Capricho" can be translated as a whim, a fantasy or an expression of imagination. In Goya's use of the term, the meaning deepens, binding an ironical layer of humor over one of the most profound indictments of human vice ever set on paper. Enigmatic and controversial, [i]Los Caprichos[/i] was created in a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain. Influenced by Enlightenment thinking, Goya set out to analyze the human condition and denounce social abuses and superstitions. [i]Los Caprichos[/i] was his passionate declaration that the chains of social backwardness had to be broken if humanity was to advance. The series attests to the artist's political liberalism and to his revulsion at ignorance and intellectual oppression, mirroring his ambivalence toward authority and the church. [i]Los Caprichos[/i] deals with personages populate a world on the margins of reason, where no clear boundariesdistinguish reality from fantasy. FREE and open to the public, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to compare the print quality of pre-edition trial proofs and first-edition prints to later editions.

image: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

image: Nothing Could Be Done About It

Ships Entering the Bower/New Works in Process

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:15:51 GMT

[b]Pete Driessen/Visual Artist ArtAWhirl 2013[/b] [b][u]Ships Entering the Bower/New Works in Process[/u][/b] Pete Driessen will present [i]Ships Entering the Bower [/i]and portions from several new bodies of artwork for [i]Art-A-Whirl 2013 [/i]at Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA, on May 17-19, 2013. The new works in process by American artist Pete Driessen (Born 1961, Hopkins, MN) indirectly illuminate transition and transformation and their liminal proximity to innate biological creativity, coupling, gender and masculinity. The spatial sites of the artist studio, art gallery, and museological white cube semiotically align with the alluring nest of the sensual Australian bowerbird as a point of natural autopoetic and morphogenetic cultural production. Bowerbirds are renowned for their unique courtship behavior, where males build a nesting structure and decorate it with sticks and brightly colored objects in an attempt to attract a mate. Created on luminous shades of industrial satin, the ship paintings iridescently reflect metaphorical space of mystery and wonder. The French philosopher Michel Foucault commented that “A ship is the ultimate Heterotopia,” and is a theoretical “counter space” where one can question our given culture and predominant condition. Also included in the studio exhibition will be paintings from [i]Throw Rug Series[/i], [i]Pussy Cat [/i]Series, [i]Motorcycle Jumper[/i] Series, [i]Owl [/i]Series, color studies, and mixed media ships. In tandem will be the release of a new limited edition art statement: [i]Vague,[/i] that questions a word used by a grant panel in describing a grant proposal. Driessen is a 2013 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant recipient.[i][/i] [b] [/b][b]Opening: [/b]Friday May 17, 6-9 pm [b]Hours:[/b] Friday, May 17, 6-9 pm; Saturday May 18, 12-8 pm; Sunday, May 19, 12-5pm [b]Address:[/b] 681 17th Avenue Northeast, Suite 117, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA [b]Directions:[/b] Casket Arts is just north of downtown Minneapolis, east of I-94W, west of I-35W, and accessible from the Broadway Avenue, Lowry Avenue, University Avenue, and Central Avenue corridors. Casket Arts is on 17th Avenue Northeast between Madison & Jefferson Streets. On & off site parking is readily available. MTC bus service is one block away. Casket Arts has handicap access via loading dock. [b]For a list[/b] of Casket Arts Building Artists/Events/Activities: [u]www.casketarts.com[/u] [b]For more information[/b] on NEMAA Art-A-Whirl: [url=http://www.nemaa.org]www.nemaa.org[/url] [b] [/b][b][u]See the artist/artwork at the following upcoming venues/projects:[/u][/b] [i]Vague/Pete Driessen.[/i] TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN. Open May 5-19. Unstructured hours or by appointment. [url=http://www.tuckunder.org]www.tuckunder.org[/url]. [i]Jeremy Szopinski/The Thousandfold Principle.[/i] TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN. Opens May 23, 6-9 pm. Unstructured hours or by appointment. [url=http://www.tuckunder.org]www.tuckunder.org[/url]. [i]Low tech/high joy collaborative/Sunflower Revolution.[/i] TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN. Opens May 23, 6-9 pm. Project through Fall 2013. Unstructured hours or by appointment. [url=http://www.tuckunder.org]www.tuckunder.org[/url]. [i]Holly Streekstra.[/i] TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN. Opens June 27, 6-9 pm. Unstructured hours or by appointment. [url=http://www.tuckunder.org]www.tuckunder.org[/url]. [i]Mary Bergs.[/i] TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN. Opens August 1, 6-9 pm. Unstructured hours or by appointment. [url=http://www.tuckunder.org]www.tuckunder.org[/url]. [i]Drawing Club[/i], Walker Art Center Open Field, Minneapolis, MN. Thursdays throughout the summer. [url=http://www.walkerart.org/openfield/]http://www.walkerart.org/openfield/[/url]or [url=http://www.walkerart.org]www.walkerart.org[/url]. [i][/i] [i]Pete Driessen,[/i] Ridgewater Community College, Hutchinson, MN. Opens Fall 2013.

Sergio Mojica's art at Ambiente Gallerie as part of Art-A-Whirl 2013

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:54:44 GMT

[b]The art of Sergio Mojica [/b][b]presented as part of Art-A-Whirl at:[/b] [b]AMBIENTE GALLERIE[/b] 505 1st Ave NE Minneapolis Friday May 17th thru Sunday May 19th, 2013 Art work will be in exhibition at Ambiente Gallerie until the end of JUNE.