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The Sublime Mundane

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:38:33 GMT

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 23, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Artist Talk: Thursday, June 27, 7:00 p.m. Installation artist Mary Bergs and painter Daniel Buettner both take joy in the ordinary object. It is, in fact, the most ordinary of objects that are plucked from mediocrity to become the focus and subjects of their art. By taking everyday objects out of their usual context, [i]The Sublime Mundane[/i] will compel viewers to see “things” in a whole new way. For more information, visit: http://www.btacmn.org/3visual/at_galleries/exhibits/sublime.html

image: Composition with Table

The Thousandfold Principle/Jeremy Szopinski

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:48:22 GMT

[b]TuckUnder Projects is pleased to announce the solo exhibition [i]The Thousandfold Principle[/i], featuring the oil paintings of Minneapolis painter/printmaker Jeremy Szopinski, the exterior [i]Look (again)[/i] residency by low tech/high joy collaborative, and the inaugural Leaky Sink Gallery exhibit [i]Noah Harmon/Have Fun!.[/i][/b] [i]The Thousandfold Principle/Jeremy Szopinski[/i] opens at TuckUnder Projects, Thursday, May 23, 6-9 pm. The exhibition runs May 23-June 23, 2013, with unstructured hours Wednesday through Sunday, and by appointment. Please email [url=mailto:info@tuckunder.org]info@tuckunder.org[/url] to confirm open hours. TuckUnder Projects is located at 5120 York Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, USA 55410. For further information visit [url=http://www.TuckUnder.org/]www.TuckUnder.org[/url]. American artist Jeremy Szopinski (Born Ironwood, MI, 1975) is a Minneapolis-based painter, printmaker and visual artist whose artwork navigates the space, structure and materiality of abstraction. Szopinski has exhibited at numerous venues both regionally and nationally including Woodward Gallery (NY), Soo Visual Arts Center, Phipps Center for the Arts, Speedboat Gallery, and the Duluth Art Institute. He has worked as an Adjunct Faculty member at the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, MN, as a Senior Letterpress Printer at Studio On Fire in Minneapolis, and has painted murals. He received his BFA in 1998 from the College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, and completed his MFA in Painting at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, in 2010. Further works can be found on his website at [url=http://www.jeremyszopinski.com]www.jeremyszopinski.com[/url]. For the works in[b] [/b][i]The Thousandfold Principle[/i], Szopinski reflects upon a quote by televangelist Benny Hinn as an underlying thematic narrative:[i] [/i][b] [/b]“When I saw the amazing harvest, I confess I still wondered if the results I was experiencing might just be a coincidence; maybe this was happening by chance, I thought.” The abstract works subtly hide a human form and character that occupies a liminal space between the surface of the paper, canvas, or board and the top transparent layers of abstract marks. Szopinski explains that the abstract paintings in his exhibit constantly move toward building unresolved tensions between opposing forces both formally and thematically. The underlying figures, some of which are discernable, suggest violence and religious ecstasy, belief and doubt. Abstraction, in the form of large swoops and geometric shapes, frequently overtake the figures. Conversely, through high key color and overlapped composition, the work maintains a connection to old master religious painting. Szopinski often visually references the pictorial imagery of El Greco’s mystical space and Caravaggio’s violent dramas. Szopinski’s printmaking employment plays a visible role in his current paintings. The act of mixing CMYK inks is often mimicked on the surface of the works. Created on Terraskin paper mounted on board and found/recycled wood materials, utilizing both traditional oil paints and conventional printmaking inks, and applied with squeegees, knives and rollers, the abstractions vary in scale from tiny wooden blocks to larger paper works. The changes in scale and material often evoke a mood shift that alters the dialectic. [b]Also on view will be the start of a five-month exterior project [i]Look (again) Residency: Sunflower Revolution[/i] by low tech/high joy artists Marlaine Cox and Karen Kasel.[/b] For the start of their residency, low tech/high joy will present a singular metal lens scoping/viewing device that peers onto a particular sunflower seedling spot within the TuckUnder yard. Included will be the presenting of hand sewn/packaged sunflower seeds to opening viewers to “spread the revolution.” Further fabricated metal lens scoping devices and participatory activity will be added as the residency proceeds. Collaborating for over six years, low tech/high joy has created simple placemaking activity and organic participatory project work, which includes the [i]Shanty of Misfit Toys[/i] at the Art Shanties on Medicine Lake. Further info on Look (again) can be found at [url=http://www.facebook.com/lowtech.highjoy]www.facebook.com/lowtech.highjoy[/url]. [b]TuckUnder Projects is also pleased to announce the first Leaky Sink Gallery exhibition [i]Noah Harmon/Have Fun![/i]. [/b]Noah Harmon (American, born 1982 Beresford, SD) is a visual artist living and working in Minneapolis, MN whose paintings and illustration engage an awkward range of campy subject matter. Harmon explores conceptual themes that often include: relaxation and enjoyment, creeps and hotties, and champions and Rock & Roll. His illustration and painting is visually informed by Pop Culture, travel, television, and the supernatural. When he was growing up Harmon worked as under aged janitor at an interstate truckstop and a BK burger flipper off the I-90 corridor. Harmon received his BFA from St. Cloud State University. He has exhibited his work and projects regionally with Soo Visual Arts, One Bicycle Studio, Midway Contemporary Art Drawing Rally and the Walker Art Center Open Field. Mr. Harmon currently works as a security guard at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Harmon is the first artist to install at TuckUnder Projects Leaky Sink Gallery. His work can be found at [url=http://www.relaxadult.com]www.relaxadult.com[/url]. [b] [/b][b][/b] [b]Leaky Sink Gallery[/b] is a new alternative, experimental backroom gallery housed in the half bath on the basement floor of TuckUnder Projects. The “loo” gallery has preexisting old-fashioned black/white advertising wallpaper, a tiled shower with soap scum and adhesive residue, two medicine cabinets, a shuttered window, three towel racks, and a drippy faucet/sink cabinet with a door that opens the wrong way. Despite the water shut off at its local pipe valve, the water still gently flows approximately one gallon per day. Leaky Sink Gallery is an installationary spatial site of creative reflection and imaginary thought, personal discovery and sensory stimuli, and private contemplation of bodily fluid wonder. TuckUnder Projects is a temporary, independent artist exhibition space and sculpture site located within the Fulton neighborhood of Southwest Minneapolis. As an alternative, hybridic home-based contemporary gallery, TuckUnder Projects specializes in unrecognized emerging artists and curatorial collaborators, tactical institutional critique, participatory initiatives and conceptual curatorial projects. Artistic quality at TuckUnder is based upon artist’s tactical aesthetics, participatory exchange, home economics, and conceptual fortitude rather than traditionally conservative art fair and gallery criteria. For its second season of interior and exterior art exhibit programming, TuckUnder plans six platform exhibits that engage the local community with under recognized local and regional emerging artists and curators working in visual arts, video, site-specific sculpture and installation from May thru November 2013. Artists will collaborate with the unique 1950’s architectural environs, TuckUnder garage, fake butterflies and woodpecker, raspberry patch, and scenic overlook. Forthcoming exhibition and curatorial projects include the artists Jeremy Szopinski, Holly Streekstra, Mary Bergs, Christina Chang, Nathaniel Smith, and exterior resident collaborators low tech/high joy (Marlaine Cox & Karen Kasel). Currently on view at TuckUnder is [i]Vague[/i], a solo installation by visual artist Pete Driessen, now thru May 19, 2013. TuckUnder Projects was created with the generous help of MRAC, Springboard for the Arts Incubator program, Arvesen Co., Driessen Water, Northern Sun, Printz, and many individuals. TuckUnder Projects activity was funded, in part, by a 2012 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Community Arts Grant, and by appropriations from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State's general fund, and its arts and cultural heritage fund that was created by a vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. [b]Image:[/b] [i]Triple Fire-Detail[/i]/ Jeremy Szopinski © 2013/Oil on board/43x44 Inches. For further information please contact Pete Driessen at [url=mailto:info@tuckunder.org]info@tuckunder.org[/url], or visit Jeremy Szopinski’s website: [url=Karen_Kasel]www.jeremyszopinski.com[/url], low tech/high joy’s website: [url=http://www.facebook.com/lowtech.highjoy]www.facebook.com/lowtech.highjoy[/url], or Noah Harmon’s website: [url=http://www.relaxadult.com]www.relaxadult.com[/url].

Judy Onofrio: Full Circle

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:37:58 GMT

[i][b]Judy Onofrio: Full Circle[/b][/i] May 23 – August 29, 2013 Opening reception: Thursday, May 23, 6:30 – 9 p.m. Exhibition hours: By appointment or chance We are very pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition, [i]Judy Onofrio: Full Circle[/i], which will run from May 23 through August 29. A reception open to the public will take place on Thursday, May 23 from 6:30 – 9 p.m. The artist will be present. [i]Judy Onofrio: Full Circle[/i] will feature a select group of new sculptures that define the essence of a body of work that has evolved over a four year period of time. These works were conceived out of a resource of animal bones collected by excavation on nearby farms, gifts from friends, and purchases of more exotic skeletal remains on-line. They are a significant departure and somewhat the antithesis of the artist’s previous works, which feature multitudes of color and embellishment. The minimal use of color and the transparency of the medium project a raw but elegant beauty in these new works. They are also a testament to an artist who, through hard work, creativity and fortitude, has endured incredible health challenges while forging a truly important and meaningful series of objects. http://thomasbarry.com/news-events-upcoming.php

Scrawlex: An uncompromising, uncensored open stage

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:13:00 GMT

[b]SCRAWLEX: An Uncompromising, Uncensored Open Stage[/b] [b]Friday, May 24th at 7:30pm[/b] [b]Free to the public![/b] Sign-up starts at 7pm (10 minute slots; no advance sign-ups) No tech (or low tech) shows on our lobby stage. We hope to see you there and please spread the word! Open wide and wail! Or dance around the concessions counter. Sing your art out! Unveil the unspoken. There will be an audience participation game, and an intermission so attendees can network a bit about what’s going on with their art, at their venues, and maybe engender some collaborations. [i]*Scrawlex is a bastardization of "grawlix" - the word for scrawled scribbles indicating swearing in a comic character’s word balloon.[/i]

From Space to Place

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:09:03 GMT

Defined by human activities, places are ever-changing, ever-decaying, and always being reborn, often through collective action and collaboration. From Space to Place features projects from local, national and international artists and designers that reexamine place and one's relationship to it. The projects are a result of collaborative and individual efforts to interpret and investigate the phenomena of place and placemaking—the transformation of a space into that which has a distinct identity. Featuring CookKIT from 7pm-10pm outside Regis Parallel Hypothetical from 7pm-10pm at Rapson Hall Identity of the Moment, a live performance by Anna Carlson & Joey Crane at 8pm at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery Artists and Designers in the Exhibition: Susan Armington, Nicholaus Arnold, Bad News from Houston, Andrew Bergmann, Patrick Beseda, Susannah Bielak, Anna Carlson, Juan William Chávez, Tuia Cherici, Joey Crane, Federico Garcia Lammers, Murat Germen, Brita Hauser, Erin Garnaas-Holmes, Katie Hargrave, Lauren Herzak-Bauman, John Kallen, Rebecca Kallen, Caroline Kent, Sam Krahn, Kendra Larson, James Lynch, Minneapolis Art on Wheels, Sara Nichol, TJ Proechel, Angela Olson, Tyler Rush, Andrew Salveson, Nick Satinover, Emily Stover, Andy Sturdevant, The Think Tank that has yet to be named, Sergio Vucci, Aaron Westre and Ryan Wurst. Related Events CookKIT May 30, 7:00 - 10:00 pm Regis Center for Art Join us for a series of short outdoor events involving CookKIT—a mobile kitchen designed by Emily Stover, that serves as a platform for food-based community programming. Three different artist groups will use CookKIT to explore how cooking can be a performance, tell a story, and act as a memory-building vehicle. Parallel Hypothetical with MAW, Angela Olson and Aaron Westre May 30, 7:00 - 10:00 pm Rapson Hall, Courtyard, 89 Church Street SE, Mpls Join us for a mirror exhibition of From Space to Place, but in the virtual realm. This digitally duplicated exhibition raises questions about the value of art and the gallery/museum experience. Come explore how experiencing art through simulation can change the nature of how we see. Structures of Support Workshop with Think Tank June 1, 12:00 - 2:00 pm Regis Center for Art Develop a clearer understanding of how our support structures are created and maintained and how we might then work to build more resilient and robust support structures in the future. Join Think Tank as we explore support through visualizations, conversations and activities. Take the Structures of Support survey here: [url=http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wearethethinktank.org%2Fstructures-of-support-survey%2F&h=xAQHNPJ4W&s=1]http://www.wearethethinktank.org/structures-of-support-survey/[/url] Desire Lines Tour with Common Room June 5, 6:00 - 8:30pm Leaves from Regis Center for Art Andy Sturdevant and Sergio Vucci will lead a Common Room tour around Minneapolis, looking at desire lines around the city from the back of a vintage chartered bus. "Desire lines" are the informal paths created by foot traffic across public spaces not initially intended for foot traffic. Any time you see a dirt path across a patch of grass or up a hill between two sidewalks, or footprints in the snow leading from one place to another, that's a desire line. Looking at traditional desire lines, as well as expanding the idea beyond footpaths, we'll see how people create their own spaces, make shortcuts, defy authority, and carve out new path systems. To sign up for this event, please visit: [url=http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fspacetoplacecommonroom&h=NAQED0OY_&s=1]http://bit.ly/spacetoplacecommonroom[/url]. Perspectives on Placemaking June 6, 7:00 - 9:00pm Rapson Hall, Rm 100, 89 Church Street SE, Mpls This public panel will discuss their individual research and work in relation to place, stemming from radical architecture to neighborhood yards, public housing to socially engaged art. Panelists include: Ursula Lang, Ph.D. candidate in Geography at the University of Minnesota, Ross Elfline, Assistant Professor of Art History at Carleton College and Neeraj Mehta, director of community-based research at Center for Urban and Regional Affairs. Susannah Bielak, artist, writer, cultural and content producer, will moderate the panel. Reverse Scavenger Hunt with Erin Garnaas-Holmes June 12, 6:00pm Leaves from Regis Center for Art The goal of the Reverse Scavenger Hunt is to reverse-collect things from the world around you. Instead of acquiring or consuming objects and experiences and bringing them back to home base, you create, cause, disperse and share them with your environment. You will journey with a team via bicycle into the city and combine items and interactions with places/people from a given list, while infusing life into your surroundings! A bicycle and camera are recommended for this event.

Spectrum ArtWorks: An Introspective

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:02 GMT

Spectrum ArtWorks: [i]An Introspective[/i] celebrates new work by Spectrum ArtWorks artists. Please join us for the opening at Regla De Oro Gallery on June 1st, 2:00-5:00pm. Show runs through June 30th. Spectrum ArtWorks is a non-profit visual art program in the heart of Minneapolis that provides studio space and community for artists living with mental illness. In addition to producing amazing art Spectrum ArtWorks artists work to educate the public and break down stigma associated with mental illness.

Keren Kroul exhibits "Stillness of Place": new paintings on paper at Nomad World Pub

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:37:50 GMT

[b]Keren Kroul exhibits “Stillness of Place”: new paintings on paper at Nomad World Pub[/b] Opening Reception: Tuesday June 4 6pm-9pm Show Dates: June 4 - July 1, 2013 [b]Location[/b] Nomad World Pub 501 Cedar Ave Minneapolis, MN 55454 Mon-Fri 3pm-2am Sat-Sun 8am-2pm www.nomadpub.com Keren Kroul presents a series of colorful watercolors on paper. Part of an ongoing exploration of narrative and abstraction, this recent work focuses on intricate organic and geometric imagery. In addition to this exhibit, in the upcoming months Kroul’s work will be featured at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, WI and at the Tychman Shapiro Gallery in Minneapolis, MN. Visit www.kerenkroul.com to see more of Kroul’s work. For more information about this event or Altered Esthetics, contact Lupi McGinty, Communications Director, at lmcginty@alteredesthetics.org [b]About the gallery[/b] Altered Esthetics is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 community gallery run by artists, for artists. Bringing together dimensional art, music, poetry, performance art, and film, we are one of the most creatively diverse galleries in the Twin Cities. Altered Esthetics holds group exhibitions so that multiple artists of all backgrounds can display their perspectives on a given theme, and works to sustain the role of artists as a voice of society through exhibits, events, services, workshops, and programs. Through the Solo Exhibitions Program, Altered Esthetics provides an opportunity for artistic growth, access, exploration, and the promotion of emerging artists through community outreach and local partnerships. In addition to providing a space for a solo show in the community, Altered Esthetics assists artists with career guidance and growth with organization and business skills needed to develop and maintain a successful art career. Altered Esthetics 1224 Quincy St. NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 (612) 378-8888 www.alteredesthetics.org

Anne Labovitz: Composite Portraits Opening Reception

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:35:24 GMT

Opening event for Anne Labovitz: Composite Portraits at the Tweed Museum of Art on the University of Minnesota Duluth Campus June 6, 2013 5 - 8 pm.

Casket Arts First Thursday Open Studios

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:48:26 GMT

First Thursdays is the Open Studio and Gallery Tour held the first Thursday of each month in the NE Minneapolis Arts District. Many of our professional NEMAA member artists open their studios and greet visitors. With a more relaxed atmosphere, this mini-AAW is a great experience for the art collector and browser. Open Studios at the Casket Arts Building , 681 17th Avenue NE, Minneapolis 5:00-9:00 p.m. Open Studios at the Casket Arts-Carriage House, 1720 17th Ave.NE, Minneapolis 5:00-9:00 p.m

Bike Art VIII

Sat, 11 May 2013 03:54:45 GMT

[b]Bike Art VIII[/b] Altered Esthetics' eighth annual bike art show brings together some of the Twin Cities' largest communities...artists, cyclists, and those who love both! Join us for a month of bike-themed art and activities. With works from over 15 artists spanning the mediums of photography, painting and screen printing, join us at Ae as we explore the different ways the art of biking is represented in these works. [b]Run Dates:[/b] Thursday, June 6 – Thursday, June 27, 2013 [b]Opening Reception:[/b] Friday, June 7, 2013, 7 - 10 p.m. [b]Artist Discussion:[/b] Saturday, June 8, 2013, 1 - 3 p.m. [b]Featured Artwork:[/b] Todd by Ellie Kingsbury Altered Esthetics 1224 Quincy St NE Mpls, MN 55413 612.378.8888 Altered Esthetics is a nonprofit 501(c)3 community gallery run by artists, for artists. Bringing together dimensional art, music, poetry, performance art, and film, we are one of the most creatively diverse galleries in the Twin Cities. Altered Esthetics holds group-shows so that multiple artists of all backgrounds can display their perspectives on a given theme, and works to sustain the historical role of artists as a voice of society through exhibits, events, services, workshops, and programs.

AMENDMENTS Art Opening

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:07:31 GMT

AMENDMENTS Acrylic Textural Painting Series

On Friday, April 26th from 6-9pm the Artist Mercantile will kick off the St. Paul Art Crawl by hosting an opening reception for local artist Jeralyn Victoria Mohr's "AMENDMENTS" series. Opening night will feature the artist, her work and live jazz fusion guitar by David Ziffer from 7-8pm. Jeralyn’s work combines influences from domestic textiles, rugs and abstract design. Through the "AMENDMENTS" series, Jeralyn Mohr states she is "mending and healing”. The series is also about disrepair, tension, damage, and separation. More on Jeralyn can be found at:[url=http://www.artistmerc.com/news.php]http://www.artistmerc.com/news.php[/url] Jeralyn Victoria Mohr is a local artist, m uralist and interior designer. Her "Amendments" series can be viewed at the Artist Mercantile and for a sneak peak go to: [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/artistmercantile/]http://www.flickr.com/photos/artistmercantile/[/url] Show runs through June 29th.

Minneapolis Art Lending Library

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:50:28 GMT

[b]Inaugural Opening June 21, 2013 6:30 - 9:30 PM[/b] The Ledge Gallery is pleased to announce the launch of its latest project, the Minneapolis Art Lending Library (MALL).

The MALL features a changing selection of contemporary artwork, with a focus on work from Twin Cities artists. Members of the public are invited to borrow artwork from the collection, free of charge, for two-month periods for enjoyment in their homes and places of work. The library’s inaugural collection features work from over 40 artists, including printmakers, painters, photographers and sculptors.

Our aim is to provide exposure for artists, build ongoing support of the arts, and share the joy of art with all members of our community, regardless of financial standing. The MALL was started by artists Mac Balentine, Julia Caston, and Larsen Husby, and is housed at the Ledge Gallery, a domestic exhibition space in Stevens Square, Minneapolis.

[b]The MALL is open to the public one weekend every two months[/b] to allow visitors to return, browse, and select artwork to borrow for the subsequent lending period. We are located at 1916 3rd Avenue South, Apt 1, Minneapolis, MN 55404.

For a schedule and full details, visit: [url=http://www.theledgempls.com]www.theledgempls.com[/url] or email [url=mailto:info@theledgempls.com]info@theledgempls.com[/url].

Details on submitting artwork can be found at: [url=http://www.theledgempls.com/submit]www.theledgempls.com/submit[/url].

Exhibits with prints by Brian Hartley Sago

Fri, 13 May 2011 13:14:15 GMT

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