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2008/10/03
Masterpiece Photographs from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts: The Curatorial Legacy of Carroll T. Hartwell
Saturday, October 4, 2008—Sunday, January 25, 2009
Harrison Photography Gallery 362
Free Exhibition
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts holds the Upper Midwest’s most significant permanent collection of fine photographs. Numbering about 10,000 photographs, it covers the entire history of the medium, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
This exhibition features the fifty most salient and fully-realized photographs in the museum’s holdings. It begins with a 1845 salt print by the English inventor William Henry Fox Talbot and ends with a 2002 color portrait by Alec Soth, from his series “Sleeping by the Mississippi.” In between, the genres of documentary photography, photo-journalism, and street photography are well represented in the show. Included are Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” and Arthur Rothstein’s “Dust Storm,” both iconic images from the Great Depression. Among the most recognizable pictures are Edward Weston’s “Pepper No. 30” (1930) and Ansel Adams’s “Moonrise, Hernandez” (1941). The names of other photographers represented reads like a Who’s Who? of photography: Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Lewis W. Hine, Man Ray, W. Eugene Smith, Alfred Stieglitz, and Paul Strand.
This exhibition marks the first time the MIA has presented such a select grouping of its most important photographs together. The exhibition and its accompanying publication commemorate the significant collecting legacy of Carroll T. (Ted) Hartwell, the founding curator of the department, who died in 2007. It reveals Mr. Hartwell’s critical eye for singular historical pieces as well as his belief in the influence and vitality of accomplished living photographers.
Major support for this exhibition is provided by Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison, Elisabeth J. Dayton, Cy and Paula DeCosse through The Minneapolis Foundation, Walt McCarthy and Clara Ueland, Frederick and Virginia Scheel, Harry M. Drake, Martin and Lora Weinstein, and Myron and Anita Kunin.
Harrison Photography Gallery 362
Free Exhibition
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts holds the Upper Midwest’s most significant permanent collection of fine photographs. Numbering about 10,000 photographs, it covers the entire history of the medium, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
This exhibition features the fifty most salient and fully-realized photographs in the museum’s holdings. It begins with a 1845 salt print by the English inventor William Henry Fox Talbot and ends with a 2002 color portrait by Alec Soth, from his series “Sleeping by the Mississippi.” In between, the genres of documentary photography, photo-journalism, and street photography are well represented in the show. Included are Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” and Arthur Rothstein’s “Dust Storm,” both iconic images from the Great Depression. Among the most recognizable pictures are Edward Weston’s “Pepper No. 30” (1930) and Ansel Adams’s “Moonrise, Hernandez” (1941). The names of other photographers represented reads like a Who’s Who? of photography: Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Lewis W. Hine, Man Ray, W. Eugene Smith, Alfred Stieglitz, and Paul Strand.
This exhibition marks the first time the MIA has presented such a select grouping of its most important photographs together. The exhibition and its accompanying publication commemorate the significant collecting legacy of Carroll T. (Ted) Hartwell, the founding curator of the department, who died in 2007. It reveals Mr. Hartwell’s critical eye for singular historical pieces as well as his belief in the influence and vitality of accomplished living photographers.
Major support for this exhibition is provided by Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison, Elisabeth J. Dayton, Cy and Paula DeCosse through The Minneapolis Foundation, Walt McCarthy and Clara Ueland, Frederick and Virginia Scheel, Harry M. Drake, Martin and Lora Weinstein, and Myron and Anita Kunin.
2008/09/17
The Longing
Josh Quigley
Karolina Karlic - "Dear Diary"
September 19th – November 8th, 2008
The lush large scale prints of Josh Quigley and Karolina Karlic radiate a sensuality revealing everyday lives longing for meaning and connection.
Josh studies what he calls the contemporary domestic, staging moments of family experience utilizing the styles and techniques of cinema, neorealism and commercial photography. The resulting images show an amplified intensity of everyday domestic events energized with an undercurrent of sexuality and desire.
Intrigued by the motivations of those that post Internet classifieds through “Missed Connections” on Craig’s List, Karolina Karlic sought out the posters to create her images. Perhaps by helping to complete their need for connection she was able to draw them into collaboration to make photographs of vulnerability and longing in our contemporary world of impersonal Internet communication.
Opening Reception: Friday September 19th, 2008 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Exhibition: September 19th – November 8th, 2008
Karolina Karlic - "Dear Diary"
September 19th – November 8th, 2008
The lush large scale prints of Josh Quigley and Karolina Karlic radiate a sensuality revealing everyday lives longing for meaning and connection.
Josh studies what he calls the contemporary domestic, staging moments of family experience utilizing the styles and techniques of cinema, neorealism and commercial photography. The resulting images show an amplified intensity of everyday domestic events energized with an undercurrent of sexuality and desire.
Intrigued by the motivations of those that post Internet classifieds through “Missed Connections” on Craig’s List, Karolina Karlic sought out the posters to create her images. Perhaps by helping to complete their need for connection she was able to draw them into collaboration to make photographs of vulnerability and longing in our contemporary world of impersonal Internet communication.
Opening Reception: Friday September 19th, 2008 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Exhibition: September 19th – November 8th, 2008
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future
Exhibition
September 13, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Target Gallery
The Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts jointly present this first major museum retrospective of architect Eero Saarinen’s short but prolific career. Saarinen was one of the most celebrated, unorthodox, and controversial masters of 20th-century architecture. In many ways he was the architect of what has been dubbed “the American century,” the post-World War II era when the United States emerged as an influential world superpower.
Although Saarinen’s most iconic and publicly recognizable design is the soaring Gateway Arch in St. Louis, his work spanned many different areas of architectural practice, including the design of airports, corporate and academic campuses, churches and private residences, and furniture. Although criticized by his peers at the time for having a different style for each project, Saarinen rejected the dogma of an orthodox modernism and instead adopted a varied approach to architectural design, letting the subject and site guide his inventive solutions. His resulting body of work includes such masterpieces as the sweeping concrete curves of the TWA Terminal (1956–1962) at New York’s JFK Airport; the grandeur of General Motors Technical Center (1948–1956), dubbed an “industrial Versailles” by the media; and the iconic Womb Chair and Ottoman (1946–1948) or the innovative Pedestal (1954–1957) series of tables and chairs, both for Knoll and all classics of mid-century modernism.
Featured in the exhibition are never-before-seen sketches, working drawings, models, photographs, furnishings, films, and other ephemera from various archives and private collections. . . .
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The Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts jointly present this first major museum retrospective of architect Eero Saarinen’s short but prolific career. Saarinen was one of the most celebrated, unorthodox, and controversial masters of 20th-century architecture. In many ways he was the architect of what has been dubbed “the American century,” the post-World War II era when the United States emerged as an influential world superpower.
Although Saarinen’s most iconic and publicly recognizable design is the soaring Gateway Arch in St. Louis, his work spanned many different areas of architectural practice, including the design of airports, corporate and academic campuses, churches and private residences, and furniture. Although criticized by his peers at the time for having a different style for each project, Saarinen rejected the dogma of an orthodox modernism and instead adopted a varied approach to architectural design, letting the subject and site guide his inventive solutions. His resulting body of work includes such masterpieces as the sweeping concrete curves of the TWA Terminal (1956–1962) at New York’s JFK Airport; the grandeur of General Motors Technical Center (1948–1956), dubbed an “industrial Versailles” by the media; and the iconic Womb Chair and Ottoman (1946–1948) or the innovative Pedestal (1954–1957) series of tables and chairs, both for Knoll and all classics of mid-century modernism.
Featured in the exhibition are never-before-seen sketches, working drawings, models, photographs, furnishings, films, and other ephemera from various archives and private collections. Exploring his entire output of more than 50 built and unbuilt projects, it provides a unique opportunity to consider Saarinen’s innovations in the use of new materials, technologies, and construction techniques within the larger context of postwar modern architecture.
In this collaborative presentation, the Walker Art Center will feature Saarinen’s furnishings and residences as well as his designs for churches and academic and corporate campuses, while the Minneapolis Institute of Arts will present his designs for airports, memorials, and embassies, as well as his early work within the context of its modernist design collection.
September 13, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Target Gallery
The Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts jointly present this first major museum retrospective of architect Eero Saarinen’s short but prolific career. Saarinen was one of the most celebrated, unorthodox, and controversial masters of 20th-century architecture. In many ways he was the architect of what has been dubbed “the American century,” the post-World War II era when the United States emerged as an influential world superpower.
Although Saarinen’s most iconic and publicly recognizable design is the soaring Gateway Arch in St. Louis, his work spanned many different areas of architectural practice, including the design of airports, corporate and academic campuses, churches and private residences, and furniture. Although criticized by his peers at the time for having a different style for each project, Saarinen rejected the dogma of an orthodox modernism and instead adopted a varied approach to architectural design, letting the subject and site guide his inventive solutions. His resulting body of work includes such masterpieces as the sweeping concrete curves of the TWA Terminal (1956–1962) at New York’s JFK Airport; the grandeur of General Motors Technical Center (1948–1956), dubbed an “industrial Versailles” by the media; and the iconic Womb Chair and Ottoman (1946–1948) or the innovative Pedestal (1954–1957) series of tables and chairs, both for Knoll and all classics of mid-century modernism.
Featured in the exhibition are never-before-seen sketches, working drawings, models, photographs, furnishings, films, and other ephemera from various archives and private collections. . . .
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The Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts jointly present this first major museum retrospective of architect Eero Saarinen’s short but prolific career. Saarinen was one of the most celebrated, unorthodox, and controversial masters of 20th-century architecture. In many ways he was the architect of what has been dubbed “the American century,” the post-World War II era when the United States emerged as an influential world superpower.
Although Saarinen’s most iconic and publicly recognizable design is the soaring Gateway Arch in St. Louis, his work spanned many different areas of architectural practice, including the design of airports, corporate and academic campuses, churches and private residences, and furniture. Although criticized by his peers at the time for having a different style for each project, Saarinen rejected the dogma of an orthodox modernism and instead adopted a varied approach to architectural design, letting the subject and site guide his inventive solutions. His resulting body of work includes such masterpieces as the sweeping concrete curves of the TWA Terminal (1956–1962) at New York’s JFK Airport; the grandeur of General Motors Technical Center (1948–1956), dubbed an “industrial Versailles” by the media; and the iconic Womb Chair and Ottoman (1946–1948) or the innovative Pedestal (1954–1957) series of tables and chairs, both for Knoll and all classics of mid-century modernism.
Featured in the exhibition are never-before-seen sketches, working drawings, models, photographs, furnishings, films, and other ephemera from various archives and private collections. Exploring his entire output of more than 50 built and unbuilt projects, it provides a unique opportunity to consider Saarinen’s innovations in the use of new materials, technologies, and construction techniques within the larger context of postwar modern architecture.
In this collaborative presentation, the Walker Art Center will feature Saarinen’s furnishings and residences as well as his designs for churches and academic and corporate campuses, while the Minneapolis Institute of Arts will present his designs for airports, memorials, and embassies, as well as his early work within the context of its modernist design collection.
The Soap Factory Presents...
Pay Attention: Greater Minneapolis 08
Opening Reception Saturday, September 13, 2008 7-11 PM // Exhibition Runs: Sep 13 - Oct 26, 2008
Produced by : Christopher Pole, Patricia Healy McMeans -- Advisors: Yasmil Raymond, Dave Salmela.
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In 1974, Gordon Matta-Clark wrote “the only difference between expectation and surprise is authorship.” This observation framed his artistic process; he regarded the bisection of buildings and houses as a “releasing of architecture.” His own hand on the chainsaw simply became a utilitarian tool to release inherent energies already existing within the structure. Clearly Matta-Clark’s engagement is crucial to the experiment, but for him the art remains separate from himself in a phenomenological sense. He surrenders the idea of the artist author, and in doing so, the result of his experiment begins to shift away from expectation to the unknown. The distinction between expectation and surprise informs the timbre of the exhibition Pay Attention: GM08, on view at the Soap Factory from September 13- October 26.
What began as a survey of emerging contemporary artists based out of the Twin Cities area has focused itself into a group show of experimental new work by 22 artists and collaboratives. Critically engaging social and psychological examination, these artists use varied processes and time- and object-based mediums: performance, sound, new media, painting, printmaking, photography, film, and sculpture. All participating artists were asked to make new work specifically for this show. As producers, and viewers, we don’t know exactly what we’re going to get in September, a condition which further shifts our expectation.
Participating artists: Christopher Baker, David A. Bradberry, Eric William Carroll, Jan Estep, Chris Hill, Julia Kouneski, Kristine Heykants, Ali Momeni, Pete McLarnan, Christian Nielsen, Christopher Pancoe, Kirsten Peterson, Drew Peterson, Heidi Prenevost, Stevie Rexroth, Jenny Schmid, Andrew Schroeder, Tony Sunder, Tectonic Industries, Megan Vossler, Jonathan Gomez Whitney, and Marcus Young.
Please visit the Pay Attention: GM08 website for more information on inidividual artists.
Ongoing throughout the season in Project Room 2
History Room: 20 Years of No Name and The Soap Factory
April 19-October 26, 2008
Opening reception: 7 – 11pm, April 19, 2008 / Closing reception: October 3, 2008
In October of 1988, a new art space calling itself No Name Gallery opened its doors in the Warehouse District of downtown Minneapolis. That gallery would eventually become the Soap Factory, one of the longest-lived contemporary art spaces in the Twin Cities. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Soap Factory, curator Andy Sturdevant has created The History Room, a gallery dedicated to telling the saga of Soap from the depths of 20 years of archives. Including photographs, artwork, promotional posters, historic documents, personal recollections and video, the History Room gives visitors an opportunity to learn more about the gallery famed for its raw space, its brutal lack of heat, and its remarkable following of artists who have tirelessly transformed it over the years. The Soap Factory is one of the largest spaces for contemporary art in the Twin Cities, and the exhibition History Room charts not only the story of No Name and The Soap Factory, but also the story of the thriving, exciting, and ever-evolving art scene for which Minneapolis is so renowned.
In addition to a thoughtful sampling of Soap's 20 year paper trail, History Room also features over a dozen artists who have been invited back to show new work and share their experiences at No Name and the Soap. Beginning April 19 with work from Mark Nielsen and Ilene Krug Mojsilov, the first two artists shown at No Name, the History Room will rotate new work on a monthly basis. Some artists featured on the roster include Modern Man, Mark Wojahn, David Wyrick, Jen Bervin, David Lowe, David Lefkowitz, Emily Lutzker, Tamara Albaitas and many others.
Opening Reception Saturday, September 13, 2008 7-11 PM // Exhibition Runs: Sep 13 - Oct 26, 2008
Produced by : Christopher Pole, Patricia Healy McMeans -- Advisors: Yasmil Raymond, Dave Salmela.
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In 1974, Gordon Matta-Clark wrote “the only difference between expectation and surprise is authorship.” This observation framed his artistic process; he regarded the bisection of buildings and houses as a “releasing of architecture.” His own hand on the chainsaw simply became a utilitarian tool to release inherent energies already existing within the structure. Clearly Matta-Clark’s engagement is crucial to the experiment, but for him the art remains separate from himself in a phenomenological sense. He surrenders the idea of the artist author, and in doing so, the result of his experiment begins to shift away from expectation to the unknown. The distinction between expectation and surprise informs the timbre of the exhibition Pay Attention: GM08, on view at the Soap Factory from September 13- October 26.
What began as a survey of emerging contemporary artists based out of the Twin Cities area has focused itself into a group show of experimental new work by 22 artists and collaboratives. Critically engaging social and psychological examination, these artists use varied processes and time- and object-based mediums: performance, sound, new media, painting, printmaking, photography, film, and sculpture. All participating artists were asked to make new work specifically for this show. As producers, and viewers, we don’t know exactly what we’re going to get in September, a condition which further shifts our expectation.
Participating artists: Christopher Baker, David A. Bradberry, Eric William Carroll, Jan Estep, Chris Hill, Julia Kouneski, Kristine Heykants, Ali Momeni, Pete McLarnan, Christian Nielsen, Christopher Pancoe, Kirsten Peterson, Drew Peterson, Heidi Prenevost, Stevie Rexroth, Jenny Schmid, Andrew Schroeder, Tony Sunder, Tectonic Industries, Megan Vossler, Jonathan Gomez Whitney, and Marcus Young.
Please visit the Pay Attention: GM08 website for more information on inidividual artists.
Ongoing throughout the season in Project Room 2
History Room: 20 Years of No Name and The Soap Factory
April 19-October 26, 2008
Opening reception: 7 – 11pm, April 19, 2008 / Closing reception: October 3, 2008
In October of 1988, a new art space calling itself No Name Gallery opened its doors in the Warehouse District of downtown Minneapolis. That gallery would eventually become the Soap Factory, one of the longest-lived contemporary art spaces in the Twin Cities. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Soap Factory, curator Andy Sturdevant has created The History Room, a gallery dedicated to telling the saga of Soap from the depths of 20 years of archives. Including photographs, artwork, promotional posters, historic documents, personal recollections and video, the History Room gives visitors an opportunity to learn more about the gallery famed for its raw space, its brutal lack of heat, and its remarkable following of artists who have tirelessly transformed it over the years. The Soap Factory is one of the largest spaces for contemporary art in the Twin Cities, and the exhibition History Room charts not only the story of No Name and The Soap Factory, but also the story of the thriving, exciting, and ever-evolving art scene for which Minneapolis is so renowned.
In addition to a thoughtful sampling of Soap's 20 year paper trail, History Room also features over a dozen artists who have been invited back to show new work and share their experiences at No Name and the Soap. Beginning April 19 with work from Mark Nielsen and Ilene Krug Mojsilov, the first two artists shown at No Name, the History Room will rotate new work on a monthly basis. Some artists featured on the roster include Modern Man, Mark Wojahn, David Wyrick, Jen Bervin, David Lowe, David Lefkowitz, Emily Lutzker, Tamara Albaitas and many others.
PAPER TIGER
Works by John Vogt
September 1- October 26, 2008
Reception: September 5, 2008, 6-9pm
John Vogt will delve into the consequences of misguided ambition and other human follies through his new works in Paper Tiger. Vogt pulls imagery from a variety of sources ranging from pop culture to theology, confronting his audience with symbols of power and permanence while revealing their inevitable path to self-destruction.
Influenced stylistically by the world of design, Vogt creates stark stripped down icons emblematic of human greed and excess, whether it is the Tower of Babel, the mighty German U-boats of WWII or the latest in reality T.V programming they are all doomed to the same fate. Paper Tiger dissects our culture both past and present with drawings, mixed media and sculpture to reveal the darker side of humanity’s drive to succeed.
John Vogt is a previous recipient of the Jerome Fellowship and was a McKnight Fellowship finalist. Paper Tiger will be his first solo exhibition.
2008/07/29
Nothing at The End of The Lane
July 19 – August 31
Opening Reception: July 19, 7 – 11 pm
Curated by Ben Heywood
Artists: Neil Beloufa, Jennifer Danos, Lisa Fraker, Elaine Gan, Timothy Hutchings, Jonathan Laustsen, Jacque Lui, David Packer, Amy Toscani, Jeff Williams
CLOSR AND PRETTIER THAN EVER August 22nd at 8pm
TalkingImageConnection reading and dance performance where Paul Dickinson, Melanie Hoffert, Haley Lasché and Three Dances, Beth Mayer, and Jeff Smieding respond to "“Nothing at the End of the Lane."
Unique among many art galleries, The Soap Factory curates its shows almost completely from work submitted to us by artists. Forming exhibitions from artists’ submissions is a distinct, but largely unrecognized curatorial skill that favors organizing principles over any sort of pre-conceived curatorial thesis. The selection process therefore becomes an exercise in detecting hidden patterns within these random, self-selected items of visual culture.
For Nothing at The End of The Lane the organizing principle is that of fantasy. The artists in this show explore the gallery as a laboratory, a vehicle for fantastic environments, where the imaginings of artist and audience can be played out in full. Nothing at The End of The Lane suggests that the gallery is a place in which the conceivable, is the creatable; where idealized worlds, falsified through their creation, can be critiqued by their very existence. Fittingly, the title itself, Nothing at the End of The Lane is a found phrase, evoking nothing more than ‘title-ness,’ as well as a disarming sense of childlike dislocation. It poses the question: how do we react to a fairytale that does not conclude with a happy ending, or does not conclude at all, but merely continues with the mild sense of disappointment with which we all live our lives?
At the same time, Nothing at The End of The Lane reveals The Soap Factory as an architectural fantasy that is itself mutable, flexible, and malleable. While The Soap Factory has always been a factory space, its adaptability and capacity to respond directly to artists’ needs is part of the essential character of the building. Hence, as an industrial space designed for the fabrication of material culture, it is also a space that responds, over time, to the needs of its successive functions. As a gallery we call for it to be the playground of our childish actions, and the repository of our dreams; a life-lived model of the subconscious.
ONGOING in Project Room 2:
History Room: 20 Years of No Name and The Soap Factory
April 19-October 26, 2008
Opening reception: 7 – 11pm, April 19, 2008 / Closing reception: October 4, 2008
In October of 1988, a new art space calling itself No Name Gallery opened its doors in the Warehouse District of downtown Minneapolis. That gallery would eventually become the Soap Factory, one of the longest-lived contemporary art spaces in the Twin Cities. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Soap Factory, curator Andy Sturdevant has created The History Room, a gallery dedicated to telling the saga of Soap from the depths of 20 years of archives. Including photographs, artwork, promotional posters, historic documents, personal recollections and video, the History Room gives visitors an opportunity to learn more about the gallery famed for its raw space, its brutal lack of heat, and its remarkable following of artists who have tirelessly transformed it over the years. The Soap Factory is one of the largest spaces for contemporary art in the Twin Cities, and the exhibition History Room charts not only the story of No Name and The Soap Factory, but also the story of the thriving, exciting, and ever-evolving art scene for which Minneapolis is so renowned.
In addition to a thoughtful sampling of Soap's 20 year paper trail, History Room also features over a dozen artists who have been invited back to show new work and share their experiences at No Name and the Soap. Beginning April 19 with work from Mark Nielsen and Ilene Krug Mojsilov, the first two artists shown at No Name, the History Room will rotate new work on a monthly basis. Some artists featured on the roster include Modern Man, Mark Wojahn, David Wyrick, Jen Bervin, David Lowe, David Lefkowitz, Emily Lutzker, Tamara Albaitas and many others.
Opening Reception: July 19, 7 – 11 pm
Curated by Ben Heywood
Artists: Neil Beloufa, Jennifer Danos, Lisa Fraker, Elaine Gan, Timothy Hutchings, Jonathan Laustsen, Jacque Lui, David Packer, Amy Toscani, Jeff Williams
CLOSR AND PRETTIER THAN EVER August 22nd at 8pm
TalkingImageConnection reading and dance performance where Paul Dickinson, Melanie Hoffert, Haley Lasché and Three Dances, Beth Mayer, and Jeff Smieding respond to "“Nothing at the End of the Lane."
Unique among many art galleries, The Soap Factory curates its shows almost completely from work submitted to us by artists. Forming exhibitions from artists’ submissions is a distinct, but largely unrecognized curatorial skill that favors organizing principles over any sort of pre-conceived curatorial thesis. The selection process therefore becomes an exercise in detecting hidden patterns within these random, self-selected items of visual culture.
For Nothing at The End of The Lane the organizing principle is that of fantasy. The artists in this show explore the gallery as a laboratory, a vehicle for fantastic environments, where the imaginings of artist and audience can be played out in full. Nothing at The End of The Lane suggests that the gallery is a place in which the conceivable, is the creatable; where idealized worlds, falsified through their creation, can be critiqued by their very existence. Fittingly, the title itself, Nothing at the End of The Lane is a found phrase, evoking nothing more than ‘title-ness,’ as well as a disarming sense of childlike dislocation. It poses the question: how do we react to a fairytale that does not conclude with a happy ending, or does not conclude at all, but merely continues with the mild sense of disappointment with which we all live our lives?
At the same time, Nothing at The End of The Lane reveals The Soap Factory as an architectural fantasy that is itself mutable, flexible, and malleable. While The Soap Factory has always been a factory space, its adaptability and capacity to respond directly to artists’ needs is part of the essential character of the building. Hence, as an industrial space designed for the fabrication of material culture, it is also a space that responds, over time, to the needs of its successive functions. As a gallery we call for it to be the playground of our childish actions, and the repository of our dreams; a life-lived model of the subconscious.
ONGOING in Project Room 2:
History Room: 20 Years of No Name and The Soap Factory
April 19-October 26, 2008
Opening reception: 7 – 11pm, April 19, 2008 / Closing reception: October 4, 2008
In October of 1988, a new art space calling itself No Name Gallery opened its doors in the Warehouse District of downtown Minneapolis. That gallery would eventually become the Soap Factory, one of the longest-lived contemporary art spaces in the Twin Cities. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Soap Factory, curator Andy Sturdevant has created The History Room, a gallery dedicated to telling the saga of Soap from the depths of 20 years of archives. Including photographs, artwork, promotional posters, historic documents, personal recollections and video, the History Room gives visitors an opportunity to learn more about the gallery famed for its raw space, its brutal lack of heat, and its remarkable following of artists who have tirelessly transformed it over the years. The Soap Factory is one of the largest spaces for contemporary art in the Twin Cities, and the exhibition History Room charts not only the story of No Name and The Soap Factory, but also the story of the thriving, exciting, and ever-evolving art scene for which Minneapolis is so renowned.
In addition to a thoughtful sampling of Soap's 20 year paper trail, History Room also features over a dozen artists who have been invited back to show new work and share their experiences at No Name and the Soap. Beginning April 19 with work from Mark Nielsen and Ilene Krug Mojsilov, the first two artists shown at No Name, the History Room will rotate new work on a monthly basis. Some artists featured on the roster include Modern Man, Mark Wojahn, David Wyrick, Jen Bervin, David Lowe, David Lefkowitz, Emily Lutzker, Tamara Albaitas and many others.
2008/07/22
The Alice Project
Join Alice-philes & art lovers on Saturday, July 26th, from 7-11pm at the Stevens Square Center for the Arts for the premier of The Alice Project; an Installation of Curious Proportions. The show runs until August 17th, but there are some enticing reasons for joining us on opening night:
• Free fun flavoured iced-tea, sweet and savory treats, and gourmet pizza from Eden Pizza!
• Alice films and memorabilia available for your viewing pleasure
• Costumed characters to bring your favorite story to life
• Wander through the maze of giant props and admire Alice inspired art from over a dozen artists
• Grab a friend (or foe) and indulge in a game of chess-croquet!
• Souvenir ticket to remind you of your surrealistic journey into Wonderland.
• Cash bar available
It’s totally worth the suggested $3 donation, but to gain free access to the Mad Tea-Party opening show, come dressed as your favorite Wonderland character. SSCA is located at 1905 3rd Ave S, on the 2nd Floor, above the 3rd Avenue Market. See you there!
I will have a print in this exhibition, as well.
2008/07/21
The Overlooked Landscape
Buck Holzemer and Colin Kopp
July 18th – September 13th, 2008
The Overlooked Landscape brings together two photographers, each for his first extended exhibition. Their distinctive views of the landscape reflect the individual aesthetic each brings to the genre.
Buck Holzemer, with more than 25 years of commercial photography and video production experience, finds himself compelled to pursue his personal images on the road. In his first exhibition he presents spare but elegant compositions, devoid of people, that evoke the quiet solitude of travel. They also reveal the loneliness of the road, mitigated in Buck’s images by the photographer's contemplation and click of the shutter. Recent MCAD BFA graduate Colin Kopp found his new digs in Northeast Minneapolis reminiscent of his hometown Milwaukee. His portraits resemble peopled landscapes giving a feeling of distance and transience from brief encounters that are often part of the settling-in process.
Opening Reception: Friday July 18, 2008 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Exhibition: Friday, July 18 – Saturday, September 13
July 18th – September 13th, 2008
The Overlooked Landscape brings together two photographers, each for his first extended exhibition. Their distinctive views of the landscape reflect the individual aesthetic each brings to the genre.
Buck Holzemer, with more than 25 years of commercial photography and video production experience, finds himself compelled to pursue his personal images on the road. In his first exhibition he presents spare but elegant compositions, devoid of people, that evoke the quiet solitude of travel. They also reveal the loneliness of the road, mitigated in Buck’s images by the photographer's contemplation and click of the shutter. Recent MCAD BFA graduate Colin Kopp found his new digs in Northeast Minneapolis reminiscent of his hometown Milwaukee. His portraits resemble peopled landscapes giving a feeling of distance and transience from brief encounters that are often part of the settling-in process.
Opening Reception: Friday July 18, 2008 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Exhibition: Friday, July 18 – Saturday, September 13
2008/07/13
Fallout Art Fest 2008
Saturday July 21
noon-10pm
Come be part of our block party/art extravaganza! The Art Fest features indoor and outdoor music stages, an indoor art gallery, and interactive art booths.
The Art Fest is on Stevens Ave between 26th and 27th Streets (near MCAD and the MIA).
Independent Film Showcase:
Friday, July 20 @ 7pm
Main Stage:
12:00 - 12:25 Matt Christianson
12:35 - 1:00 Matt Patrick
1:10 - 1:35 Ben Tucker
1:45 - 2:10 Steffon & Crew
2:20 - 2:45 Celtic Crescendo
2:55 - 3:20 The Sufiz
3:30 - 3:55 Kate Hurly
4:05 - 4:30 Claudio & Luis Prieto
4:40 - 5:05 Tyler Burkum
5:25 - 6:00 Put Down the Muffin
6:15 - 6:50 Romantica
7:00 - 7:50 Restoration Project
8:00 - Enter the Worship Circle
Fallout Stage:
12:00 - 12:25 Kate Kane
12:35 - 1:00 (Best of Merge)
1:10 - 1:35 Tim Davey
1:45 - 2:10 Eric/Sarah Mattheis
2:20 - 2:45 Alex Forred
2:55 - 3:20 Montreal
3:30 - 3:55 Matt Hardy
4:05 - 4:30 Matt Christianson
4:40 - 5:05 the Softrocks
5:15 - 5:40 Dark Roads
5:50 - 6:15 Brian Larson
6:25 - 6:50 Holly Hansen
7:00 - 7:25 Nathan Woolery
7:35 - 8:00 Dom Davis
Demo Stage:
12:00- Matt Hardy & Ben Tucker
12:30- Sara & Joel
1:00pm- Encaustic
1:30pm- Universal Dance Destiny
2:00pm- Anda Flamenco Company
2:30pm- Jim Orvis- Drum Lessons
3:00pm- Frog & Fly Puppets- kids
3:30pm- Steffon Ware
4:00pm- Tim Davey
4:30pm- Frog & Fly Puppets- kids
5:00pm- TBA
5:30pm- Steffon Ware
6:00pm- Holly Hansen
6:30pm- Funk'n Beautiful
7:00pm- Frog & Fly Puppets- adults
Co-op (Studio 3) Stage:
12:30- Funk'n Beautiful
1:20- Cameron Schenk
2:00 - Josh Morneau
3:00 - Jessica Jahraus
4:00 - Bret Mikkleson
5:00 - Julia Peterson
6:00 - Jacob & Lilly
7:00 - Bruce Balgaard
Theatre (Studio 2) Stage:
12:30-1:30: Little Star: A tale of grace and beauty
1:30-2:30: The Evolution of Sam
2:30-3:30: Little Star: a tale of grace and beauty
3:30-4:30: The Golden Key
4:30-5:30: Celtic Crescendo
5:30-6:30: The Evolution of Sam
6:30-7:30 The Golden Key
*Both the co-op and theatre stages are located in the Fallout Art co-op building on the corner of 26th St. and 2nd Ave.
Artists's Booths Include:
Mosaic making - with Whittier Youth
Screen printing booth - Nate Nelson
Andreona Cecilia Garlid - paintings and jewelry
Arctous - Singular Adornmnents - Deana Ebbert
Alisa Matheson
Kathleen Leverett - caricatures, drawings, paintings.
Natalie Ballinger - paintings, prints, and cards.
JohnTheBaptistArtworks.com
Kenneth Caldwell -paintings, other fine art
Not For Sale/ Michelle Hillestad
Judy Esse -paintings, watercolors, small sculptures.
Belfry Center Kira Wietschel -jewelry and clothes
France Barbeau- Art and Photography
noon-10pm
Come be part of our block party/art extravaganza! The Art Fest features indoor and outdoor music stages, an indoor art gallery, and interactive art booths.
The Art Fest is on Stevens Ave between 26th and 27th Streets (near MCAD and the MIA).
Independent Film Showcase:
Friday, July 20 @ 7pm
Main Stage:
12:00 - 12:25 Matt Christianson
12:35 - 1:00 Matt Patrick
1:10 - 1:35 Ben Tucker
1:45 - 2:10 Steffon & Crew
2:20 - 2:45 Celtic Crescendo
2:55 - 3:20 The Sufiz
3:30 - 3:55 Kate Hurly
4:05 - 4:30 Claudio & Luis Prieto
4:40 - 5:05 Tyler Burkum
5:25 - 6:00 Put Down the Muffin
6:15 - 6:50 Romantica
7:00 - 7:50 Restoration Project
8:00 - Enter the Worship Circle
Fallout Stage:
12:00 - 12:25 Kate Kane
12:35 - 1:00 (Best of Merge)
1:10 - 1:35 Tim Davey
1:45 - 2:10 Eric/Sarah Mattheis
2:20 - 2:45 Alex Forred
2:55 - 3:20 Montreal
3:30 - 3:55 Matt Hardy
4:05 - 4:30 Matt Christianson
4:40 - 5:05 the Softrocks
5:15 - 5:40 Dark Roads
5:50 - 6:15 Brian Larson
6:25 - 6:50 Holly Hansen
7:00 - 7:25 Nathan Woolery
7:35 - 8:00 Dom Davis
Demo Stage:
12:00- Matt Hardy & Ben Tucker
12:30- Sara & Joel
1:00pm- Encaustic
1:30pm- Universal Dance Destiny
2:00pm- Anda Flamenco Company
2:30pm- Jim Orvis- Drum Lessons
3:00pm- Frog & Fly Puppets- kids
3:30pm- Steffon Ware
4:00pm- Tim Davey
4:30pm- Frog & Fly Puppets- kids
5:00pm- TBA
5:30pm- Steffon Ware
6:00pm- Holly Hansen
6:30pm- Funk'n Beautiful
7:00pm- Frog & Fly Puppets- adults
Co-op (Studio 3) Stage:
12:30- Funk'n Beautiful
1:20- Cameron Schenk
2:00 - Josh Morneau
3:00 - Jessica Jahraus
4:00 - Bret Mikkleson
5:00 - Julia Peterson
6:00 - Jacob & Lilly
7:00 - Bruce Balgaard
Theatre (Studio 2) Stage:
12:30-1:30: Little Star: A tale of grace and beauty
1:30-2:30: The Evolution of Sam
2:30-3:30: Little Star: a tale of grace and beauty
3:30-4:30: The Golden Key
4:30-5:30: Celtic Crescendo
5:30-6:30: The Evolution of Sam
6:30-7:30 The Golden Key
*Both the co-op and theatre stages are located in the Fallout Art co-op building on the corner of 26th St. and 2nd Ave.
Artists's Booths Include:
Mosaic making - with Whittier Youth
Screen printing booth - Nate Nelson
Andreona Cecilia Garlid - paintings and jewelry
Arctous - Singular Adornmnents - Deana Ebbert
Alisa Matheson
Kathleen Leverett - caricatures, drawings, paintings.
Natalie Ballinger - paintings, prints, and cards.
JohnTheBaptistArtworks.com
Kenneth Caldwell -paintings, other fine art
Not For Sale/ Michelle Hillestad
Judy Esse -paintings, watercolors, small sculptures.
Belfry Center Kira Wietschel -jewelry and clothes
France Barbeau- Art and Photography
2008/07/09
The Art and Wit of Caricature: The English Tradition
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Saturday, June 28, 2008—Sunday, December 7, 2008
Gallery 315
Free Exhibition
Forty caricature prints and drawings from the MIA’s permanent collection present social satire that both bristles and entertains. Its examines the comic art form in eighteenth-century England, in the work of some of the period’s most celebrated caricaturists—William Hogarth (1697-1764), Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), and James Gillray (1756-1815).
and...
The Art and Wit of Caricature: Honoré Daumier
Saturday, June 28, 2008—Sunday, December 7, 2008
Gallery 316
Free Exhibition
Selected from more than 3,000 lithographs by Honoré Daumier (1808–79) in the MIA collection. Most came to the museum as a group in 1924, purchased from the collection of French actress Sarah Bernhardt. Many of them illuminate the major themes that fascinated this extraordinary artist.
I think these exhibits iare great! I've never really seen anything like them besides political satires in the papers.
Saturday, June 28, 2008—Sunday, December 7, 2008
Gallery 315
Free Exhibition
Forty caricature prints and drawings from the MIA’s permanent collection present social satire that both bristles and entertains. Its examines the comic art form in eighteenth-century England, in the work of some of the period’s most celebrated caricaturists—William Hogarth (1697-1764), Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), and James Gillray (1756-1815).
and...
The Art and Wit of Caricature: Honoré Daumier
Saturday, June 28, 2008—Sunday, December 7, 2008
Gallery 316
Free Exhibition
Selected from more than 3,000 lithographs by Honoré Daumier (1808–79) in the MIA collection. Most came to the museum as a group in 1924, purchased from the collection of French actress Sarah Bernhardt. Many of them illuminate the major themes that fascinated this extraordinary artist.
I think these exhibits iare great! I've never really seen anything like them besides political satires in the papers.
2008/07/08
Bicycle film festival 2008
Minneapolis July 9-12
Saturday June 28
PRE FESTIVAL FRAME X FRAME PHOTO SHOW/GROUP RIDE
Wednesday July 9
8:00 PM | Bikes Rock
Thursday July 10
7:00 PM | Program 1 - Breaking Away Buy Tickets
9:00 PM | Program 2 - Fun Bike Shorts Buy Tickets
Afterparty at Pi Bar
Friday July 11
7:00 PM | Program 3 - The Way Bobby Sees It Buy Tickets
9:00 PM | Program 4 - Les Ninja Du Japon Buy Tickets
Afterparty at Bedlam Theatre
Saturday July 12
1:00 PM | Scavenger Race
3:00 PM | Program 5 - Adventures For The Cure Buy Tickets
5:00 PM | Program 6 - The Six-Day Bicycle Races Buy Tickets
7:00 PM | Program 7 - Road to Roubaix Buy Tickets
9:00 PM | Program 8 - Urban Bike Shorts Buy Tickets
Afterparty at One On One Bike Studio
Wednesday July 9 - Bikes Rock 8:00 PM
ice rod
ICE ROD
8pm till late
$6
7TH STREET ENTRY
701 1st Ave. North
ICE ROD
FACE CANDY (Eyedea and friends)
XTASY SQUODD! (members from Skoal Kodiak, Knifeworld, Melodious Owl, NOW and ZibraZibra)
PET.S
Minneapolis Info.
Buy a Festival Pass!
festival pass
Valet bicycle parking provided at all screenings.
Buy tickets for individual screenings.
Admission price per program is $8.00
The Festival Pass is $36.00
Minneapolis Map
See the map of all the venues.
Minneapolis Sponsors
For more info and links: bff2008
Saturday June 28
PRE FESTIVAL FRAME X FRAME PHOTO SHOW/GROUP RIDE
Wednesday July 9
8:00 PM | Bikes Rock
Thursday July 10
7:00 PM | Program 1 - Breaking Away Buy Tickets
9:00 PM | Program 2 - Fun Bike Shorts Buy Tickets
Afterparty at Pi Bar
Friday July 11
7:00 PM | Program 3 - The Way Bobby Sees It Buy Tickets
9:00 PM | Program 4 - Les Ninja Du Japon Buy Tickets
Afterparty at Bedlam Theatre
Saturday July 12
1:00 PM | Scavenger Race
3:00 PM | Program 5 - Adventures For The Cure Buy Tickets
5:00 PM | Program 6 - The Six-Day Bicycle Races Buy Tickets
7:00 PM | Program 7 - Road to Roubaix Buy Tickets
9:00 PM | Program 8 - Urban Bike Shorts Buy Tickets
Afterparty at One On One Bike Studio
Wednesday July 9 - Bikes Rock 8:00 PM
ice rod
ICE ROD
8pm till late
$6
7TH STREET ENTRY
701 1st Ave. North
ICE ROD
FACE CANDY (Eyedea and friends)
XTASY SQUODD! (members from Skoal Kodiak, Knifeworld, Melodious Owl, NOW and ZibraZibra)
PET.S
Minneapolis Info.
Buy a Festival Pass!
festival pass
Valet bicycle parking provided at all screenings.
Buy tickets for individual screenings.
Admission price per program is $8.00
The Festival Pass is $36.00
Minneapolis Map
See the map of all the venues.
Minneapolis Sponsors
For more info and links: bff2008
Call for Artists:
2nd Annual Gallery 122 Art Market
23-Jun-08 to July 31, 2008
Saturday August 16, 10am to 4pm. Looking for artists in every medium to display and sell their art work in an outdoor art market in NE Minneapolis. Artists are responsible for providing all necessary materials to display and sell their work. Artists will be responsible for setting up and taking down their merchandise area. All sales will be done directly and go directly to the artist, no commissions will be taken. There will be a $25 registration fee which will go towards advertising for the event.
Please send digital images to art@hangitinc.com. All submissions must be received by July 31st. We will notify you if you are accepted and then you will need to send in your registration fee to hold your spot.
Gallery 122 at Hang It
122 8th Street SE
Minneapolis, MN, 55414
612-874-7222
23-Jun-08 to July 31, 2008
Saturday August 16, 10am to 4pm. Looking for artists in every medium to display and sell their art work in an outdoor art market in NE Minneapolis. Artists are responsible for providing all necessary materials to display and sell their work. Artists will be responsible for setting up and taking down their merchandise area. All sales will be done directly and go directly to the artist, no commissions will be taken. There will be a $25 registration fee which will go towards advertising for the event.
Please send digital images to art@hangitinc.com. All submissions must be received by July 31st. We will notify you if you are accepted and then you will need to send in your registration fee to hold your spot.
Gallery 122 at Hang It
122 8th Street SE
Minneapolis, MN, 55414
612-874-7222
Twin Cities Zinefest
July 12, 11 - 5PM & July 13, 11 - 4PM
Since 2004, Stevens Square Center for the Arts volunteers have welcomed zinesters and indie music fans to Minneapolis for a two-day celebration of DIY culture ubiquitously called the Twin Cities Zinefest. The event features an art show, craft demonstrations, guest speakers and panel discussions. Most importantly, Zinefest plays host to some of the Midwest’s best self-made talent.
Attendance to the Twin Cities Zinefest is free.
Confirmed Exhibitors Include
Monica Anderson • Arise Bookstore • Madeleine Baran •
Anna Bongiovanni • Gordon Byrd • Sean Carswell • Will Dinski • Julie Dorn • Ryan Dow • Bethany Hart • Lacey Prpic Hedtke • MP Johnson • Joodie • Tom K • Microcosm Publishing • Mr. Mike • Minnesota Center for Book Arts • Ed Moorman • Sarah Morean • Abby Mullen • Chris Nehmzow • One Percent Press • Aaron Poliwoda • Gerald Prokiev • Radio K • Dana Raidt • Secret Society of Ape & Coffee • Jillian Schroeder • Ian Sorlie • John Wawrzaszek • And More ...
Since 2004, Stevens Square Center for the Arts volunteers have welcomed zinesters and indie music fans to Minneapolis for a two-day celebration of DIY culture ubiquitously called the Twin Cities Zinefest. The event features an art show, craft demonstrations, guest speakers and panel discussions. Most importantly, Zinefest plays host to some of the Midwest’s best self-made talent.
Attendance to the Twin Cities Zinefest is free.
Confirmed Exhibitors Include
Monica Anderson • Arise Bookstore • Madeleine Baran •
Anna Bongiovanni • Gordon Byrd • Sean Carswell • Will Dinski • Julie Dorn • Ryan Dow • Bethany Hart • Lacey Prpic Hedtke • MP Johnson • Joodie • Tom K • Microcosm Publishing • Mr. Mike • Minnesota Center for Book Arts • Ed Moorman • Sarah Morean • Abby Mullen • Chris Nehmzow • One Percent Press • Aaron Poliwoda • Gerald Prokiev • Radio K • Dana Raidt • Secret Society of Ape & Coffee • Jillian Schroeder • Ian Sorlie • John Wawrzaszek • And More ...
Hot Off the Press 2008
Annual Summer Co-op Exhibit
Original lithographs, screenprints, etchings, woodcuts, and monoprints will be presented during Hot off the Press, the 13th Highpoint Cooperative Exhibition, on view July 11 through August 30, 2008.
The public is invited to join the artists along with their families and friends at the opening reception Friday, July 11, from 6:30–9:00 PM. Entrance to the reception is free, and beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Cooperative show openings are fun, informal events where visitors can mix with printmakers and learn about their work in the same space in which prints are produced.
Original lithographs, screenprints, etchings, woodcuts, and monoprints will be presented during Hot off the Press, the 13th Highpoint Cooperative Exhibition, on view July 11 through August 30, 2008.
The public is invited to join the artists along with their families and friends at the opening reception Friday, July 11, from 6:30–9:00 PM. Entrance to the reception is free, and beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Cooperative show openings are fun, informal events where visitors can mix with printmakers and learn about their work in the same space in which prints are produced.
Rosalux art gallery JULY 10th
In their first showing together, Eddie Hamilton and Dan Young bring
together their whimsical and thoughtful paintings in Ars Insurgo.
Experience the humor and exploration of these two artists as they
convey ideas from debate and human journey in Hamilton's playful
characters to Young's multimedia constructions using toys from his
youth.
Also showing this month:
ARTISTS >> Mike Carney, Lauren Chezik, and Sarah Reuter
SHOW DATES >> July 2nd – 31st, 2008
OPENING RECEPTION >> Thursday July 10th, 2008 | 7-10PM
threeway
Three emerging artists complete their internships with a group show in
tandem with the debut of the Rosalux's new alternative gallery space, the
Pocket Gallery. Mike Carney, Lauren Chezik, and Sarah Reuter display
artworks diverse in style and medium in "Three-Way".
together their whimsical and thoughtful paintings in Ars Insurgo.
Experience the humor and exploration of these two artists as they
convey ideas from debate and human journey in Hamilton's playful
characters to Young's multimedia constructions using toys from his
youth.
Also showing this month:
ARTISTS >> Mike Carney, Lauren Chezik, and Sarah Reuter
SHOW DATES >> July 2nd – 31st, 2008
OPENING RECEPTION >> Thursday July 10th, 2008 | 7-10PM
threeway
Three emerging artists complete their internships with a group show in
tandem with the debut of the Rosalux's new alternative gallery space, the
Pocket Gallery. Mike Carney, Lauren Chezik, and Sarah Reuter display
artworks diverse in style and medium in "Three-Way".
Serious Art- Michael Gaughan
First Amendment Arts Jul 12, 2008 through Aug 19, 2008
by Michael Fallon
Here’s a truism of modern art: Every new generation of emerging young artists is convinced it will reinvent the culture. And, strangely enough, they all go about this reinvention pretty much in the same way: By making a bunch of meaningless noise. Think of Tristan Tzara here, and his poems that go nowhere. Think of Jackson Pollock’s random splotches and drips. Think of the long and ambling filmic experiments of Warhol’s Factory. It’s not surprising, then, that the upcoming show “Serious Art” at First Amendment Arts of work by young artists Michael Gaughan and the group that calls itself Hardland/Heartland traffics in the realm of the bizarre and incongruous. Even the PR material are in on the act, abecedarianally describing the show as, “absurd, barbaric, concerning, despicable, entertaining, flippant, gregarious, half-baked, intellectual, jarring, knowledgeable, ludicrous, mellifluous, non-sensical, outlandish, perplexing, quadrangular, ridiculous, subversive, typical, urban, verbose, whimsical, xeroxed, yawn, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz boring.” What this means, likely, is a colorful and head-scratching aggregation of colorful drawings, collages, paintings, installations, hand-made books, music, and fashions.
The Serious Art opening party, which includes musical performances by Gaughan and members of Hardland/Heartland, takes place on Saturday, July 12, 7 – 10 pm. Admission is free. First Amendment Art is at 1101 Stinson Blvd (in basement rooms A & B) in Northeast Minneapolis.
by Michael Fallon
Here’s a truism of modern art: Every new generation of emerging young artists is convinced it will reinvent the culture. And, strangely enough, they all go about this reinvention pretty much in the same way: By making a bunch of meaningless noise. Think of Tristan Tzara here, and his poems that go nowhere. Think of Jackson Pollock’s random splotches and drips. Think of the long and ambling filmic experiments of Warhol’s Factory. It’s not surprising, then, that the upcoming show “Serious Art” at First Amendment Arts of work by young artists Michael Gaughan and the group that calls itself Hardland/Heartland traffics in the realm of the bizarre and incongruous. Even the PR material are in on the act, abecedarianally describing the show as, “absurd, barbaric, concerning, despicable, entertaining, flippant, gregarious, half-baked, intellectual, jarring, knowledgeable, ludicrous, mellifluous, non-sensical, outlandish, perplexing, quadrangular, ridiculous, subversive, typical, urban, verbose, whimsical, xeroxed, yawn, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz boring.” What this means, likely, is a colorful and head-scratching aggregation of colorful drawings, collages, paintings, installations, hand-made books, music, and fashions.
The Serious Art opening party, which includes musical performances by Gaughan and members of Hardland/Heartland, takes place on Saturday, July 12, 7 – 10 pm. Admission is free. First Amendment Art is at 1101 Stinson Blvd (in basement rooms A & B) in Northeast Minneapolis.
2008/06/23
Zines of the Cities
June 28th - July 13
Thursday - Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
Do you like Murder? Crossover metal record reviews from 1988? Misanthropes? Autobiographical comics? Lost Utopian dreams of a money-less society? Then you, my friend will enjoy Zines of the Cities, a selection of the history of zines from the Twin Cities. Feast your eyes on rare and out of print zines like Ferret, Loosing Faith, Art Police, Baby Split Bowling News, Uncle Fester and Little Free Press.
Thursday - Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
Do you like Murder? Crossover metal record reviews from 1988? Misanthropes? Autobiographical comics? Lost Utopian dreams of a money-less society? Then you, my friend will enjoy Zines of the Cities, a selection of the history of zines from the Twin Cities. Feast your eyes on rare and out of print zines like Ferret, Loosing Faith, Art Police, Baby Split Bowling News, Uncle Fester and Little Free Press.
FRAME x FRAME
A Bike Photo Exhibition
June 28th--July 13th, 2008
To kick-off this year's Minneapolis Bicycle Film Festival, One on One Bike Studio and the BFF team-up to present FRAME x FRAME – an exhibition of bike photographs by local photographers. Featuring photos by
Mark Butcher
Mark Emery
Jason Lemkuil
Kelly MacWilliams
Heidi Prenevost
Kelly Riordan
Opening Reception at One on One Bike Studio
June 28
7:00 - 10:00pm
117 N Washington Ave
Appetizers from Common Roots Cafe
Beer from Pabst Blue Ribbon
GROUP RIDE / BBQ on SATURDAY
JUNE 28 AT 2PM
Begins at Nomad World Pub, 2pm.
501 Cedar
Ends at One on One.
Minneapolis Info.
Buy a Festival Pass!
festival pass
Valet bicycle parking provided at all screenings.
Minneapolis Map
Contact Minneapolis Producer: Carl Atkinson
carl@bicyclefilmfestival.com
Bicycle Film Festival.com
June 28th--July 13th, 2008
To kick-off this year's Minneapolis Bicycle Film Festival, One on One Bike Studio and the BFF team-up to present FRAME x FRAME – an exhibition of bike photographs by local photographers. Featuring photos by
Mark Butcher
Mark Emery
Jason Lemkuil
Kelly MacWilliams
Heidi Prenevost
Kelly Riordan
Opening Reception at One on One Bike Studio
June 28
7:00 - 10:00pm
117 N Washington Ave
Appetizers from Common Roots Cafe
Beer from Pabst Blue Ribbon
GROUP RIDE / BBQ on SATURDAY
JUNE 28 AT 2PM
Begins at Nomad World Pub, 2pm.
501 Cedar
Ends at One on One.
Minneapolis Info.
Buy a Festival Pass!
festival pass
Valet bicycle parking provided at all screenings.
Minneapolis Map
Contact Minneapolis Producer: Carl Atkinson
carl@bicyclefilmfestival.com
Bicycle Film Festival.com
2008/06/12
Through the Looking Glass: New Paintings by Jennifer Davis
THE TOOMER GALLERY @ SooVAC:
Through the Looking Glass:
New Paintings by Jennifer Davis
June 20 - August 16, 2008
Opening Reception Friday June 20, 6-9pm
In her own invented language of symbols that are constantly growing and expanding, Jennifer Davis creates paintings expressing unspoken thoughts that demand attention through their uncomfortable silence. Through the Looking Glass is a series of whimsical and emotional narrative portraits that communicate universal aspects of humanity’s more puzzling quirks.
Davis approaches her work as an intuitive process, creating layers of content and allowing vestiges of under layers to peak through the surface. She describes the animals, objects and people depicted in her pieces as each having a unique meaning to her own life: “From the confusing battles we fight within ourselves, to the familiar feeling of being lost in a crowd, each story is played out in a dreamland that somehow feels like home.”
Through the Looking Glass:
New Paintings by Jennifer Davis
June 20 - August 16, 2008
Opening Reception Friday June 20, 6-9pm
In her own invented language of symbols that are constantly growing and expanding, Jennifer Davis creates paintings expressing unspoken thoughts that demand attention through their uncomfortable silence. Through the Looking Glass is a series of whimsical and emotional narrative portraits that communicate universal aspects of humanity’s more puzzling quirks.
Davis approaches her work as an intuitive process, creating layers of content and allowing vestiges of under layers to peak through the surface. She describes the animals, objects and people depicted in her pieces as each having a unique meaning to her own life: “From the confusing battles we fight within ourselves, to the familiar feeling of being lost in a crowd, each story is played out in a dreamland that somehow feels like home.”
Draw Too: A Drawing Show in Four Acts
SOO VISUAL ARTS CENTER PRESENTS:
Draw Too: A Drawing Show in Four Acts
June 20 – August 20, 2008
Opening Reception Friday June 20, 6-9pm
In 2004 SooVAC presented a drawing show exhibiting over seventy artists, the majority of which resided in Minnesota. Works ranged from naïve line drawings, to detailed realism, from graphic prints to more painterly styles. Now in 2008 SooVAC will revisit this concept in Draw Too: A Drawing Show in Four Acts. This time around artists will explore how to express four meanings of the word draw by the act of drawing, both intangible and concrete illustrations derived from these concepts: Draw as an art form, draw a breath, draw a gun and a draw in sports.
The works must include elements of drawing though they are not limited to the strict interpretation of the act of drawing as pen or pencil to paper. In keeping with the dynamic nature of the exhibition the artists will expose multiple layers of meaning, revealing how one word can evoke a variety of conversations. Each artist will contribute works that weave a narrative thread, which investigates the complex nature of etymology and thus the act of communication. The artists are guided only by their definitions of what it means to draw, allowing for a myriad of results. Some of the works utilize traditional methods of graphite on paper while others expand the boundaries to encapsulate computer drawn imagery and unexpected materials.
Featuring Works by:
Isaac Arvold | Eric Carlson | Adam Carstens | Caleb Coppock | Craig Hill | Bethany Kalk | Katrina Lamb | John Largaespada | Rob McBroom | Michael McConnell | Kurtis Skaife | Scott Stulen | Sarah Thibault | Megan Vossler
Draw Too: A Drawing Show in Four Acts
June 20 – August 20, 2008
Opening Reception Friday June 20, 6-9pm
In 2004 SooVAC presented a drawing show exhibiting over seventy artists, the majority of which resided in Minnesota. Works ranged from naïve line drawings, to detailed realism, from graphic prints to more painterly styles. Now in 2008 SooVAC will revisit this concept in Draw Too: A Drawing Show in Four Acts. This time around artists will explore how to express four meanings of the word draw by the act of drawing, both intangible and concrete illustrations derived from these concepts: Draw as an art form, draw a breath, draw a gun and a draw in sports.
The works must include elements of drawing though they are not limited to the strict interpretation of the act of drawing as pen or pencil to paper. In keeping with the dynamic nature of the exhibition the artists will expose multiple layers of meaning, revealing how one word can evoke a variety of conversations. Each artist will contribute works that weave a narrative thread, which investigates the complex nature of etymology and thus the act of communication. The artists are guided only by their definitions of what it means to draw, allowing for a myriad of results. Some of the works utilize traditional methods of graphite on paper while others expand the boundaries to encapsulate computer drawn imagery and unexpected materials.
Featuring Works by:
Isaac Arvold | Eric Carlson | Adam Carstens | Caleb Coppock | Craig Hill | Bethany Kalk | Katrina Lamb | John Largaespada | Rob McBroom | Michael McConnell | Kurtis Skaife | Scott Stulen | Sarah Thibault | Megan Vossler
Eclectic Melange,Photography by Don Loegering
On Exhibition: June 14 - 22, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 7-11 PM
The Stevens Square Center for the Arts (SSCA) announces Eclectic Melange, Photography by Don Loegering on exhibition at SSCA from June 14-22, 2008. There will be an opening reception for Eclectic Melange on Saturday, June 14, 2008 (7-11PM).
Don has traveled to many countries and has been able to spend extended periods of time in some of them. While in the military, there were, over a period of twenty years, tours in China, Burma, India, Japan, Korea and England. The Peace Corps took him to Jamaica and Swaziland, Africa. As a student in the mid 80’s, Don spent time at Cambridge University in England and at the University of Salzburg in Austria. And on his own, he traveled extensively in England and Europe. Photography was always a big part of his activities on these trips. Don’s approach to photography is pretty eclectic. But there are two areas on which he has spent much time – florals and church towers. Don has concluded that there are only four basic forms to church towers. – the gothic spire, the renaissance dome, the Norman square tower and the onion domes of orthodox and baroque churches. But within these four basic forms there is an infinite variety of designs and shapes. That is what creates his fascination for church towers. With church towers one can always find something new and fresh to photograph on travels – whether those travels are within one’s home territory or in foreign lands.
An opening reception for Eclectic Melange will take place on Saturday, June 14th, from 7-11PM at the SSCA gallery. The reception event is free and will feature music and refreshments.
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 7-11 PM
The Stevens Square Center for the Arts (SSCA) announces Eclectic Melange, Photography by Don Loegering on exhibition at SSCA from June 14-22, 2008. There will be an opening reception for Eclectic Melange on Saturday, June 14, 2008 (7-11PM).
Don has traveled to many countries and has been able to spend extended periods of time in some of them. While in the military, there were, over a period of twenty years, tours in China, Burma, India, Japan, Korea and England. The Peace Corps took him to Jamaica and Swaziland, Africa. As a student in the mid 80’s, Don spent time at Cambridge University in England and at the University of Salzburg in Austria. And on his own, he traveled extensively in England and Europe. Photography was always a big part of his activities on these trips. Don’s approach to photography is pretty eclectic. But there are two areas on which he has spent much time – florals and church towers. Don has concluded that there are only four basic forms to church towers. – the gothic spire, the renaissance dome, the Norman square tower and the onion domes of orthodox and baroque churches. But within these four basic forms there is an infinite variety of designs and shapes. That is what creates his fascination for church towers. With church towers one can always find something new and fresh to photograph on travels – whether those travels are within one’s home territory or in foreign lands.
An opening reception for Eclectic Melange will take place on Saturday, June 14th, from 7-11PM at the SSCA gallery. The reception event is free and will feature music and refreshments.
The Lost Empire - Photographer to the TSAR
In the early 1900s Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii developed an ambitious plan to complete a photographic survey of the Russian Empire that won the support of Tsar Nicholas II. Between 1909-1912, and again in 1915, he completed photographic surveys of eleven regions. With permits from the Tsar, Prokudin-Gorskii was granted access to several restricted areas within Russia and enjoyed the support and cooperation of the empire's bureaucracy. He traveled the country in a specially equipped railroad car that was provided by the Ministry of Transportation.
By 1918 the Tsar and his family had been murdered, and the empire that had been carefully documented in the photos of Prokudin-Gorskii had been destroyed. His unique images of Russia on the eve of revolution recorded on glass plates were scanned and, through an innovative process known as digichromatography, a series of amazing color images have been produced. This exhibition features a sampling of Prokudin-Gorskii's historic images that are available to the public for the first time.
AT the Museum of Russian Art
General visitor hours:
* Mondays – Wednesday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
* Thursday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
* Fridays: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
* Saturdays: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
* Sundays and major holidays: Closed
By 1918 the Tsar and his family had been murdered, and the empire that had been carefully documented in the photos of Prokudin-Gorskii had been destroyed. His unique images of Russia on the eve of revolution recorded on glass plates were scanned and, through an innovative process known as digichromatography, a series of amazing color images have been produced. This exhibition features a sampling of Prokudin-Gorskii's historic images that are available to the public for the first time.
AT the Museum of Russian Art
General visitor hours:
* Mondays – Wednesday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
* Thursday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
* Fridays: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
* Saturdays: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
* Sundays and major holidays: Closed
ARP! Release Party and Exhibit June 13th 7-11 pm
Special Collection
What: ARP! Release Party and Exhibit
When: June 13th 7-11 pm
Where: Art of This
What Else: Music by Greg Carr, Video by Jim Gladman, the Collections of ARP!'s friends and acquaintances
Another issue of ARP! (Art Review and Preview) will be released into Twin Cities art scene Friday, June 13th. Come help us celebrate, and absorb some visual and auditory variations on this issue's theme: Collecting & Collection.
The issue examines the act of collecting, its various modes, and the compulsions that drive us to acquire things of a kind. In honor, Art of This will be full of odd personal collections, including: poodles, nutcrackers, miniature Tupperware, postcards, notes passed in class, keychains, editions of Catcher in the Rye, and more!
The party will feature music by Greg Carr (host of KFAI's Dig Up the Roots) and his three-tone-armed dual-record playing Ancient Mix Master; a live v-jay session by artist Jim Gladman, who collects and re-combines clips from "the media's" hive mind; and a selection from Matt Bakkom's infamous film archive.
Vol. 2, #1 marks the beginning of ARP!'s second year as the Twin Cities' only print publication dedicated to visual art (as far as we know!). ARP! is a forum for visual arts criticism—and all sorts of other stuff—that you can hold in your hand, bring to a friend, or take into the bathroom.
C U There!
Ariel, Tiff & Troy
Starts at 7 pm at Art of This, 3506 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. $5 suggested donation. Treats by Chow Girls.
Find ARP! at your local coffeeshop/gallery/restroom.
Download this (not until June 13) and other issues at www.artreviewandpreview.org
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ARP!
www.ArtReviewandPreview.org
What: ARP! Release Party and Exhibit
When: June 13th 7-11 pm
Where: Art of This
What Else: Music by Greg Carr, Video by Jim Gladman, the Collections of ARP!'s friends and acquaintances
Another issue of ARP! (Art Review and Preview) will be released into Twin Cities art scene Friday, June 13th. Come help us celebrate, and absorb some visual and auditory variations on this issue's theme: Collecting & Collection.
The issue examines the act of collecting, its various modes, and the compulsions that drive us to acquire things of a kind. In honor, Art of This will be full of odd personal collections, including: poodles, nutcrackers, miniature Tupperware, postcards, notes passed in class, keychains, editions of Catcher in the Rye, and more!
The party will feature music by Greg Carr (host of KFAI's Dig Up the Roots) and his three-tone-armed dual-record playing Ancient Mix Master; a live v-jay session by artist Jim Gladman, who collects and re-combines clips from "the media's" hive mind; and a selection from Matt Bakkom's infamous film archive.
Vol. 2, #1 marks the beginning of ARP!'s second year as the Twin Cities' only print publication dedicated to visual art (as far as we know!). ARP! is a forum for visual arts criticism—and all sorts of other stuff—that you can hold in your hand, bring to a friend, or take into the bathroom.
C U There!
Ariel, Tiff & Troy
Starts at 7 pm at Art of This, 3506 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. $5 suggested donation. Treats by Chow Girls.
Find ARP! at your local coffeeshop/gallery/restroom.
Download this (not until June 13) and other issues at www.artreviewandpreview.org
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ARP!
www.ArtReviewandPreview.org
2008/06/02
Canon Explorer of Light
June 10, 2008
Vincent Laforet
Canon Explorer of Light
ASMP-MSP is thrilled that Canon will be sponsoring another Explorer of Light presentation to our community this year. We are even more excited that our speaker will be Vincent Laforet. It just doesn’t get much better than this.
Vincent is a New York based commercial and editorial photographer who is regularly commissioned to work on a variety of fine art, advertising, corporate and editorial projects. His approach to aerial photography has been singled out as one of the most unique and interpretive amongst photographers today.
A visit to his web site reveals that if an event or a country has been recently in the news or has been evident in the global consciousness Vincent has covered it and done so with compassion, insight, and pristine graphic clarity. www.laforetvisuals.com
At the age of 32, his work has been published in most major publications around the world and he has been sent on assignment by Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, and Life Magazine. His photographs have been exhibited at the International Center of Photography in New York City, and Visa Pour L'Image in Perpignan.
Vincent's was recognized as one of the "100 Most Influential People in Photography" by American Photo Magazine in 2005 and was named one of the "30 photographers to watch under 30" by PDN in 2002. He and four other photographers were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for their post-9/11 coverage overseas in 2002. His work has been recognized in the Communication Arts Annual, PDN Annual, The World Press Photo Awards, The Pictures of the Year Competition, The Overseas Press Club, The National Headliners Awards, The Pro-Football Hall of Fame. Vincent is a Canon Explorer of Light and Canon Printmaster and serves as consultant to companies such as Apple, Bogen, Lexar, and X-Rite.
Mark your calendars today and please join us. Prepare yourself for a not to be missed entertaining, inspirational, and educational evening!
Date/Time: 10 June 2008
Social hour: 6-7
Meeting: 7
Admission: ASMP-MSP Members: Free
Students w/id: Free
Non-Members: $5
Location: Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Auditorium 150
2501 Stevens Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN. 55405
Vincent Laforet
Canon Explorer of Light
ASMP-MSP is thrilled that Canon will be sponsoring another Explorer of Light presentation to our community this year. We are even more excited that our speaker will be Vincent Laforet. It just doesn’t get much better than this.
Vincent is a New York based commercial and editorial photographer who is regularly commissioned to work on a variety of fine art, advertising, corporate and editorial projects. His approach to aerial photography has been singled out as one of the most unique and interpretive amongst photographers today.
A visit to his web site reveals that if an event or a country has been recently in the news or has been evident in the global consciousness Vincent has covered it and done so with compassion, insight, and pristine graphic clarity. www.laforetvisuals.com
At the age of 32, his work has been published in most major publications around the world and he has been sent on assignment by Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, and Life Magazine. His photographs have been exhibited at the International Center of Photography in New York City, and Visa Pour L'Image in Perpignan.
Vincent's was recognized as one of the "100 Most Influential People in Photography" by American Photo Magazine in 2005 and was named one of the "30 photographers to watch under 30" by PDN in 2002. He and four other photographers were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for their post-9/11 coverage overseas in 2002. His work has been recognized in the Communication Arts Annual, PDN Annual, The World Press Photo Awards, The Pictures of the Year Competition, The Overseas Press Club, The National Headliners Awards, The Pro-Football Hall of Fame. Vincent is a Canon Explorer of Light and Canon Printmaster and serves as consultant to companies such as Apple, Bogen, Lexar, and X-Rite.
Mark your calendars today and please join us. Prepare yourself for a not to be missed entertaining, inspirational, and educational evening!
Date/Time: 10 June 2008
Social hour: 6-7
Meeting: 7
Admission: ASMP-MSP Members: Free
Students w/id: Free
Non-Members: $5
Location: Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Auditorium 150
2501 Stevens Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN. 55405
Alec Soth: Sleeping by the Mississippi
Saturday, May 31, 2008—Sunday, August 10, 2008
U.S. Bank Gallery
Free Exhibition
Celebrate the work of Minnesota’s own Alec Soth, and the MIA’s acquisition of the photographic series that made Soth an international star. The exhibition features 26 large-scale prints, including three unpublished photographs.
U.S. Bank Gallery
Free Exhibition
Celebrate the work of Minnesota’s own Alec Soth, and the MIA’s acquisition of the photographic series that made Soth an international star. The exhibition features 26 large-scale prints, including three unpublished photographs.
2008/06/01
IMAGINARY BAGS
A Crumpler Art Bag Auction @ One On One Bicycle Studio 117 Washington Ave. N, Mpls Warehouse District Monday, June 2 – Saturday, June 7
Closing Night Party Saturday, June 7 @ 7:00PM
Featuring DJ Millions Billions and live music by The Haves Have It
Come and hit the Imaginary Bags Closing party here at One on One - on Saturday, June 7th at 8 pm
Imaginary Bags is a silent auction and fundraising event featuring unique Crumpler messenger bags created by artists and designers from the Minnesota biking community. All proceeds benefit the Mark Loesch Memorial Fund.
Sponsored by Crumpler and One On One Bicycle Studio
Green No.4 @ Rosalux Art Gallery
SHOW DATES >> June 4th-7th, 2008
CLOSING RECEPTION + RAFFLE >> Saturday, June 7th, 2008 | 7-11pm (Raffle @ 10pm)
Please join Rosalux Gallery for our annual fundraising event. Buy raffle tickets for only $5 each and enter to win art by Rosalux artists, as well as hip local shops and restaurants. Place your ticket in the envelope by the artwork or item you want to win. Raffle tickets will be available at the gallery during regular hours from June 4th-June 7th, as well as during the night of the event. You do not need to be present to win. Support your local coop gallery.
Green 2008 Rosalux Benefit
CLOSING RECEPTION + RAFFLE >> Saturday, June 7th, 2008 | 7-11pm (Raffle @ 10pm)
Please join Rosalux Gallery for our annual fundraising event. Buy raffle tickets for only $5 each and enter to win art by Rosalux artists, as well as hip local shops and restaurants. Place your ticket in the envelope by the artwork or item you want to win. Raffle tickets will be available at the gallery during regular hours from June 4th-June 7th, as well as during the night of the event. You do not need to be present to win. Support your local coop gallery.
Green 2008 Rosalux Benefit
design fiesta
4th Annual Design Fiesta @ the Soap Factory
Saturday, June 7th
noon-6pm
Over 40 vendors selling prints, posters, custom and vintage fashions, accesories, photographs, handmade paper and cards, illustrations, paintings, sculpture and more. Sponsored by Sound Unseen and the Mpls College of Art and Design.
DJ's Plain Ole' Bill, Paper Tiger, Sarah White, Jimmy 2 Times, Nikoless, and DJ Bach to play tunes all day to keep you going.
Price: Free
No Name Exhibitions at the Soap Factory
2nd St. and 5th Av. SE.
Minneapolis, MN
612-623-9176
Saturday, June 7th
noon-6pm
Over 40 vendors selling prints, posters, custom and vintage fashions, accesories, photographs, handmade paper and cards, illustrations, paintings, sculpture and more. Sponsored by Sound Unseen and the Mpls College of Art and Design.
DJ's Plain Ole' Bill, Paper Tiger, Sarah White, Jimmy 2 Times, Nikoless, and DJ Bach to play tunes all day to keep you going.
Price: Free
No Name Exhibitions at the Soap Factory
2nd St. and 5th Av. SE.
Minneapolis, MN
612-623-9176
http://www.soapfactory.org
2008/05/26
Bike Art III
June 5-28, 2008
Altered Esthetics Bicycle Art III show takes a new spin
For more info, visit:http://www.alteredesthetics.org/bikeartIII
Altered Esthetics Bicycle Art III show takes a new spin
For more info, visit:http://www.alteredesthetics.org/bikeartIII
2008/05/24
Red Hot Art May31st&June1st
I'm gonna be in this art festival and am very excited! I am planning to sell mostly small photo prints, as well as some other craft items.
Hope to see ya there!
Click here to check out me and other artists:2008 Red Hot Artists
Thanks to those who purchased my art. This was my first attempt to sale my work in an art festival and it was an awesome experience.
2008/05/06
Identity Theft (Clothing Swap + Contest):
Saturday, June 7, 2008 - 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Change your identity (or steal someone else's) with what you wear! Whether you're a fashionista, you need to clean out your closet, or you want to refresh your look, you can recycle your old clothing at this swap, contest, and party! Identity Theft is a clothing swap and contest. Jahna Peloquin, Kelsy Osterman, and Di Medlock of Eclecticoiffeur will be on hand for styling assistance and advice. Please bring at least two items (clothing or accessories) to swap. They must be in clean, wearable condition with no rips or stains. At the end of the night, all un-swapped clothing will be donated.
6-8:30 p.m. Swap
8:30-10 p.m. Party
9:30 p.m. Slideshow + Awards/Prizes
Admission: Free
To be eligible for the contest you must take a "before + after" photo at the Photo booth to show off your transformation. Stick around for the party and slideshow of all the transformations. There will be music, food, and drinks to enjoy!
Pre-donations of clothing will be accepted April 19 - June 6 during MCP's gallery hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 12-5 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays.
Judges:
Emma Berg, Director, mplsart.com
Ellen Dahl, The Minneapoline
Nic Marshall, photographer
Sponsors:
MNfashion
Eclecticoiffeur
Lee Stanford Photography
Change your identity (or steal someone else's) with what you wear! Whether you're a fashionista, you need to clean out your closet, or you want to refresh your look, you can recycle your old clothing at this swap, contest, and party! Identity Theft is a clothing swap and contest. Jahna Peloquin, Kelsy Osterman, and Di Medlock of Eclecticoiffeur will be on hand for styling assistance and advice. Please bring at least two items (clothing or accessories) to swap. They must be in clean, wearable condition with no rips or stains. At the end of the night, all un-swapped clothing will be donated.
6-8:30 p.m. Swap
8:30-10 p.m. Party
9:30 p.m. Slideshow + Awards/Prizes
Admission: Free
To be eligible for the contest you must take a "before + after" photo at the Photo booth to show off your transformation. Stick around for the party and slideshow of all the transformations. There will be music, food, and drinks to enjoy!
Pre-donations of clothing will be accepted April 19 - June 6 during MCP's gallery hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 12-5 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays.
Judges:
Emma Berg, Director, mplsart.com
Ellen Dahl, The Minneapoline
Nic Marshall, photographer
Sponsors:
MNfashion
Eclecticoiffeur
Lee Stanford Photography
2008/05/03
Art of This art opening
CONCLUSIONS ON BOUNDARIES
new work by Chris Johanson and Jo Jackson
Art of This will host an all new collaborative installation by Portland based artists Chris Johanson and Jo Jackson. This installation will include painting, sculpture, found materials and video.
A co-presentation with The Walker Art Center’s Teen Arts Council.
Opening May 3 7pm, runs till June 1
more on Chris at www.chrisjohanson.com more on Jo
Look/See- Highpoint Opening
About the Show
Free reception event: Saturday, May 3 from 2:30–4:00 PM
On view: May 2–May 17
Work from Highpoint's 2007–2008 school partnership programs will be on view in Highpoint’s gallery from May 2–May 17, 2008 in our annual student exhibition called LOOK/ SEE!
Schools from the metro area and beyond bring students to Highpoint every year to dive into the world of printmaking and create their own handmade prints. LOOK/ SEE will showcase a portion of the school year’s worth of monoprints, drypoints, and relief prints made at HP. Please join us at our free opening reception from 2:30–4:00 PM on Saturday, May 3rd for a glimpse into the imaginations of the young artists who visited HP in 2007 and 2008.
Highpoint’s youth education programs are funded, in part, by grants from the Beim Foundation, Carolyn Foundation, HRK Foundation, Langwater Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, Moore Family Fund for the Arts, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, Ronald Kinney Foundation, Swager Family Foundation, Travelers Foundation, Target Foundation, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation, and Clara Ueland and Walt McCarthy. Thank you!
Participating Schools:
* Barton Open School
* Belle Plaine High School
* Como Park Elementary
* El Colegio Charter School
* Forest Lake ALC
* Jefferson Community School
* L’Etoile du Nord French Immersion School
* Lincoln Hills Education Center
* Longfellow Elementary
* Orono High School
* Perpich Center for Arts Education
* San Miguel Middle School
* St. Paul Academy
Free reception event: Saturday, May 3 from 2:30–4:00 PM
On view: May 2–May 17
Work from Highpoint's 2007–2008 school partnership programs will be on view in Highpoint’s gallery from May 2–May 17, 2008 in our annual student exhibition called LOOK/ SEE!
Schools from the metro area and beyond bring students to Highpoint every year to dive into the world of printmaking and create their own handmade prints. LOOK/ SEE will showcase a portion of the school year’s worth of monoprints, drypoints, and relief prints made at HP. Please join us at our free opening reception from 2:30–4:00 PM on Saturday, May 3rd for a glimpse into the imaginations of the young artists who visited HP in 2007 and 2008.
Highpoint’s youth education programs are funded, in part, by grants from the Beim Foundation, Carolyn Foundation, HRK Foundation, Langwater Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, Moore Family Fund for the Arts, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, Ronald Kinney Foundation, Swager Family Foundation, Travelers Foundation, Target Foundation, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation, and Clara Ueland and Walt McCarthy. Thank you!
Participating Schools:
* Barton Open School
* Belle Plaine High School
* Como Park Elementary
* El Colegio Charter School
* Forest Lake ALC
* Jefferson Community School
* L’Etoile du Nord French Immersion School
* Lincoln Hills Education Center
* Longfellow Elementary
* Orono High School
* Perpich Center for Arts Education
* San Miguel Middle School
* St. Paul Academy
May Day Festival 2008
Sunday, May 4th 2008
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In the Heart of the Beast
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In the Heart of the Beast
ASMP Meeting Marketing
May 20, 2008
Marketing, what works now!
An evening with Jeanine Fijol
The current photo marketplace is an increasingly scary and confusing place. The economic outlook is not rosy. Cheap and available stock images are sucking the assignment market dry. The photographic competition is stiff and increasing. The downward pressure on fees is devastating.
One thing is clear, effective and targeted marketing is the only way for most of us to succeed. Okay, easy to say, but what does that mean in the real world?
The digital landscape offers us more ways than ever to communicate: web sites, social networks, blogs, email, video, as well as on-demand printing for portfolios and promos. Photoshop lets us quickly and easily design on the fly. Fine, well and good, we do have tools and opportunities. However, taking all that into account, there remains the one big question, the 900 pound gorilla in the room, the mystery of the universe, the marketing holy grail. We all need to know the answer to a simple, yet complicated question: What Works Now?
The answers to that not-so-simple question will be what our next meeting will be all about. To give us insight into this issue, we are pleased to present Jeanine Fijol, a person uniquely suited to the task. Jeanine is the photography editor of Photo District News and is on the panel of judges for the PDN 30 issue. In her role as a PDN editor, she gets the world's best marketing delivered to her desk and her email in-box everyday. Her perspective is smart, fresh, and uniquely informed. Her recent presentations with the national PDN on the Road programs have blown people away.
You can be guaranteed this will not be the standard marketing program we’ve all been subjected to time and time again where the presenter dumps a grocery bag full of promos on the table and says, “These are the promos I got last week, boy there sure are a lot of photographers, doing a lot of mailing!”
On the contrary, Jeanine will truly show and tell. We will see samples of the best of the best and learn what makes them that way. This is not about cut and paste, or copy your way to success. This is about approach, attitude, and inspiration.
The program will be based on more than just Jeanine‘s highly informed opinons and taste. She also monitors and surveys a close network of associates, art directors and photographers to see what is exciting and inspiring for them. In other words real world advice from real people, boots on the ground, in the trenches, and in our business. This is what she does and she does it well.
We will see you there, could you be doing anything else more important that evening?
Note: Jeanine will also be offering a limited number of individual marketing/portfolio consultations. Please contact her directly for the specifics: jfijol@pdnonline.com
Date/Time: 20 May 2008
Social hour: 6-7
Meeting: 7
Admission: ASMP-MSP Members: $10
Students w/id: $10
Non-Members: $20
Location: Studio 1414
1414 Marshall Street
Minneapolis MN 55404
Marketing, what works now!
An evening with Jeanine Fijol
The current photo marketplace is an increasingly scary and confusing place. The economic outlook is not rosy. Cheap and available stock images are sucking the assignment market dry. The photographic competition is stiff and increasing. The downward pressure on fees is devastating.
One thing is clear, effective and targeted marketing is the only way for most of us to succeed. Okay, easy to say, but what does that mean in the real world?
The digital landscape offers us more ways than ever to communicate: web sites, social networks, blogs, email, video, as well as on-demand printing for portfolios and promos. Photoshop lets us quickly and easily design on the fly. Fine, well and good, we do have tools and opportunities. However, taking all that into account, there remains the one big question, the 900 pound gorilla in the room, the mystery of the universe, the marketing holy grail. We all need to know the answer to a simple, yet complicated question: What Works Now?
The answers to that not-so-simple question will be what our next meeting will be all about. To give us insight into this issue, we are pleased to present Jeanine Fijol, a person uniquely suited to the task. Jeanine is the photography editor of Photo District News and is on the panel of judges for the PDN 30 issue. In her role as a PDN editor, she gets the world's best marketing delivered to her desk and her email in-box everyday. Her perspective is smart, fresh, and uniquely informed. Her recent presentations with the national PDN on the Road programs have blown people away.
You can be guaranteed this will not be the standard marketing program we’ve all been subjected to time and time again where the presenter dumps a grocery bag full of promos on the table and says, “These are the promos I got last week, boy there sure are a lot of photographers, doing a lot of mailing!”
On the contrary, Jeanine will truly show and tell. We will see samples of the best of the best and learn what makes them that way. This is not about cut and paste, or copy your way to success. This is about approach, attitude, and inspiration.
The program will be based on more than just Jeanine‘s highly informed opinons and taste. She also monitors and surveys a close network of associates, art directors and photographers to see what is exciting and inspiring for them. In other words real world advice from real people, boots on the ground, in the trenches, and in our business. This is what she does and she does it well.
We will see you there, could you be doing anything else more important that evening?
Note: Jeanine will also be offering a limited number of individual marketing/portfolio consultations. Please contact her directly for the specifics: jfijol@pdnonline.com
Date/Time: 20 May 2008
Social hour: 6-7
Meeting: 7
Admission: ASMP-MSP Members: $10
Students w/id: $10
Non-Members: $20
Location: Studio 1414
1414 Marshall Street
Minneapolis MN 55404
2008/04/26
ArtiCulture
Art supply sale and swap
ArtiCulture, a 501(c)3 nonprofit is having a fundraising rummage sale. We will have: Kids stuff Clothing Household appliances Office furniture Coats, purses, bags Lots more stuff! We are also having an art supply sale and swap. Bring any art supplies you no longer use and swap them or sell them to other artists!
Saturday, April 26th 9am-5pm at ArtiCulture
3745 Minnehaha Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55406
612-729-5151
www.articulture.org
info@articulture.org
Have old stuff you would like to donate to a good cause? Please drop it by ArtiCulture on Thursday or Friday 10am-5pm. Or contact us to make other arrangements.
Lindsey Scott
Administrative and Marketing Coordinator
ArtiCulture
ArtiCulture, a 501(c)3 nonprofit is having a fundraising rummage sale. We will have: Kids stuff Clothing Household appliances Office furniture Coats, purses, bags Lots more stuff! We are also having an art supply sale and swap. Bring any art supplies you no longer use and swap them or sell them to other artists!
Saturday, April 26th 9am-5pm at ArtiCulture
3745 Minnehaha Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55406
612-729-5151
www.articulture.org
info@articulture.org
Have old stuff you would like to donate to a good cause? Please drop it by ArtiCulture on Thursday or Friday 10am-5pm. Or contact us to make other arrangements.
Lindsey Scott
Administrative and Marketing Coordinator
ArtiCulture
2008/04/25
F-Stop Swap April 26th & 27th
(I copied this from their site: f-stopswap.com)
F-Stop Swap is a Used Camera Equipment and
Collectable Image Show
6640 Lyndale Ave. S. #110-251
Richfield, Minnesota 55423
612-866-5811
Next Show, April 26th and 27th Inver Grove Heights Armory/Community Center 10-3pm
Renting a table at the show or bringing your equipment to the show, gives you a chance to get a higher price for your equipment, it allows you to present your items to a large number of photographic buyers. But, if you need or want to sell your equipment before the show, please feel free to contact Gordy at Village Camera.
Village Camera
WHAT IS F-STOP SWAP
F-Stop Swap is a used camera equipment and tech swap, held two times a year in the greater Minneapolis area. At the F-Stop Swap you can find anything from Alpa to Zeiss --collectables to professional equipment -- large format to digital. So, if you looking to buy, sell or trade almost anything in the way of photo equipment, movie, or special brands of gear, come check out our next show. NEWS FLASH: OUR NEXT SHOW IN OCTOBER WILL INCLUDE A LARGE SELECTION OF COLLECTABLE IMAGES.
The F-Stop Swap traces it's roots back to 1987, when the Doug Erickson, had his first show at the Knollwood Shopping center. Originally the shows were called P.W.U.C (People Who Use Cameras), but some people started to refer to it as the "PUKE" show. So, a contest was held, for a new show name. Walter Freugel was the winning of the naming contest. His idea of the F-Stop Swap has been used ever since. Now, in 2006 the show draws several hundred people, who can browse over 70 tables of New and Used Photo items. Sellers come from all over the US to buy, sell and trade equipment. Sellers range from the hobbyist to some of the largest used camera equipment dealers in the Midwest.
As of May 1st, 2006 Doug Erickson, has retired from promoting the show but will continue to be part of the show as a seller, selling a broad range of photo and tech equipment. Doug has sold to show to me.
F-Stop Swap is a Used Camera Equipment and
Collectable Image Show
6640 Lyndale Ave. S. #110-251
Richfield, Minnesota 55423
612-866-5811
Next Show, April 26th and 27th Inver Grove Heights Armory/Community Center 10-3pm
Renting a table at the show or bringing your equipment to the show, gives you a chance to get a higher price for your equipment, it allows you to present your items to a large number of photographic buyers. But, if you need or want to sell your equipment before the show, please feel free to contact Gordy at Village Camera.
Village Camera
WHAT IS F-STOP SWAP
F-Stop Swap is a used camera equipment and tech swap, held two times a year in the greater Minneapolis area. At the F-Stop Swap you can find anything from Alpa to Zeiss --collectables to professional equipment -- large format to digital. So, if you looking to buy, sell or trade almost anything in the way of photo equipment, movie, or special brands of gear, come check out our next show. NEWS FLASH: OUR NEXT SHOW IN OCTOBER WILL INCLUDE A LARGE SELECTION OF COLLECTABLE IMAGES.
The F-Stop Swap traces it's roots back to 1987, when the Doug Erickson, had his first show at the Knollwood Shopping center. Originally the shows were called P.W.U.C (People Who Use Cameras), but some people started to refer to it as the "PUKE" show. So, a contest was held, for a new show name. Walter Freugel was the winning of the naming contest. His idea of the F-Stop Swap has been used ever since. Now, in 2006 the show draws several hundred people, who can browse over 70 tables of New and Used Photo items. Sellers come from all over the US to buy, sell and trade equipment. Sellers range from the hobbyist to some of the largest used camera equipment dealers in the Midwest.
As of May 1st, 2006 Doug Erickson, has retired from promoting the show but will continue to be part of the show as a seller, selling a broad range of photo and tech equipment. Doug has sold to show to me.
2008/04/24
Fashioned
Fashioned + Curated by George Slade:
Linda Brooks, Michael Dvorak, Martine Fougeron, Nick Kline, Jessica Rowe, Ryan Wong
May 3 to July 13, 2008
Related Events
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 3
5:30 p.m. Artist Panel
7 - 9 p.m. Opening Reception
MCP presents Fashioned, an examination of how fashion and identity interrelate. Do clothes make the man, or vice versa? The photographers in Fashioned make images in which costume and character weave together, posing subtle questions about the validity of first impressions, about the endurance of clothing as a marker of identity, and about the tensions that play out between one's self and one's daily appearance. Fashioned includes the work of six artists: Linda Brooks, Michael Dvorak, Martine Fougeron, Nick Kline, Jessica Rowe, and Ryan Wong.
Linda Brooks (St. Paul) has pursued a long series of straightforward, square color portraits of teens and adolescents. The images derive strength from both the ample self-possession apparent in her subjects and from the words that each has inscribed alongside themselves in the portrait.
Michael Dvorak (Minneapolis) has been working on a black-and-white portrait project in the neighborhoods near MCP in northeast Minneapolis and west from the Center, across interstate 94 on Broadway into north Minneapolis. His portraits of young people present a mix of urban and bohemian character.
Martine Fougeron (New York City) depicts the lives and milieus of her two teenage sons in her series Tete a Tete. The boys and their friends reveal surprising takes on fashion, blending prep school uniformity with thrift store chic. They also characterize themselves through their physical ease with each other.
Nick Kline (New York City), in his series Undercover, considers the fleeting nature of apparel as seen inside plastic wrap in drycleaning shops. These photographs dematerialize fashion as they zoom in on pattern and texture, rendered abstract and apart from bodies.
Jessica Rowe (Brooklyn) portrays clothes left behind by deceased women. The large color photographs in her Remnants series, identified with the name of their owner, depict apparel seemingly cast off, like a sloughed reptile's skin, onto furniture, there to be found in random shapes by the artist.
Ryan Wong (Seattle/Hong Kong) records his encounters with Chinese t-shirts (and their wearers). The slogans play with perceptions of language and culture; are these true statements, or even logical, and do they really mean what they say? How do the shirts relate to the faces they underscore?
< < exhibits at mcp
Linda Brooks, Michael Dvorak, Martine Fougeron, Nick Kline, Jessica Rowe, Ryan Wong
May 3 to July 13, 2008
Related Events
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 3
5:30 p.m. Artist Panel
7 - 9 p.m. Opening Reception
MCP presents Fashioned, an examination of how fashion and identity interrelate. Do clothes make the man, or vice versa? The photographers in Fashioned make images in which costume and character weave together, posing subtle questions about the validity of first impressions, about the endurance of clothing as a marker of identity, and about the tensions that play out between one's self and one's daily appearance. Fashioned includes the work of six artists: Linda Brooks, Michael Dvorak, Martine Fougeron, Nick Kline, Jessica Rowe, and Ryan Wong.
Linda Brooks (St. Paul) has pursued a long series of straightforward, square color portraits of teens and adolescents. The images derive strength from both the ample self-possession apparent in her subjects and from the words that each has inscribed alongside themselves in the portrait.
Michael Dvorak (Minneapolis) has been working on a black-and-white portrait project in the neighborhoods near MCP in northeast Minneapolis and west from the Center, across interstate 94 on Broadway into north Minneapolis. His portraits of young people present a mix of urban and bohemian character.
Martine Fougeron (New York City) depicts the lives and milieus of her two teenage sons in her series Tete a Tete. The boys and their friends reveal surprising takes on fashion, blending prep school uniformity with thrift store chic. They also characterize themselves through their physical ease with each other.
Nick Kline (New York City), in his series Undercover, considers the fleeting nature of apparel as seen inside plastic wrap in drycleaning shops. These photographs dematerialize fashion as they zoom in on pattern and texture, rendered abstract and apart from bodies.
Jessica Rowe (Brooklyn) portrays clothes left behind by deceased women. The large color photographs in her Remnants series, identified with the name of their owner, depict apparel seemingly cast off, like a sloughed reptile's skin, onto furniture, there to be found in random shapes by the artist.
Ryan Wong (Seattle/Hong Kong) records his encounters with Chinese t-shirts (and their wearers). The slogans play with perceptions of language and culture; are these true statements, or even logical, and do they really mean what they say? How do the shirts relate to the faces they underscore?
< < exhibits at mcp
Rock & Raffle
Rock n' Raffle:
Benefit for MCP sponsored by MCTC students and staff
April 25, 2008 - 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM
MCP and MCTC announce the Rock n' Raffle Photoextravaganza! MCTC students and staff team up with four local bands to benefit the Minnesota Center for Photography through a live concert and raffle of 20+ photographs at Station 4 in St. Paul.
Admission: $2
Raffle Tickets: $1 each
All ages
Bands
The Nina! The Pinta!
Estate
The Malmbergs
Ambition Recliner
Location
Station 4
201 E 4th St.
St. Paul, MN 55101
Artists
Sheldon Christianson
Tim White
Laura Wilen
Tina Harchysen
Ryan Fedder
Andrea Cole
Jordan James
Daniel Guy
Sarah Jordet
Biruk Desta
Amy Marcus
Stephanie Hynes
Julie Runia
Gregory Johnsen
Robert Fraizer
Drew Burton
Ethan Confer
Marilyn Indyhal
Katie Scholtz
Jack Mader
Kristine Heykants
Craig McNitt
Mandi Harris
Tom Kemmer
Kyle Smyth
Benefit for MCP sponsored by MCTC students and staff
April 25, 2008 - 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM
MCP and MCTC announce the Rock n' Raffle Photoextravaganza! MCTC students and staff team up with four local bands to benefit the Minnesota Center for Photography through a live concert and raffle of 20+ photographs at Station 4 in St. Paul.
Admission: $2
Raffle Tickets: $1 each
All ages
Bands
The Nina! The Pinta!
Estate
The Malmbergs
Ambition Recliner
Location
Station 4
201 E 4th St.
St. Paul, MN 55101
Artists
Sheldon Christianson
Tim White
Laura Wilen
Tina Harchysen
Ryan Fedder
Andrea Cole
Jordan James
Daniel Guy
Sarah Jordet
Biruk Desta
Amy Marcus
Stephanie Hynes
Julie Runia
Gregory Johnsen
Robert Fraizer
Drew Burton
Ethan Confer
Marilyn Indyhal
Katie Scholtz
Jack Mader
Kristine Heykants
Craig McNitt
Mandi Harris
Tom Kemmer
Kyle Smyth
2008/04/04
FOUND! Images of wonder & mystery
"A series of FOUND FILM events that will dazzle the mind and agitate the soul."
Sunday 13 April/Parkview Theater/4814 Chicago Ave/7:30/5 bucks
SNEAK PREVIEW!
Craig Baldwin's mock up on MU
a radical hybrid of sci-fi, western, and horror, Mu masters the audacity
to take up the profoundly serious issue of the militarization of space.
legendary found footage filmmaker BALDWIN returns to the TC
to unveil this brand new work.
Monday 14 April/155 Nicholson Hall/U of M/3:30PM/Free
FOUND! ROUNDTABLE
what are we to do with found images? bakkom, baldwin, and friends discuss this and many
other themes-copyright, appropriation, film as trash/treasure-that pertain to found film and video.
ORGANIZED BY THE CSCL GRADUATE FILM COLLABORATIVE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA/CO-SPONSORED BY THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL CHANGE
Sunday 13 April/Parkview Theater/4814 Chicago Ave/7:30/5 bucks
SNEAK PREVIEW!
Craig Baldwin's mock up on MU
a radical hybrid of sci-fi, western, and horror, Mu masters the audacity
to take up the profoundly serious issue of the militarization of space.
legendary found footage filmmaker BALDWIN returns to the TC
to unveil this brand new work.
Monday 14 April/155 Nicholson Hall/U of M/3:30PM/Free
FOUND! ROUNDTABLE
what are we to do with found images? bakkom, baldwin, and friends discuss this and many
other themes-copyright, appropriation, film as trash/treasure-that pertain to found film and video.
ORGANIZED BY THE CSCL GRADUATE FILM COLLABORATIVE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA/CO-SPONSORED BY THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL CHANGE
2008/03/29
Art Chicago 2008, April 25-28th
This event is only once a year. I couldn't go last year, but I'm gonna try to make a trip this year.
Art Chicago
Art Chicago™ 2008, the annual international fair of contemporary and modern art, brings together 180 of the world's leading emerging and established galleries, representing 56 international cities to showcase the work of over 2,000 renowned artists. Art Chicago™ offers curators, collectors, artists and art enthusiasts a comprehensive survey of current and historic work, from cutting-edge to modern masters in a wide variety of media including: painting, photography, drawing, prints, sculpture, video and special installations.
Artropolis
Chicago's citywide celebration of arts, antiques and culture, Artropolis™ attracts thousands of visitors to participate in a wide array of art and entertainment experiences that are unique to Chicago. From major museums to small galleries, world-class concert halls to cutting-edge clubs, lakefront parks to exclusive private parties, Artropolis™ offers seminars, guided tours, music, theatre and dance performances and unique special partnerships with over 80 institutions and entertainment venues throughout the city.
When you buy in Chicago, you don’t buy in a void. You buy thoughtfully, in consideration of history, in the context of the legacy of great works and with the intellectual stimulation needed to make insightful decisions.
Artropolis
Show Hours
Friday, April 25 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Saturday, April 26 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Sunday, April 27 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Monday, April 28 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Art Chicago and NEXT
11 a.m.–3 p.m. The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair, The Artist Project and the Intuit Show of Outsider and Folk Art
For more info, click on Art Chicago 2008 on right side under art resources for website.
Art Chicago
Art Chicago™ 2008, the annual international fair of contemporary and modern art, brings together 180 of the world's leading emerging and established galleries, representing 56 international cities to showcase the work of over 2,000 renowned artists. Art Chicago™ offers curators, collectors, artists and art enthusiasts a comprehensive survey of current and historic work, from cutting-edge to modern masters in a wide variety of media including: painting, photography, drawing, prints, sculpture, video and special installations.
Artropolis
Chicago's citywide celebration of arts, antiques and culture, Artropolis™ attracts thousands of visitors to participate in a wide array of art and entertainment experiences that are unique to Chicago. From major museums to small galleries, world-class concert halls to cutting-edge clubs, lakefront parks to exclusive private parties, Artropolis™ offers seminars, guided tours, music, theatre and dance performances and unique special partnerships with over 80 institutions and entertainment venues throughout the city.
When you buy in Chicago, you don’t buy in a void. You buy thoughtfully, in consideration of history, in the context of the legacy of great works and with the intellectual stimulation needed to make insightful decisions.
Artropolis
Show Hours
Friday, April 25 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Saturday, April 26 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Sunday, April 27 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Monday, April 28 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Art Chicago and NEXT
11 a.m.–3 p.m. The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair, The Artist Project and the Intuit Show of Outsider and Folk Art
For more info, click on Art Chicago 2008 on right side under art resources for website.
Rosalux Gallery Call for Artists
Call for Artists :: Juried Exhibition
OPEN DOOR FOUR
Show Dates >> June 11th – June 29th, 2008
Opening Reception >> Saturday June 14th, 2008
Deadline for Entries >> Postmarked by May 1st, 2008
Juror >> Yasmil Raymond, Assistant Curator at the Walker Art Center
Rosalux Gallery is pleased to announce its Fourth Annual OPEN-DOOR Exhibition. This is the only chance for non-member artists to showcase their work in the gallery. Typically, the open door exhibition is reviewed and receives extensive press coverage. This is an excellent opportunity to exhibit artwork in one of Minneapolis’s premiere commercial gallery spaces. All media are accepted: there are no guidelines set for subject matter, medium or style, and the show is open to anyone throughout the world.*
This year Yasmil Raymond, Assistant Curator at the Walker Art Center, will jury the show. Raymond received her B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999 and her M.A. from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in 2004. She recently organized "Brave New Worlds" with curator Doryun Chong and a solo exhibition of works by Tino Sehgal.
APPLICATION MATERIALS:
1. Artist Statement
2. Resume
3. Three Samples of your work (digital images as jpegs on CD only; do not email images) 35mm slides will not be accepted this year. Make sure digital images’ shortest side is 600 pixels or larger, but not to exceed 2000 pixels. Also, images should be saved in the Jpeg format. Please enclose a SASE if you want your CD returned. For film submissions, please submit a cd or dvd with 3 minute samples for each work.
4. Image list: a list with the title of each work, medium, dimensions and date-of-completion
5. $25 Submission Fee (Please make checks payable to Rosalux Gallery)
Applications must be postmarked by May 1st, 2008 and sent to:
Open Door Exhibition
Rosalux Gallery
1011 Washington Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN 55415
*Artists are responsible for transporting art to the gallery as well as picking up unsold work when the show is over. Anyone outside the Twin Cities area is responsible for all shipping fees. Rosalux Gallery takes a 35% commission on any work sold during the show. Also, Rosalux Gallery does not provide Insurance for any piece in the exhibition though we will take great care in handling your work.
(took this from their site. It's always good to know about these things.)
OPEN DOOR FOUR
Show Dates >> June 11th – June 29th, 2008
Opening Reception >> Saturday June 14th, 2008
Deadline for Entries >> Postmarked by May 1st, 2008
Juror >> Yasmil Raymond, Assistant Curator at the Walker Art Center
Rosalux Gallery is pleased to announce its Fourth Annual OPEN-DOOR Exhibition. This is the only chance for non-member artists to showcase their work in the gallery. Typically, the open door exhibition is reviewed and receives extensive press coverage. This is an excellent opportunity to exhibit artwork in one of Minneapolis’s premiere commercial gallery spaces. All media are accepted: there are no guidelines set for subject matter, medium or style, and the show is open to anyone throughout the world.*
This year Yasmil Raymond, Assistant Curator at the Walker Art Center, will jury the show. Raymond received her B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999 and her M.A. from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in 2004. She recently organized "Brave New Worlds" with curator Doryun Chong and a solo exhibition of works by Tino Sehgal.
APPLICATION MATERIALS:
1. Artist Statement
2. Resume
3. Three Samples of your work (digital images as jpegs on CD only; do not email images) 35mm slides will not be accepted this year. Make sure digital images’ shortest side is 600 pixels or larger, but not to exceed 2000 pixels. Also, images should be saved in the Jpeg format. Please enclose a SASE if you want your CD returned. For film submissions, please submit a cd or dvd with 3 minute samples for each work.
4. Image list: a list with the title of each work, medium, dimensions and date-of-completion
5. $25 Submission Fee (Please make checks payable to Rosalux Gallery)
Applications must be postmarked by May 1st, 2008 and sent to:
Open Door Exhibition
Rosalux Gallery
1011 Washington Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN 55415
*Artists are responsible for transporting art to the gallery as well as picking up unsold work when the show is over. Anyone outside the Twin Cities area is responsible for all shipping fees. Rosalux Gallery takes a 35% commission on any work sold during the show. Also, Rosalux Gallery does not provide Insurance for any piece in the exhibition though we will take great care in handling your work.
(took this from their site. It's always good to know about these things.)
Second Tuesday Lecture @ MCP
Second Tuesday Lectures
Priscilla Briggs
Image by Priscilla Briggs
Second Tuesday Lecure + Priscilla Briggs:
Photographing Consumerism
April 8 - 7:00 PM
In this Second Tuesday Lecture, Priscilla Briggs will discuss her work, Global Market on view through April 27 in the Minnesota Projects Gallery. Briggs' work examines identity and human desire in the context of a capitalist society. Her images are of shopping malls and tourist markets from various regions of the world, focusing on cultural identity, the nature of merchandise for sale, and advertising images.
Briggs is a photo and video artist living in Minneapolis. She earned her M.F.A. in Photography and Digital Imaging from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2000 and her B.A. in Graphic and Language Arts from Carnegie Mellon University in 1989. Briggs currently works as a Professor of Studio Art at Gustavus Adolphus College.
(this was copied from MCP's website)
Priscilla Briggs
Image by Priscilla Briggs
Second Tuesday Lecure + Priscilla Briggs:
Photographing Consumerism
April 8 - 7:00 PM
In this Second Tuesday Lecture, Priscilla Briggs will discuss her work, Global Market on view through April 27 in the Minnesota Projects Gallery. Briggs' work examines identity and human desire in the context of a capitalist society. Her images are of shopping malls and tourist markets from various regions of the world, focusing on cultural identity, the nature of merchandise for sale, and advertising images.
Briggs is a photo and video artist living in Minneapolis. She earned her M.F.A. in Photography and Digital Imaging from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2000 and her B.A. in Graphic and Language Arts from Carnegie Mellon University in 1989. Briggs currently works as a Professor of Studio Art at Gustavus Adolphus College.
(this was copied from MCP's website)
2008/03/28
Artcrank
If you are interested in bicycles and poster art, you'd probably be interested in this show coming up at the One on One bicycle, art gallery & coffee shop.
A poster show about bikes: Saturday, April 5th 7pm
For more info, click link below.
Artcrank link
A poster show about bikes: Saturday, April 5th 7pm
For more info, click link below.
Artcrank link
2008/03/19
My 4x5 Pinhole Camera
I finally finished the pinhole I started last week with my friend Greg. It was a fun and easy process. Of all these years of being a photographer, I never successful finished making one. I had a pro help me do the mathematics to figure out the hole size. Or you could decide pinhole size 3- 6inches from the film would work best using needle which is about 1/75 inch in diameter. Just stick the pin in half way into an aluminum sheet/beer can (a Hamm's beer can, in our case).
I found a nice looking box from the thrift store for fifty cents as my pinhole camera. It is a 7x6.25x4.5 inch box. We made a hole in the middle of the front of the box, then sanded the hole down flat. Afterwards we stuck the pin into the aluminum can half way. With the ragged edges facing the inside of the box, we taped the aluminum exactly in the middle of the hole.
Since I planned on using a 4x5 film holder, I had to cut out a slightly larger hole than the holder above the box. I also had to figure out a way to keep the holder in secure place.
After cutting the space out to fit the holder, I placed it inside to measure the space on the side. I had to make a slot to hold it in place. Since I do not own wood cutting supplies, I had to use cardboard instead, stacking them until it was the same height as the side of the holder. I cut cardboard out to fit around the holder (sides and below) and a piece slightly on top to keep it locked in. Then glued the pieces in place. Afterward instead of painting the inside of it, I lined it with black card stock paper and taped any possible light leaks with black tape.
Next, I had to figure out a way to cover the slot around the holder to keep light from leaking in the top. Luckily, I had some black felt lying around. I had to fold a couple pieces together to make them thick enough to seal the hole. Then stapled it all around and applied more black tape.
Finally I could slide the holder in place and tape the outside with black tape and it's ready for a test.
These are the tests we made with photographic paper:
We started of with 25 seconds and it was underexposed, so we tried 100 secs which was overexposed. After those two tests, we tried 70 secs, a couple 60secs and some 45 secs. 45 secs seemed to be the best exposure.
Luckily there were no light leaks. I did notice vinnetting, which was cause by the short depth of the box. Fortunately, I like that look.
Next, we plan to use film to test out the F-Stop.
Film testing with my pinhole. Metered at 1/125 f5.6 ISO 100 (that kind of a day) shot at ISO 200 for 1 minute.
I found a nice looking box from the thrift store for fifty cents as my pinhole camera. It is a 7x6.25x4.5 inch box. We made a hole in the middle of the front of the box, then sanded the hole down flat. Afterwards we stuck the pin into the aluminum can half way. With the ragged edges facing the inside of the box, we taped the aluminum exactly in the middle of the hole.
Since I planned on using a 4x5 film holder, I had to cut out a slightly larger hole than the holder above the box. I also had to figure out a way to keep the holder in secure place.
After cutting the space out to fit the holder, I placed it inside to measure the space on the side. I had to make a slot to hold it in place. Since I do not own wood cutting supplies, I had to use cardboard instead, stacking them until it was the same height as the side of the holder. I cut cardboard out to fit around the holder (sides and below) and a piece slightly on top to keep it locked in. Then glued the pieces in place. Afterward instead of painting the inside of it, I lined it with black card stock paper and taped any possible light leaks with black tape.
Next, I had to figure out a way to cover the slot around the holder to keep light from leaking in the top. Luckily, I had some black felt lying around. I had to fold a couple pieces together to make them thick enough to seal the hole. Then stapled it all around and applied more black tape.
Finally I could slide the holder in place and tape the outside with black tape and it's ready for a test.
These are the tests we made with photographic paper:
We started of with 25 seconds and it was underexposed, so we tried 100 secs which was overexposed. After those two tests, we tried 70 secs, a couple 60secs and some 45 secs. 45 secs seemed to be the best exposure.
Luckily there were no light leaks. I did notice vinnetting, which was cause by the short depth of the box. Fortunately, I like that look.
Next, we plan to use film to test out the F-Stop.
Film testing with my pinhole. Metered at 1/125 f5.6 ISO 100 (that kind of a day) shot at ISO 200 for 1 minute.
2008/03/13
Off to NYC
Just excited, that is all!!! I will be in New York for the weekend, I wish I could stay longer. I can't wait to take some photos and have fun with my friends Mike & Poukhan. I will keep you posted!
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These were just the few scrapes I came home with from my trip to NCY.
More NCY pics: NCY Flickr
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These were just the few scrapes I came home with from my trip to NCY.
More NCY pics: NCY Flickr
2008/03/12
ASMP Meeting- opinion on boot camp style
I figured I should say a few words about the Boot Camp meeting run by ASMP, since I attended it. I guess I would say the best part was running into old friends/classmates who I hadn't seen for quite awhile. I ran into random folks who I recognized outside the world of photography and made a connection. Ran into a photographer I interned with and made myself look bad. Of course, I can not forget everyone's favorite photography instructor from MCTC, JackMader.
This year, instead of having a meeting in an auditorium, they wanted to make it more hands on and fun for everyone, they made it into a workshop.
The workshop consisting of five stations:
(1) Digital Tech
(2) Transitioning from assistant to shooter
(3) Marketing yourself as an assistant/photographer
(4) Getting acquainted with with certain photo equipment
(5) Tethering from camera to computer
I thought learning about the job of a Digital Tech was the most effective station. They were the most in depth with the subject. They had good notes and referenced websites which we could go back to in the future. They presented a lot of info in a short amount of time, luckily I was already familiar with a lot of it: C1pro, color balance, backing up files, making proofs, contact sheets, knowing your keyboard short cuts, effective ways to edit your images with layers through Photoshop like: non-destructive editing, naming layers organizing layers and etc.
The least effective station was the "transitioning from assistant" to shooter. The photographers gave a brief run though of starting from assistant to photographer in one sentence. It was silent a lot of the time. I guess I was really disappointed with that station because they could have done a lot more with that. Maybe even have a few notes so that they knew what to say.
The marketing section reminded me to redo and print my promos: business cards, postcards and to rework my portfolio. I should also make some calls to a lot of studios if I want to work consistently as an assistant.
This is definitely good for students who do not know much about the business other than what they have learned in the classroom. The meeting in the auditorium was just as effective. It was probably less boring for the speakers and instead of presenting something five times, they would only have to do it once.
I guess another problem I had was being able to hear the lectures because in one studio, there were three workshops going on and in the other studio, there were two going on at once. Maybe I'm getting old and my ears are getting bad, I don't know, it is possible.
My original plan in posting this blog was to share what I learned at the workshop, but instead, I will just add some websites to refer to on the side under photo resources. I guess this is more of my opinion on my 3hours spent.
This year, instead of having a meeting in an auditorium, they wanted to make it more hands on and fun for everyone, they made it into a workshop.
The workshop consisting of five stations:
(1) Digital Tech
(2) Transitioning from assistant to shooter
(3) Marketing yourself as an assistant/photographer
(4) Getting acquainted with with certain photo equipment
(5) Tethering from camera to computer
I thought learning about the job of a Digital Tech was the most effective station. They were the most in depth with the subject. They had good notes and referenced websites which we could go back to in the future. They presented a lot of info in a short amount of time, luckily I was already familiar with a lot of it: C1pro, color balance, backing up files, making proofs, contact sheets, knowing your keyboard short cuts, effective ways to edit your images with layers through Photoshop like: non-destructive editing, naming layers organizing layers and etc.
The least effective station was the "transitioning from assistant" to shooter. The photographers gave a brief run though of starting from assistant to photographer in one sentence. It was silent a lot of the time. I guess I was really disappointed with that station because they could have done a lot more with that. Maybe even have a few notes so that they knew what to say.
The marketing section reminded me to redo and print my promos: business cards, postcards and to rework my portfolio. I should also make some calls to a lot of studios if I want to work consistently as an assistant.
This is definitely good for students who do not know much about the business other than what they have learned in the classroom. The meeting in the auditorium was just as effective. It was probably less boring for the speakers and instead of presenting something five times, they would only have to do it once.
I guess another problem I had was being able to hear the lectures because in one studio, there were three workshops going on and in the other studio, there were two going on at once. Maybe I'm getting old and my ears are getting bad, I don't know, it is possible.
My original plan in posting this blog was to share what I learned at the workshop, but instead, I will just add some websites to refer to on the side under photo resources. I guess this is more of my opinion on my 3hours spent.
2008/03/08
ASMP Meeting Boot Camp
I'm planning to go to this assistant meeting which is going on Tuesday night, I thought it would be good to inform those who may not know about it. Unfortunately I found out too late to submit something for 30@8x10.
(I copied this from their website)
March 11, 2008
Student and Assistant Boot Camp
Are you tough enough for this meeting?
Can you handle an intense learning experience guaranteed to pump up your carreer?
Well can you?
If you can handle a fun fact filled evening plan on coming to this one!
We are calling this meeting The Boot Camp. It’s going to be packed with useful need to know info and it’s presented in an all new format. We’ll have a half dozen stations set up and at each station an expert in the field will provide a 20 minute mini-session. Pick and choose your mini-sessions. Learn what you want when you want.
This is real life stuff presented by working shooters and assistants. No theory or academic exercises here. Just real life, real work and real world info that you will be expected to know and use everyday.
The mini-sessions will include:
• Marketing and Business practices
• Location digital tethering for DSLR’s
• Post capture workflow for raw files
• How to transition from assistant to shooter
• Everything you wanted to know about grip equipment
• Care and feeding of lighting gear
NOTE:This program is NOT associated with another fine program with a similar name. Photo Assistant Boot Camp® presented by the fine folks at PhotoAssistant.Net
As if all that wasn't enough, there’s more!! This year we will also be presenting the 3rd Annual 30@8x10 Student/Assistant Photo Exhibit a special juried exhibit exclusively for assistants and students. You’ve got to be in it, to win it. Check it out!
| Exhibit and Meeting: |
| Admission: | ASMP Members: Free Non-Members and Students: $5 |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, March 11, 2008 30@8x10 exhibiting and Social hour: 6:00 pm Presentation of certificates: 7:00 pm Boot Camp Begins!: 7:15 pm |
| Location: | Orbit Studios 3805 Washington Av N Mpls, MN. 55412 Map |
2008/03/06
I love Flickr
So I entered a contest in the Twin Cities flickr group and won first prize
for this photo. The theme was winter. This is very exciting for me, though
I will not be receiving anything for it, it's nice to be loved.
I will not be receiving anything for it, it's nice to be loved.
2008/03/01
Bi Cicle Race 08
This is old news but since we are on the subject of the Art Shanty Projects...
I was part organizing the Bi cicle race this year. It's the first year and hopefully it will keep going. It was a great event. I'll keep you posted for next year.
introducing....
Hello! I'm france flick.
I just wanna say I can't believe that I'm blogging. I have always thought of it as being sorta lame. Then I realized that blogging could be a great resource. I thought blogging was people just talking about his/herself but through internet searching for various info, I realized that I was being directed to someones personal blog. I also had to look myself up at the Snap Shot Shanty blog site, for the Art Shanty Projects(www.artshantyprojects.org). I thought it was such a great idea, it brought about other ideas for myself. Actually I'm not quite sure what I'm doing yet but it will definately be photo related.
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