Artist Opportunities

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CALL FOR ARTISTS: The American Craft Council is now taking applications from artists and craftspeople interested in showing and selling their work in the 2011 craft show season

Deadline: July 25

CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Rochester Art Center seeks Plein Air painters for the August ARTWALK festival

Deadline: If interested, complete the registration form by July 29

CALL FOR ARTISTS: The 2010 Art and All that Jazz Festival is now accepting applications from all artists (18 years of age or older) interested in displaying and selling their artwork at the fest.

Deadline: July 27

CALL FOR DESIGNERS: SCENEaSOTA currently seeks talented runway designers to be showcased at this year's SCENEaSOTA 2010, which will take place on Saturday, November 6th. SCENEaSOTA represents a cross section of Twin Cities artistic talent.

Deadline: July 30

CALL FOR ACTORS: Play by Play Theatre Bookstore invites actors to join THEATEROPOLIS - a jam-packed week-long celebration of Twin Cities Theatre July 27 to August 2.

Theateropolis runs from July 27 – August 1 and actors are seen on a first come, first serve basis

CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Rossmor building is seeking artists interested in participating in the October 8, 9 & 10th, 2010 St. Paul Art Crawl; work will be exhibited in the Rossmor building public spaces

Deadline: August 6

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Skewed Visions seeks proposals for audio/visual work to be included in the second season of its ongoing podcast series, Cubicle2: On the Internet, Nobody Knows

Deadline: August 16

CALL FOR ARTISTS: Rasmussen College in Lake Elmo/Woodbury is accepting applications for their exhibition What is your Cultural Legacy? The exhibit will be dedicated to local artists that communicate their cultural heritage in any form or media.

The exhibit will run from July 13 – August 26 and will be accepting applications throughout its run

CALL FOR ARTISTS: Call for artists for the 2010 Arrowhead Biennial Exhibition

Deadline: August 20

CALL FOR ARTISTS: Minnesota Center for Book Arts is now accepting applications for Series III of the MCBA/Jerome Foundation Book Arts Mentorship program

Deadline: September 3

CALL FOR FILMMAKERS: The Fresh Filmmakers production grant will facilitate the production of one short narrative film (ten minutes or less) directed by a filmmaker who has been making films for no more than five years

Deadline: September 13

CALL FOR ARTISTS: Minnetonka Center for the Arts' Art of the Holidays juried art show and sale invites submissions of work from local artists

Deadline: September 24

NEWS: Five Minnesotan writers of color receive the Jerome Foundation's "Many Voices" fellowships: Lisa Brimmer, Reginald Edmund, Kathryn Haddad, Shira Naharit, and Eric "Pogi" Sumangil

Little Cabins in the Woods

Camille LeFevre muses on the distinctly Scandinavian architectural and cultural sensibilities behind the summer houses featured in the American Swedish Institute show, My Paradise: Finnish and Finnish-American Summer Architecture.

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Related exhibition details:

My Paradise: Finnish and Finnish-American Summer Architecture is on view through October 10 at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis.

Credit: Raili Pietilä outside her sauna. (Photo by Jari Jetsonen)

Transformations in Progress

Lightsey Darst weighs in on the premieres recently offered up by the 2008/09 McKnight Artist Fellows in dance in the McKnight SOLO show: Mary Ann Bradley, Sam Feipl, Kats D Fukasawa, Justin Leaf, Karen Sherman, and Roxanne Wallace-Patterson.

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Noted performance details:

SOLO: Premiere performances by the recipients of the 2008-2009 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Dancers - on stage at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis July 8-11. The 2008-2009 McKnight dance fellows include: Mary Ann Bradley, Sam Feipl, Kats D Fukasawa, Justin Leaf, Karen Sherman, and Roxanne Wallace-Patterson.

Credit: 2008-09 McKnight Artist Fellow for Dance, Kats D Fukasawa (Photo courtesy of Subody Butoh School Himalaya)

The Summer of Camp

Writer and actor Sheila Regan responds to the Jungle's new production of Charles Ludlam's camp classic, The Mystery of Irma Vep. She calls it "part Monty Python, part Punch and Judy, raucous and smart."

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Noted performance details:

The Mystery of Irma Vep, written by Charles Ludlam and directed by Joel Sass, starring Steven Epp and Bradley Greenwald, will be on stage at the Jungle Theater through August 1.

Credit: Steven Epp (L) and Bradley Greenwald (R) in The Mystery of Irma Vep (Photo by Michal Daniels)

Ampers Sampler (July 2010)

Ampers is a collection of 12 Minnesota community or university-based radio stations, including KMOJ in Minneapolis and KSRQ in Thief River Falls. We asked Ampers staffer Todd Melby to choose ten highlights from the organization's new online database of audio features – he says choosing just ten from among the abundance of available programs was particularly tough. After all, there are more than 750 stories, documentaries, and live concerts streaming on the new Ampers website, which features audio produced by member stations. With help from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, Ampers' producers have been eavesdropping on artists, recording the sounds of their instruments and just getting out and meeting interesting people. By way of introduction to this fantastic new arts information resource, mnartists.org will be featuring a sampler of ten stories from Ampers each month.

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