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In this issue: Milestones
This week's access+ENGAGE - our 100th issue of the e-journal, if you can believe it! - features two particularly insightful essays: a conversation between artist and writer Ann Klefstad and independent curator Patricia Briggs on the complex weave of relationships, light and dark, that make a family, and an essay by Andy Sturdevant reflecting on the lifespan of the upstart art 'zine, ARP!
PLUS: Community Supported Art (CSA) is taking artist submissions for season two of the popular program
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Artist Opportunities
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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: Call for artists for the 2010 Arrowhead Biennial Exhibition
Deadline: August 20
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The St Catherine Choral Society seeks experienced singers from the community to audition at the St Catherine University; the Society is a large mixed chorus, which combines St Catherine University students, faculty, staff and experienced singers from the community in performances of symphonic choral works
Deadline: Friday, August 13
CALL FOR PERFORMERS: “America's Got Talent” is holding a private audition in Minneapolis, and producers are looking for acrobats, dancers, magicians, singers, etc - artists auditioning must send necessary info prior to audition
Audition will be held Saturday, August 14
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Cult Status Gallery is looking for local artists and artisans for their 1st Annual Art and Flea Market to be held in the gallery's parking lot
The art/flea market takes place August 14 & 15
CALL FOR DANCERS: The Paramount Rehearsal Arts Theater seeks male and female dancers (18+) trained in various styles of jazz, modern, and ballet
Auditions will be held Sunday, August 15
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Minneapolis Monarch Festival is looking for visual artists – preference given to those who have a Mexican/Latino connection – for the festival celebrating monarch butterflies to be held September 11 at Lake Nokomis
Deadline: Sunday, August 15
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The CoolClimate Art Contest is looking for artists who explore our relationship with the climate – from clean energy jobs to pollution-free oceans -- to be part of the first online art contest exploring climate change in its many forms, how it is impacting our lives and what can be done to ensure a sustainable future
Deadline: Monday, August 23
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Duluth Seaway Port Authority calendar is looking for area artists and photographers to submit captivating images of vessels or vistas that highlight the working Port of Duluth-Superior
Deadline: Tuesday, August 31
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Visual Arts Minnesota and US Bank of St Cloud are looking for local artists for the Artists Annual Community Art Show 2010 on September 17 in downtown St Cloud
Deadline: Friday, September 3
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Minnesota Center for Book Arts is now accepting applications for Series III of the MCBA/Jerome Foundation Book Arts Mentorship program Selected artists receive a $1,500 stipend, three months of book arts training, free tuition for up to three additional workshops, one-on-one consultation with a master artist mentor, and more
Deadline: Friday, September 3
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Minnesota History Center is looking for people of all ages and experience levels – from novice to professional – to submit films about the turbulent era – 1968 Films must be 10 minutes or less
Deadline: Friday, September 10
CALL FOR FILMMAKERS: The Fresh Filmmakers Production Grant is looking for short narrative films from local filmmakers who have been making films for no more than five years. The winning filmmaker will receive a $1,000 stipend, mentorship by some of Minnesota's most accomplished filmmakers, professional services from casting through distribution, and high-end camera and equipment rental
Deadline: Monday, September 13
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The 18th Annual Women's Art Festival is looking for women artists in all categories of media for the Women's Art Festival
Deadline: Wednesday, September 15
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Lili, a contemporary salon in Minnetonka, is looking for submissions from both emerging and established artists for 2D and 3D pieces - all artwork must be original and current, created within the past two years
Ongoing
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Public Art Saint Paul, a non-profit arts organization, is seeking a consultant to develop a public art plan for the Central Corridor that connects the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota
Ongoing
Artists, want to pad your resume? Continuing its artistic relationship, 1419 and Art of This present an all-inclusive exhibition featuring any artist who wants to install a piece of their work between 12 pm and 12 am |
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All in the Family
Ann Klefstad ruminates on an intriguing new family-themed exhibition at the Tweed Museum in Duluth: You and Yours, a curatorial project by Patricia Briggs, with work drawn from contemporary art in the Tweed's permanent collection.
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Related exhibition details:
You and Yours: Images of Family, a curatorial project by Patricia Briggs with work drawn from the Tweed Museum of Art's permanent collection. The exhibition will be on view through October 17 at the Tweed Museum in Duluth.
Credit: Xavier Tavera, from the Tierra Atras series of photographs (Courtesy of the Tweed Museum of Art and Patricia Briggs) |
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This is the End
Andy Sturdevant offers a fond farewell to the spunky DIY arts 'zine, ARP!, with an essay tracing its short history, its influences and intentions, and the mag's central place in the Twin Cities contemporary art scene of the late 2000s.
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Related links and information:
Copies of the final, paperback-bound double-issue of ARP! are available at www.artreviewandpreview.org for $12 each. Back issues can be found in PDF format for free on the website, as well.
Tiff Hockin and Ariel Pate, the editors of ARP!, have already begun a new venture, Hot of The (H.O.T.), a pop-up publishing house in The Soap Factory in northeast Minneapolis. For twenty-two days, the editors will be in-residence, taking submissions, editing works, and printing and binding books. Anyone may submit a manuscript. As many as forty works will be published over the course of the project. All materials chosen for publication will be published in editions of ten and will be for sale in the gallery." H.O.T. will be up and running through August 22.
Credit: Photo courtesy of ARP! |
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Reading the Multiverse
Lightsey Darst gives a playful but close reading of the recent dance performances at the Southern by Chris Yon (The Infinite Multiverse) and Johanna Meyer and Judy Bauerlein (Stroll).
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Noted performance details:
Johanna Meyer and Judy Bauerlein's Stroll and Chris Yon's The Infinite Multiverse was on stage at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis July 22-24.
Credit: Justin Jones, Kristin Van Loon, and Taryn Griggs in The Infinite Multiverse (Photo: Chris Yon) |
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mnLIT presents: Annie Baxter
Annie Baxter's winning poem, The Buildup, inaugurates the 2010 publication season of mnLIT. Baxter's piece was selected as a What Light winner by writer Sandi Wisenberg. Look for more of the new crop of mnLIT winners' pieces to be published on mnartists.org, two pieces per month through April 2010.
Read The Buildup by Annie Baxter >>
See the full list of 2010 mnLIT-winning poets and writers >> |
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Some Assembly Required (July 2010)
Some Assembly Required has spent the bulk of the summer replaying some of its better interview episodes, including conversations with artists such as John Oswald, The Tape-beatles, and The Evolution Control Committee. Most recently we've featured our 2007 and 2002 interviews with RX Music and Wobbly.
Start listening >> |
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| Classes and Workshops |
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Drawing Club with mnartists.org
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, August 5, 7, 12, 19
CLASS: Artist Way Experiential – a 12-week class based on Julia Cameron's classic book
Casket Arts Carriage House, Minneapolis, through August 15
CLASS: Beginning Floor Loom I – learn the fundamentals of basic weaving
Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Minneapolis, August 6-8
CLASS: Nature Printing with Sue Filbin
Wet Paint: Artists' Materials & Framing, August 14
CLASS: Kids & Paint Camp – fun-filled painting for K-6
Great River Arts Association Gallery, Little Falls, August 16-20 |
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Music | Video | Film |
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The Vintage Band Festival –big-band era sounds and sights
Northfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, Northfield, August 5-8
Opera Buffet presents: Inside the Kaleidoscope - opera variety show including electronic music and video projection
Ritz Theater, Minneapolis, August 7-14
Four Nights in Loring Park – "local bands, local films," including performances by Mayda and the Marijuana Deathsquads (featuring P.O.S. and members of Gayngs)
Loring Park, Minneapolis, August 10 & 17
MN Film Arts presents the Twin Cities Polish Film Fest - seven nights of award-winning Polish Films (in conjunction with the TC Polish Festival)
St. Anthony Main Theatre, Minneapolis, August 13-19
Pine City native Zach Hammill to screen his film, The Language of Freedom
Pine Center for the Arts, Pine City, August 14
Concerts in the Park presents singer/songwriter Dan Wolfe
Maple Island Park, Little Falls, August 15
Bridge Chamber Music Festival
St. Olaf and Carleton College, Northfield, August 15, 19 & 22
The first annual Nordeast Music Festival – with performances by The Hopefuls, the Mighty Mofos, and Haley Bonar, among others
Ritz Theater, Minneapolis, August 20-22 |
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| Lectures, Symposia & Literary Events |
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Red76 Surplus Seminar- construct a schoolhouse with improvised techniques and using scrap materials alongside members of this national network of artists and activists
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, through August 8
National Poetry Slam
Multiple venues, Saint Paul, through August 7
Location – Volume Two by Adam Caillier and Michael Mott
Location Books, Minneapolis, August 14
Lao American Writers Summit
The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis, August 13-15
Reading: Andrew Bacevich, author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War
Magers & Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, August 18
Reading: journalist Joe Flood tells the story of The Fires: How a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York City--and Determined the Future of Cities
Magers & Quinn, Minneapolis, August 12
Design Conversations at the W Hotel: @Issue design director and editor, Kit Hinrichs and Delphine Hirsuna
W Minneapolis – The Foshay Tower, Minneapolis, August 19
Press! - a TalkingImageConnection event: writers George and Heidi Farrah, David Lawrence Grant, Satish Jayaraj, Kate Kysar and Beth Mayer read stories and poems inspired by H.O.T., a pop up publishing house at the Soap Factory facilitated by Tiff Hockin and Ariel Pate of ARP!
The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, August 20
Kids Super Summer Book Sale – hundreds of kids' books, all priced at 50-cents
Minneapolis Central Library, Minneapolis, August 21
Hot Off The is a literary and visual art project by Tiff Hockin and Ariel Pate, of Art Review and Preview (ARP!), "driven by a desire to bring the written word back into concrete form, to remember books as objects, and to democratically encourage would-be authors to publish their work"
The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, through August 22 |
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| Festivals & Special Events |
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Uptown Art Fair
Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, August 6 & 7
Loring Park Art Festival
Loring Park, Minneapolis, August 7 & 8
Powderhorn Art Fair
Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, August 7 & 8
Fabulosity – an extravaganza of boutique fashion and pampering to benefit MOCA Minnesota (an informational resources for survivors of ovarian cancer)
W Hotel, Minneapolis, August 7
Community Collaboration/Hot Metal Pour
Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, August 7 A weeklong "Naughtybilly Hoedown" – including a gathering of the "Sleaze Book Club," erotic art, sexy story & limerick day, and more at Storefront-in-a-Box, presented by Courtney McLean and the Dirty Curls
Storefront-in-a-Box, Minneapolis, through August 9
Art-Swap-in-a-Box – by the folks behind the Art Swap Shanty, swap your old art with someone else's for just $2
Storefront-in-a-Box, Minneapolis, August 11-15
A Night of Art and Burlesque – 30 artists with work on the theme "Strip Down Your Art!"
Lyric Living at Carlton Place, Saint Paul, August 14
mnartists.org Field Day
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, August 19
ARTigras – Rochester's daylong arts celebration
Rochester Art Center, Rochester, August 21 & 22
Hmong Arts and Music Festival - “A Hmong Us”
Western Sculpture Park, Saint Paul, August 21
Art and All That Jazz Festival
Nicollet Commons Park, Burnsville, August 21
Art in Bayfront Park
Bayfront Park, Duluth, August 21 & 22
The Common Room returns! Join in on a month-long series of small, interactive gatherings and performances
The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, through August 27 |
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Minnesota Fringe Festival – 169 plays, 19 venues
Twin Cities venues, August 5 – 13
Sandbox Theatre Fifth Anniversary Party
Red Eye Theater, Minneapolis, August 21
Twin Cities Theater Stories
Pillsbury House Theatre, Minneapolis, August 6 & 7
Where's My Tony? - a new spoof cabaret celebrating both Broadway musicals and the categories you really want to see performed at the annual awards show, written by local actors Josh Campbell and Whitney Rhodes
Hennepin Stages Theatre, Minneapolis, August 9
Wicked – the touring Broadway production returns to the Twin Cities by popular demand
Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, August 11-September 19
Sawdust: "fame, fortune, glitz, grit" from North America's largest youth performing arts circus
Circus Juventas Big Top, Saint Paul, through August 15
Nature - TigerLion Arts presents a world premiere "walking play" grounded in the story of Emerson and Thoreau’s friendship
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, August 19-September 5
Tales of Hoffman: A Picnic Operetta – in a unique marriage of the theatrical arts and the sustainable foods movement, Mixed Precipitation presents Jacques Offenbach's masterpiece
Various Locations, Minneapolis, August 21-September 26
The Scottsboro Boys – with a score by Broadway's legendary songwriting team Kander & Ebb
Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, through September 25 |
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| Visual Arts |
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China in Transition by Dan Dennehy-Guizhou & Fortune by Priscilla Briggs - opening reception
IFP Minnesota Center for Media Arts, Minneapolis, August 6
Ghost Story - a one-night exhibition featuring the work of local artists Beth Barnes, TJ Barnes, Megan Vossler, Crystal Quinn as well as show organizers John Fleischer and Ruben Nusz
Art of This Gallery, Minneapolis, August 7
Landscapes and abstracts by Stephen Capiz
Burnsville Performing Arts Center, Burnsville, August 12-September 18
Sticky Sweet – an exhibition by Rudy Fig and Jeff Warner, both of whom work in the Pop Surrealist vein
Gallery at Fox Tax, Minneapolis, August 13-September 3
Big Blaq – The End of Acquiesence art exhibition
Grain Mill Building, Saint Paul, August 13-20
Discard by Dane Johnson
XY and Z Gallery, Minneapolis, August 13-September 16
New works by Roxanne Jackson and Pam Valfer
Art of this Gallery, Minneapolis, August 13
New Work by Matthew Holm
Jungle Red, Minneapolis, August 14
Street Art – the Art of the People
The ColorWheel Gallery, Minneapolis, August 15
2009-10 McKnight Visual Artists Fellowship Exhibition
Minneapolis College of Art + Design, Minneapolis, closing August 13
Life + Light by Jim Grafsgaard and Charles Matson Lume
Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, Saint Paul, closing August 12
The Talent Show - ending soon
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, closing August 15
The B-Girl Be visual art exhibition, Sideshow, opening reception - seven Twin Cities-based artists use the distinct aesthetics of hip-hop to mirror, stencil, sketch, paint and project a multi-dimensional landscape and interactive game gallery exploring power, self, identity, and sexuality
Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, August 19 (7 pm), on view through September 18 |
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