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From Space to Place

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:09:03 GMT

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

White Cactus Documentary

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:32:42 GMT

In December 1991, my father, Jairo Enrique Arzayus, was arrested in Trenton, NJ, for the possession of twelve million dollars worth of cocaine. A judge called him a kingpin of the Cali Cartel, a major Colombian criminal organization that distributed cocaine all along the Eastern Seaboard. He was given a sentence of 20 years to life in federal prison. That night changed both of our lives and our family forever. A part of me was incredulous. “My dad was the head of the Cali Cartel,” I’d often repeat to myself. It was like finding out that your dad was Jessie James. Instantly, there was a constant media frenzy assaulting our daily lives. We were famous, but also poor once again. The FBI seized the restaurant, our two houses, and five cars.

[i]White Cactus[/i] is a documentary exploring a multitude of complex issues that arose from our abnormal family life and my father’s arrest.

This documentary has been shot in three primary locations – Minneapolis, New Jersey, and Colombia. It integrates my memories from the past with my new discoveries and experiences, illustrating the ever-shifting interplay between the lies and the reality of what actually occurred during my childhood.

We just launched our kickstarter campaign until June 20th 2013http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whitecactusmovie/white-cactus-daughter-of-a-colombia-drug-lord

Our website is WhiteCactusMovie.com

White Cactus Documentary

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:32:57 GMT

[i]White Cactus[/i] is a documentary exploring a multitude of complex issues that arose from our abnormal family life and my father’s arrest.

We just launched our kickstarter campaign until June 20th 2013http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whitecactusmovie/white-cactus-daughter-of-a-colombia-drug-lord

Our website is WhiteCactusMovie.com

image: Kickstarter for White Cactus

Casket Arts First Thursday Open Studios

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:48:26 GMT

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

Arts by the River

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:00:44 GMT

Mark your calendars: Arts by the River – Fine Art & Music Festival – June 8 & 9, 2013! [b]Entry deadline[/b]:Postmarked by April 1, 2013. Arts by the River in Mankato is an art and music festival dedicated to bringing fine arts to the forefront of the Southern Minnesota region. Located in the beautiful and recently completed Riverfront Park, Arts by the River will bring together the community with the opportunity to view and purchase a wide variety of fine arts, experience artist demonstrations, listen to live music performances in the Vetter Stone Amphitheatre and enjoy fabulous food and drink vendors. There will also be an area for children’s activities to keep the whole family entertained. Arts by the River is a collaborative festival of Twin Rivers Council for the Arts, KMSU, the Verizon Wireless Center and the City of Mankato. [b]Application[/b]:All artists must submit a completed and signed application with Release and Waiver, accompanied by a $20.00 payment for the non-refundable jury fee. Make checks payable to Twin Rivers Council for the Arts. [b]Booth fe[/b]e:$100 for 10' x 10' space. Any submitted booth fees will be returned if your application is not accepted. [b]Tent Rental Fee[/b]:Arts by the River has a limited supply of 10’ x 10’ white canopy tents available for a $40 rental fee. They will be provided by request in the order of applications received and artists will be notified with their jury results. If supplies run out, those who do not receive tents will receive a fee refund. Tents must be requested with the application; they will not be available the day of the event. [b]Images[/b]:All artists must include four (4) photos or digital images (no slides) representative of the work to be exhibited. It is preferred that one image should be of their display booth completely set-up. (Each photo/image must be labeled with the artist’s name and medium and must be representative of the work that will be displayed). All photos/images will be retained by Arts by the River. [b]For Digital Images[/b]: Submit CD

CD identified: artist’s full name, image identification numbers, medium

Image attachments: unaltered, 300 dpi jpg or pdf (image size no larger than 3” x 5”)

Images in proper position for viewing

Image file names: artist’s first, middle and last initial and correlating image number (Example: Jane Ann Doe’s images: JAD001, JAD002, etc.

[b]Notification[/b]:All artists must include a self addressed stamped envelope (legal size #10, first class postage) for jury results.

Lind Bohanon Home and Art Fair

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:53:28 GMT

[b]Seeking Talent Artists for Premiere Home and Art Fair [/b] We’re currently looking for art exhibitors to showcase their work to help us create a unique event promoting the positive local community. For a flat fee this year of $25, artists will have a 10′ x 10′ exhibit space to showcase their talent and work at this year’s premiere Lind Bohanon Home and Art Fair. We will be located inside Jenny Lind Elementary School Gym, (5025 Bryant Ave N). Once that’s full we will make other arrangements. We are excited to have Magnet Productions of HGTV and DIY television shows “I Hate My Kitchen” and “I Hate My Bathroom” attending this year’s event looking for their next home project! The event will be promoted on KMOJ, Startribune, Camdenews, and social media! We have many home improvement and local community vendors participating as well! Artists information will be printed and promoted in our available media. We’d love to add your exhibit booth to the growing list of participants to help us showcase all the best the Camden community and Northside have to offer! Hurry and register today! Got questions? Contact us at info@lindbohanonhomeandartfair.com or 612-588-7641. [b][url=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ydy_pvojMX6ThxrfHu2PD1rmXYZERJFFnqye3SgW7ms/viewform][color=#993300]Please fill out this registration form by May 15th, 2013[/color][/url] [/b] [b]Because we want to ensure a wide variety of art mediums artist selections will be made by the committee and notification will be made by May 20th, 2013. Thank You![/b]

Jazz88 presents: A Weaving of Traditions

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:57:38 GMT

Jazz has long been recognized as America’s original musical art form. However, predating jazz, there was another form of music rooted in this land—that of the Native Americans. Jazz88 presents a new project that explores the roots of American Music, intertwining both music styles. [b][i]A Weaving of Traditions,[/i][/b] an evening of Native American music and interpretation, is created by Minnesota musician and Native American flutist Bobb Fantauzzo and his group JazZen. Accompanying the group will be Lyz Jaakola, who provides traditional Anishinaabe vocals and percussion. It is an eclectic mix of the traditional and the untraditional, the conventional and the unconventional, the past and the present. This performance will be recorded and will be made available online and accessible to everyone at [url=http://www.jazz88fm.com]www.jazz88fm.com[/url].

The Thousandfold Principle/Jeremy Szopinski

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:48:22 GMT

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

The Bite of Park Rapids - Food & Art Fair

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:54:20 GMT

Dear Regional Artist: The Park Rapids Downtown Business Association (PRDBA) is planning a juried Art Fair in conjunction with our 3rd Annual Bite of Park Rapids Sunday, July 14. The Bite of Park Rapids has proven to be a successful event drawing hundreds of visitors to Downtown Park Rapids to try tempting treats prepared by our local restaurants, live music, a beer garden, inflatable park, face painting, caricatures and food races. The Park Rapids Downtown Business Association is committed to growing this event and to support it with extensive marketing and advertising. The Park Rapids area draws thousands of summer visitors and seasonal residents who enjoy our lakes and rich cultural traditions every year. Located 20 miles from Itasca State Park, the community is the one most closely associated with the crown jewel of Minnesota’s state parks. The Bite of Park Rapids is one of a number of events helping the PRDBA meet the goal of creating a vibrant downtown. We understand artists work hard to find new audiences for their work and do a lot of traveling. It may be helpful to know there is a Downtown Art Fair Saturday, July 13 in Grand Rapids, MN and that Park Rapids is less than two hours away. Thank you for your interest and please feel free to contact us with any questions or to receive the event application by email or mail. Thank you! Molly Luther - 218-237-4212 LuAnn Hurd-Lof - luann47@gmail.com

application: Juried Artist Application

IFP Spring 2013 Film Classes

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:55:37 GMT

Independent Filmmaker Project Minnesota offers a wide range of beginning to advanced courses in filmmaking, including screenwriting, digital film production, cinematography, editing, animation, visual effects, and sound design. For the full schedule and registration info, visit www.ifpmn.org/classes.

video: IFP's Intro to Digital Filmmaking Course