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June 2021
Sparklers at NE Sculpture | Gallery Factory
NE Sculpture Gallery Factory presents SPARKLERS, a group exhibition featuring Mary Johnson, Mariah Laster, Todd A. Shanafelt, and Pocket Toscani. Opening reception: Join us at Gallery Factory on Friday, June 25, 7 - 9pm for the opening reception of SPARKLERS and festivities in the Sculpture Quad. Music curated by Philippe Gallandat. Join the WOW Mobile Metal Lab to pour your own lead-free pewter sparkler or Black Cat sculpture souvenir! Turn your artwork into a ring, bolo tie, pendant, key chain, cufflinks, or belt buckle. Suggested donation $5-20. All ages.…
Find out more »Structure + Connection at Kolman & Pryor Gallery
Practicing within the same natural medium, encaustic or beeswax, with a visual language inspired by nature’s forms, gallery artist, Jodi Reeb, and guest artist, Dietlind Vander Schaaf of Portland, Maine, depart from each other and the traditions of encaustic painting in new work presented in Structure + Connection at Kolman & Pryor Gallery.
Find out more »Intro to Polymer clay class
This Intro to Polymer Clay class is a great way to relax with colored clay and learn magical techniques.
Find out more »July 2021
Northeast Calendar call for art
The call for art is open for the 2022 Northeast Calendar, coordinated by the Northeast CDC d/b/a Minneapolis Arts District. Images are sought that represent Northeast in various ways and seasons. The deadline is Sunday, Sept. 12. All art mediums are welcome, submitted through print-ready digital images. Artists/photographers are invited to include brief background on what inspired the image and where in Northeast it was made. “We are looking for active, colorful, beautiful and/or funny images that bring cheer and…
Find out more »lately ii at CIRCA Gallery
CIRCA Gallery debuts lately ii, the second of CIRCA’s bi-annual group shows featuring work from their roster of artists. The online show is featured until August 25 at circagallery.org. The gallery recommends viewing the show on a large screen such as a computer or tablet for optimal viewing. lately ii includes new and otherwise contemporary artwork from the gallery’s collection. Highlights include new gestural work from Margaret Fitzgerald, precise and vibrant acrylic painting from Ann Ledy (New York, NY), and…
Find out more »Beginner Stained Glass Class – Sun Catcher
Learn how to use glass cutting tools and techniques for cutting glass. Next, choose one of three patterns for your suncatcher and cut the glass pieces for your project (lots of colors and textures to choose). Once you have learned how to apply the copper foil to the glass pieces, you will heat up soldering irons and assemble suncatchers. After soldering, you will apply patina to the solder seams. The class wraps up with polishing our suncatchers. At this point…
Find out more »August 2021
Events at Northrup King Building
First Thursday: Aug. 5: First Thursdays are a particularly good time to visit artists, discuss their creative processes, and take home those pieces you’ve been eyeing. The building will be open from 5-9 pm. NKB Summer Sizzle: A special 10-hour open studio event on Saturday, Aug. 7, 10 am-8 pm. Food trucks will be on site. They are flinging the studio doors wide (got to capture that breeze) and the artists are sharing their newest and hottest work. Jewelry, painting,…
Find out more »Pop Up Palette Party
A wide range of media including Painting, ceramics, photography, wearable art, mixed media, sculpture and fine art quilting will be exhibited and for sale.
Find out more »Immersive Van Gogh
"Immersive Van Gogh" takes the Dutch artist's paintings and projects them on the floors, walls, and ceilings at Lighthouse Minneapolis, 1515 Central Avenue NE. Exhibit visitors will be immersed in 60,600 frames of video, 90,000,000 pixels, and 500,000+ cubic feet of projections, and curated selections from Van Gogh's 2000+ lifetime catalog of masterpieces. Designed and conceived by Massimiliano Siccardi, with soundtrack by Luca Longobardi, who both pioneered immersive digital art experiences in France. Show runs through Oct. 31. Times change weekly.…
Find out more »Hold Your Hand Out in the Dark
Dreamsong, a new contemporary art gallery at 1237 4th St NE, presents "Hold Your Hand Out in the Dark," works by Lee Noble, through Oct. 2; opening reception Aug. 19, 5-8 pm. Littered with masked intruders, retrospectively poetic B-movie titles, and eerily magnified CCTV footage, transitory figures appear in Lee Noble’s paintings like missing person posters on a coin laundromat’s bulletin board. Born in Nashville, Tenn., to a nurse and a songwriter, he is currently based in Minneapolis where he…
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