The Altered Esthetics Film Festival presents its 5th season at Strike Theater, 824 18th Ave NE, May 31-June 2 with screenings, performances, and discussions. Each year a theme is selected based upon trends noticed in the selected submissions. This year’s theme, Force Majeure, brings a wide variety of moving-image-based works together to push the bounds of expanded cinema. The festival screens local, national, and international artists. Altered Esthetics is a volunteer-driven nonprofit. Strike Theater is ADA accessible. This event is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. For more information, full schedule, and tickets, visit alteredesthetics.org
Art
Red Hot Love Cast Metal Sculpture for Valentine’s Day
Create, learn and have fun with your Valentine through the transformative process of cast metal sculpture. Sara Hanson is offering a class for couples at her studio The Metal Shoppe, 2919 Como Ave. SE, on Saturday, Feb. 11, 1-4:30 p.m. Design and sculpt a cast metal sculpture for your Valentine while they create theirs for you. Together you will learn how to carve into sand molds, pour metal and clean up your artwork. All ages and experience levels are welcome. For more information and to register, go to sarahansonwow.com/adult. $100 per couple.
Wintertide, a Biennial Juried Art Exhibition
Wintertide is a biennial juried exhibition produced by Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA), facilitated by Public Functionary, and graciously supported by the Cedarwoods foundation. Wintertide was created to highlight NEMAA member artists’ high level of professional artistic capability. In addition to selecting the artists in the Biennial, the jurors will award a total of $12,500 in cash prizes that will be presented at the opening reception. Vote for your favorite for “Audience Choice,” announced at the closing reception.
The exhibit will take place at the Public Functionary, 1400 12 Ave. NE. Exhibit Dates/Hours: Opening Reception/Prizes Awarded: Saturday, Jan. 28, 7-11 p.m.; Exhibit Dates: Saturday, Jan. 28-Saturday, Feb. 11. Gallery Hours: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays: Noon-6 p.m. Special extended evening hours on Friday, Feb. 10, 7-11 p.m. For more information call 612-788-1679.
“Forty Years” works created by Aldo Moroni
Northeast Minneapolis resident, Aldo Moroni is celebrating his 40th year as a professional fine artist by presenting a collection of 40 works of art. The exhibit will include ceramic wall sculptures that light up, a collection of free standing ceramic garden sculptures, and a very large ten foot long, four foot tall ceramic mountain scape populated with hundreds of small scale buildings. This work will be under construction throughout the show run. The mountain scape is titled, “The Wrath of Vanity.” Moroni will be on site between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through Friday as he creates this massive work. The opening reception will be Wednesday, Jan. 25, 4-9 p.m. at the ChinDian Cafe, 1500 East Hennepin Ave. There will be courtesy appetizers and a cash bar. The exhibit will run from Wednesday, Jan. 25-Wednesday, Feb. 15. Monday-Thursday: 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., and 4:30-8 p.m.; Friday: 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., and 4:30-9 p.m.; Saturday: 5-9 p.m.; and Sunday: Closed.
Moroni will also have a one hour discussion with images of his 40 year experience in the art world, Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 2-3 p.m. And on Tuesday, Feb. 14 he will be hosting a Valentines singles night party (couples welcome too) from 5-9 p.m. Dinner reservations, call 612-676-1818. All events will be at the ChinDian Cafe. For images and more information contact Moroni, 612-806-7719. Admission is free and family friendly.
Gallery 427 presents: Humor Me
It is an interesting thing to look at how seriously the art world takes itself. To address the critique that the art world takes itself too seriously, Gallery 427, Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson St. NE, #427, presents five artists: Heather Renaux, Jocelyn Bullock, Michaela Chorn, James Powell, and Darrell Hagan, who consistently employ humor as an overt, rather than a subtle or veiled strategy in their work. By using humor, these artists can break down a viewer’s resistance, perform an end-run around reason, and create a receptive climate for the delivery of impassioned, provocative, or subversive messages. Opening reception: Saturday, Jan. 21, 7-10 p.m. Closing reception: Thursday, Feb. 2, 5-9 p.m. Show runs through Feb. 4. For more information call 612-379-2237, or visit gallery427.com.
Northrup King Nights
The Northrup King Building, in the heart of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, is showcasing over 30 open studios and several art gallery openings during a star filled brisk winter evening. Art, entertainment, culture, and so much more, all under one warm and cozy roof. Plenty of parking will be available. The event will be Saturday, Jan. 21, 6-10 p.m at the Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson St. NE. For information call, 612-363-5612 or email info@northrupking.com.
Benedictine Center Issues Call to Artists
The Benedictine Center is issuing a call to Minnesota artists to participate in its sixth annual Juried Art Show planned for Jan. 25-March 1. The show originated in Northeast by Nick and Rosemary Heille before they retired and found a new home for it. For the first time, it is accepting submissions from young people (Grades 9-12). Submissions are due Jan. 11. Awards totaling $525 will be distributed to the top winners. According to Sam Rahberg, director of the Center, awards for the Adult Division total $375 ($150 for first place, $125 for second, $100 for third). Awards for the Youth Division are as follows: $75 for first place, $50 for second, $25 for third. Awards will be announced at the official reception on January 25. Called “Seeing God,” Juried Art Show provides a venue for artists who think deeply about their work and whose creativity helps viewers experience the Divine. Contest rules, guidelines and entry forms, can be found on www.stpaulsmonastery.org. Click on the Benedictine Center tab and then “Art & Spirituality.” Or call 651-777-7251 or email: benedictinecenter@stpaulsmonastery.org. The Benedictine Center is a ministry of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Paul’s Monastery, which is located at 2675 Benet Road in Maplewood.
Zoetic-Our Cumulative Legacy Exhibit
The Women’s Art Resource of Minnesota (WARM) invites you to join them at the Robbin Gallery in Robbinsdale, MN for their newest exhibit, Zoetic: Our cumulative Legacy. The artists involved in this project were asked to respond to the last election. The exhibit runs from Jan. 5–28 at the Robbin Gallery, 4915 42nd Ave. North, Robbinsdale. Robbin Gallery hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 1-5 p.m. An artist reception will be held on Thursday, Jan. 12, 5:30-8:30 p.m. In addition to the exhibit, on Jan. 20 at 6:30 p.m., a panel of community leaders will be at the Robbin Gallery for a discussion titled “The Trump Trigger” about the political climate and how artists can come together to make a difference. To join and to learn more about WARM, visit thewarm.org. There are several Northeast artists participating. Questions contact Layl McDill at vicepresident@thewarm.org.
Worlding, An Exhibition
Kolman & Pryor Gallery’s first exhibition of 2017 is “Worlding,” a bold foray into alternative realities that compels those to experience identity and culture, landscape and consumerism; and popular culture and technology with fresh eyes. Co-curated by gallery co-owner and curator, Patrick K. Pryor, and gallery artist, Kate Casanova, “Worlding,” brings together six artists working in diverse media who create work informed by their culturally specific perspectives: Preston Drum, Andy Ducett, Andrea Carlson, Nicole Gordon, Sarah Faye McPherson and Lamar Peterson. The exhibition opens Thursday, Jan. 5 and closes Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. A free artist reception will be held on Saturday, Jan. 21, 7-9 p.m. For a preview of the show contact Anita Sue Kolman, anita@kolmanpryorgallery.com, 612-385-4239 or Patrick K. Pryor, patrick@kolmanpryorgallery.com, 612-280-7812. Kolman & Pryor Gallery is located in Studio 395, Northrop King Building, 1500 Jackson St. NE.
6th Annual Somali Art and Photo Exhibition
The work of Somali photographer and community activist Mohamed Barre provides a visual exploration and documentation of Somali families in Minnesota. His photography also portrays the changing landscape of Minnesota. The event features community photographer and artist Mohamed Barre’s work that represents current changes in Northeast Minneapolis. Barre’s photography will be on exhibition in the Community Room of Bottineau Commons, 1808 University Ave. NE, on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 14-15, 5-9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, contact Mohamed Barre junlay99@aol.com or Naema Ali nanai99@aol.com with questions. Sponsored by: SAHM of MN and MN 6I Group.