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Events at Kolman & Pryor Gallery

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An Artful Holiday for You: Now through Saturday, Jan. 2. Kolman & Pryor Gallery are showcasing artwork by Betsy Ruth Byers, Kate Casanova, Jil Evans, Kelly Jean Ohl, Patrick Pryor, Jodi Reeb, Julie Snidle, and Cameron Zebrun. On Saturday, Dec. 19, you can visit the gallery from 10 am-4 pm. They will also be open by appointment any day at your convenience. Another option is to shop online through their website, kolmanpryorgallery.com.

The Color Series: Part 4, Orange: Jan. 9-April 3. Artist Reception, Saturday, Jan. 16, 7-9 pm. Just as Pantone announces a Color of the Year, which launches designers, fashionistas, and trend watchers into months of forecasting and prognostication, Kolman & Pryor Gallery announces a color that launches its new year of exhibitions. For 2021, the gallery has chosen Orange for its fourth show in its ongoing Color Series. The Color Series: Part 4, Orange, will feature artwork by gallery artists: Betsy Ruth Byers, Kate Casanova, Jil Evans, Jodi Reeb, and Cameron Zebrun. Although they hope to celebrate the artists of The Color Series: Part 4, Orange during the Jan. 16 reception, please check their website for updates about the reception due to the COVID-19 situation.

Kolman & Pryor Gallery, Northrup King Building, Suite 395, 1500 Jackson St. NE.

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Potekglass upcoming classes

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Potekglass, 2505 Howard St. NE, Studio C. The “Try-It” events are for beginners or new glass workers and the “Softglass Class” is for people who are familiar with torch work. Classes are being offered from Malcom Potek at Potekglass. Sign up at potekglass.com/classes. Info: 612-281-7243

Kiln Try-It Beginner Class: Saturday, Dec. 5. In this course students will learn to cut patterns out of sheets of glass, make frit, and work with a variety of glass formats by combing them in the kiln to create a glass ring dish.

Basics form Boron Try-It Beginner Class: Saturday, Dec. 12. In this course students will learn torchwork basics and use these skills to gather molten glass to create a small paperweight, smash and twirl a gather into an icicle ornament and experiment with glass blowing to create a small figure.

Italian Soft Glass Try-It Beginner Class: Saturday, Dec. 19. In this course students will learn to gather molten glass and apply on a mandrel to make beads on the torch, as well as explore surface decoration techniques to enhance beads.

Softglass 101: 4 Week Bead Intermediate Class: Thursdays, Jan. 14, 21, 28 and Feb. 4. Students familiar with torch work will learn tricks and techniques for making precise patterns and surface designs. The first half of the course will be dedicated to shaping glass into rondels, spheres and cylinders. Students will also learn about precious metal glass as well as silver foil decoration. The second half of the course will be dedicated to transforming cylinder beads into bi-cones and tapers. In this half, students will learn decorative techniques including line, pattern and raised scroll work.

Polymer Clay Classes

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Layl will teach upcoming classes virtually. Sign up three days before the class to give them time to ship your supplies. Or supplies can be picked up at Clay Squared before the class, just let them know when you are coming and they’ll have your bag in the hallway to pick up. You will receive a Zoom link the day before the class. All clay supplies will be provided and a slicing tool to share if there are more than one participant per household. To sign up or for more info on either class go to claysquared.com/classes/. Clay Squared to Infinity, 2505 Howard St. NE, studio A. Info: claysquared.com, laylmcdill.com.

Intro to Polymer Clay: ages 7 to 97 will learn magical techniques with colorful oven baked clay. Roll, flatten, wrap and then slice to reveal amazing designs like stars, flowers and swirls. Then take your slices and cover anything you choose from the collection of objects including frames, jars, boxes, utensils and pins. Or make a creature like a frog or owl. You’ll be amazed what you can do. Saturday, Sept. 19, 1-3 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 3, 12-2 p.m. $50 first student, discounts for groups.

Five-Part Virtual Polymer Clay Teapot Class: Learn how to make several detailed canes like butterflies, flowers, and feathers that you will slice and add to your teapot. Layl will also teach the magical “Melting colors” technique and some other fun ways to blend colors to add to your teapot. This is the first time this class has been offered virtually so there may need to be some homework done depending on how fast everyone works. In the end, you will have a fanciful one-of-a-kind teapot that, after you bake it in your own oven, you can actually use. The deadline to sign up in time to get supplies shipped is Sept. 16. This is a five-part course, $185 total for all five days. Saturday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, and 24, 3-5 p.m.

Virtual Polymer Clay Sun Sculpture Class

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By Layl McDill, Saturday, Aug. 22, 1-4 pm. $65, supplies included, $10 each additional person in same location. Create a 5 to 7-inch sun with lots of glitter and polymer clay. Learn Layl’s special sculptural stuffing technique and glitter techniques. Plus create your own millefiori kaleidoscope design to use on some of the rays of your sun. You will also use some of Layl’s scrap pile for details like the eyes and mouth. This finished piece can be hung on the wall to bring you some sunshine year round. Sign up at least four days in advance in order to give them time to ship supplies. Info: shop.claysquared.com/virtual-polymer-clay-sun-sculpture-class-p617.aspx.

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WHO AM I? Showcase

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WHO AM I?, a new showcase of work by Dana Sikkila. Gallery hours: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 12-5 pm, through Aug. 15 at NE Sculpture, Gallery Factory, in the Casket Arts Building, 681 17th Ave. NE. Dana Sikkila’s work displays through visual repetition, the obsessive relationships between a woman and her favorite things. Objects and animals provide her companionship, creating coves of comfort and ease, interacting in unconventional situations built inside the white-walled space. In light of safety concerns, they will be practicing social distancing, limiting to six people in the gallery at one time, supplying masks to those who do not have, and spraying down/sanitizing periodically. Contact them with questions or to make a separate appointment at northeastsculpture@gmail.com or 612-743-6664.

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Northrup King Building is open

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The Northrup King Building is home to over 300 artists and creatives. First Thursdays and Open Saturdays are great opportunities to visit the artists and discuss the process and inspiration behind the incredible art, and take home your one-of-a-kind treasure. With four enormous floors to explore, this history filled building is truly a Twin Cities iconic destination. They now have extended hours on Thursday, Aug. 6 from 5-9 pm. And on Saturday, Aug. 1, from 12-4 pm. Plenty of free parking, passenger elevator, and comfortable spaces. Not all artists or studios will be open during the extended Northrup King Building hours, per their discretion. They encourage you to contact the artist or studio you wish to visit to ensure they will be open. Masks are required throughout the building.

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My Northeast and Yours virtual event

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Northeast artist John Akre will host “My Northeast and Yours,” an animated film collaged out of photographs and drawings sent by people like you. May 15, 16 and 17, they will create a large-scale stop motion animation by printing those images and arranging them on a large tabletop. Their work creating this animation will be live-streamed.

The three parts of the movie, and the three ideas for images that they’re asking for are the following: What is in an image, drawn or photographed, that introduces Northeast Minneapolis, and says, “Welcome to Northeast”? What is an image, drawn or photographed, that represents a place, or something about a place, that you feel you have ownership of? (My Place). What is an image, drawn or photographed, that represents something about a place that you can give to someone else? (Your Place).

If you draw something, take a picture of it. If you have a picture, keep in mind that there will be several of them on the table at a time, so pictures of things and people will be easier to see than pictures of entire landscapes. Email your images to ne@sloppyfilms.net, then watch Akre animate them. To follow the event and watch the live stream, visit facebook.com/SFAnimationStation/ or visit johnakre.com/streetanimation/myne.html.

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Upcoming Events at Kolman & Pryor Gallery

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Spring Into Spring: Now through June 20. Showcasing their gallery artists: Betsy Ruth Byers, Kate Casanova, Jil Evans, Kelly Jean Ohl, Patrick Pryor, Jodi Reeb, Julie Snidle and Cameron Zebrun. Their annual spring group show, “Spring Into Spring,” is virtual this year. A combination of new work and old favorites, you can see and enjoy the exhibition day or night at your convenience at kolmanpryorgallery.com. If an artwork catches your eye, you can get in touch with them at 612-385-4239 or email them at info@kolmanpryorgallery.com.

Realist Paintings by Tom Maakestad: Through May 5. Although the Hewing Hotel is closed due to the COVID-19 emergency, you are now able to see all of the artwork in the Hewing Hotel show, Realist Fiction Paintings by Tom Maakestad at kolmanpryorgallery.com. With funding from a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, Tom was able to hire a plane to provide him with aerial views of rivers, country sides, flat landscapes, and horizons. Many of the paintings in Tom’s exhibit are the result of that experience. If Tom’s paintings are intriguing to you, call 612-385-4239 or email info@kolmanpryorgallery.com. 

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POSTPONED: Button Poetry Live April: featuring Patrick Roche

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Join Button Poetry Live at their new venue, Honey, located at 205 E. Hennepin Ave. on Monday, April 6 for “Button Poetry Live,” featuring award-winning poet, Patrick Roche. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Doors open at 7 pm and the show starts at 7:30 pm. They’re open to all audience and competitors, however, they do not censor the content that happens on stage, please be advised. Get your tickets at bit.ly/buttonlive0420. For additional information, contact events@buttonpoetry.com.

CANCELED: REFIND Vintage and Re-makers Market

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Mercury Mosaics and Tattersall Distilling will be hosting REFIND, a vintage and re-makers market, on April 4, from noon to 6 pm at their neighboring locations at the historic Thorp Building. Visitors can expect to shop a wide array of vintage, sustainable, and repurposed goods amid the casks of Tattersall’s distillery and the kilns of Mercury Mosaics ceramic tile factory, while sipping cocktails, craft coffee, and munching on portable delights from La Belle Crepe. And if you are in a creative mood, workshops will be hosted throughout the day so you might leave with a reusable produce bag that you have sewn yourself, a pair of reclaimed leather earrings that you have crafted, or a floral arrangement that you have arranged in a reusable, ceramic vase.  Explore Tattersall and Mercury Mosaics’ vintage and re-makers market, REFIND, and leave with old treasures, new creative passions, and a full shopping bag that leaves you feeling good about your impact on the planet. This event is free and open to the public.

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