Minneapolis collective MPD150 presents “Making It Real: Our History with Police and Our Future Without Them,” an art exhibit exploring the power and possibility of a police-free community. Opening Friday, Oct. 5, and running through Sunday, Oct. 21, the exhibit will be held at New Rules in North Minneapolis, 2015 Lowry Ave. N., and feature new work from Jacob Yeates, Sishir Bommakanti, Aja Marie Ussrey, Ali Abdirahman, and Sophea Ek. There will be an opening event on Friday, Oct. 5, 6-10 pm, with performances and a panel discussion. The closing event will take place Sunday, Oct. 21, 1-5 pm with a community discussion and resource sharing. Info: mpd150.com/exhibit, info@mpd150.com, or contact the exhibit coordinator, Molly Glasgow, at 651-492-6636.
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Fall Sound Garden
Minneapolis-based award-winning Composer/Director JG Everest comes to Fridley as Artist In Residence to develop and present a site-specific “Fall Sound Garden,” performance installation at Manomin Park, 6666 E. River Rd, Fridley, as part of a four-part suite of site-specific “sound gardens” composed for each of the four seasons, at four different outdoor locations around Minnesota.
The Manomin Park/Rice Creek Sound Garden is a family-friendly free outdoor event open to all ages and will take place from Noon-5 pm on Sunday, Sept. 30. The Sound Garden will celebrate the coming of Autumn, and the history, geography, and ecology of Manomin Park, Rice Creek, and the Mississippi River, at the time of year when this sacred place traditionally served as annual hunting and harvest grounds for the wild rice harvest by both Dakota and Ojibwe people for centuries. The Sound Garden will feature a temporary sound installation, combining live musicians and a small choir with 40 small, battery-powered remote speakers distributed throughout the park.
The event will feature other site-specific art elements created by local community members through a series of four free outdoor community Art + Nature workshops held onsite at Manomin Park in the week leading up to the event. Each workshop will consist of a guided nature walk followed by art-making activities led by teaching artists in each discipline: Poetry, Dance, Sculpture, and Sound/Music. Workshops will be free and open to people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.
Info: waveletscreative.org/sound-garden-art-nature-workshops.
“How We Bloom” Exhibition
“How We Bloom,” is a two-person exhibition by Brenda Litman and Madison Rubenstein, artists of the California Building’s 2nd floor. They will showcase their work in the on2gallery during September and October. Meet the artists Saturday, Sept. 8, 1-3 pm in the gallery. All artists on the 2nd floor will have their studios open and be on hand to meet visitors and discuss their work during the second Saturday open studio dates. On2gallery California Building, 2nd floor, 2205 California St. NE. Exhibition Dates: Thursday, Sept. 6-Friday, Oct. 19. Gallery Hours: The Gallery will be open for second Saturdays, Sept. 8 and Oct. 13, 11 am-4 pm. Also on Mondays-Fridays, 10 am-5 pm, or by appointment. Free and open to the public. Info: Brenda Litman, 952-212-4131, litma002@umn.edu, californiabuilding.com/index.html.
Brenda Litman is inspired by the forces of nature surrounding and nurturing life’s journey. “We are part of nature, her seasonal cycles and interdependent plan. We bloom as we wind our way through her garden. All who live in our nation inhabit that garden forming a rich mosaic of entwined blossoms; the ethnicities, the races, the people who immigrated over time and built our country.” In new work, Litman celebrates them and the hard-working people now aspiring to make this country their new home.
Madison Rubenstein’s work is an investigation of how mind and body relate to each other through trauma. She uses abstracted figure, color, shape, and line to refer to the physicality of being human and the history of what a body has endured, physically and psychologically. Through making images, she is able to meditate on the strange and uncomfortable experience of inhabiting a body, and through this experience, she repairs the relationship she has to her own physicality.
Petburbia by Artomel Black
Art Exhibit: Petburbia by Artomel Black, September-October, open during library hours, Pierre Bottineau Library, 55 Broadway St. NE, Minneapolis. “At times, the world overflows with the dark and scary, the unsettling and uncomfortable. My watercolors stand up to the darkness by seizing the moments of real connections between beings. The Petburbia Project grew from a desire to capture that intangible bond between us and the animals. That instant when you look into an animal’s eyes and know that they see you, and in their own way understand you,” Melissa “Artomel” Black.
Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, Studio Pintura Workshops
Studio Pintura, 1500 Jackson St. NE #294, announced their Fall Professional Artist Workshop Series for 2018. One of the classes is a Sculpture Series Intro class, taught by James Shoop. The class will be held Thursday, August 23, 6:30-8:30 pm. The $25 fee can be applied as credit to either Shoop workshop. Learn more about their fall sculpture classes with nationally known master sculptor James Shoop. Also, prepare a panel after the presentation if you are signed up for the Bas Relief Figure Workshop for figurative students, sculptors, figure, and portrait painters.
Some of the other classes that were announced are Sculpting the Figure in Bas Relief: an opportunity to sculpt a bas-relief figure from the model. Sculpture Mold Making and Casting: You will be guided through the process of capturing the shape and details of a sculpture with a rubber mold, and then casting the sculpture in Plaster. Portrait Painting, The Art of the Start/Portrait Intensive: The instructor will demonstrate how he starts a portrait from life in oil, then guide the participants through the process of painting a series of three-hour portrait starts. Panels & Still Life Painting, Panel Preparation 101: everything you wanted to know about panels, grounds, and prep. Still Life Painting on Panel, The Kapsner Method: Charles Kapsner was a student of Nerena Simi (1897-1987) in Florence, and has a unique and thoughtful approach to painting to bring to Minnesota artists.
Sign up and find more information at Studio Pintura.com. And email questions to info.StudioPintura@gmail.com. Space is limited, sign up soon.
Potekglass Summer Camp
Looking for a fun and interesting activity to get your kid off their screen this summer? Un-plug into a hands-on introductory glass art class at Potekglass, 2205 California St. NE. #612, in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Distrct, July 9-13. They offer kids a week-long summer course to explore the exciting medium of glass. Join local glass artist Malcom Potek in his studio for an engaging class that offers everything a kid wants: fire, color, science, creativity, melting glass. Students will work three-dimensionally and experiment with a torch and kiln work. With over 17 years of teaching and working with kids, Malcom provides an enriching learning experience that can spark new ways of seeing, new skills, and new friendships. Elementary School Session (grades 3-5): 10 am-1 pm. Middle School Session (grades 6-9): 2-5 pm. Sign up and details here: potekglass.com/
NE Pecha Kucha 20 x 20
Hatch, the Hub for NE arts activity, will host the second NE Pecha Kucha 20 x 20 on Sunday, June 24 at Rogue Buddha Gallery, 357 13th Ave. NE, in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, 6-8 pm. Six local artists will show images on the screen, with conversation following the short display. The artists are Barbara Bridges, Kendall Bohn, Marjorie Fedyszyn, Bill Jeter, Mark Teresa, and Dean Trisko. This event is open to the public. There will be different locations for future events.
Call for art: World in Flux: Visions & Voices of a Changing Planet
Call for Art: June 7-August 5. Join the climate change conversation. Vine Arts Center (VAC) presents an exciting art opportunity focused on climate change. VAC invites artists to submit original artwork that provides insight, tells a compelling story, generates dialogue, asks questions and/or challenges viewers to consider a perspective on our changing planet. Accepted work will be displayed during exhibition dates.
Exhibition Dates: October 13-November 3, Vine Arts Center, 2637 27th Ave S. Learn more about World In Flux: Visions & Voices of a Changing Planet, find application instructions here: http://www.vineartscenter.org/index_WorldinFlux.htm
Volunteers Needed: Support Adventurous Art at Minnesota Fringe
Volunteers needed to help run the 25th Annual Minnesota Fringe Festival, an 11-day celebration of the performing arts in the Twin Cities. Northeast Minneapolis venues include Minnsky Theatre, Strike Theatre, the Ritz Theatre, and Logan Park. Work as a box officer or as an usher and receive tickets to see any of the 120+ productions for free. Register by July 27th at minnesotafringe.org/volunteers. Info: 612-872-1212, volunteer@fringefestival.org.
Minneatureapolis: Free family art making
The Stone Arch Festival celebrates its 24th year Saturday, June 16 and Sunday, June 17, noon-7 pm. The Pillsbury A-Mill is located in the heart of the festival, 315 main St. SE. This year they will once again host a free, family-friendly community building event. The event is called “Minneatureapolis,” a community art project. Folks of all ages and skill sets come together and create a huge imaginary city in clay. A team of trained educators assist. Tools and supplies are provided. Last year 300 community members participated. Aldo Moroni, a resident artist of A-Mill, has hosted this city building event since the festival’s start in 1994. The public is invited to take part in this participatory “social art” event. The A-Mill Artists Lofts will be open throughout the festival and many of the building’s artists will show new works and share live performances.