June, 2008: Community Events + Opportunities
EXPOSURE: a nationwide open call for photography:
presented by Artists Wanted
to June 17, 2008
All photographers will have their own online portfolio and receive complimentary copy of JPG Magazine.
The top photographers will be selected by New York Times Photo Editor Patrick Witty, Supermodel and Fashion Icon Tiiu Kuik, and NYC Gallery Owner David Kesting for the following award opportunities: The Grand Prize, the Student Award, the Educator's Grant, and the People's Choice Award.
The Deadline is June 17th, submit your work and find more information at www.artistswanted.org
Virginia McKnight Binger Awards in Human Service
to July 7, 2008
The 2008 awards through the McKnight Foundation honoring six outstanding individuals who have shown an exceptional commitment to helping others. Each winner receives $10,000.00. Details and nomination forms are available from the McKnight Foundation at 612.333.4220 or at www.mcknight.org
One City, Many Destinations:
International Travel Photography Contest
to July 15, 2008
Open to amateur and professional photographers. Photographers are asked to submit images that best capture a unique moment in the life of a city or other travel destination. The grand prize is CITY's cover shot for the Fall '08 Travel issue.
The deadline is July 15, 2008.
To find out more or to enter the contest go to www.city-magazine.com/photocontest.
Coalition of Photographic Arts:
2nd Annual Juried Exhibition
to June 25, 2008
Juror: George Slade
Venue: Walker's Point Center for the Arts
911 W. National Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53204
(414) 672-2787
www.wpca-milwaukee.org
Eligibility and Restrictions: Original photographic (film or digital) works executed 2005 or later by residents of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota. Maximum framed size 40" x 40". Entrants must be 18 years or older.
Images that were selected and exhibited in the 2007 CoPA Juried show are not eligible for submission in the 2008 show.
Juror Awards: Best in show, Honorable Mention 2nd Place, Honorable Mention 3rd Place
People's choice award: Selected by Viewers
Entry Fee: $35.00. CoPA members do not need to pay the entry fee.
Submission Information:
1. Up to five images may be submitted. Diptychs and triptychs will be counted as one entry but must fit within the maximum framed image size.
2. Work will be selected from digital images submitted on CD or DVD. No email submissions will be considered. Awards will be chosen on actual framed works at WPCA.
3. Submissions must be accompanied by an artist statement (maximum word count 200) and a brief bio (separate from the artist's statement; maximum word count 200) as .doc or .docx files (no pdfs). Each artist is welcome to include a self-portrait, jpeg, 300 dpi. Please label this clearly (example: Johndoeselfportrait.jpg). This will be used for the catalogue of selected works.
4. Liability during delivery to and pick-up from WPCA is the responsibilty of the artist. Neither CoPA nor WPCA assumes any responsibilty for damage or loss of submitted materials. Entrants are encouraged to insure each piece for replacement value.
5. Work shipped must be in sturdy, reusable packing materials and clearly labeled. Return postage must be provided.
6. Maximum framed image size 40" x 40". Maximum framing weight 50 pounds.
7. CoPA/WPCA reserves the right to decline any work the juror deem not to be an accurate refelction of the image submitted for entry.
8. All accepted works will be for sale. Artists must clearly indicate if the price is print-only or framed and must include print size and framed size. CoPA and WPCA shall retain 30% commission on all work sold during the exhibition.
9. Have press-ready images in the event that your work is selected by the juror. Images should be no larger than 6 inches at the longest side at 300dpi.
10. Questions shouls be directed to exhibition committee chair, Geri Laehn at gerilaehn@gmail.com or Jill Newton Moore at jill.moore@alverno.edu.
11. CDs/DVDs will not be returned.
June 25 is the last acceptable postmark for entries. July 18 accepted artists will be notified and posted to www.copamilwaukee.com.
Remembering Dakota exhibition:
at the North Dakota Museum of Art
June 10, 2008 to August 10, 2008
Thirty-six artists from across the United States, including MCP's Jes Schrom, are featured in this exhibit that adds another chapter to the history of art in and of North Dakota. While photographers dominate the exhibition, painters, sculptors, and printmakers also assume their places within this newly identified North Dakota canon.
For more information, visit www.ndmoa.com
La Casa Degli Artisti:
Artists in Residence - Workshops
The first residence for artists in Tuscany has been created on the Chianti Hills. It is open to artists of all nationalities and is the only Tuscan residence affiliated with Res Artis, the international network of residences founded in Holland in 1993. Workshops and events are dedicated to painting, scultpure, and photography; these last ones are organized in conjunction with Fondazione Studio Marangoni. Brochures sent on request, email info@chianticom.com
For more information visit www.chianticom.com
Wall-to-Wall
June 13, 2008 - 07:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Join photographer Orin Rutchick and writer Chris Welsch for an evening of images and readings from their collaborative project, Wall-to-Wall, Friday, June 13th at the Mpls Photo Coop Galleries, 2400 North Second Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55411.
The project begins with a simple contention: Pilgrims - whether they are Jews traveling to the Western Wall, or Elvis fans going to Graceland - share a profound link through their devotion and their choice to express that devotion through a journey.
For the past year, Rutchick and Welsch have been gathering a visual and verbal exploration of modern pilgrimage at the Western Wall of Jerusalem and at the wall of Graceland in Memphis. The evening's exhibit and readings are a benefit and a fundraiser for the artisits to complete their documentation by traveling to Jerusalem in September 2008.
For more information call 612.237.4146 or visit www.mplsphotocoop.com.
For more about the project visit www.thewalltowallproject.org.
Split Rock Arts Program:
University of Minnesota's summer workshops in creative writing, visual art, and design
June 15, 2008 to August 1, 2008
Photography-related workshops include Digital Nature Photography: A Retreat at the Cloquet Forestry Center with Craig Blacklock. At the Twin Cities campus - Photography: Redefining / Refining Your Vision with Doug Beasley, Chance Encounters: Art and the Found Narrative with Nate Larson, and Paper Lithography, Polaroid Transfer, and the Hand-Printed Book with Rosae Reeder.
Workshops begin each Sunday starting June 15 and conclude August 1, 2008. No prerequisites. Graduate/Undergraduate credit and scholarships available. Workshop descriptions, dates, instructor biographies and registration at www.cce.umn.edu/splitrockarts or call 612-625-1976 for more information.
Call-for-entries:
Aperture Portfolio Prize
to July 11, 2008
The Aperture Portfolio Prize is now accepting submissions through July 11, 2008. The Aperture Portfolio Prize is an online portfolio review with a $2,500 cash prize and the only way to ensure that your work is seen by Aperture's book and magazine editors. For details visit www.aperture.org/apertureprize
Grafica Politica #2, call-for-entries:
a response to the Republican Convention in MN
to August 30, 2008
Grupo Soap del Corazon (www.myspace.com/gruposoapdelcorazon) is organizing an international poster project, to take place on the streets of your town (wherever you are) and on the streets of our town. They are hoping to inspire posters and postering throughout the world, and also throughout the U.S. Here's how you can participate:
1. Make a poster. Anything you want expressing your viewpoint on the coming U.S. election, the Republican Convention, the state of the United States, it's role in the world, and the state of that world.
2.Create the poster any way you want.
3. Minimum size for the poster is 11"x17"
4. You must print a minimum run of 8 posters. The posters must be multi-run prints: one-of-a-kind artworks will not be accepted. A minimum of 5 must be placed out in your community, on walls, on telephone poles, in windows, etc.
5. A minimum of 3 of the posters must be sent to Grupo Soap del Corazon and arrive by August 30, 2008. 1 poster will be in an art exhibit that we create and, later, our archive. 1 poster will be sent to the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. The rest will be used to poster the streets of the Twin Cities before, during, and after the Republican Convention.
6. To be part of this effort, you must also send us at least one digital image of your poster on walls, telephone poles, etc in YOUR community. Send them to artjones@bitstream.net.
7. Digital images of all posters posted out in your community will be put up on our website.
8. There will be an exhibition of ALL the posters, most likely opening in October for the end of the campaign. Right now we are in negotiations with the California Gallery in Northeast Minneapolis. We will announce the show on our website by September 15th, 2008.
9. Send you posters to: Grafica Politica #2, Grupo Soap del Corazon, c/o Douglas Padilla, 304 2nd Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413
10. Please spread the word. Email around to other artists and encourage them to participate. We especially urge you to encourage artists in countries outside the USA - we want the world's voices to be heard here.
11. We will pay special attention to anyone who organizes a group of artists and sends in digital and posters as a group. Additionally, groups will get extra acknowledgment in the exhibition.
At the Nash: WorkBook and Idea Factory
June 17, 2008 to July 11, 2008
The Katherine E. Nash Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition titled WorkBook and a companion exhibition titled Idea Factory. The Department of Art at the University of Minnesota, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and the Department of Art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, worked together to create these exhibitions. WorkBook will feature sketchbooks, notebooks, and process books by faculty and other guest artists. Idea Factory exhibits student work illustrating the importance of sketchbooks in studio-based disciplines.
A public reception is scheduled for Friday, June 20 from 6-8:30 pm. All events at the Nash are free and open to the general public.
The Regis Center for Art is located at 405 21st Avenue South on the west bank campus of the University of Minnesota. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am to 7 pm. Parking is available in the 21st Avenue Ramp.
Jerome Foundation Book Arts Mentorships
to September 5, 2008
Announcing the Second Biennial Minnesota Center for the Book Arts Jerome Foundation Book Arts Mentorships. The Book Arts Mentorship is an artist-development program aimed at introducing book arts to emerging artists whose primary medium is in another discipline.
For more information visit www.mnbookarts.org/artistsprograms/mentorship.html.
Vision Quest Photo Workshops
to November 1, 2008
Spaces still open in Zen and the Art of Photography in Tuscany, Italy in August, and Zen and the Art of Photography in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in November. For more information visit vqphoto.com.
Call-for-entries: Fine Art Portfolio Show
to July 25, 2008
Fifteen photographers' portfolios will be featured in the Artists' Showcase, the Center for Fine Art Photogrpahy's new print publication. Additional awards include: cover photo in Artists' Showcase, portfolio exhibition in the Center's gallery, online gallery exhibiton of the 15 selected portfolios for two years, and inclusion in the Center's Annual Collection CD that goes to publishers, collectors, designers, and brokers.
The deadline is July 25th, 2008. For more information or a prospective about this and other calls for entries please visit www.c4fap.org.
Open call for donations of arts and services
to June 28, 2008
Outward Spiral Theater Company is hosting a slient auction to raise money to produce Queertopia, A Cabaret Celebration of Queer Love, which will be at Intermedia Arts over pride weekend, June 26th and 28th at 8:00 pm and June 27th at 7:00 pm. The silent auction will take place during the show, and the money raised will go towards paying the performers.
They are looking for any art, services, gift certificates, music, etc that you are able to offer, in exchange for a tax deductible donation. Items should have an opening bid of $25-50, and should be presented in a respectable way (framed or shrink-wrapped, in a nice envelope, a nice certificate,etc.)
Please contact Heather Spear with donations and questions at 612-810-9700.
For more information on Queertopia, visit www.outwardspiral.org.
Call for Artists: FLOW - A NorthSide ArtsCrawl
to June 30, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 4 to 9 pm. Deadline to apply June 30th.
There are about 21 sites eager to have artists in their space for this event - visual art works, music, readings, art activites, street performers, storytellers, etc. There is no charge for participation in the event, but as with all NAC organized exhibitons, we ask for 10% of any sales you make as a result of this event. While most of the FLOW sites are for 2-D wall hung works, the Street Fair is a new opportunity this year intended for all, but especially for those with smaller works typical to an arts festival setting. Some sites are also open to and have budgets for performance artists, musical groups, and art activities. All artists participating in FLOW must have a live or work connection to North Minneapolis. Please call the NAC office with any questions, issues or concerns at 612-643-2050. For an application email info@nacarts.org.
Central Corridor Light Rail Transit:
Public Art for Transit Stations Request for Quaifications
to July 8, 2008 to 02:00 PM
The Metropolitan Council, on behalf of the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit project, is seeking artists to create integrated public art to enhance the new 11-mile light rail corridor connecting downtown St. Paul and downtown Minneapolis. The artwork is to be installed at fifteen transit stations located along the corridor.
The Metropolitan Council is seeking artists with expertise in creating integrated, outdoor public art that can withstand the Twin Cities' extreme climate conditions. Integrated art is that which enhances existing system elements, rather than creates a freestanding piece.
The Commission budget is approximately 2.8 million, which includes up to 5 contracts at approximately 187,000 per station, with a total of fifteen stations.
All questions regarding this RFQ are to be directed only to the following:
Kyle Vaaler
Principal Contract Administrator:
phone: 651-602-1469
fax: 651-602-1920
email: kyle.vaaler@metc.state.mn.us
Call for Artists:
2nd Annual Gallery 122 Art Market
to July 31, 2008
Saturday August 16, 10am to 4pm. Looking for artists in every medium to display and sell their art work in an outdoor art market in NE Minneapolis. Artists are responsible for providing all necessary materials to display and sell their work. Artists will be responsible for setting up and taking down their merchandise area. All sales will be done directly and go directly to the artist, no commissions will be taken. There will be a $25 registration fee which will go towards advertising for the event.
Please send digital images to art@hangitinc.com. All submissions must be received by July 31st. We will notify you if you are accepted and then you will need to send in your registration fee to hold your spot.
Gallery 122 at Hang It
122 8th Street SE
Minneapolis, MN, 55414
612-874-7222
to July 31, 2008
Call for Artists:
Art in the Garden - A Perennial Favorite
to August 17, 2008
Noble Landscape and Garden Center
Saturday, August 16, 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday, August 17, 10 am to 4 pm
An opportunity for artists to show and sell their work!
$100 Noble Gardens Gift Certificate awarded for Peoples Choice!
All spaces are under a covered walkway, no tents necessary!
No space fees, no selling fees, all sales are yours, increased advertising
Exciting activites for all ages, food, gardening classes, gift shop
Four artists to demo also needed - each will receive a $50 gift certificate to Noble Gardens
If you are interested in doing an art demo please contact Cherene at leakyporch@charter.net or 763-389-4989
If you are interested in showing your artwork at our garden event please contact Jim Preston at Noble Landscaping and Gardening Center. 2456 125th Avenue NE, Blaine, MN, 55449. 763-862-7218 Ext. 19
jimp@noblelandscaping.com
Call for Artists: All Things Electoral: Redux:
artists consider the past, present, and future of politics again
to July 30, 2008
September 11- October 23, 2008
It has been four long years since the last presidential election. It has been four long years since artists shared their thoughts about elections and their results in the grand opening show of Susan Hensel Gallery, in the autumn of 2004. So here I am again, asking: What do you think of this political season? Of past elections? Of electoral politics of other nations? Share your stories, your hope, your rage, your patriotism, your pride...
Don't miss out. Apply now. I won't ask again for four long years.
How to apply:
Send accurate slides, photos, MAC compatible CDs of the work you plan to show, with SASE for return, or email high quality jpg's. Written explanation of the work is welcomed. Appointments may be made for in-person viewing of the work. 2D, 3D and all media are welcome. Video and sound may require your own equipment. Site-specific installation for the garden and gallery windows are welcome. Accepted artists will be asked to provide client lists as well.
CHECKLIST:
Slides, jpg's, photos for up to three works, w/ SASE, due July 30, 2008
A resume and/or artist statement is advisable. Tell me what you want me to know about you and your work.
PUBLICITY:
1000 postcards will be distributed. Local, area and national press kits will be sent by email and fax publicity. Web publicity before, during, and after the show, and your help planning guerrilla marketing.
SALES AT SUSAN HENSEL GALLERY
Susan Hensel Design carries a basic loss policy that will pay 60% of the sale price in the event of theft or total loss. The gallery building also has a security system and residential occupancy. All shipping costs are the responsibilty of the artist. Accepted work must be sent with return UPS or FedEX barcoded shipping label enclosed; You can set up an online account at UPS or FedEX. No charges accrue until your package is shipped. If a piece sells, return shipping is not charged as the box will not be shipped. All return shipping must be FEDEX or UPS. No exceptions. NO COD's.
www.susanhenselgallery.com
www.susanhenseldesign.com
Call for Exhibitions @ Henepin County Library
Visual artists and others are invited to display their art work or collections at East Lake, Franklin, North Regional, Pierre Bottineau, Sumner, and Washburn libraries in Minneapolis. There are display cabinets for three-dimensional objects and hanging systems for framed work. Applications are accepted and reviewed monthly. For more information and application instructions see www.mplib.org/callforexhibtions.asp, or contact Melinda Ludwiczak, partnerships coordinator, at 612-630-6246, or mludwiczak@hclib.org.
Artists Live-Work Housing Nears Reality, NE Mnpls
In the spring of 2009 the Northeast Minneapolis Community Development Corporation (NE CDC) is scheduled to break ground on the Jackson Artists Center, a revolutionary live-work complex actually designed by local artists with the aid of the Logan Park Neighborhood association.
The project is being developed by the NE CDC with the building plan meeting the highest standards of durability, flexibilty, and sustainability. More significantly, the building also meets the highest standards of artists. After three years of design charetttes, focus groups, market studies, studio tours, complete redesigns, and more focus groups, the NE CDC projec team feels confident they and the artists have a common vision.
Unique amenities include a gallery space, an office/technology area, a freight-sized elevator and functional loading dock, underground parking, and an outdoor sculpture/zen garden. The building is being designed using current green/sustainable building techniques and will be built to the Silver standard of LEED certification.
The 43 live-work studios will function as personal studio space. Features include 10 or 12 foot ceilings, minimal interior walls, concrete floors, soundproofing, 220 power, big doorways, industrial strength plumbing fixtures, and high quality natural lighting and ventilation systems.
But the most exciting feature is that they've managed to squeeze all this into a building that will cost 43 studio purchasers about $175 per square foot - 10% less than the current market price for condos , and considering the features, a huge value. And to up the affordability quotient even more, about half of the 43 units will be offered under a land trust arrangement that will bring the cost of many living units to under $100,000.
More information on the Jackson Artists Housing Project can be found at NE CDC's website at www.necdc.org.
FRAME X FRAME:
A Bike photo exhibition
June 28, 2008 to July 13, 2008
To kick-off this year's Bicycle Film Festival Minneapolis, One on One Bike Studio and the Bicycle Film Festival team-up to present an exhibition of bike photographs by local photographers. It features photos by Mark Butcher, Mark Emery, Jason Lemkuil, Kelly MacWilliams, Heidi Prenevost, and Kelly Riordan.
Opening Reception
One on One Bike Studio
June 28th, 2008, 7-10 pm
Appetizers from Common Roots Cafe
Beer from Pabst Blue Ribbon
FRAME X FRAME Group Ride / BBQ / Art Crawl!
Saturday, June 28th, 2 pm
Begins at Nomad World Pub
This group slow ride will visit some of Minneapolis' favorite art galleries and bike shops, with a few surprises along the way, including a bike photo shoot at the Minnesota Center for Photography (so dress nice!). The ride will end at the One on One Bike Studio for the opening of FRAME X FRAME. Sponsored by the Bicycle Film Festival, One on One Bike Studio, the Minnesota Center for Photography, Nomad World Pub, Common Roots Cafe, and Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Bicycle Film Festival Minneapolis, July 9th-12th, 2008
www.bicyclefilmfestival.com
Continuing This Month
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MCP and blurb.com workshop!
read more about Book It: Art Marketing through blurb.com > >Suburban World: The Norling Photos:
photography exhibit at the Minnesota History Center
May 1, 2008 to June 15, 2008
This exhibit features an amateur photographer's astonishing collection of images that showcase the often unexpected psyche of a developing American suburb in the 1950's and '60's. You can find more information at www.mnhs.org
