Art Sale at SOO VISUAL ARTS CENTER - December 19

Place: SOO VISUAL ARTS CENTER

Event: Art Sale

When: DECEMBER 19, 09 | 10am - 6pm

Info: Second annual art sale. Along with a selection of local artists they will be offering discounts throughout the day. Participating artists include John Alspach, Allen Brewer, John Diebel, Drive by Bags, Andy Ducett, Lindsy Halleckson, Anne Hauge, Nick Howard, Terrence Payne, Sarah Petersen, Kimberly Petters, Molly Spilane, Laura Stack, Asia Ward and Pamela Valfer.

Ping Wang Reading at the SHOEBOX GALLERY - December 19

Place: SHOEBOX GALLERY

Event: Ping Wang Reading

When: DECEMBER 19, 09 | 8pm

Info: Ping Wang's installation Winter Worm Summer Plant uses photography and poetry to depict the history of the Sino-Tibetan plateau and it's devastation. Using the herbal medicinal wormplant chongcao as bearer of economic change, her poetic images contrast age old ways clashing and surviving within the modern. Please join the artist and her special guests for an evening of poetry and performance. The audience is encouraged to bring and share their poems of migrant experience.

Holiday Sale at VINE ARTS CENTER - December 19

Place: VINE ARTS CENTER

Event: Holiday Sale

When: DECEMBER 19, 09 | Noon - 5pm

Info: See and buy jewelry, sculpture, original wall art and more.

Contemporary at 1419 - December 12

Place: 1419

Event: Contemporary

When: DECEMBER 12, 09 | 8:30 - 11:00pm

Info: "Contemporary 12.12.09" is a series of group exhibitions at 1419 in which several local artists are selected a week before the exhibition to show their most interesting and relevant new work, never publicly exhibited before. Including work by Travis Freeman, Oakley Tapola, Andy Mattern, Lauren Herzak-Bauman, and Curtis Allen.

http://www.artistsinresidencempls.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/1419/146347998629?v=info

Survival at the FORM+CONTENT GALLERY - December 05

Place: FORM+CONTENT GALLERY

Event: Survival

When: DECEMBER 05, 09 | 7:00 - 9:00pm

Info: 'We dreamers now have to become soldiers and fight
And melt into bullets the soul of the lead.'
Abraham Sutzkever, The Lead Plates of the Romm Printers, 1943

A haunting poem written in the Vilna Ghetto of Lithuania by Abraham Sutzkever in September 1943 has inspired Minneapolis artist Robyn Stoller Awend to create the exhibition Survival- When Truth and Fiction Intersect.

Prints On Ice at HIGHPOINT CENTER FOR PRINTMAKING - December 04

Place: HIGHPOINT CENTER FOR PRINTMAKING

Event: Prints On Ice

When: DECEMBER 04, 09 | 6:30 - 9:00pm

Info: An exhibition and print sale hosted by members of Highpoint's community printshop cooperative. Artists represented in Prints on Ice include Zac Adams-Bliss, Roberta Allen, Florence Brammer, Pamela Carberry, Mike Elko, Sally Gordon, Brian Hartley Sago, Therese Krupp, Jeremy Lund, Kelly Munson, Joanne Price, Kurt Seaberg, Kris Shideman, Jeff Sommers, Justin Terlecki, Anna Tsantir, Clara Ueland, Dale Vanden Houten, Noel Vargas Hernandez, Sarah Voss, Johanna Winters.

Politi Pop at ALTERED ESTHETICS - December 04

Place: ALTERED ESTHETICS

Event: Politi Pop

When: DECEMBER 04, 09 | 7:00 - 9:00pm

Info: A powerful exhibit that explores numerous artistic reactions to societal issues. Whether rendered with heartfelt emotion, witty sarcasm, or lighthearted humor, come witness the responses that these artists have to offer.

Toys in the Attic at the SOO VISUAL ARTS CENTER - December 04

Place: SOO VISUAL ARTS CENTER

Event: Toys in the Attic

When: DECEMBER 04, 09 | 6:00 - 9:00pm

Info: Bring in a New, Unwrapped toy or $5 suggested donation

The second annual Toys in the Attic event is a Toy Drive and Art Exhibition featuring signed limite-edition art prints and custom-created art toys. This is an official Toys for Tots Foundation event.

Details at http://www.toysintheatticshow.com/

NOVEMBER 14 - Summer Video Retrospective CREATIVE ELECTRIC STUDIOS

Place: CREATIVE ELECTRIC STUDIOS

Event: Summer Video Retrospective

When: NOVEMBER 14, 09 | 7:00 - 11:00pm

Info: Four music videos and a dance film, all shot in the infinitely tight quarters of the 8X10 foot mirrored room SS Infinite Regress. Twilight Hours, Zak Sally, Star Folk and Typsy Panthre' will perform intimate live sets accompanied by Phil Harder's 16mm film loops and video projections.

NOVEMBER 13 - Dime at GALLERY 122

Place: GALLERY 122

Event: Dime

When: NOVEMBER 13, 09 | 7:00 - 10:00pm

Info: New Paintings by Drew Beson. In his first exhibition of 2009, Drew Beson will display 10 new, large paintings, inspired by accidents on a micro and macro scale, blurring the lines between cosmic and molecular space.

NOVEMBER 13 - Cache at the CASKET ARTS BUILDING

Place: CASKET ARTS BUILDING

Event: Cache

When: NOVEMBER 13, 09 | 5:00 - 10:00pm

Info: Over 50 Local Artists showcase their creative talents and join in raising awareness and support for Ampersand Families. Lonesome Dan Kase plays his unique brand of blues and Chowgirls offers up their killer catering.

Out of the Pit at the Rogue Budha Gallery - October 9

Place: ROGUE BUDDHA GALLERY

Event: Out of the Pit

When: OCTOBER 09, 09 | 7:00 - 11:00pm

Info: New work by Ivan Fortushniak. Through nostalgic appeal and a display of formal depth, Fortushniak uses combinations of traditional and nontraditional painting techniques to illustrate the transformation of one questioning and struggling to comprehend the three big questions we all ask - Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going?

ROGUE BUDDHA GALLERY

Few Landmarks and No Boundaries at FRANKLIN ART WORKS - October 3

Place: FRANKLIN ART WORKS

Event: Few Landmarks and No Boundaries

When: OCTOBER 03, 09 | 7:00 - 10:00pm

Info: An exhibit of new work by Minneapolis born and Brooklyn-based artist Rob Fischer. The show will feature numerous new sculptures and two nights of a multimedia performance that includes video projection, live music, spoken word and recorded radio chatter.

Also showing, the Japanese artist Keita Sugiura will present a selection of ink jet photographs from his Dark Forest series in FAWs Project Space.

FRANKLIN ART WORKS

American Youth at the MPLS PHOTO CENTER - October 2

Place: MPLS PHOTO CENTER

Event: American Youth

When: OCTOBER 02, 09 | 7:00 - 11:00pm

Info: American Youth features the work of 25 photographers documenting the newest generation of 18 to 24-year-olds in unvarnished detail throughout the exhibits 50 images including Marc Asnin's unexpected look at Lubavtich life in New York City, Guggenheim Fellow Darcy Padilla's grim glimpse at teenage homelessness, and W.Eugene Smith Support Grant recipient Mark Peterson's portrait of a JROTC in her prom dress, among many others.
$5 donation/Free for members

MPLS PHOTO CENTER

Strange Victory at the BURNET GALLERY AT CHAMBERS HOTEL - October 2

Place:BURNET GALLERY AT CHAMBERS HOTEL

Event: Strange Victory

When: OCTOBER 02, 09 | 6:00 - 9:00pm

Info: Artist Matthew Bakkom has shown his work in exhibitions all over the world, including New York, Paris, Berlin and Dublin, but his newest solo exhibition at the Burnet Gallery in Chambers hotel on Hennepin Avenue has special significance for this Minneapolis native.

“Having a show on Hennepin Avenue is an aspirational achievement for me,” explained Bakkom. “Hennepin Avenue has such history. It’s a landmark for the city that holds so many personal memories for me and public memories for all of us. Having a show here somehow connects you to all of that.”

And making connections seems to be a recurring theme for Bakkom’s latest solo exhibition, “Strange Victory.” In the show Bakkom uses a scanner as an artistic medium to create connections between the artist and the audience, through time and space, the seen and the unseen.

BURNET GALLERY AT CHAMBERS HOTEL

Opening Night at THOMAS BARRY FINE ARTS - September 12

Place: THOMAS BARRY FINE ARTS

Event: Opening Night Featuring work by Elizabeth Simonson

When: SEPTEMBER 12, 09 | 6:00 - 9:00pm

Info: Artist Elizabeth Simonson uses grids, systems, sequential logic and the building blocks of nature to inspire and manifest the outcomes of her complex renderings and structures. The range in scale of her work is from hand-sized to roomsized as this exhibition will reveal. A 28-foot-long installation of tiny glass beads and wire, symbolizing genetic code
and representative of early forms of life found in the sea, will grace an entire wall. Also on display will be a series of scaled-down beaded sculptures and a selection of related drawings.

THOMAS BARRY FINE ARTS

Photo Op - STEVENS SQUARE CENTER FOR THE ARTS - September 12

Place: STEVENS SQUARE CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Event: Photo Op

When: Opening Night Reception September 12, 09 | 7:00 - 10:00pm

Info: For the past eight months, nine photographers and fifteen models have united at the Stevens Square Center for the Arts for day-long photo sessions. SSCA will now exhibit the surprisingly interesting results of those sessions.

These works take you behind the scenes and show the modeling sessions at every angle. The finished works range from the raw edginess of CHRIS CRISIS, to subtle portraits and insightful amateurs’ visions, to the elaborate digital magic of Cris t Halverson.

The Opening Night reception will take place on Saturday, September 12th from 7-10 pm. Meet models and photographers and enter a drawing for a free photo shoot. Also scheduled: a Youtube video of a “Photo-OP” session and live music by Ghostface Cow.

STEVENS SQUARE CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Living Land: Travel Documentary Workshop at the MPLS PHOTO CENTER - September 11 - 13

Place: MPLS PHOTO CENTER

Event: Living Land: Travel Documentary Workshop

When: September 11 - 13

Info: Star Tribune photographers and writers, Richard Sennott and Chris Welsch teach this unique workshop at the Mpls Photo Center this weekend.
By cultivating attentiveness and timing, photographers can make a shift between shooting images that are informational, but lifeless, and those that have a sense of soul. During this weekend workshop, veteran documentary and travel photographers Rick Sennott and Chris Welsch will help students explore and express their photographic vision in dynamic landscapes, streetscapes and environmental portraits. Students will share and discuss previous work, shoot an assignment and then edit and present their work in a collaborative atmosphere. We'll also spend some time discussing and practicing the under-appreciated art of captioning. With two instructors, participants will get plenty of one-on-one coaching. The class is designed for amateur photographers who want to take their work to the next level.

MPLS PHOTO CENTER

Shared Distance at the FORM+CONTENT GALLERY - September 12

Place: FORM+CONTENT GALLERY

Event: Shared Distance

When: Opening Night - September 12, 09 | 7:00 - 10:00pm

Info: Drawings and paintings by Clarence Morgan and Howard Oransky.

FORM+CONTENT GALLERY

$99 Sale at the SOAP FACTORY

Place: SOAP FACTORY

Event: $99 Sale

When: SEPTEMBER 11, 09 | 700 - 10:00pm $20 preview party
Saturday free admission 9:00am to Noon.

Info: Annual fundraiser party for The Soap Factory. All work available is signed only on the back. Artists from around the country have donated their works, and all proceeds support The Soap Factory. From Alec Soth to Howard Cruse to Tom Rose, there will be much to choose from and the elbowing at the door will be intense.

SOAP FACTORY