Art District News – March 2020
Arts District News
March 6, 2020 – Issue 95
Dear reader,
Spring is just around the corner. The Northeast Minneapolis Arts District is blooming early with an amazing amount of events, new artworks being unveiled, recognition of artisan business prowess and new ventures into artist podcasts that explore the Arts District’s deeper soul.
Please tell us your stories and experiences in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District so we can profile your achievements and work too.
NEWS
Mercury Mosaics featured story for Upsize Magazine!
By: Josh Blanc
Mercedes Austin, founder and owner of Mercury Mosaics, was featured on the cover of Upsize Minnesota magazine’s January-February issue, and inside the publication in an article about “finding funding.” Many might not have heard of Upsize as it is a Minnesota magazine aimed at small business owners. It is always newsworthy when an artisan can do a crossover into other …
PechaKucha Included an Intimate Conversation with 80 Strangers
By: Margo Ashmore
“The Art of Death as Part of Life and Beyond,” a PechaKucha Night held March 1 at Rogue Buddha Gallery, brought people of all ages, genders, orientations and ethnicities into the same room, said one observer. At this joint event a series of fast-paced presentations of images was followed, after a break, by Death Café Twin Cities, a format in …
Five Poets at a Local Podium
By: Mark Peterson
Along with 25,000 books, Scott VanKoughnett’s Eat My Words bookstore holds four to six literary-related events a month, including poetry workshops and author visits. On Saturday, February 22, people attending got a bit of both. The event’s title, “Powerful Female Poets,” should get an award for truth in advertising. Each of these (currently local) poets got a chance to stand …
Originally published in the St. Paul Almanac’s Impressions series.
ART WUNDERFUL Podcasts
By: Josh Blanc
Nicholas Harper has thrust himself into the world of Podcasting. If you have ever wanted to get the insights of an artist and gallery owner working in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, this is an excellent virtual way to engage. Called ART WUNDERFUL, Nicholas describes its mission as spreading the gospel of the arts, their essential value to our everyday …
NEMAA Annual Meeting Review
By: Margo Ashmore
Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association’s new president Brian Burke kicked off his part of NEMAA’s annual meeting on February 25 with a message of accessibility — he said he’s open to talk with anyone interested, email brian@NEMAA.org. The organization, which produces Art-A-Whirl, not only paid off $75,000 of debt from 2018 in 2019, but now has moved $40,000 into savings. Following …
Melissa Borman & Areca Roe
Exhibition Dates: April 4-26, 2020, Opening Reception: Saturday, April 4, 7-10pm. Rosalux Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibitions A Collection of Recollections and Other Significant Detritus and Terrestrial Transect, new work by Melissa Borman and Areca Roe. The concurrent exhibitions bring together the artists’ shared interest in investigating our physical and emotional relationship to the natural world. Featuring constructed …
Lately: Group Exhibition
CIRCA Gallery debuts Lately, a group show featuring their roster of artists. The show will be on view from March 7 to April 11, with an opening reception on Saturday, March 7, 2020 from 4:00-8:00pm. Lately incorporates both new work and pieces from the gallery’s inventory, highlights of which include new folded metal wall sculptures from Ahavani Mullen (Chicago, IL), an …
The Color Series: Part 3, Yellow
January 11 through April 4, 2020 at the Kolman & Pryor Gallery, artist reception Saturday, February 8, 7– 9 p.m. Look at the stars Look how they shine for you And everything you do Yeah they were all yellow Coldplay Sun and sunflowers, daffodils and egg yolks, canaries and bees, taxis and butter, corn and squash, bananas and lemons. When …
NE-AD/HATCH Community Meeting
On March 26th, at 6:30pm the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, Hatch committee is convening a Community Meeting at the Northeast Public Library. Join us in conversation about what is missing in the NE Minneapolis Arts District to build and sustain a stronger arts community. Main topics may include classes and education for the general public, artist resources, community connections, cultivating …
MORE EVENTS
The American Craft Council will host Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
The American Craft Council Library will host an Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon that will take place on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.). This event is designed to improve coverage of gender, feminism, and the arts on Wikipedia. The edit-a-thon will include tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian, ongoing editing support, reference materials, and …
Letters to my Daughter (And Granddaughter)
Opening reception- Saturday March 28 from 7 to 10pm at Gallery 427, 1500 Jackson St. NE. First Thursdays -Thursday April 2 from 6 to 9pm. What do you do with a blank notebook and a pencil? You write! And, you teach your children. In recent years, Lori DeLyser and Melissa Pahl have found joy in hand-lettering as a way to gather memories and record the …
ART365 EVENTS
ART365: Blue Ribbon Bronze
March 28th from noon to 5pm at Blue Ribbon Bronze, 84 14th Ave NE. Explore the world of bronze sculpture! Nick Legeros has been creating sculptures and casting them in bronze in NE Minneapolis since 2003. Demonstrations in clay modeling, mold making, investment casting, metal finishing and even a small bronze pour will take place.
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The Northeast Minneapolis Arts District (NE-AD) is an officially designated Arts District by the City of Minneapolis. NE-AD’s Board of Directors was established in 2014. Fiscal sponsor: Northeast Community Development Corporation, 501(c)(3).
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