"Whimsy: It's What We Need Now" Ends
2022-09-04 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Susan Gainen
“Whimsy: It’s what we need now,” is at the Burnhaven (Burnsville) Library through September 4. Six ACW members contributed to a riot of whimsical art, which, we hope will bring cheer and good feelings to all who visit the library. Participants: Rebecca David – Painter; Susan Gainen – Whimsical Wildlife Documentarian; Layl McDill – Polymer Clay Artist & Story Teller; Lisa Nordstrom – Acrylic Spins and Paint Pours; Catherine Palmer – Painter; and Debra Ripp – Painter & Collage Artist. The Library is located at 1101 County Road 42 W, Burnsville, MN 55306.
The image is “Flamboyance of Flamingos #1. Flamboyance is the Correct Collective Noun for flamingos.” Susan Gainen. Acrylic Ink.

A Picture Gallery of the Soul (Sept. 13-Dec. 10)
2022-09-13 08:00 - 17:00
A Picture Gallery of the Soul

by Howard Oransky (Editor), Herman J. Milligan Jr. (Contributor), Cheryl Finley (Contributor), crystal am nelson (Contributor), Seph Rodney (Contributor), & 2 more
September 2022
First Edition
Hardcover
$45.00, £35.00

TITLE DETAILS
Rights: Available worldwide
Pages: 280
ISBN: 9780520388062
Trim Size: 7 x 9
Illustrations: 109 color illustrations

See at Katherine E. Nash Gallery Sept. 13-Dec. 10.

On Location Drawing Group: Caponi Art Park
2022-09-17 11:30 - 13:30
On Location Drawing Group
September 17, 2022
Next Stop: Caponi Art Park
1220 Diffley Road
Eagan, MN 55123
11:30-1:30pm
Join us for a casual drawing experience at Caponi Art Park!
Lunch is at Teresa’s Mexican 1888 Diffley Rd.
Lunch is optional and on your own dime.
For further info &/or updates check our Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/onlocationdrawing
Or email Deb at tobersonstudios@gmail.com

Picture Gallery of the Soul - Opening Night
2022-09-22 19:00 - 21:00
Katherine E. Nash Gallery

Our Own Herman Milligan presents A Picture Gallery of the Soul
September 13 – December 10, 2022

About the Exhibition
The Katherine E. Nash Gallery presents A Picture Gallery of the Soul, a group exhibition of over 100 Black American artists whose practice incorporates the photographic medium. Sampling a range of photographic expressions from traditional photography to mixed media and conceptual art and spanning a timeframe that includes the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, the exhibition honors, celebrates, investigates, and interprets Black history, culture, and politics in the United States.
From the daguerreotypes made by Jules Lion in New Orleans in 1840 to the Instagram post of the Baltimore Uprising made by Devin Allen in 2015, photography has chronicled Black American life and Black Americans have defined the possibilities of photography. Frederick Douglass, a former enslaved person, and nationally prominent abolitionist recognized the quick, easy and inexpensive reproducibility of photography. He presciently developed a theoretical framework for understanding the implications of photography on public discourse in a series of four lectures. The exhibition title comes from Douglass’ Lecture on Pictures, delivered in Boston in 1861 during the Civil War.
Related Events
A companion exhibition of photographs made by Gordon Parks High School students will be on view from September 13 – October 8 in the Quarter Gallery at Regis Center for Art. Learn more about the exhibition.
Virtual Keynote | Thursday, September 15 | 6:30 pm | Online
Presentation with Prof. Deborah Willis, New York University
Registration required: https://z.umn.edu/Prof_Deborah_Willis
Opening Program | Thursday, September 22 | 6:00 – 7:00 pm | InFlux Space, Regis Center for Art
Presentation with the exhibition curators and visiting scholar lecture
Mining the Archive of Black Life and Culture, Prof. Cheryl Finley, Cornell University
Registration required: https://z.umn.edu/RegisRSVP
Public Reception | Thursday, September 22 | 7:00 – 9:00 pm | Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Come celebrate with the curators and visiting guests.
RSVP required: https://z.umn.edu/RegisRSVP

Homewood Studios - September Gallery Show
2022-09-30 18:00 - 21:00
Homewood Studios SEPTEMBER GALLERY SHOW
2400 Plymouth Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55411

“NEGATIVE CAPABILITY”
Marion Angelica, ceramics
September 2 through 30, 2022

Closing Reception / Gallery Talk – Friday, September 30, 6 pm to 9 pm
Romantic poet John Keats wrote of the ability to suspend judgment about something in order to learn more about it, implying the ability to resist explaining away what we do not understand. He called this negative capability. Recently, our September exhibiting artist, Marini Angelica, has been creating ceramics work laced with open spaces. She is not sure why, but she has chosen to trust the impulse, to go with it. The work in this show, full of the hallmarks of Angelica’s work – intriguing surfaces, unexceed shapes, graceful line,s and surprising color – carried us, with her, into these inviting spaces of not knowing.
Read More: https://homewoodstudios.com

Frances Bates @ Fox Den: White Tiger Inventions
2022-10-06 17:00 - 21:00, 2022-10-08 11:00 - 17:00
A message from Frances Bates
Hello ACW,
My name is Frances and I have my first ever solo art show coming up. I have been making art since I was little, so this is a dream come true. If you are curious why you keep seeing me use a tiger design for everything, I’ll tell you the story. White tigers specifically have been my favorite animal ever since I can remember. That love of tigers lead me to include it in emails, social media accounts, and of course my art workshop. Many of those close to me have been recipients of my art and now I am sharing it with the world. If you want to be part of this momentous occasion, please come check my work, or what I like to call White Tiger Inventions, at the Fox Den in October.
Hope to see you there!
Frances Bates (She/her)
francesbates22@gmail.com
francesbates22.wixsite.com/portfolio

October Gallery Show - Homewood Studios (Opening Reception)
2022-10-07 17:00 - 20:00
OCTOBER GALLERY SHOW – HOMEWOOD STUDIOS
Show Run: October 7th – October 29th
Opening Reception: October 7th 2022, 5:00 to 8:00pm
2400 Plymouth Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55411
Zoom Gallery Talk: Tuesday, October 18th, 7:00 pm Connect to Virtual Talk at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4356847453?pwd=[REDACTED]
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday 5:00 to 8:00 pm, Wednesday and Friday 1:00 to 6:00 pm
Saturday 1:00 to 4:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm to 4:00pm
In the Moment website link:
https://hpcinthemoment.myportfolio.com/
The Homewood Photo Collective, founded and curated by Homewood Studios Resident Artist meets monthly to view and comment on members’ work, discuss trends in photography, and provide general encouragement and support to each other. In the past few years, the group has grown and blossomed, to the point where now twenty photographers are participating in this current show.
Larry Risser, Homewood Photo Collective member, offers this artist’s statement for the group:
As matter is composed of atoms, so our lives are composed of moments. And, as we may give little thought to the motions of atoms, so we often fill our days, months, and years with only passing notice of the moments that define the arc of our lives. It is when major events stop us short, cutting off the cascade of daily moments, that we pause to reflect on the moments of joy and loss, success and setback, hope and despair that have filled our lives.
With this exhibit, we invite you the viewer to pause with us and consider the larger significance of the moment that the photographer has caught and let that image resonate with moments in your own life.
Regular subscribers, please note the Sunday hours added for this show.

A Picture Gallery of the Soul - Spoken Word Event
2022-10-12 12:00 - 14:00
Spoken Word Event
Wednesday, Oct 12 |12:15 pm CDT | InFlux Space, Regis Center for Art
Program with Ty Chapman, Keno Evol, and Andrea Jenkins
RSVP required: https://z.umn.edu/RegisRSVP
Also, join us for a tour of the exhibition after the Spoken Word event at 2:00 PM

Standout Prints Artist Talk (Supporting Lynnette K. Black)
2022-10-15 18:00 - 19:00
Intaglio print “Turquoise Spirit” created by member Lynnette K. Black was selected from over 600 submissions to be a part of STAND OUT PRINTS, an International Biennial Printmaking Exhibition sponsored by Highpoint Center for Printmaking. On view through October 29, 2022.
https://www.highpointprintmaking.org/calendar/sop
SAVE THE DATE: Oct 15th, 6-7 PM
Artist Talk with juror and artist, William Villalongo at Highpoint
Villalongo is the recipient of the prestigious Louis Comfort Tiffany Award and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptor’s Grant.

On Location Drawing Co-Op: Stone Arch Bridge
2022-10-22 11:30 - 14:00
On Location Drawing Co-op for October 2022:
Next Stop is the Stone Arch Bridge!
100 Portland Ave, Minneapolis, 55401
October 22, 2022 11:30am-2:00pm
Join us for Lunch (Optional) @ Aster Café,125 S.E. Main Street, Mpls 55414
(Lunch is optional and on your dime.)
Please join us for a fun and relaxing drawing session.
This information is posted on our On Location Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/onlocationdrawing
For further ?’s Email: tobersonstudios@gmail.com with subject line: On Location?

Reception: Layl McDill & Anna Karena at Unity Unitarian Church
2022-10-23 12:00 - 14:00
Layl McDill and Anna Karena at Unity Unitarian Church
Oct. 1st to 31st
Reception Oct. 23rd at 12:00 pm
733 Portland Ave.
St. Paul, MN
Layl McDill will be exhibiting her polymer clay sculptures including her whimsical teapots. Anna Karena is an intuitive painter that layers paint until something begins to form. Their work will fill the gallery with color and magic!
Image: Protecting Three Puddles, Layl McDill www.laylmcdill.com

Susan Hensel - At Play in the Fields of Color Perception (Opens)
2022-10-27 08:00 - 17:00
Susan Hensel has a solo show. AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF COLOR PERCEPTION, opening at the Hopkins Center for the Art, 10/27/22 through 12/3/22.
Susan Hensel Design,LLC
she/her/hers
https://susanhenselprojects.com
susanhenselgallery.com
https://www.instagram.com/susan_hensel_
multimedia_artist/
Contact:
3441 Cedar Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612 202-9644

ACW Annual Retreat (for BOD, Advisory Board, and Interns)
2022-10-29 13:00 - 2022-10-30 15:00
ACW’s Annual Retreat
For Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Interns, and Task Force members.
October 29, 2022, 1 PM through Saturday, October 30 until 3 PM.
Bringing art, planning, fellowship, and fun together into one!
One weekend.
Join us at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church: 5025 Knox Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419
More info as the date approaches. Want to help with the planning? Post: info@arttochangetheworld.org

BATS Group Art Show
2022-11-04 17:00 - 22:00, 2022-11-05 12:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-06 12:00 - 17:00
The Glitter Renaissance Group is going to be hosting an art show in the Fox Den at Solar Arts Building. It will be the first weekend in November during the Fall Open Studios event. We came up with the acronym BATS or Brilliant Artists Transforming Society to show that no matter what style of art you create it can make a difference in the world. You will get to see a variety of art from paintings to sculptures to illustrations. Come join the BATS for a weekend of fun!

Solar Arts Building at 711 15 th Ave NE
November 4th (5-10), 5th (12-8), and 6th (12-5)

Artists of the show:
Alkemy Frost
Collin Nelson
Frances Bates
Madalina Kelner
Rose Cooper

Natural Henna Pop Up Booth
2022-11-04 17:00 - 22:00
Solar Arts Building at 711 15 th Ave NE

Open Casket Speakeasy Benefit
2022-11-04 17:00 - 22:00
Speakeasy to Benefit NE Mpls Arts District
When studios in Northeast Minneapolis open for the weekend of November 4-5-6, visitors can purchase cocktails at the basement Speakeasy at Casket Arts building, 681 17th Ave. NE during Open Casket. Speakeasy is open 5-10 pm on Friday, Nov. 4, 2-8 pm on Saturday, Nov. 5, and noon-4 pm on Sunday, Nov. 6. Speakeasy profits go to support Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. ACW members Margo Ashmore, Josh Blanc, and others are on the Arts District board, with a mission “to catalyze the innovative spirit of artists through generative community development.” Dedicated to making the geography look more and more like an arts district, increasing the number of artists and arts organizations in the area, and offering artist opportunities such as airport exhibits and the Northeast Calendar. Voted #1 Best Arts District by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards. Find out more during Open Casket!
Thank you,
Margo Ashmore
Volunteer Board Member
Northeast Minneapolis Arts District
My cell phone: 612-867-4874
northeastminneapolisartsdistrict.org

Open Casket Speakeasy Benefit
2022-11-05 14:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-06 12:00 - 16:00
Speakeasy to Benefit NE Mpls Arts District
When studios in Northeast Minneapolis open for the weekend of November 4-5-6, visitors can purchase cocktails at the basement Speakeasy at Casket Arts building, 681 17th Ave. NE during Open Casket. Speakeasy is open 5-10 pm on Friday, Nov. 4, 2-8 pm on Saturday, Nov. 5, and noon-4 pm on Sunday, Nov. 6. Speakeasy profits go to support Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. ACW members Margo Ashmore, Josh Blanc, and others are on the Arts District board, with a mission “to catalyze the innovative spirit of artists through generative community development.” Dedicated to making the geography look more and more like an arts district, increasing the number of artists and arts organizations in the area, and offering artist opportunities such as airport exhibits and the Northeast Calendar. Voted #1 Best Arts District by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards. Find out more during Open Casket!
Thank you,
Margo Ashmore
Volunteer Board Member
Northeast Minneapolis Arts District
My cell phone: 612-867-4874

(Re) Cover - Shalee Cole
2022-11-10 20:00, 2022-11-11 20:00, 2022-11-12 20:00
(Re) Cover – A Creative New Work by Shalee Cole
Title: (re) cover: The Campaign
Media: Theatre and a Tabletop Role Playing Game
Written and Performed by: Shalee Cole
Directed by: Lauren Edson
In Collaboration with: The Right Here Showcase
Meadowbrook Guild Bounty Board:
Typically Meadowbrook is a safe and attractive community full of loving families and giggling children. But as of a week ago, a scourge, believed to be magical in nature, has suddenly appeared in our neighborhood. Passersby are reporting radiated debris covering blighted plant life and a revolting stench. Without witnesses or evidence of an inciting event, We cannot say how the scourge appeared in sleepy Meadowbrook. The Guild has researched recent and historical records of the area, but believe magic is affecting the community’s memory, as no one can place what was there before. We fear that the scourge will spread and could cause complete decimation.
Seeking: Two seasoned surveyors with experience investigating unusual and necrotic events.
Mission: Enter the scourge, identify the cause, and report expert recommendations to the guild for immediate action.
(re)cover: The Campaign is a performative role-playing story. Created by Shalee Mae Cole and determined by two new guests every night before a live audience
Join us at the Tek Box at the Cowles Center, 528 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403 on November 10-12 at 8:00 pm and November 13 at 7:00 pm
Get Your Tickets Here!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-7th-annual-right-here-showcase-tickets-423485365127

Opening Night - MWMO Sculpture @ Homewood Studios
2022-11-11 17:00 - 20:00 | Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth Ave N, Minneapolis, MN, 55411
One River’s Trash is the Same River’s Treasure -Unveiling

Title: Mississippi River Pearl 2022
Dimensions : 4’ W X 5’ W x 6’ T
Media: Mixed Media- Mississippi River Trash and objects with a previous history
An Art to Change the World Collaboration: Project Manager Barbara Bridges and group members Frances Bates, Amáda Márquez Simula, Greg Volker, Margo Ashmore, Annie Merrell, Neil Granlund, Katherine Boyce, Alexis Schramel, and Kelly Frankenberg.
Join us at Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55411 on November 11 from 5:00-8:00 https://homewoodstudios.com
The creation of Pearl was funded by a Mississippi Watershed Management Organization Stewardship Fund Program grant and the project led ten people to meet, collect trash along the Mississippi and participate in an immersive curriculum unit which was collaboratively developed by Barbara and the participants themselves – including a scientist, journalist, mayor, teachers, and artists!
All participants created this elegant artwork using the found river debris and other hand-constructed and found objects. With one of the goals being to educate people about the plastics we find on our waterways, they repurposed objects with a history to create a new narrative. Paper was made by Alexis from the debris collected. The quilted seat was commissioned from ACW quiltmaker, Lucy Schroepfer out of fabric found along the river. John Olson, from River Keepers, helped us forage on the west side of the river in his electric pontoon. The project participants met eight times in September and October.
Open all 21 drawers! Take a memento and research card or two. Sit on the throne, meditate and snap a photo. Post on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok using #ArtToChangeTheWorld and #MississippiRiverPearl. Send us that photo! Leave us your impressions in the survey drawer for a chance to win an ACW t-shirt.
Read about the project: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/mississippi-watershed-management-organization-project
Mill City Times features MWMO water project and ACW Director, Barbara Bridges.
http://millcitytimes.com/news/changemaker-barbara-bridges-founder-and-director-art-to-chan.html?fbclid=IwAR2Z7Ije-bDPUC6U_D4OBLdECZ9Ht-FS-tO16nr-dHlMNj8mXzAafAHNWMQ
See the TikTok Video created by Amáda Márquez Simula
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkHn3xzA82m/
Read More about the project: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/mississippi-management-and-watershed-project

Re (Cover) - Shalee Cole
2022-11-13 19:00

Interference Art Presents: Seed the Dream Legacy Space
2022-11-15 19:00 - 21:00
Interference Arts presents
“Seed the Legacy Dream Space”
by Craig Harris & Candy Kuehn, in collaboration with Kym Longhi & Jim Peitzman
Do you wonder about the Past?
Do you Dream about the Future?
Are you Curious about how our lives create what follows?
The Legacy Dream Space is a multimedia environment and exhibition, designed to explore our past and present and to collaborate to create a legacy for future generations. It is a multi-dimensional story space that incorporates music, performance, art exhibition, and a multimedia installation, to create an environment conducive to experiencing stories and engaging in their unfolding. The story spaces are rich in visual, aural, and thematic content, and evolve through community engagement.
We are preparing this work for exhibition at Owatonna Art Center in the fall of 2023, and are hosting a series of opportunities to explore, capture new content, and integrate community input into future instances of the work.
Join us on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, to Seed the Legacy Dream Space:

to experience;
to participate;
to create what follows.

Where:
The Annex
512 E 24th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55404
When:
November 15, 2022
7:00 PM
RSVP to info@arttochangetheworld.org
Capacity limited to 15.
Read More about the project: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/seed-the-legacy-dream-space

Tiny Roberts Art Auction @ Lakewood Cemetery
2022-11-20 14:30 - 16:30
ACW member Rebecca Froehlich is organizing an art auction to benefit making Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary more accessible. Bid on tiny Roberts (nature-themed) art and support a great cause!
Join us on:
Sunday, November 20th, 2022
2:30-4:30 PM
In person @ Lakewood Cemetery (Minneapolis, MN)
OR Online via Bidding Owl
All proceeds benefit Friends of Roberts Bird Sanctuary’s terrace project.
Questions? Contact: tinyrobertsauction@gmail.com
Want to donate art? We’re looking for art of all kinds, depicting the nature in Roberts Bird Sanctuary (including ferns, wildflowers, plants, mammals, and birds of all kinds) – contact the same email to arrange a pickup date!
Want to support the cause but don’t want to bid? Donate to the terrace project GoFundMe here.

Don Luce & Ruth Talen Erickson @ Homewood Studios - Opening Reception
2022-12-02 17:00 - 20:00
December Gallery Show
Homewood Studios 2400 Plymouth Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55411
Don Luce & Ruth Talen Erickson: Painting & Pottery
December 2-23
Opening Reception – Friday, December 2 from 5 pm to 8 pm
Gallery Talk – Tuesday, December 13 beginning at 7 pm
Our final show of 2022 has long been in the works. Ruth Erickson is a long-time friend of Homewood Studios. Planning for this show began well before Covid put everything on pause, and we thank both Ruth and Don for their patience. From our point of view, and we anticipate from that of studio viewers as well, the wait will be worth it.
About his work, Don writes: I strive to stimulate people’s curiosity of nature, deepen their understanding of how nature works and inspire a commitment to protect the natural world. I use painting and drawing to reveal the ecological processes that underlie the landscape and to capture the sense of energy and excitement I feel while exploring nature.

And about her work, Ruth writes:
The Japanese concept of “Mengei -the appreciation of the handmade in everyday life”, has guided my work for over 50 years as a potter. What matters to me when expressing my love of clay is the hope that my pottery is part of your daily life and brings you joy and beauty.

Don Luce & Ruth Talen Erickson - Gallery Talk at Homewood Studios
2022-12-13 19:00
