Art to Change the World

On Location Drawing Co-Op: Stone Arch Bridge
2022-10-22 11:30 - 14:00 UTC
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

Bill Cottman - "I am Here" - Homewood Studios Show (Opening Reception)
2023-01-06 17:00 - 20:00
JANUARY HOMEWOOD GALLERY SHOW
BILL COTTMAN: I Am Here
Curated by Seitu Jones, George Slade, Davu Seru, Miko Simmons & Beverly Cottman
January 6 through 31. Opening Reception: Friday, January 6th from 5 pm to 8 pm

Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth Avenue
KFAI-FM Remote Broadcast from the Galley: Saturday, January 7 from 9 am to 11 am
In-person &/or call-in memories and stories about Bill hosted by Kenna Cottman (Bill’s daughter) and Yonci Peaceful Jameson (Bill’s granddaughter)
Gallery Talk with curators: Tuesday, January 17. beginning at 7 pm (How this show came together; what we were trying to do. )
The passing, all too soon, of Bill Cottman, one of our community’s most active, connected, and important artists, a little more than a year ago, has left us all pulsing with memories and believing he is still with us in so many ways. Thus, our gallery show to remember him as a photographer, video artist, writer, poet, and bookmaker.
To do his lifetime of work justice, we would have to hire a huge hall. Instead, we have at Beverly Cottman’s suggestion, invited four artist friends of Bill and Beverly to curate a show touching on several aspects of Bill’s artistic life. The show includes many of his photographs and photo series, (of course), video work, his various published books, and ephemera collected by the curators. Like all of Bill’s shows in our gallery over the past twenty years, it will be unpredictable, surprising, informative, revelatory, and professionally superb.
In addition, anyone with a good Bill Cottman story or memory is invited to attend our gallery in person or call in during the Mostly Jazz program on KFAI-FM, Saturday, January 7th from 9 am to 11 am.
612 587-0230, www.homewoodstudios.com

On Location Drawing Co-Op: Trailhead Lodge
2023-01-14 11:30 - 13:30
On Location Drawing Co-op
Next Stop:
Where: Trailhead Lodge @ Theodore Wirth Park
1221 Theodore Wirth Pkwy, Mpls, 55422
When: January 14th, 11:30am -1:30 pm
On Location Drawing Co-op is an informal group that meets at different locations throughout the Twin Cities to draw.
We will be drawing and also dining inside at the Mill Valley Market.
Lunch is optional and is on your dime.
Further information and updates can be found on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/onlocationdrawing/about/?ref=page_internal

Or email Deb at tobersonstudios@gmail.com/ Tobersonstudios

Greg Volker - "This Time" Release Party
2023-01-19 19:30 - 23:00
Greg Volker is having a release party for the new single off his new album titled “This Time”
The title track “This Time” will be available on Spotify on January 1 for free spoti.fi/3WCgOxX
Underground Music Café, 408 N 3rd Avenue, Minneapolis
$5 at the door or advanced, For tickets: http://bit.ly/3BPASoz
Thursday, Jan 19th
7:30pm Woodzen
8:30pm Greg Volker with Woodzen
10 pm Room 95

Vincent Wycoff @ The Grand Hand Gallery
2023-01-21 13:00 - 15:00
Art is for Everyone!
The Grand Hand Gallery features fine art and craft, with a focus on artists in the communities of the Upper Midwest. The Grand Hand is committed to creating an inclusive space for artists and visitors, featuring gallery openings, demonstrations, and events to connect people and art.
The Grand Hand welcomes Minnesota author Vincent Wyckoff to the gallery for a book signing on January 21st, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Bring your own copy of one of his books, or purchase one when you’re visiting.

Read More: https://thegrandhand.com

Art Battle Competition Video - Kelly Frankenberg
2023-01-26 08:00 - 17:00
Watch as Assistant Director, Kelly Frankenberg, paints to compete in a live art battle, the first in Minnesota. She’s in the second round at about 2:03:00 in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIFF1Qq42fc
If you want to find out how you can be part of an art battle competition, (they have them all over the world) go to https://www.artbattle.com

Art Battle-live painting competition
2023-01-26 19:00 - 20:30 | jersey’s bar and grill, 6449 concord blvd, inver grove heights, MN, United States
Come see ACW’s Assistant Director, Kelly Frankenberg, paint live in an Art Battle!
Thursday, January 26th, 7 pm, Jersey’s Bar and Grill, 6449 Concord Blvd
Inver Grove Heights, MN Tickets are $20-30.
For Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-battle-minnesota-january-26-2023-tickets-461804348237

Exploring the "Same Forest" - Debra Ripp @ Solar Arts Building
2023-02-02 17:00 - 21:00

Black History Month Emporium (Opens)
2023-02-03 08:00 - 17:00 | Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth Ave N, Minneapolis, MN, 55411
The 6th Annual Black History Month Emporium will take place at Homewood Studios and on social media during the month of February 2023 from the 3rd to the 26th.
Visit homewoodstudios.com for details and calendar of events.

Inspired By Claudette & Rosa (Opening Night)
2023-02-10 12:30 - 15:00
By Laura Mann-Hill
ACW Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator
I hope you can join me in lifting up the voices of youth in the upcoming performance of the play I wrote. We have a cast of amazing youth performers. The play is based on real-life experiences I had working with Twin Cities youth over the past two years.
Inspired by Claudette and Rosa
Sonia and some of her classmates struggle navigating issues of race in their everyday life. After learning about Civil Rights Activists Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin, Sonia is inspired to take a stand in her own life and move them to action. In 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks became known as a civil rights icon, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a racially segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Claudette’s story of resistance and her relationship with Rosa reveals the role she played in sparking a movement for racial justice.
The show runs February 10-February 26, 2023. More info and tickets available at https://www.youthperformanceco.org

On-Location Drawing Co-Op: Textile Center
2023-02-11 11:30 - 14:00
On Location Drawing Co-op
An informal group that meets at different locations throughout the Twin Cities to draw.
We will be dining at Fresh Tyme Deli which is across the street.
Lunch is optional and is on your dime.
Further information and updates can be found on our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/onlocationdrawing
Or email Deb at tobersonstudios@gmail.com
Debra Ripp/ Tobersonstudios
