Art to Change the World

3 x 100 Show at The Fox Den
2021-12-10 17:00 - 22:00 UTC
100 works under $100 for giving a gift of soul to your loved ones. Each of the following Artists will also have a Show Stopper. Do not miss our Romancing the Hallway installation outside the Fox Den.
Artists: Layl McDill, Barbara Bridges, Lucienne Schroepfer, Susan Gainen, Nina Robinson, Ari Moss and Deb Ripp.
The Fox Den at Solar Arts 711 15th Ave NE Minneapolis 2nd Floor (above Indeed)
Open Thursday 12/2 5-9pm
Friday Dec. 10 5-10pm
Saturday Dec. 11 12-7pm
Sunday Dec. 12 12-4
Come with your mask or buy one of the Fabulous, Funky and Functional ACW Mask Project beauties! Contact Lucy with questions lucienne@lucequilts.com
Photo: The Wise Ones series all $99 – 7 available -Barbara Bridges

Light Up the Night, Light Up a Life
2021-12-10 08:00 - 2021-12-11 17:00
Join ACW artists for “Light Up the Night, Light Up a Life”.
Attend Friday and Saturday, December 10th and 11th, 2021.
More information forthcoming.

Anton Treuer: Artist Talk
2021-12-08 19:00 - 20:00
In The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World, Anton Treuer tells stories of one Ojibwe family’s hunting, gathering, harvesting, and cultural ways and beliefs–without violating protected secrets. Following the four seasons of the year and the four seasons of life, this intimate view of the Ojibwe world reflects a relatable, modern, richly experienced connection to the rest of the planet. It also opens up a new way of understanding these living traditions, which carry thousands of years of cultural knowledge still in the making.

Today’s Ojibwe people have–against all odds–maintained a dazzling array of deep, beautiful, adaptive ways of connecting to the spiritual, natural, and human beings around them. Variations in Ojibwe cultural practices are, of course, as diverse as their homelands, which stretch across the Great Lakes, Canadian shield, pine forests, and prairie potholes of four US states and three Canadian provinces. And Ojibwe culture, like every other culture, has changed over time. But these variations and changes have always followed a distinct path, reflecting an identifiably Ojibwe worldview. While the world around, in, and connected to Ojibwe spaces continues to envelop myriad cultures and peoples, the Ojibwe have found a way to stay recognizable to their ancestors.
Date: Wed., Dec 8, 2021, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN 55407
Contact: 612-341-7582, mcm@mnhs.org
Cost: Free

The Art Shoppe - Meet the Artists Event
2021-12-04 12:00 - 14:00
Meet Rebecca David and Susan Gainen at the Art Shoppe at the Midtown Global Market on December 4th 2021. They will be there for the meet-and-greet from Noon-2 PM. They will also be featured artists from November 15th-December 31st.
Midtown Global Market Address:
920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407

First Thursday @ Solar Arts Building
2021-12-02 17:00 - 21:00, 2021-11-04 17:00 - 21:00
Location: Solar Arts Building
711 NE 15th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55413
See ACW at the Fox Den!
Can’t make it today? We’ll have more opportunities in 2022!

ACW Solo Exhibitions: First Thursdays @ Fox Den
2021-12-02
ACW members are invited to apply for a solo show in the Fox Den at the Solar Arts Building on First Thursdays. (Set-up Nov 30/Dec 1; Tear Down -Tuesday Dec 7 PM or Wednesday Dec 8 Early AM).
Please find application information here.

On-Location Drawing Co-op
2021-11-27 11:30 - 13:30
On Location Drawing Co-op is a fun group that likes to explore the Twin Cities sites. On November 27th, 2021 We are heading to The North East Arts District and hanging out around the train cars along Quincy Avenue NE. We are going to take advantage of the Indeed’s Fireplaces. And if it is super cold, we will move up to the Second Floor and catch a bit of Small Business Saturday. If that isn’t enough for you, well, we are going to Vivir for some lunch!
I hope you can join us in our merry excursion and get a few good drawings too.
Address: 711 15th Avenue NE MPLS
Date: 11/27/2021
Time: 11:30am to 1:30pm
Lunch to follow at Vivir
Questions Contact Debbie Ripp @ tobersonstudios@gmail.com

Small Business Saturday
2021-11-27
Did you know that November 27th, 2021 is Small Business Saturday? You are encourage to shop small, shop local, and support your neighbors. Support an artist on Small Business Saturday.
Stay tuned for more information.

Call for Art Deadline: Blood on the Pavement
2021-11-24 08:00 - 17:00
CALL FOR ARTISTS
Exhibit: “Blood on the Pavement”
Location: TBD
Showing Dates: May 2022
Deadline to Apply: Wednesday, November 24th, 11:59PM CST

“Blood on The Pavement” is seeking local Twin Cities artists! Scheduled to open May 2022, the exhibit will focus on addressing violence against black bodies, both verbally and physically, from micro aggressions to police brutality. The exhibit will also explore violence against women’s bodies and those identifying as women, as well as other intersections of identity.
“Blood On The Pavement” is open to 2D or 3D works from artists of all backgrounds, but will give priority to voices from BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.
Artists will create work reacting to poems written by the organizer and project manager, Ashley Richardson. Please note there is no “correct” interpretation of the poems. The organizer is simply looking for artists to create pieces that express the feelings and thoughts inspired by her words.
PAYMENT
All artists will receive a minimum stipend of $100.00 to offset the cost of materials, and a free $50 membership to local non-profit, Art To Change The World. Featured artists will also have the opportunity to sell their work during a month-long exhibit or donate their work to a silent auction. Auction earnings will go directly to organizations supporting, protecting, and bettering black lives.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Please email questions or submissions to Ashley Richardson at richardson.exhibits@gmail.com. Submissions should include:

Name, address, email, phone, websites, social media platforms, etc.

Three to four samples of your work (JPEG Format)

A brief statement of interest, including: a few sentences about your approach as an artist and the works submitted, as well as your reason for wanting to contribute to the exhibit.

Deadline: Wednesday, November 24th, 11:59PM CST

“Blood on the Pavement” is supported by ACW’s Coaching Project for A Better World. Other team members include filmmaker and educator, Deacon Warner, and environmental, health and safety expert, Dominique Zellmer. Read More about the Coaching Project for a Better World: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/coaching-project-for-a-better-world/

Fox Den Showcase Application Due Date
2021-11-10 08:00 - 17:00
Seeking 15 Artists (first come first serve) to include art to be showcased in the Fox Den on the 2nd Floor of the Solar Arts Building—Dec 2nd, 5-9pm then again for the Holiday Market Dec 10th and 11th. Applications due by November 10, 2021.
Please note the following requirements:
1. All applicants must be active members of ACW
2. All Applicants should plan to submit
a. one showstopper piece (Must be social justice themed)
b. 10-20 smaller items (Under $50-$100) that can be displayed in one rack/ small area of a table (Think size of a breadbox!)
c. An artist Bio
d. A Statement for showstopper piece with the title, price and a short description of the piece’s story.
3. All applicants MUST commit to working a two-hour shift either 12/2 or 12/10-11.
4. Art must be delivered 11/30 7-9pm or 12/1 8-11am. Art must be picked up 12/11 following the holiday market.
5. Application: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/fox-den
Please note: This call for art is on a first come first served basis. Please send an email with a description of the showstopper piece plus smaller articles to lucienne@lucequilts.com.

Catherine A Palmer: Hindsight is 2020 Opening
2021-11-07 17:00 - 18:30
ACW is very excited to announce that our very own member, Catherine A. Palmer, was accepted into the show “Hindsight is 2020” and is featured on the postcard.
If you haven’t had the chance to check out Artworks Eagan, here’s your chance! Stop by Artworks for the show opening on 11/7/2021 from 5pm to 6:30pm.
Artworks Eagan is located at 3795 Pilot Knob Rd, Eagan, MN 55122. Please show your support for Katie and Artworks by checking out their website and stopping by the exhibit.

Layl McDill: 60 Artists on 50th Show
2021-11-06 10:00 - 17:00
Layl McDill will be displaying her work at the 60 Artists on 50th Art Show.
This is a one-day Art Show is held at Burroughs Community School, 1601 W 50th Street, Minneapolis on November, 6th from 10 to 5.
A great place to get handmade holiday gifts by local artists. Layl will have polymer clay holiday ornaments priced from $24 to $48, magnets and pins for $8 and a variety of vessels including sugar bowls and teapots. Also come and see her new “Story Snippets” which include mixed media and transferred drawings.
More info at their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/60Artistson50th
Image: “Story Snippet, 6″x6”
Layl McDill
Clay Squared to Infinity
2505 Howard St. NE, studio A
Minneapolis, MN 55418
612-781-6409
www.claysquared.com

Hold Us Tight - Fresh Eye Gallery show ends
2021-11-06 08:00 - 17:00
Nina Martine Robinson will be participating in Fresh Eye Gallery’s exhibition with her installation “empty without you”.
Nina’s work explores the ramifications of neurodiversity, specifically autism spectrum disorder on the family. Many individuals on the spectrum do not like to be touched or hugged. This can lead to dysphoria within the family unit. My use of sleeves sewn together to form figurative shapes are metaphors for hugging, individualism and speak to the repetitive behaviors that are synonymous with ASD.
4238 Nicollet Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55409
More info: https://www.fresheyegallery.com/

Reception: 10th Annual Homewood Studios Resident Artists Show
2021-11-05 17:00 - 20:00
10th Annual Homewood Studios Resident Artists Show
Gallery: Homewood Studios www.homewoodstudios.com
Dates: November 5th through the 24th
Opening Reception: November 5th from 5pm to 8pm
All eight artists will be present and their studios open for visiting
Zoom Gallery Talk: Thursday, November 11th beginning at 7pm
(info on our website about joining the talk after 11/8)

Candy Kuehn: Fall Open Studios @ California Building
2021-11-05 08:00 - 2021-11-07 17:00
Meet ACW’s Instagram Queen – Candy Kuehn! California Building Studio 200C. The most southwest side of 2nd floor. She will be showing / selling hat making supplies, painted Art Yardages, digital prints, (both Archival pigments and toner printed, some framed) cards and some very random upcycling clothes experiments. She will also be selling the overflow of way too many happy houseplants, potted under $5.

Art This Way (Open District) - Polymer Art Guild Lobby Show
2021-11-05 08:00 - 2021-11-07 17:00
(Polymer Art Guild Lobby show)
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
November 5th, 6th 7th, 2021
Stay tuned for more information!

Cory Favre: The White Knuckled Project Opening Reception
2021-11-04 18:00 - 20:00
The White Knuckled Project
By Cory Favre
“With this project, I want to spotlight the lengths women and those who experience harassment and assault go through to ensure their personal safety. It is something nearly all of us do on a regular basis. In some of the conversations around this project and with friends, it’s almost become a joke. But, inside of the laughter is a nervousness that we all connect to. This is our reality on these panels.” -Cory Favre
Cory Favre is a visual artist working in NE Minneapolis. She is the recipient of a 2020 Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board for her White Knuckled Project. The White Knuckled Project is an installation of 100 paintings of items women, LGBTQIA and femme identifying folk use to ensure their personal safety while out in the world. Each item is sourced from a real person of the real item or method they use.
The exhibition is on view at The North Suburban Center for the Arts at Banfill-Locke, October 26-December 4.
Opening reception November 4, 6-8pm.
Artist Talk TBD.
North Suburban Center for the Arts, 6666 E River Road, Fridley, MN 55432, 763.574.1850
Questions? Email info@northsuburbanarts.org or info@coryfavre.com
www.coryfavre.com/whiteknuckledproject.
This work was made possible by the voters of Minnesota through the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Minnesota State Legislature, and the National Endowment of the Arts.

Frame Your Rights Exhibition
2021-11-04 08:00 - 2021-11-07 17:00
#FrameYourRights Exhibition focusing on Voting, Reproductive Rights, Policing and other social justice topics will be staged.
Committee Layl McDill, Barbara Bridges, Cory Favre, Nina Robinson, Natalie McGuire, not pictured: Deb Ripp, Lucienne Schroepfer

Exhibiting: Cory Favre, Ari Moss, Rebecca David, Natalie McGuire

Nov 4-7, 2021, During Art this Way show Location: Solar Arts Building, Address: 711 NE 15th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Event hours:
11-4 5-9 pm
11-5 5-9 pm
11-5 noon – 8 pm
11-6 noon – 4 pm Details:
ACW leader, Natalie McGuire, submits her unique photography merging into her mosaic frame works to galleries all over the country. The work, Bridge to Wonder, was accepted into the exhibition at the Arcadia Art Show in Tyler, Texas. When Texas passed the law denying the marginalized their reproductive freedom (the wealthy can travel across state lines), Natalie felt compelled to take action. She wrote to the curator of the exhibit that, respectfully, she could not send her art into a state which would support such a trampling of “the right to choose”. Much to her amazement, the curator of Arcadia Art Show, Dace Kidd, responded that she understood and asked if she could install her statement on a black background, framed, in the place her work would have been hung. This was an encouraging outcome, but then so what? Who is this punishing? ACW is going two steps further to help those who need reproductive services NOW.
ACW is also aware that a boycott of all things Texan punishes all Texans. If you would like to help the women currently in crisis, please send a donation to: The Lilith Fund – supports the right of all Texans to make their own reproductive choices, regardless of income. https://www.lilithfund.org/donate
Read More: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/10781-2/

ACW Solo Exhibitions: First Thursdays @ Fox Den
2021-11-04
ACW members are invited to apply for a solo show in the Fox Den at the Solar Arts Building on First Thursdays. Set up Nov. 2-3, tear down Sunday, Nov. 7th.
Please find application information here.

New SWAP Cycle Begins
2021-11-01 08:00 - 17:00
SWAP Has Been Redesigned
by ACW Intern Natalia Granquist
Call for Art! SWAP is almost ready for our upcoming gift-giving season! Artists have no supply chain issues. Put the soul of an artist in your space. Our artwork is local and will be perfect to warm the homes of family, friends, and loved ones.
Sponsors and those adopting a $200 or above artwork will win a Free Small Work
Our current deal includes a free work of art valued between $75-$100 for every bride registry (of over 5 works) held with SWAP. We’d like churches to be involved so brides can receive gifts of beautifully unique artwork on their special day. Could your church be involved?
Nov 1st will begin our new SWAP cycle
SWAP artists must be active members of ACW (paid-up memberships and volunteer hours). We are a collective. SWAP artists must adopt, or cause to be adopted, 1 work before they are listed on the registry -3 works maximum. How to Submit: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/stand-with-artists-project/
A few of the new SWAP artists: Sam Greene, , Linda G Sharpe, Susan Gainen , Natalie McGuire, Deb Ripp, Rebecca David, Lucienne Schroepfer

Native American Heritage Month Begins
2021-11-01 08:00 - 17:00
By Laura-Mann-Hill Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator.

I live near Haha Wakpa, the Mississippi River, that connects all waters and all lives where we live.The river is made of many small drops that flow together – like our individual commitments to learning and unlearning can bring us together.

November is Native American Heritage Month. Although one month is never enough time to fully celebrate or honor any cultural heritage, it is always a reminder to celebrate and honor the rich and diverse cultures and traditions, knowledge, and contributions of Indigenous people. Those who call Minnesota home live on the traditional homelands of the Dakota people who have stewarded this place for thousands of years. It has been home to and cared for and by many other Indigenous nations, including the Ojibwe and the HoChunk. I continue my ongoing journey to incorporate more practices into my life that affirm Indigenous sovereignty and Black Liberation. I recently emerged from an experience exploring this topic hosted by Million Artist Movement which included a talk with Dr. Chris Mato Nunpa: https://youtu.be/ppEpVBrgQCo

“Everyone has a responsibility to divest from anti-Blackness and to respect Indigenous sovereignty (and specifically tribal sovereignty). And for those who carry the political, legal, and social currency of whiteness and benefit from these systems that oppress and attempts to stifle the future of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, I believe it is their responsibility to use their currency to dismantle said systems with the intention of forfeiting their privilege and positionality within this hierarchy.”
– Amber Starks
We must acknowledge land theft and genocide; learn more about the land we reside on – learn the names of places that are not colonized. Learn about land reparations and how we can honor treaties – and take action in movements like to Stop Line 3 to protect the river and us all!
(Quilt square created by Friends Mississippi River Youth Council member with Million Artist Movement)
More Resources:
Stop Line 3: tinyurl.com/ResistLine3
Honor Treaties: http://treatiesmatter.org/exhibit/welcome/learn-more/
Mní Wičhóni Mural:
https://fmr.org/stewardship-updates/fmr-fifth-water-quality-mural-celebrates-community-connections-water
All My Relations Arts: biskaabiiyang (returning to ourselves) group exhibition investigating Indigenous Futurism http://www.allmyrelationsarts.com/
Never Homeless Before 1492:
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/never-homeless-before-1492
Reclaiming Native Truth: https://youtu.be/SW-nYYY89D0
Say It! Sing It! Play It! In Cherokee: https://ordway.org/events/say-it-sing-it-play-it-in-cherokee
Amber Starks: https://usdac.us/news/2021/9/21/envisioning-black-liberation-and-indigenous-sovereignty

We are still seeking interest in forming an ACW Diversity Equity and Inclusion committee via email: blackartistbox@gmail.com

Blood on The Pavement - Proposals Due
2021-11-01 08:00 - 17:00
“Blood on the Pavement”: An Open Call For Artists
Poet, artist, and Coaching Project for a Better World Project Manager, Ashley Richardson, believes all art has immediate social, political, and cultural power. She also believes in using this power to spark conversation and catalyze change. With help from team members, and funding through ACW’s Coaching Project for a Better World, Richardson will create an art exhibit for the greater Twin Cities area tentatively titled, “Blood on The Pavement.”
The exhibit, scheduled to open May 2022, is seeking artists to collaborate with and feature.
Those interested in exhibiting with “Blood on the Pavement,” or learning more about this project, can email richardson.exhibits@gmail.com.
“Blood on The Pavement” will focus on addressing violence against black bodies, both verbally and physically, from microaggressions to police brutality. However, in its early stages, there is still room to be surprised. A believer that art should never end where it began, Richardson is open to exploring other meanings behind the phrase “blood on the pavement,” with a particular interest in violence against women’s bodies and marginalized communities. Through collaboration with her ACW team and potential exhibiting artists, Richardson hopes to see this project unfold in unexpected new ways.
For this project, Richardson will write a series of 5 to 10 poems exploring the social injustices mentioned above and asks that artists use these poems as a jumping-off point for their artwork. Please note there is no “correct” interpretation of the poems. Richardson is solely interested that artists create pieces (as they see fit) to express the feelings and thoughts inspired by her words. Artists will receive small stipends to help cover and/or offset the costs of materials, with a possibility for additional payments depending on budgets. Richardson is seeking artists from a range of mediums, i.e. sculpture, painting, mixed media, collage, printmaking, sound, and more.
If you would like to learn more about this project, or have leads on potential venues, please email richardson.exhibits@gmail.com. Artists interested in exhibiting with “Blood on the Pavement” should send 3 to 4 sample pieces, along with a brief (4 to 5 sentences) statement of interest by November 1, 2021.

New SWAP Cycle Begins
2021-11-01 08:00 - 17:00
SWAP is almost ready for our upcoming gift-giving season! Our artwork is local and will be perfect to warm the homes of family, friends, and loved ones.
https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/stand-with-artists-project/
Here are some changes we’ve been thinking about:
Sponsors Win a Free Small Work
Our current deal includes a free work of art valued between $75-$100 for every registry (of over 5 works) held with SWAP. We’d like churches to be involved so brides can receive gifts of beautifully unique artwork on their special day. Could your church be involved?
Nov 1st will begin our new SWAP cycle
SWAP artists must be active members of ACW (paid-up memberships and volunteer hours). We are a collective.
SWAP artists must adopt, or cause to be adopted, 1 work before they are listed on the registry -3 works maximum
Before we agree on a new artwork adoption policy, we need your input on what changes you’d like to see. To leave any feedback, please click the link below and type your responses on this anonymous 4 question survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdg-Smz67eagyIBeYgg7O2stQMkx7_r_Hxl1nAZkuOc9kctDQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Please direct questions to Natalia Granquist: granquistnatalia@gmail.com

On Location: Drawing Group-October 2021
2021-10-30 11:30 - 13:30
On-Location is an informal group that meets up at different local sites throughout the Twin Cities to draw whatever inspires them from or about that place.
Next Stop: Lakewood Cemetery, 3600 Hennepin Avenue, Mpls, Mn 55408
When: Saturday, October 30th, 2021, Time:11:30 am-1:30pm
Lakewood Cemetery overlooks Lake Calhoun and is the final resting place of many notable key figures in Minnesota history, including, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Senator Paul Wellstone, and several former governors, from Pillsbury to Rudy Perpich.
Lunch is after the drawing at

824 W.36th, Mpls (Lunch is optional and we all go on our own dime)
On-Location Drawing Group is sponsored by the Art to Change the World organization.
Updates can be found on Facebook/On Location Drawing Group page
https://www.facebook.com/onlocationdrawing
Contact Deb Ripp for rideshare: tobersonstudios@gmail.com

#frameyourrights Art Exhibition - Applications Due
2021-10-10 08:00 - 17:00
#frameyourrights Art Exhibition and Fundraiser
Inspired by ACW member, Natalie McGuire’s, reaction to recent legislation in Texas.
Available to all active ACW members! You are invited to submit an application to the first #frameyourrights Exhibition and Fundraiser at The Fox Den located inside Solar Arts Building on the second floor at 711 15th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413.
Exhibition dates: November 4th through the 7th
The deadline to apply is October 10th, 2021
Artworks must have a social justice theme. If you need help writing your artwork statement, please reach out to info@arttochangetheworld.com
To apply and for more information about the #FYR fundraiser please check out our ACW project page https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/10781-2/
Due to the limited wall space, the maximum size of wall art is 24x24or 16×20
Will allow matted prints, cards, unmounted art to sell in bins (please keep sizing to a max of 24×24 or 16×20)
Requirements: Must be a current member with ACW, if not a member, and want to be a part of a great social justice nonprofit, please become a member here. https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/mission/
We are asking artists that are accepted to volunteer a few hours over the exhibition dates or donate one piece of art for the fundraiser. ACW is a collective.
Depending on how many applications you may have more than one work of art accepted.
Questions about the #frame your rights event go to Natalie McGuire nmcguirestudio@gmail.com If you have questions about the application contact Lucienne Schroepfer quiltlucy@gmail.com
Logo created by Cory Favre info@coryfavre.com

First Thursday @ Solar Arts Building
2021-10-07 17:00 - 21:00
Location: Solar Arts Building
711 NE 15th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55413
See ACW at the Fox Den! Join us for a book opening.
Can’t make it today? Find us on these other dates:
*November 4th, 2021

Fox Den Solo Exhibitions on First Thursdays
2021-10-07
Fox Den Solo Exhibitions will be held on First Thursdays.
General notes for Application for use of Fox Den c/o ACW
We’re excited to have the Fox Den on the second floor of the Solar Arts Building to use for ACW solo or small group exhibitions for special events at the building this coming year. Applications will be evaluated by a team of 5 jurors. Applications are welcomed, and artists notified on a continual basis throughout the year. ACW will actively promote the use exhibition for the public scheduled event. In addition, should the artist choose, ACW will support and promote a special private showing in the space over the weekend lasting up to four hours.
Requirements:

All artists wanting to apply for space must be active ACW members. Applications from non-members will not be considered.
Exhibitions must have an activist/ social justice theme.
Artists can only use space within Fox Den and understands that both doors need to remain unblocked.
Set-up and Tear down dates and times are set (as described below) In general- artists can set-up for their date on either the Tuesday Evening or Wednesday Morning prior. Tear down is the following Sunday before 5 or the following Tuesday/ Wed. Set-up and Tear Down times are decided upon acceptance and cannot be changed.
Artists are responsible for all set-up and tear-down—including carrying works up to space and the the materials needed for hanging works and the woman/man power needed. Clean-up including sweeping the floor and removing all screws is required. (There is access to loading dock if nesc. And with advance notice)
Artists are responsible for point-of-sale details—including the required sales-tax for all sales in Mpls.
ACW asks all artists to donate one work of at least $50 in value to be used for fundraising purposes.
Artists must be present for exhibition.
Though attention has been made to accommodate wedding and reception schedule at solar, no events can be scheduled when a wedding is taking place or being set-up.
Artists will be required to show MN Tax ID for sales purposes.
Artists will be required to sign a contract reviewing the requirements above as well as a hold harmless agreement (Solar and ACW)
Artists will be paid a $50.00 Stipend to help promote and install the event.
Note: If unfamiliar with the Fox Den, Space includes 4 generous wall spaces to use for the hanging of larger works. In addition two wall shelves and a Thin Display Table are available for smaller works. Please contact us ahead of application should you want to see the space in person. Tours of space need one week of advance notice to arrange. They are generally limited to evenings 7-9 M-W, Wednesday morning, or over weekend.

Note: If unfamiliar with the Fox Den, Space includes 4 generous wall spaces to use for the hanging of larger works. In addition two wall shelves and a Thin Display Table are available for smaller works. Please contact us ahead of application should you want to see the space in person. Tours of space need one week of advance notice to arrange. They are generally limited to evenings 7-9 M-W, Wednesday morning, or over weekend.
Please find a copy of the Fox Den Application here.

Broadcast Premiere of The Co-Op Wars
2021-10-04 20:00 - 22:00
THE CO-OP WARS has its broadcast premiere on TPT Channel 2. 8 pm, Oct. 4.
The documentary tells the story of the birth of the Twin Cities’ unique food co-op ecosystem and the violent struggle that almost tore it apart.
Minneapolis, MN (Sept. 20, 2021) – In the midst of an era of social tumult in the Twin Cities, a new film tells the little-known story of an earlier moment of political conflict in the metro area, when young radicals went to war with each other over issues of class, race, and food. THE CO-OP WARS documents the tumultuous early years of the Twin Cities’ natural food co-op movement, when young people radicalized by the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War built a thriving alternative economy, only to see it jeopardized by conflicting visions of social change.
THE CO-OP WARS will have its Twin Cities broadcast premiere on Twin Cities Public Television Channel 2 at 8 pm on October 4. The film was directed by Minneapolis filmmaker and ACW member Deacon Warner, produced by cooperative activist and former Minnesotan Erik Esse, and narrated by renowned actor Peter Coyote, known for his work on Ken Burns documentaries such as The Vietnam War.
Many Minnesota residents are unaware of how unique the region’s food cooperative sector is. It’s the largest in the nation, with the Twin Cities alone boasting seventeen locations, tens of thousands of member-owners, and hundreds of millions of dollars in sales. It also has a unique history: Soon after an initial period of explosive growth in the early 1970s, the “Co-op Wars” erupted in the Twin Cities, a heated and sometimes violent conflict initiated by a secretive Marxist group calling itself the Co-op Organization or C.O. THE CO-OP WARS tells this story through interviews with the participants and personal film footage and links it to the more recent controversy around the opening of Seward Co-op’s Friendship store in South Minneapolis.
The soundtrack of THE CO-OP WARS is largely made up of songs from Minnesota music legend Willie Murphy. Murphy, who passed away in 2019, was known for his solo work, his band Willie & the Bees, and his collaborations with Bonnie Raitt and Spider John Koerner. A fixture of the West Bank counterculture of the 1970s, Murphy was the headliner at the “Anti- Terrorism Benefit Boogie” for Bryant-Central Co-op after it was attacked during the Co-op Wars.
In addition to appearing in films such as Erin Brockovich and narrating eight documentaries by Ken Burns, Narrator Peter Coyote was also a leader of the 1960s counterculture that birthed the natural foods co-ops. He was one of the founders of The Diggers, an anarchic San Francisco collective known for their street actions involving free food and performance, which helped inspire the Twin Cities hippies who started the first co-ops.
Producer Erik Esse and Director Deacon Warner were inspired to make THE CO-OP WARS out of their shared love of co-ops, history, and documentary filmmaking. Esse is a long-time cooperator who worked at North Country Cooperative Grocery (the first natural foods co-op in the Twin Cities) and as an organizer of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives. Warner has made many short films that have been screened at festivals around the world, including Peaceful Warriors: On the Road with Vets for Peace. He is a film educator and founder of the youth program at FilmNorth in Minneapolis. Find more information at CoopWars.com.

Pick up for Sociable Cider Works Exhibit
2021-10-02 13:00 - 17:00
Exhibiting artists need to pick up their work from 10:00 to 12:00.
