Vessels Exhibition - Artist Talk
2024-08-20 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
MARION ANGELICA: Vessels 2024
August 7, 2024 – August 31, 2024
Homewood Studios
Opening Reception — Friday, August 9 from 6pm to 9pm
Gallery Talk — Tuesday, August 20 beginning at 7pm
Vessels like cargo ships are tasked to carry objects across long distances. Carrying things is the task of ceramic vessels also, perhaps across time rather than a distance, but additionally they add beauty to enhance both the items they carry and the activities that close distances between people. They quietly hold the food we share, the drinks with which we toast or the flowers that add beauty to our indoor environments. These vessels join us in our moments of joy, sorrow, laughter and tears, worry and success as we make personal connections around the table or elsewhere.
While in most of the Marion’s shows at Homewood, she shared her sculptural work… illuminated wall pieces or pierced bowls hung like snowflakes in Homewood’s windows. In this current show, it’s all about the table and the vessels we use when we gather to dine or drink or simply share company. See her many new vases, dinner sets, zinnia bowls and more this coming August.

Restoring Waters Art Room Setup
2024-08-27
Schedule
-ACW builds out the Art Room starting at 9 AM
-Dinner at 5
-Sandra starts Trauma training at 6

699 Lowry - AI/Original Art discussion
2024-08-29 11:00 - 13:00
Come to the office to talk about AI generated art and help us define what original art actually is.

699 Lowry - Art Supply Drop Off
2024-08-31 13:00 - 15:00
Do you have any art supplies or items that can be used for art making? Stop by the ACW office between 1-3 to drop them off. We are looking for all sorts of things to help with teaching classes and sharing resources. See link for ideas.
Supplies

699 Lowry - Task Force Meeting
2024-09-03 16:00 - 20:30
Join ACW for a work day at the office starting at 4pm and our first in person Task Force meeting at 6:30pm.

Joseph Haid book signing
2024-09-05 17:00 - 21:00
The Solar Arts Building will have lots going on for First Thursday in September. Author and artist Joseph Haid will be having a book signing for his new book “How Creativity Works” and the Fox Den Gallery is hosting On Location’s Retrospective Exhibition extended to the 5th.

International Literacy Day
2024-09-06 15:00 - 19:00
Literacy Minnesota is having an event at one of their learning centers not too far from ACW Headquarters. Member Frances Bates will be there talking about digital equity services and low-cost internet options.
627 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411
Find out more at: https://www.literacymn.org/

Community Tempo/Greenway Glow
2024-09-07 16:00 - 22:00
Becca David hosts the fourth annual Community Tempo Project at the Roof Depot location during the Midtown Greenway Glow!
We are hosting an open jam bring your mics and cords – AMP PROVIDED
https://midtowngreenway.org/news-and-developments/join-us-for-the-greenway-glow-on-sept-9/
Email for details, slots at 5-5:30, 6:15-7 pm and all through the night 7:30 to 10 pm – woot woot!
Mixing it up with:
– Generations Storytelling (Karen Johnson)
– Tarangini: The Elemental Flow (Indian folk dance: Rituparna Rana)
-Healing Poetry Lanterns
– Bubbles
– Rainbow Loom Art Bike
7:30 – 10:00 Live music open jam
Email justbeckydavid@gmail.com or call/text 613-422-0140

Barbara Working on paint and tile in the kitchen
2024-09-08 08:00 - 17:00

Snack and Squish
2024-09-11 12:00 - 13:00
Flux Arts Building (2505 Howard St. NE, Minneapolis, MN)
Join us for snacks and conversation!
Clay Squared presents free monthly presentations focused on fun themes with snacks that relate. This month’s theme is Bagels and Beagles! Josh will talk about how his process is a lot like a bakery. Layl will tell stories about the many dogs she has immortalized in clay and let you make a bead or button of one of the dog Silly Millies! Bring your dog!
Every month we will have snacks that relate to the subject. September’s snack will of course be Bagels! We will also have treats for the four legged friends!
We will be revealing surprising connections while you learn more about Clay Squared and have interesting conversations.
Make your lunch break out-of-this-world fun!
Bring a coworker, friend, spouse, date, children or furry friend. We take them all!
RSVP layl@claysquard.com or mark that you are attending on our Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/share/t5mA7tYZf7uYgZ7x/

699 Lowry - Collage Night
2024-09-11 18:00 - 20:00
Member Debra Ripp will be providing magazines and other paper materials for any member who wants to come and make a collage.

Legacy Dream Space event
2024-09-12 17:00 - 20:00
Legacy Dream Space comes to the Twin Cities
Interference Arts is excited to announce that Legacy Dream Space is coming to the Twin Cities!
Date: September 12-25
Location: Modus Locus Expansion (3338 University Ave SE # 220, Minneapolis, MN 55414)
Do you Wonder about the Past? Do you Dream about the Future? Are you Curious about how our lives create what follows?
We invite you to join us in Legacy Dream Space – a multi-sensory story space that explores Loss, Hope and Legacy. The story space blends video projection, digital art, theatre, music and soundscapes into a reflective interactive multimedia environment, designed to explore our past and present, and to collaborate with our community to create a legacy for future generations. The story space evolves through community engagement, always capturing new content – sharing what we want to pass on to future generations, and what we wish to leave behind in the dust of the past. In this sense Legacy Dream Space is a living time capsule – a lasting and evolving legacy that supports mutual understanding, healthy communities, and a sustainable future for humanity and the planet.
Following a successful premiere exhibition at the Owatonna Art Center in the fall of 2023, Craig Harris & Candy Kuehn, in collaboration with Kym Longhi & Jim Peitzman, have continued to develop the project to include music and theatrical performances, creative maker events, and special convenings to have facilitated conversations that enrich the experience. This new version takes place at the beautiful Modus Locus Expansion space, and is created in collaboration with The Center for Creativity and Public Health, and Art to Change the World.
The Center for Creativity and Public Health harnesses the transformative power of creativity to build healthier, more resilient communities. In addition to providing substantial support in bringing our vision of Legacy Dream Space to fruition, the Center is bringing their unique abilities to provide significant programming to enrich the experience:

Creative maker events – workshops conducted to provide opportunities to explore the exhibition themes facilitated by invited artists. One event on 9/21 is “Caring for Ourselves & Our Community,” which will be led by teaching artist Ta-coumba Aiken. More of these maker events will be announced shortly.
Theatrical performance and video screening of projects developed by The Remember Project, which uses the arts to support the Dementia Friendly Communities movement.
The Center will also be facilitating conversations as part of the Carry the Mantle performance.

We are grateful to Barbara Bridges and Art to Change the World for supporting Legacy Dream Space going back to the development workshops in the fall of 2022. We continue our collaboration in this 2024 exhibition with a special ACW art exhibit, curated by Sam St. John. Several ACW artists have been invited to share their work, including SAM Greene, Daphne McDonald, Briauna Williams, Becca David, Paul Kellett, Lynette Black, Layl McDill, Catherine A. Palmer, Sam St. John and Frances Bates.
Craig Harris will perform Carry the Mantle with cellist Randall Davidson. This piece that explores how personal experiences and cultural stories shape our fight for a better world. Carry the Mantle merges the story about the Prophet Elijah – a champion for justice who appears throughout time – with stories and memories about the challenges and resilience of individuals and communities facing hardship under occupation in Bethehem/West Bank. Carry the Mantle asks how we can find purpose and hope even in difficult times.
Please join us for an exhibition specially designed for this time.
An opening reception event with the artists will take place on Thursday September 12, 5:00pm – 8:00pm. We will celebrate the exhibition, and the artists will guide people through the exhibition.
Legacy Dream Space visitors of any age are invited to explore this glorious sensory world, and to engage in the unfolding of our shared future. The Modus Locus Expansion space and the exhibition are ADA Accessible.
Support Legacy Dream Space Project!
Please consider supporting the Legacy Dream Space project through our fiscal agent Art to Change the World. We invite you to join us in creating the legacy that we want to pass on to future generations.
For more information and to make reservations please visit the Legacy Dream Space website!
Email: info@legacydreamspace.com

On Location at the Farmers Market
2024-09-14 12:00 - 14:00
Stop by the St Paul farmers market and join the On Location Drawing Co-op for food and drawing.
290 5th Street E, Saint Paul, MN 55101

Phakamani Picnic
2024-09-15
Website: https://phakamanifoundation.org/

699 Lowry - Climate Change Group event
2024-09-17 15:00 - 21:00
Join the Climate Change Group and the winner of the Reuse Minnesota auction in playing the board game Daybreak at the office.
Email the group coordinator Margo Ashmore for more info.
margo@margoashmore.com

Interactive Art Exhibition - Myriorama: Yesterday and Today
2024-09-19 18:00 - 20:00
The Minnesota JCC to Host Artist Talk and Reception with Minnesota Artist Owen Brown on September 19th to celebrate the Interactive Art Exhibition, Myriorama: Yesterday and Today.
The Minnesota JCC (JCC) is excited to host an Artist Talk and Reception with Minnesota artist Owen Brown on September 19, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm to celebrate his interactive art exhibition, Myriorama: Yesterday and Today. This unique exhibition at the Tychman Shapiro Gallery at the JCC Sabes Center Minneapolis started on August 8 and runs through September 22, invites visitors to engage with Brown’s dynamic works, offering an ever-evolving artistic experience. The Artist Talk will include a moderated conversation with Margot Rosenstein, Veronique Wantz Gallery director.
Inspired by the nineteenth-century Myriorama concept—sets of printed landscape cards designed to be rearranged into new scenes—Brown’s exhibit features a collection of abstract paintings that can be arranged and re-arranged in countless ways. Of the 451 pieces in Brown’s Myriorama series, a majority will be on display in this large-scale, hands-on exhibit. Visitors will have the opportunity to rearrange 12” x 12” abstract works, creating a fresh and personal visual experience with each gallery visit.
Why did I do this? What makes up a painting, and when is a painting finished? Why paint in the first place, or do anything? Margot Rosenstein, of Veronique Wantz, will be asking me, and I’ll be answering. In turn, I’ll be asking you to confront these issues. They are important to me, and I hope to you. So if you’re listening, I’m talking, and you might get to talk, in turn.
SEND CALENDAR INVITES TO OWEN23RD@GMAIL.COM
Sabes Center 4330 S. Cedar Lake Road, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Owen Brown, Minneapolis, MN, owenbrownartist.com 415.271.4145

699 Lowry - Morning Coffee
2024-09-20 08:00 - 10:00, 2024-10-18 08:00 - 10:00
Third Fridays. 8-10 am. – Hosted by Lucienne Schroepfer
Stop by the new ACW Headquarters/studio for some coffee plus+. Bring a solo art project or just bring yourself!

Community Mural Project, Indigenous Makers Pop-Up & Walking Mural
2024-09-20 17:00 - 20:00
Baker Court Office Building (821 Raymond Avenue Saint Paul, MN, 55114)
https://www.chromazone.net/festival-events/owns-the-battle-community-mural-project-event
Get hands-on with Lakhota cultural brand Owns The Battle with live painting demos and artist meet-and-greet. Shop an Indigenous Makers pop-up market, take a walking mural tour, and more.
Help create a new mural featuring Lakhota (or Oceti Sakowin) beadwork patterns. Shop for handmade items at the Indigenous Makers Market. Join a “Native Women on Walls” mural tour at 5:30 & 6:30.
Enjoy free Community Meal courtesy of the SAP Community Council and SAP Community Council. This event is free and open to the public thanks to the generous support of the Metropolitan Council.

BUGZ and Spooky Season Exhibitions
2024-10-03 17:00 - 21:00
Solar Arts Building 2nd floor – October First Thursday
-BUGZ Exhibition in the lobby
-Spooky Season Exhibition in the Fox Den Gallery

St Paul Fall Art Crawl
2024-10-04 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-10-05 12:00 - 19:00, 2024-10-06 12:00 - 17:00
We will have members all over Saint Paul participating. See some locations below.

Schmidt Artist Lofts (900 W 7th St, Saint Paul, MN 55102)
Tilsner Artist Lofts (300 Broadway St, Saint Paul, MN 55101)
Union Depot (214 4th Street E, Saint Paul, MN 55101)

Learn more at https://stpaulartcollective.org/

699 Lowry - Project Management Training
2024-10-12 08:00 - 15:30

CoLab Exhibition/Bill Murray Choice Award
2024-10-15 17:00 - 19:00
In partnership with The Bakken Museum, The Show is excited to announce our annual fundraiser art event, CoLab, featuring the Bill Murray Choice Award!
The “CoLab” exhibit pairs artists from diverse backgrounds, including those with disabilities, to create unique collaborative works of art. Each piece is now available for purchase, with all proceeds benefiting The Show.
Support us in our mission to create opportunities for artists with disabilities to show and sell their artwork.
“Our mission is to promote diversity and create an environment where all artists are welcome regardless of training and background”
Find out more at: https://theshowartgallery.org/

699 Lowry - Doodle to Defeat
2024-10-16 18:00 - 20:00
Doodle and defeat writers’/artists’ block
Beginning at 6:00 p.m. at ACW World Headquarters, 699 Lowry Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN.
Stragglers — ok. Promptness is not required. We’re all busy.
Ready for a new project? Or not? Inspired? Or not? Doodles provide a safe and often productive space. Bring your favorite writing implement (pencil, pen, marker, fingerpaint [if that’s your starting point]). If you have a favorite paper, bring some. If not, scrounge in the Magic Closet. Or , join us to chat, coach, or sing or dance. You are the Boss of You. All welcome.
Ringleader: Susan Gainen, Whimsical Wildlife Documentarian and Abstract Painter.

(CANCELED) On Location Drawing Co-op
2024-10-19 12:00 - 14:00
On Location was supposed to meet at Nine Mile Creek but have informed us that this event had to be canceled.
https://www.facebook.com/onlocationdrawing

699 Lowry - Leadership Meeting
2024-10-20 12:00 - 15:00

Community Tempo Extension
2024-10-20 14:00 - 18:00
ACW members Becca David, Ngange Akale, and Catherine Palmer join in for music and art making for this MRAC sponsored event. It is free and open to the public.
In this 4th year for the Community Temp the Extension is connecting Southside Minneapolis across the Mississippi to Southeast and Prospect Park at Modus Locus Expansion.
“Everything and everyone in a community, large, small, lost, found, discarded, or molded with intention has significance. We all become united when brought together through art and music. “#communitytempo

699 Lowry - Office Cleaning Day
2024-10-27
ACW’s Headquarters will be cleaned today. Premises unavailable for other uses from 10am-2:30pm. Contact info@arttochangetheworld.org with questions.
