ACW Artists met with 12 Bands at the Mojo Coffee Gallery. They played music, showed art and built community.

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Northeast neighborhood parade! June 21st. ACW representing NE Mpls Arts District.

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Sous Chef Team preparing for 2022 Lobster Chowdah Feed for Major Donors

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Creating a necklace in Barbara Bridges “Dr. B’s” studio. Fun time and love how it turned out!

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Installing Solo Show in the Fox Den. Becca David June 2022

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ACW Board Chair and polymer clay artist engages with intergenerational students at the Redwing Clay Arts Center, Redwing, MN.

Everyone enjoys interacting with this colorful media!

ACW Task Force member Becca David with Redwing Arts Center Program Director Heather Lawrenz

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Ready for Club Critique meeting #1 May 4th. Greg Volker’s Studio in the California Building.

Beginning to install in the Fox Den for First Thursday and Art-A-Whirl at Solar Arts!

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Kelly supporting the theater arts with her son at the Children’s Theater. Very good production and talented kids!

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Minneapolis’s Pianos on Parade

Kelly Frankenberg’s design, “Minneapolis Pride” represents the pride community, trans community, and our POC community and diversity, inclusivity, and community within Minneapolis. 25 pianos will be on display in various locations in Minneapolis the month of June for pop up concerts. Anyone can visit and play one!

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ACW Artists at the St. Paul Saints Game!

Katie Palmer, Rebecca David, Susan Gainen, and Deb Rip

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Barbara working hard for ACW!

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Mississippi River Stories Opening

Barbara and Abby with 100 Steps to Paradise

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Dyan Padgett Studio Visit

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Owen Brown -Creator of Noble Truths with Dyan Padgett

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Members Out and About

Natalie and Katie confer at her solo show

Elizabeth Ashe and Barbara plan Blood on the Pavement

Katie and Marie work on Age of Age works

AKtie models new ACW crowd engagement headdress

The audience engagement box created by Hannah Foster.

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Layl and Madalina working together on the Age of Age project.

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Child visitors make art. And Natalie and Katie in the Fox Den for Natalie’s solo show.

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Setting up show for Natalie in the Fox Den.

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Owen Brown with Zelensky and Putin

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Marie working on her portion of the Age to Age group project

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Director, Barbara Bridges, Board Chair, Layl McDill and Newsletter and Executive Assistant Extraordinaire < Natalie McGuire have an office meeting at Market BBQ.

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On Location at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

MIA outing with Susan Gainen and Debbie Ripp

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On Location drawing at Union Depot.

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How does art change YOUR world?

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5 Questions Under 5 Minutes for Photozaic Artist Natalie McGuire:

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5 Minutes with ACW Artist Madalina K: Minnesota Winter Photography:

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Layl McDill met with “Age of Age” artists, Linda Sharpe and her 103-year-old mother, Rose Sharpe, to see the paintings they have been creating together for the exhibit at Homewood Studios in July.

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Candy Kuehn talks about her practice:

Trying out a new travel paint set painting on location in Tahiti on the island of Mo’orea. Kelly took a photo series of roosters. Of course the sunset, rainbow, and ocean were much enjoyed as well.

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Layl and Madalina at the Homewood Studio Show and working on sock monsters at Layl’s studio while discussing ideas for the Age of Age show.

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Kelly at a gallery opening at Art Works Eagan with her work, “Daily Progression of a Black Eye.”

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Nina at an encaustic paint class taught by Jodi Reeb. If you haven’t tried encaustic, you should!

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Hola! Barbara and Layl soaking up art and sun in the Barra de Potosi Paradise in Mexico this winter!

Layl and Barbara porch bonding in Mexico

Hummingbird chair made by Laurel, who claims she’s not an artist, to which Barbara says, “Nonsense!”

Layl and Barbara showing off Carmen’s sign

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On Location Drawing at the Como Conservatory January 23rd

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Layl’s Solo Show January 13th-February 10th

Layl’s solo show at the CACE Gallery in Ft. Morgan, CO

More of Layl’s work from the solo show in Colorado.

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The Art Shoppe featured artists Rebecca David with Susan Gainen. And Fox Den’s 100 works under $100

Video links below

The Art Shoppe. Featured Artists Susan Gainen and Rebecca David. Video link:

Rebecca David Artist Talk Art Shoppe featured artist with Susan Gainen. Video link:

Fox Den 100 works under $100. Video by Rebecca David. Video Link:

https://youtu.be/ji_c-C2m4mo https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdhojwc8/ https://vm.tiktok.com?TTPdhETyp9/

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We Braved the Blizzard!

A good time was had by all at the Solar Arts 10th Annual Holiday Open House, Light up the night, light up a life!

Friday December 10th-Sunday December 12th.

The Coaching Project for a Better World Dec 2021 Show and Tell

Team Crescendo Ashley Richardson, Deacon Warner, Dominique Zellmer. Topic: Blood on the Pavement
Team Re-Imagineers Madalina Kelner, Beverly Hammond. Sandra Reardon Topic: Recovery from Trauma
Team Euphoria Lauren Edson, Mark Jelinik, Susan Hensel Topic: Gender Euphoria
Leaders of Coaching Project: Barbara Bridges, Layl McDill, Abby Ross, Margo Ashmore

Anton Treuer’s You Tube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC02Ei64PpI3ET-bMvTAr-sQ?app=desktop

Dec 2021 at Solar Arts – Ngange and TheMasses – unedited. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkplFngmfL8

Exhibition at Tower Gallery

Margo and Beverly on Promotion Strategies

Orientation Day Testimonies
Mark
Take away: Enthusiasm and excitement. It was great meeting everyone in person, and everyone gives off a great energy (what do you expect from an ArtToSaveTheWorld function). I am excited to see what these young artists do, specifically the team I’m on. I’m enthused to be working with these kind people able to view things from multiple sides.

Deacon

The Coaching Project kickoff was such a fun event! I was so impressed by all the people involved in this project—so much creativity and positivity. And I was especially excited to meet my team members and get a more concrete grasp of how we’ll work to gather to support Ashley’s Blood on the Pavement project. The flow of activities and sharing at the orientation did a great job at bringing us all together and jump starting our work.

Lauren

“I had a fantastic time at the Orientation for this project. It was great to finally meet my teammates and the other project managers and coaches. Everyone was so welcoming and friendly and I cannot wait to start creating with these people.”

Ashley

The Coaching Project Orientation was so much fun! It was a great way to learn more about ACW and other team projects, as well as the expectations for this grant period. Most importantly, it was a great way to connect and build a solid foundation with teammates. During a time when the pandemic has shifted our daily interactions and the world has become so virtual, I found that having this first meeting in-person was invaluable.

Ari has a Critique
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Aristoteles Carbajal <aristotelescarbajal8@gmail.com> is our youngest ACW member. They have a unique style and voice. Listen:

Pop Up Palette Party Arts District Palette: Where Neighbors and Artists Meet
Sociable Cider Werks
Read More about the Project

Photography by Natalie McGuire nmcguirestudio@gmail.com

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Photography by Barbara Bridges drb@bridgescreate.com

Photography by Devin Larkins devinlarkins16@gmail.com

Photographs by Ngange&Themasses <ngangeandthemasses@gmail.com>

Photos by JoAnnKirkman

Preparing for the Lobster Chowdah Thank You party for our major donors. Seafood flown in from Maine from Mclauglin’s Seafood located in my birthplace of Bangor, Maine. https://mclaughlinseafood.com/
Great Thanks to Deb and Natalie. It took us almost 4 hours to shuck, pick and chop. You can do the math… I would have been sitting there for 12 hours! They look a little intimidated by the crustaceans!

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Here are 2 of the 20. Please ignore my inside out and back side to shirt. It is indicative of the kind of week I was having.

Barbara blowing up pillows for our VIP chairs.

Lobster Chowdah Event 2021 for Major Donors
Photography by Natalie McGuire nmcguirestudio@gmail.com

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Tom taking over Elote Duties with help from Lynnette

Barbara showing off the finisher… Whoopie Pie!

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Photographs by Lynnette Black

MArgo, Herman with natalie looking for a perfect photo op

Barbara talking about the Barra de Potosi doll project

$200 Donor and Task Force Thank You Party June 2021

Unique Wood Fired Pizza Party from an oven created by renowned tile artist Josh Blanc. https://claysquared.com/

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Bianca models her new I.C.O.N crown created by Layl

Scorpio shows off his alien socks gift from Anne

Barbara and Scorpio with Tres Leche cake

On Location Drawing Group June 19,2021, Como Community Garden

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Art-A-Whirl at the Fox Den

Lucy Schroepfer serving as project manager of the Art A Whirl Solar Arts Fox Den event.
ACW artists made over $2500, earned 5 new members and met over 1000 new people
who have now heard about Art To Change The World. Thanks Lucy!!

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CREATING COMMUNITY WITH ZORAN

FREE Private Tour with Zoran Mojsilov May 22, 2021 3:00-5:00
Meet Up at, 77 13th Avenue NE, Suite , Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413

Zoran will make remarks at 4;00 with Q and A following.

Optional dinner following at Bunny’s. Read more about Zoran: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/private-tour-with-zoran-mojsilov-may-22-2021-3-5/

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CREATING COMMUNITY AT Arts District Palette is an ACW project focused on developing relationships in our NE Arts District community. Partnering with NEMAA , The Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, The Northeaster, The Huxley apartments, and Sociable Cider Werks, ACW will develop May Day welcome swag bags stuffed with 20 artists’ works, gifts from local businesses and an invitation to an outside pop-up art event in August where the new NE residents and artists will mix socially distanced.

Installing the 224 Works of Art! Click to Enlarge