Art-A-Whirl, Casket Arts Building, Studio 318, Northeast Minneapolis,
Minnesota, May 2010, photo © 2010 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved.
It’s the last day of Art-A-Whirl! If you are in the Twin Cities area, please stop by the Minneapolis Arts District in Northeast Minneapolis. I share a studio with Liz and two other artists in the Casket Arts Building. We’d love to see you at Studio 318. I am displaying the first print installation of my Writers Hands Series. Liz has a series of photographs in retro frames. Carol and Margery are displaying paintings and black and white photographs. Yesterday Carol did a demo on making egg tempera paint to a crowd of people who had gathered around. It was a great success.
The Northeast Arts District was recently written up in the New York Times. We drove down 13th Avenue yesterday on our way to the studio (past The Modern, The Ritz, and Shuga Records) and it was jammed with music and art lovers! I am grateful for the support of friends, family, and red Ravine readers over the years. And grateful for community. Thanks for the beautiful flowers for the Art-A-Whirl opening oliverowl. And to ybonesy, fellow artist and my blog partner on red Ravine. A special thanks to the Midwest Writing Group who followed my progress on this photo project month by month. And to all of our local friends who have stopped by to support us – a huge thank you.
More than 500 artists participate in AAW, including potters, tile makers, painters, sculptors, musicians, photographers, glass blowers, printmakers, and textile designers. They showcase their art in warehouses, galleries, homes, storefronts and cafes.
Art-A-Whirl, presented by the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association, is the largest open studio and gallery tour in the United States.
It is a highly anticipated annual event that welcomes local and regional visitors to the Arts District in Northeast Minneapolis to see the art being made in this area and to meet the artists.
As visitors come to see the art over the three-day weekend they also experience the unique and welcoming community of Northeast Minneapolis.
Start Time: Friday, May 14, 2010 at 5:00pm
End Time: Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 5:00pm
Street: 681 17th Ave NE
-posted on red Ravine, Sunday, May 16th, 2010
Hey, QM, I thought about you all weekend. What a marvelous opportunity, to be a part of this gathering of artists in a hub of culture and history that is the NE Arts District. It’s so cool and I am sure very inspiring to you to feel all that energy.
I’m looking forward to hearing how your show went, seeing photos, seeing the series, absorbing all of it. Also, I’m curious as to how you and others felt the market was. In this economic downturn, it seems that art purchases have gone down, but at the same time, smaller, more economical art sales seem to be doing well. At least that’s what we found at our show in early May.
And lastly, I hope you can talk some about what it took to get ready for this show while you were holding down a demanding full-time job. That is one of the things that I find exhausting but also when I see others do it, I realize that’s the kind of passion it takes to be a working artist (or writer, or both).
Congratulations on achieving all that this show entailed for you personally.
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Wow. It sounds like such a great place to be! If only I could, I would.
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QM, would like to know how the show went for you and Liz. Do you have a place we can go look at the Writers Hands series?
Hope you got lots of compliments on your work. Liz too.
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Art-A-Whirl is coming up May 18th-20th, 2012. Hope you can stop by Studio 318 in the Casket Arts Building to see my work. Love to see you there.
Here’s the link to this year’s info on Art-A-Whirl 2012 (LINK). BTW, the cover of this year’s AAW directory is a painting by graphic designer Gail Wallinga who also created the masthead design for red Ravine. Congrats to Gail!
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Art-A-Whirl (AAW), presented by Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA), is one of the largest open studio tours in the country. During Art-A-Whirl, private artist studios and galleries are open to the public, creating a unique atmosphere to connect with artists and purchase original artwork.
ART-A-WHIRL TAKES PLACE ANNUALLY
THE THIRD WEEKEND OF MAY
2012 Dates & Hours:
FRIDAY, May 18th – 5:00-10:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, May 19th – NOON-8:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, May 20th – NOON-5:00 p.m.
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