Art & Design
DIY Screenprinting with Living Proof Print Collective
This two day workshop will serve as a basic introduction to the the medium of screenprinting with a focus on do-it-yourself methods. Day 1 we will introduce the process and prepare screens for printing and day 2 we will print. Each participant will have the opportunity to create and print their own 1-color print on paper or fabric. We believe printmaking can be a medium for anyone to speak their mind and tell their stories and we want to help you do this!
We will cover basic design, emulsion, drawing directly on the screen, equipment basics, shop setup, the printing process, inks, what you can print on, and more.
We are definitely open to participant input on class structure, though we will be cramming a ton into a short period of time so it would be great to hear from you with any questions or hopes before the actual workshop begins. We will be sending out some prep materials before the workshop and we encourage you to check these out to be more prepared for class when it starts.
IMPORTANT: Due to space constraints we are limiting sign up to only 5 people. PLEASE only sign up if you can attend both days of the workshop.
We are planning to offer these again in the future so just let us know if you're interested in future workshops and we'll keep you in the loop.
Class will meet Sunday, November 13th, 1-4pm and Monday, November 14th, 7-10pm.
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Expressions for Wellness & Effectiveness (EWE) Workshops
Expressions for Wellness & Effectiveness (EWE) Workshops Mondays 7-9 PM L'Orange Gallery Walker Community UMC, 3104 16 AV S MPLS
First and Third Mon WRITING JAMES LIVINGSTON
Second and Fourth Mon ART JANET COURT
UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER
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Figure Drawing Co-op
The Figure Drawing Co-op is located in the Drawing studio (Art Building, Room 123) of the Macalester Art Department and runs during the academic year. This spring semester 2012, meetings are from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm every other Thursday, beginning Jan 26 and going until April 19. Sessions are open to both Macalester students and the general public. Each session has a model scheduled and the poses generally range from 2 minute warm up poses to several longer (15-45 minute) poses towards the end. There is no fee, but please bring your own art supplies. There are drawing boards and easels available in the studio.
Please respect the space by picking up after yourself. Additionally, we still welcome those who cannot make it at exactly 7 pm - either come at 8 during the break (10 minutes) or knock on the door and you will be let in between poses. Thank you for your interest, and we hope you stop by sometime!
Membership via Exco is recommended but not required - you may show up at will, and do not need to attend every session. It is more of a "come when you want" type of thing. However, this could change if we get more attendees than in the past as space in the studio is limited to about 20 people.
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Building an Earth Oven
I would like to organize a class to build an earth oven. I have done this before but never here in Minneapolis.
We will start with a classroom session talking about the science behind earth plaster construction and thermal mass cooking. Then we will build the oven over a series of approximately 8 sessions.
This class is early in formation. In order to make it work and do it cheaply, we will need to find:
1) somebody who has a whole lot of clay soil that we can remove from their yard
One Possible way to do this is by building a raingarden for someone. In building the rain garden we can extract lots of clay soil.
2) Find someone who owns some land nearby who would like an earth oven. Anyone?
3) Find someone with a truck who can haul clay and sand for us.
Until we find these things we will not set a date for this class. However, if you are excited about this please feel free to contact me. Lets work together to find the resources we need to make this happen. It is possible if it takes a long time figuring these logistics out we will do this class spring semester. In the meantime, lets work together to track down what we need, and maybe build that rain garden.
There is also a possibility that this class will be done in collaboration with the Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota (EJAM). They are starting a grassroots natural building campaign with North Minneapolis residents
YOUTH ONLY: The Canvas Summer Arts / Justice Events
CONTACT:
1610 Hubbard Ave.
canvas651@gmail.com
651.298.4393
This summer, the Canvas will be offering two powerful, unique programs each and every Thursday evening. First, we'll be bringing back TEENS TAKING ACTION, a series filled with workshops and discussions (and food!) investigating the intersection of community, social justice and the arts, starting each Thursday at 4pm. Then at 6pm, we'll be kicking off our THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE series, a weekly event focused on showcasing talent, loving the arts and just having fun. From poetry slams to concerts to dance battles and more, these programs will all be FREE.
June 9
5:30pm: EXCO Listening Session and Screen-Printing Workshop (food provided!)
June 16
4pm: Real Talk : An open discussion about hip hop, LGBTQ rights, identity and how communities can work together.
6pm: Hip Hop Against Homophobia Concert featuring Heidi Barton Stink, Zac HB, i.ONE and West Side Teen Power!
June 21 (Tuesday):
3pm: "I Wish" mural creation. Come help create a living, growing mural.
June 23
4pm: Community Organizing 101 workshop: Learn about and brainstorm effective strategies for making a difference in your community.
6pm: Speak.Justice Teen Poetry Slam: bring two social justice-oriented poems and go head-to-head with other teen poets for a chance to win some prizes.
June 30
4pm: Writing for Change workshop: 2-time National Poetry Slam champion Guante will lead this interactive writing workshop looking at how we can talk about the issues that are important to us in an engaging way.
6pm: Speak On It! Teen Open Mic: The Canvas’ monthly teen open mic. For poets, rappers, singers or anyone with something to say.
July 7
4pm: Theater of the Oppressed Workshop: This interactive workshop examines social justice issues through movement, role-playing and more.
6pm: Theater Performance: Details TBA.
July 14
4pm: Canvas Quarter Carnival
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Stuff that's tricky to do with a camera
Do you understand your camera?
I like to imagine that I do, but my camera's pretty confusing, too.
All you need to understand is shutter speed, aperture and film speed, but with all the things to shoot and ways these interact, it can be pretty tricky!
Have you ever tried to do a photo project from the internet? I've done a bunch, developing film in coffee, for instance, that's pretty easy. Long exposures with flash stencils mirages? I do okay at that, but there's a trick to it, there's certain things you have to understand to do it. We can learn together.
Come by with any concern, or try to learn how to do specific things with long exposures, which will be my focus for the summer. You do need something like an SLR to do long exposures, but I may be able to provide these if I am told of a need in advance.
Look at these fish. If you do crafts or visual art and want to know something about photography, then I have fun experiments you may appreciate.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lotusduck/5557830464/
We will have weekly classes in July and August, not including July 4th.
Mondays are field days, where we shoot and Fridays we will have an open studio for those interested in editing their photos or learning about editing or even developing film!
Open studios are Fridays, starting at 7p, and you can stay as late as 10.
You don't have to attend all the open studios or all of the field sessions! We will try to keep in touch so that we know what materials to have and whether or not to wait up for you before we take off on ADVENTURES.
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The Bruce High Quality Foundation — TEACH 4 AMERIKA - A conversation on Arts Education
Rally takes place on April 9th at the University of Minnesota, This page is for the discussion, April 10th at The Soap Factory 6-8pm. There will be a reception either before or after at a location nearby the Soap Factory where food and drinks will be provided.
Please note that space for the discussion is limited, please RSVP to this program by requesting membership in this class. This Workshop is for the discussion on April 10th. More information about the rally will be available soon.
What is art school for? Given its exorbitant cost and the unlikelihood of art market success for most students, what should art education be? And what institutions are best suited for the task? Teach 4 Amerika: The Conversation asks local art students, creative thinkers, and arts professionals to consider these questions on the local level as the first step toward constructing a national imagination of the future of arts education.
Participants will arrive prepared to share and exchange in an open forum the ideas, methodologies, and individual histories that have informed their practice. Participants should consider:
1. Define what it means to work with or within arts education for you.
2. What would you say are the top three problems with arts education in your area today? Why?
3. Imagine the best possible educational situation for yourself. What does that look like?
ABOUT THE PROJECT
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Figure Drawing
Drawing from a nude model is foundational for artistic training and provides a great chance for anyone interested in art making to learn more about representing the figure. Without the cultural and material layers of clothing the form and volume of the figure are most accessible and dynamic as a nude.
The evening will start with warm-up sketches then after the halftime break will be spent on two longer (20-30 min) poses. All levels of experience and all nature of media from pen to paint to play-doh are welcome and encouraged! Every Thursday, 7-9 pm.
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Child Development and Arts Education
Involving children in creative art activities goes far beyond just being about “art for art’s sake”. This presentation will give an overview to parents and educators about how the arts affect children in their everyday life and enhances their abilities in academic performance. Stages of physical and mental growth—brain development, effect on fine motor skills, problem solving and creative thinking skills will be discussed. It will also focus on how children perceive artistic achievement and how that often differs from an adult perspective and vision of what is considered successful. The goal of this presentation is to have you walk away with useful tools and knowledge that will help you address and enhance children’s educational and creative experiences and outcomes.
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Controversy to Canon: Watching Lucinda Childs' "Dance"
This workshop is offered in conjunction with the Walker Art Center’s presentation of a remount of Lucinda Childs’ 1979 piece "Dance" and the related exhibit "Sol LeWitt: 2D + 3D." A once-controversial collaboration between choreographer Lucinda Childs, visual artist Sol LeWitt, and composer Philip Glass, "Dance" has been accepted into a canon of late 20th century performance.
This workshop explores the piece’s historical and artistic context and the controversy that surrounds such work. Asking the question, “what makes a minimal aesthetic, repetition, or pedestrian movements controversial?” the workshop is designed to provide a grounding of knowledge and tools that can be used both to better understand “Dance” and to approach other work.
Using a combination of lecture, discussion, excerpts of performance films, short writing activities and a tour of the Sol LeWitt exhibit, this class is designed to offer insights to students with varying experiences with the visual and performing arts. Prior knowledge of art history or contemporary performance is not required.
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Workshop date: Saturday, April 2, 2-5 p.m. This workshop is offered in conjunction with the Walker Art Center’s Free First Saturday, a day of free gallery access and programming held the first Saturday of every month. The Walker is also free to the public from 5-9 p.m. on Target Free Thursday Nights.
Students interested in delving deeper beyond the workshop are encouraged to attend the following programs:
Tuesday, April 5, 7:00 pm: Talking Dance with Lucinda Childs.
Childs joins Philip Bither, McGuire Senior Performing Arts Curator for a candid discussion of her artistic collaborations and her legacy. Walker Cinema, FREE.
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YOUTH ONLY: Canvas Teen Writing Circle
An open circle for youth poets, rappers, songwriters and writers in general. Bring a piece to share and get some feedback. Facilitated by two-time National Poetry Slam champion Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre. Contact: Kyle at canvas651@gmail.com.
Wednesdays, 4:30-6pm at the Canvas (1610 Hubbard Ave. W., St. Paul).
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Artistic Development - How to Find Your Own Style
Do you love the idea of creating Art but don't know where to start? Are you already drawing or painting and want to improve? Do you feel proficient but strive to grow? Then this is the class for you!
"How to Find Your Own Style" is a class is for those who are looking to increase their technical knowledge while learning methods to attain more creativity in their work. You will discover how to master the fundamentals and explore new directions, all while lessening the anxiety associated with them. This is an excellent class to take before you take your next workshop with any other artist!
This class will focus on instruction, demonstration and discussion. Bring your laptop or notebook so you can take notes, ask questions, understand concepts. If you'd like to bring an example of your work for critique, please do.
This class is intended for artists of all levels.
This class is intended for adult students.
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Basic Hand Stitching and Sewing Machine Class
The class involves learning to hand stitch and the use of the Sewing Machine. In this class learning to sew buttons and the use of measuring is available. Learning the parts of the sewing machine and making an article is what will be presented. There will be snacks and social time will be available to get to know others and learn something that can be used in the future. Even if you miss a class you will learn something new each time you come. So come and check us out, learn something new and have fun doing it
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Polymathic Aesthetism (A forum and exhibition)
This class is both a forum and exhibition (everyone welcome!)
In this class we will be exploring:
A. Polymathic Aesthetisicm, a functional system for implenting ideas on a larger scale. The aesthetic supposes that through the use of certain recontextualized metaphors such as Adam Smith's Invisible Hand and the Human web when paired with a little footwoork seemingly improbable ideas become probable, palitable, and overall doable.
B. The curation/installation of an exhibition. We will create and hold an exhibition from conceptualizion all the way to installation.
You do not need any sort of "artistic" background or knowledge of the art to world to attend. Polymathic Aesthetism caters to all talents and is not specific to so called "artistic talents."
(All minor art supplies are provided.)
Thanks a bunch!
Canvas Drawing Studio (Youth Only)
An open space for drawing, sketching and creating. Work on your craft in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Open to teens between 7th and 12th grade. Facilitated by Kara Newbauer. Every Monday at the Canvas (1610 Hubbard Ave., Saint Paul). 6:30-8pm. Free.
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Canvas Poetry Circle (Youth Only)
An open space for poets, spoken-word artists, rappers and songwriters to share their work and get some feedback from their peers. Open to teens between 7th and 12th grade. Facilitated by two-time National Poetry Slam champion Kyle "Guante" Myhre. Every Wednesday at the Canvas (1610 Hubbard Ave., Saint Paul). 4-6pm. Free.
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Dibujo
Dibujo es la imagen que representa el arte de lo que te gusta, de lo que piensas, de tus emociones y la habilidad de demostrar tu don o profesion. La clase de dibujo seria ensenando lo basico despues a dibujar y por ultimo como pintar los dibujos.
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Tejido de 2 agujas
El tejido es un arte hecho por las manos con dos agujas, se pueden hacer bufandas, gorros, sweaters.
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Basement Screen Printing
This is a class for those of you who want to screen print, but don't have access to studio space or a ton of money. We'll be learning basic screen printing techniques that can be done in any basement or other small space, including: stretching screens, coating screens with photo emulsion, "burning" images onto the screen, and of course – screen-printing. We'll also explore and experiment with additional ways to save money and resources while screen printing.
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Anti-photography photo class!
Get access to tools and cameras or just find new ways to use the ones you have!
We'll play with film, Holgas, digital cameras and photoshop. We even have some vulgar attempt at darkroom developing in the works.
I can tell you (mostly) how a camera works, but where to point it is up to you (thus, anti-photography.) Rules related to composition and image clarity will be broken in the interest of trying stuff.
Special sessions on full moons.
Some hours are listed here, but I can do by appointment to accomodate your schedule, just call!
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The Geometry Of A Pinhole Camera
A free Workshop taught by myself Jessie Zubiran, a dive into the the basic form of photography the pinhole camera witch has shown that simplicity is beautiful and fascinating. The workshop will be followed by Holga photography. The Holga camera is a medium format 120 film manual toy camera, made in China. The holga camera is known for it's cheap construction, simple lens and the camera's "problems" have become it's best quality.
Tentative Schedule:
Feb. 3--Light Painting with candles
Feb. 10--More light painting, with sparklers
Feb. 17-- Historic Downtown, indoor photography
Feb. 24-- Photo developing basics
Every week we will set up shots and take pictures, so no matter the Wednesday, that is what you should expect.
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Figure Drawing with Live Model
Drawing from a nude model is foundational for artistic training and provides a great chance for anyone interested in art making to learn more about representing the figure. Without the cultural and material layers of clothing the form and volume of the figure are most accessible and dynamic as a nude. The Macalester College Art Alliance has hosted professional models from the Twin Cities area for several years and is now offering weekly open sessions. The evening will start with warm-up sketches then after the halftime break will be spent on two longer (20-30 min) poses. All levels of experience and all nature of media from pen to paint to play-doh are welcome and encouraged! Every Thursday, 7-9 pm.
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Photography Mentorships.
Basic photography and adobe photoshop will be taught during sessions.
Participants will go home at the end of the final session with a portfolio. Sessions are every friday from 6-8PM at the In Progress Studio 301 (262 4th Street East). Bring your own camera, if you have one. Basic knowledge of photography and adobe photoshopis not needed....
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