Opening Reception Tonight

A new exhibit entitled Art: Select Impressions is opening tonight at Highpoint Center for Printmaking. It will feature 50 images by 29 local printmakers. The artists have used traditional etching, intaglio, silk screen or other printmaking techniques to create handmade fine art prints.

Learn more by reading Mary Abbe's article in the Star Tribune.

Split Rock Lighthouse is turning 100!

This is a great opportunity to dig out those old vacation photos. To help mark the 100th anniversary of Split Rock Lighthouse, the Minnesota Historical Society is putting out a call for vintage vacation photos taken at the site prior to 1980. In addition to creating an online community on Flickr, the site manager plans to select some of the images to include in an exhibit in the Visitor Center this summer.

Add your pictures to the group at http://www.flickr.com/groups/vintagesplitrock/ via your own Flickr account. Make sure you include the story behind the picture, as well as the year the photograph was taken.

Learn more about this opportunity.

Art Shanty Projects

Art Shanty Projects is in full swing on Medicine Lake. Art Shanty Projects is an artist-driven temporary community that creates art on a frozen lake. It is open to the public every weekend from now through February 7, 2010. Join in the fun with Aesthletics on Ice this weekend.

Learn more about the Art Shanty Projects.

McKnight Artist Fellowship Applications Are Open

The 2010-2011 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Visual Artists are now accepting applications. The application deadline is March 19, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. CDT. There are informational meetings in Minneapolis, Duluth and Rochester. Contact gallery@mcad.edu or 612-874-3803 for more information. You can also apply online at www.mcad.edu/mcknight.

Artist Reception Tonight

The Artist Reception is tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Adeline M. Johnson Conference Center, Oren Gateway Center.

Learn more about this event.

Opening Tonight

Learn more about these exhibits.

Beyond 8-Track Tapes N Tapes at FAIR Gallery

An Exhibition of Reconstructed Photographs by Greg Foley

curated by Sarah Balk McGrill

Now through February 5

Music is a universal language. But how we listen to it is changing in a digital landscape. CDs are going away, and records are coming back. Satellite radio and Pandora give each one of us a station to call our own. What does it mean?

This show utilizes undoctored photographs to explore the way MySpace, mp3 files and iTunes gift cards are fragmenting the experience of listening and shop ping for music in the internet age.

Greg Foley is a photographer and screenwriter. He lives in St. Paul, MN.

FAIR GALLERY is located in FAIR (Fine Arts Interdisciplinary Resource) School Crystal. It is an integrated 4th-8th grade public school dedicated to equity, excellence and the arts.

3915 Adair Avenue N.

Crystal, MN 55422

Learn more.

New Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Grant Opportunities

The Minnesota State Arts Board is pleased to announce seven new grant programs that will support arts and arts access, arts learning, and arts and cultural heritage across the state, and will give Minnesotans more opportunities to experience the arts. The programs are underwritten by an appropriation from the state legislature from Minnesota's new arts and cultural heritage fund.

The new programs are intentionally broad and flexible so that a diverse array of activities can be funded.  Nonprofit organizations, communities, units of government, educational institutional, arts organizations, artists, and others are encouraged to apply.

Information at www.arts.state.mn.us

If you have questions contact the Arts Board at msab@arts.state.mn.us, (651) 215-1600, or (800) 866-2787.

Ten for 2010 - Museum Exhibits to See

Story and images from ArtInfo.com.

Public art for our high-tech times | State of the Arts | Minnesota Public Radio

Public art for our high-tech times | State of the Arts | Minnesota Public Radio

A Grand Sale at the Grand Hand Gallery

Have you been to Grand Hand Gallery? This place offers wonderful one-of-a-kind art at nearly every price point. Especially now during their big sale (they only have two sales a year). So hurry in to find wood, jewelry, glass, metal, fiber, clay--all handmade by artisans.

Could Your Art Be the Face of the Next Uptown Art Fair?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Uptown Art Fair Hosts Second Annual Commemorative Print Contest

The Uptown Art Fair--celebrating its 47th year August 6 through 8, 2010-- takes over the commercial district of Uptown, Minneapolis. What began as a neighborhood art sale just down the block from what is now Calhoun Square, has now developed into a nationally recognized event. Hosting 360 artists, the Uptown Art Fair caters to tourists, art enthusiasts, artists, and festival-goers from around the country, and is the major fundraiser for the Uptown Association.

The Uptown Art Fair annually selects a piece of art to commemorate the event. The work is transformed into a poster unveiled prior to the fair and incorporated into promotional materials and merchandise available to the over 375,000 fair attendees. Being named the Uptown Art Fair Commemorative Artist is a coveted honor accompanied by recognition from the public and abundant media exposure.

For the second year in a row, the Uptown Art Fair Steering Committee is hosting a contest to select the Uptown Art Fair commemorative artwork. Artists must create a piece interpreting this year’s theme- “Urban Experiences.” The commemorative print artist is required to tender all ownership and copyrights of the selected image to the Uptown Association.

For complete contest rules and official application, please visit www.uptownminneapolis.com.