This Week at Whittier

Aaron DeYoe

Branden Martz

Stu Brown

Events this Week

Wednesday:

@ Midway: Berlin based artist David Zink Yi presentation
7pm, free
info on artist: http://www.johannkoenig.de/5/david_zink_yi/selected_works.html


Thursday:


Dr. Marjorie Weinstein from the Whitney Museum
3-5pm Whittier classroom/studios to talk and make studio visits
6:30pm lecture in auditorium 150


Joseph Grigley Lecture at the UofM In-Flux Space 7pm 
http://www.art.umn.edu/


Closing party at Franklin Art Works
Franklin Presents: Stories & Music/Dark Dark Dark Thursday
@ 8pm Minneapolis band Dark Dark Dark will perform, opening band at 7
http://www.franklinartworks.org/


Pixel & Pen: An Exhibit of Digital Art and Process
Opening 5:30-7:30
Christensen Center Art Gallery
Augsburg College
Curated by Jame O'Brien
http://www.augsburg.edu/galleries/current.html

WARM Currents Call for Entries

26th Annual WARM Juried Exhibition
March 1st-March 26, 2010

Theme: How does your art form the current that carries your life? If you think of life as a river where has that river taken you? Is the water fast, slow, shallow or deep? Is the current treacherous or is it calm and quiet? What is water's place in your life?

Entry Deadline:
November 20, 2009

Juror: Beate C. Minkovski, co-founder and Executive Director of Woman Made Gallery in Chicago.

Catrin Magnusson Diverging Boundaries

Opening Reception:

Chambers Hotel, Burnet Gallery

Saturday, November 14

6-9pm

All Grad Meeting

Reminder!!!

ALL GRAD MEETING

Tuesday, October 27

@NOON

lunch provided

Germaphobes Unite!

True to their word in the first grad meeting, Whittier now has 'sanitation stations' in the classroom area and studio area. There are also disinfecting wipes at each computer area. So, even if little else is clean around here, your hands and computer can be germ free.

Free Ink Day at Highpoint

El Dia de los Muertos at Highpoint
Saturday, October 24 from 1:00–5:00 pm 


Visitors will create their very own colorful relief block prints. Using either pre-cut woodblocks or by carving your own design you will be sure to roll and print your way to an inky good time! Free Ink Days are always free and open to the public.

This Week at Whittier

Lu Mulder

Mark O'Brien

Jackson Schwartz

Reminder:

The gallery and project rooms need to be cleared out each week by Friday morning by 8:30 AM (unless for some reason you signed out a space for longer, in which case it might be nice to make Branden aware of that so he doesn't take it down).

This week the Thursday night crit class will not be using that space so you have all Thursday evening available to get your stuff down!

Astra Taylor on the Unschooled Life

Thursday, October 22
Walker Art Center
7:00pm

Astra Taylor, director of An Examined Life will be at the Walker this Thursday night to speak about how her personal experiences of growing up home-schooled without a curriculum or schedule have shaped her personal philosophy and development as an artist.

http://calendar.walkerart.org/event.wac?id=5230

The Walker website says the talk is free, the e-mail we got from MCAD said to contact someone for free tickets...I would go by the Walker website that it is FREE

Rules for my Unborn Son (on art)

From the blog http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com, these are some cute art related 'rules'

Walter Benjamin Talk

Aaron Van Dyke and Tom Haakenson are giving a talk on Walter Benjamin's "Theses on the Philosophy of History" (now often referred to as "On the Concept of History") Tuesday, October 20 in Auditorium 140 at noon.

"Theses on the Philosophy of History" was published in Illuminations, which is on the reserve shelf in the library under Graham Stout's name.

Also, there is a good book on display (on a shelf for upcoming talks) in the library called The Origin of Negative Dialects. Chapter 3 ("Dialects without Identity: The Idea of Natural History") is a good resource for thinking about the ideas in Benjamin's essay.

New American Paintings MFA Annual 2010 Competition

The Open Studios Press sponsors 6 juried competitions per year. Winners receive full-color spreads in New American Paintings.

Eligibility: All artists working within the United States. All styles and media as long as the work is singular and two-dimensional.

Deadlines (postmark):

MFA Annual
Juror: Raphaela Platow, Director and Chief Curator, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Deadline: November 13

Midwestern:
Juror: TBA
Deadline: February 28

To Enter:

• Send four 35mm slides OR four 8.5 x 11 inch printouts of current work, each labeled with your initials, the work's medium, dimensions and title
• Current resume
• Self-addressed, stamped envelope for the return of your materials AND notification
• $40 entry fee (Check payable to 'The Open Studios Press')

Special Offer: Subscribe to New American Paintings for $89/1-yr and waive the $40 entry fee. Simply enclose your $89 payment and shipping address with your entry.

Mail to:

The Open Studios Press Competition Entry

450 Harrison Ave #47

Boston, MA 02118

Note: Even if you do not want your materials back you still need to enclose the SASE so you can get your notification! Allow 6-8 weeks for notification.

More info: http://www.newamericanpaintings.com/competitions.html

This Week at Whittier

Garrett Bergemann

Mary Davis

Amy Pleticha

Jessica Henderson

Graham Judd

Art Sale

(I don't know why this is all messed up, if anyone knows how to fix it let me know!)

The Art Sale is drawing near. Please read the following and plan  
ahead...

The MCAD Art Sale has become a tradition in the Twin Cities, drawing  
over 3,400 people to campus to purchase student and alumni artwork. It  
is a great opportunity to earn money and show your work to a large,  
diverse audience. At last year's Art Sale $239,000 worth of artwork  
was sold. Of that revenue 80% goes straight to the student and alumni  
artists! We need your involvement to make this year even greater than  
the last. Get started with the Student Submission Form:

http://intranet.mcad.edu/modules/announce/assets/artsale_participationform2009.pdf

2009 Merit Scholarship Awards Exhibition

Opening Reception:
Friday, October 16 
BI® Gallery
5:00pm - 8:00pm



Art, hor d'oeuvres and beverages, what better way to greet the weekend! Stop by the BI® Gallery in Edina for an opening reception on to celebrate.

Van Shuttle to/from BI®
5pm and 6pm van leaves from MCAD turnaround
7pm and 8pm van returns to MCAD from BI®

Participants:

Megan Baxter
Christopher Held
Christopher Jopp
Allegra Lockstadt
Kelsey Olson
Alexandra Roche
Tyler Stefanich
Anne Vagt
Tomas Villasenor
Katy Vonk

Poster by: Ryan Hageman

BI® Gallery, Building 4
7625 Bush Lake Road
Edina, MN 55439

Halloween in MN

If you are a fan of Halloween here are some possibilities for celebrating:
(I am not a fan so I don't know if any of this is 'good')

The Soap Factory Haunted Basement - get your tickets early, they are already on sale
more info: http://www.soapfactory.org/exhibit.php?content_id=159

Fright Farm. (White Bear Avenue & Frost Street, Maplewood). Once a year, the 100-year-old Ramsey County Fairgrounds barn is transformed into the Fright Farm. This haunted house is operated by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, and all proceeds go to D.A.R.E. Admission is $7.00.


Dungeons of Darkness and Doom. (1414 to 1420 Main Street, Hopkins ). This haunted house features an especially theatrical tour and performance.


Edgecomb Haunted Estate. (679 Marie Avenue, Mendota Heights). This creepy haunted house is on the site where sixty-one murders were committed in 1881. Tours are given during the Halloween season that are designed to terrify visitors. Tickets are $5 for adults, the proceeds all go to the Minnesota Helps Bridge Disaster Fund. For more information, call 651-905-8960.


Hayride and House of Horror. (Zywiec's Berryland Farms, Highway 61, Cottage Grove). If this spooky haunted house and hayride aren't enough for you, you can ride on "The Last Ride of Your Life," a virtual reality ride in a casket. Admission is $20. On Saturdays, there's a low-scare matinee for $8 per person. For more information, call 651-459-3001.


Trail of Terror. (1244 South Canterbury Road, Shakopee). Featuring the Halls of Horror and a haunted hayride, the Trail of Terror isn't for the faint at heart. There's also a bonfire, an interactive murder mystery and dinner theater, and a "Club Scream" Halloween party with a dance floor, live music, and Terror Tavern. Admission is $14.95. For more information, call 952-445-7361.


Scream Town. (Canterbury Road & 12th Avenue, Shakopee). This ghoulish haunted event offers three terrifying haunted houses and a "Nightmare Corn Maze." Admission is $13.

Molitor's Haunted Acres, Sauk Rapids

A way out of the Metro Area but remote locations are always spookier.
http://www.molitors.net/ha/index.asp?PageID=2 


If you want to dress up and go out here are the bars/clubs that have Halloween events:
http://twincitiesnightclubs.com/halloween.asp



Again, I have no clue if any of this is fun or worth the money but I have heard the Soap Factory is scary.

Foot in the Door 4

Friday, February 19, 2010—Sunday, June 13, 2010
Minnesota Artists Exhibition Gallery


Foot in the Door 4 is an open exhibition for all Minnesota artists, which takes place every ten years at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Since 1980, Foot in the Door has celebrated the diversity and enthusiasm of Minnesota's visual arts community. Submit your work and be part of the state?s largest art exhibition!

WHO QUALIFIES Anyone living in Minnesota who considers him or herself an artist. Limit one (1) artwork per artist.

WHAT QUALIFIES Any visual media that can fit completely into a 12-inch square box. Stay tuned for more information on A/V submissions.

MAEP Annual Meeting

Saturday, October 24, 2009
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts



All Minnesota artists are encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting of the MAEP. The purposes of the meeting are to report on the activities of the past year, to discuss the program, and to elect four new members to the artist panel. Three of those artists must live within the Twin Cities metro area, and one must live in greater Minnesota.

Pancakes and Waffles!

Waffles and Pancakes, Pancakes and Waffles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When- THIS SUNDAY

Time- 11am

Where- 3335 Snelling Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406

We all need to eat so why not eat together! Please RSVP to 

Amanda for the best breakfast ever!

Shinders Opening

TONIGHT!

Shinders 

731 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis

Opening Night is October 9th from 5 to 10pm

31 super talented artists (including MCAD's Stevie Rexroth!) will be showing their work in the former downtown Shinders space. Come out for a night of great art!

Women's Art Institute Series: Elizabeth Armstrong Lecture

Monday, October 12
Auditorium 150
1:00pm

From Working Girls to Girls' Night Out:
Women Looking at Women in Recent Photography


Armstrong will look at several generations of women photographers who have explored female identity as the primary theme of their art. In the 1970s and 1980s, Hannah Wilke, Adrian Piper, Eleanor Antin, Dorit Cypis, and Cindy Sherman served as their own models to critique society's stereotypes of femininity. In the early 1990s, Rineke Dijkstra gravitated in her personal work to making portraits that stripped away the sitter's facade to achieve a more psychological immediacy. Influenced by Dijkstra, and more broadly by post-feminist attitudes, a younger generation of women artists, including Elina Brotherus, Katy Grannan, Daniela Rossell, and Salla Tykka, have revitalized portraiture with fresh and provocative inquiries into identity.

This Week at Whittier

Megan Frau

Lu Mulder

Nick Tews

John Bell

Shannon Brady

Galen McDonald

Song Thao