ART A WHIRL 2013 @ THE GRAIN BELT

Studio 101
79 13th Avenue NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413

Stop by my studio to view new work!

My 13th Art-A-Whirl on 13th Ave NE!

Opening reception May 17, 5-10 pm
The Grain Belt will be chock full of artists! We will have a cash bar provided by Common Roots Cafe, music by the High 48s, food and much more.

Grain Belt artists are donating work for a weekend-long fundraising event in support of East Side Neighborhood Services, a wonderful nonprofit based in Northeast Minneapolis. All pieces will be $30!

Demonstrations and events throughout the weekend! The trolley will drop you off in front of our building. Lots of parking available.

Friday May 17th 5-10 pm
Saturday May 18th Noon-8 pm
Sunday May 19th Noon-5 pm

Grain Belt Art Studios

ART 4 SHELTER
May 2, 2013
Burnet Gallery
Le Meridien Chambers Hotel
Minneapolis, MN

The third annual Art 4 Shelter benefit for Simpson Housing Services is happening on May 2nd. Their mission is to house, support and advocate for people experiencing homelessness.

Art 4 Shelter is an exhibit and sale of over 1000 original artworks on paper by emerging and established artists. Each 5"x7" piece will sell for $30, and a selection of 8x10" works will be available for just $150. A list of participating artists is continually updated on the Art 4 Shelter website.

Saint Catherine's University
Catherine G. Murphy Gallery
2004 Randolph Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105
651-690-6644

Opening November 10, 2012

Lynn Speaker/John Schuerman, Karen Searle/David Aschenbrener, Kim Matthews/Ron Taylor, Tina Blondell/Nicholas Harper

This exhibition features four male/female pairs of artists working in four distinct artistic genres. The purpose of the exhibit is to stimulate the audience and open them to more meaningful questions about male or female views. Typically we look at art as individual output/endeavor. In this exhibit, each pair has similarity of subject matter, theme, and art form; the pairing of both a male and female viewpoint gives rise to the unanswerable question: What are the meaningful differences and similarities of the male/female psyche?

Lynn Speaker is commissioned, under the Minnesota Percent for Art Act, to create an interior public art work for The Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Education Center located on the Hennepin Technical College-­Brooklyn Park campus. This facility houses Metropolitan State's School of Law Enforcement as well as Hennepin Technical College's law enforcement skills training program.

This public art work titled, Strength of Light, will consist of 50 gunpowder drawings and will be installed on the Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park campus in September 2012.

Sponsored by the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association
Solar Arts Building
3rd Floor Gallery
711 15th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

Exhibit Dates: September 21 – 30, 2012 (open to the public during weekends)
Opening Reception: Friday, September 21, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., Free
Saturdays & Sundays, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday, September 28, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Thursday, August 16, 2012
5 p.m. Patron & Artist Reception
6 p.m. Open to the public

Save the date for the most fun event of the summer short of the State Fair! Art Perchance returns to the MIA’s great outdoors. Play carnival games of skill and luck, and earn chances to win an original work of art by a local artist.

Proceeds benefit the many projects of the Friends of the Institute , a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting, enhancing, and sustaining the collections, programs, and influence of the MIA.

I will be a participating artist in this event, stop by and take a chance to win my work and support Friends of the Institute.