Arts Consortium of Carver County

ArtMatters May Newsletter

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Welcome to the new format for the ACCC ArtMatters Newsletter. The newsletter is a culmination of reports from our various leaders, liaisons, and committee chairpersons. It is our way of keeping everyone informed about what’s going on with the Arts Consortium of Carver County.

If you have questions about particular events, feel free to contact the liaison or any board member. View the current Board and Volunteers. You can also complete the Contact form on our Contact page anytime and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you and enjoy!

Annual Meeting
Over 50 guests joined the ACCC Board for the annual meeting on March 20th to learn more about the ACCC and the new Arts Center in Victoria at 7924 Victoria Drive, Victoria. Winners of this year’s Flash Fiction contest were announced: 1st Place: “Butternut” by T. Marie Bertineau; 2nd Place: “Abandoned Child” by Virginia Sievers; 3rd Place: “What I Deserve” by Anne Jackson and their works presented to the group.

Guests were able to learn more about arts activities in the county including what’s happening in music, literary arts, visual arts, and art tourism. President Cynthia Anderson provided an overview of the vision for the new space and discussed potential uses including as a gallery, classrooms, event space, art shows, and more. Guests enjoyed refreshments provided by our new neighbors, Ruby’s Roost Cafe! We want to thank all of our members for their support. It is only through your support that the new Arts Space will become reality.

2018 Annual Statement – it includes a letter from our President, expanded Mission, Reports from our Genre and Committee Leaders, our signature annual Events, Board of Directors, and finally our Financial Statement and Annual Budget.

Visual Arts
By Liaison Mary Strother
The exhibit at Ridgeview Medical Center ended April 30th. We are looking forward to the next show at the Chaska Community Center.

Call for EXPO Artists
Annual Artists’ Expo at the Chaska Community Center
Show Dates June 1-29
Opening Reception Sunday June 10 from 3:30-5pm
This is open to members of the ACCC. Artists may submit up to 3 jpegs of their work by Wednesday May 16 to MaryStrotherStudio@gmail.com include in the subject line, EXPO. Notice of acceptance by email will be sent Friday May 18.

Accepted work should be delivered to the art room at the Chaska Community Center May 30 either from 10am-12pm or 7 -8pm. More EXPO details

Music Arts
By Liaison Steve Kelzer
I am working with local musicians on the 4th CD of music of Carver County. Eighteen songwriters will be featured on the CD. The CD Release Concert is set for June 8th at the Chaska City Park. Musicians have been chosen to perform for ArtStock in July and the Victoria Art Fair in August.

Literary Arts
By Liaison Jim Kane
The first reading to be held at the new Arts Center in Victoria will be by Daniel O’Brien, local author and teacher. Daniel holds an MA in Advanced Japanese Studies, is creator of the Japan Series, “Exploring Japanese culture through mysteries” (www.japanseries.com). He is also founder the Authors Collective, and a member of the Chanhassen Library Writer’s Group since 2011. He has read and presented his work at coffee shops, literary centers, bookstores, and libraries around Minnesota. He teaches Medieval History and literature at Eagle Ridge Academy Classical Charter High School in Minnetonka, MN.

Event is planned for June 15, 2018 at the ACCC Arts Center
6:00 to 6:30pm Social Time
6:30-7:30pm Author Presentation, Japanese Culture Slide Show, and Q&A
7:30-8:00pm Book Signing

Arts Center
The Arts Consortium will move into their new space in Victoria at the beginning of June. The first event will be a reading by Daniel O’Brien. Planning for the new space is well underway. Watch for an announcement of an opening event.

ArtStock Art, Wine & Music Festival
Artists’ applications are coming in via the online form Zaaplication. Barb Hone reported we are on schedule for a great event July 14-15.

Art Wander
The annual Edge of the Big Woods Art Wander is September 21, 22 and 23. Friday 1-6pm, Saturday 9am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 4pm. All the details are at ArtWander.com.

Victoria Fine Art Fair
Artists’ applications are also coming in via the online form Zaaplication. We anticipate a great event August 11.

Art Tourism
Liaison Janet Fahey has already scheduled 28 Barn Quilt Tours for 2018. Her tours will include a stop at the ACCC Arts Center when it is open. Barn Quilts Tours is featured in the latest issue of Scene Magazine. Learn More about Barn Quilt Tours.

Call for Volunteers
We are looking for quality individuals and volunteers wanting to be involved with the Arts. We are busy preparing for the opening and operation of the new ACCC Arts Center in downtown Victoria at 7924 Victoria Drive as well as our annual events including ArtStock and the Victoria Fine Art Fair. We are taking inquiries and matching your talents to our needs.

Please become involved today by filling out the online Volunteer Form. Let us know how you would like to help us further our mission of connecting communities with the Arts.

Membership Update
By Deborah Barce
Is it time to renew your membership?
Please send your membership in today! Use our easy online form to submit your information and pay online, or visit our Membership page for instructions to mail in your Membership. Thanks for supporting the ACCC!

Contest Update
Poetry Contest by Barb Hone
ACCC’s 2018 Poetry Contest – Blue Ribbon Winners Announced. This year 75 poems were submitted to our 5th annual poetry contest. Our preliminary judges selected 5 poems in each category to be sent on for final consideration. First place winners were chosen by our Minnesota State Poet Laureate, Joyce Sutphen, a resident of Carver County who teaches at Gustavus Adolphus College.

A “reading & ribbons” event will be planned at our new ACCC Arts Center. Also, poets will read at ArtStock Art. Wine. Music Festival, Sunday, July 15. All winning poems and poets are posted on the Arts Consortium of Carver County website, link below, and have been submitted to local newspapers.

Blue Ribbon Winners from the schools include: Sydney Zabel – 8th Clearwater Middle School in Waconia, 9th Sydney Turner, Chaska High School; Ava Joos, 5th Chanhassen Elementary and Charlotte Bloom, 2nd Bluff Creek. Adult winners include Suzanne Thiesfeld, Carver County and Heather Hollermann, Hopkins.

Read the Winning Poems

Note of Thanks
We want to welcome our newest volunteers in leadership roles, our new ACCC Treasurer is Linda Stuckey and Jourdan Hay is the Chairperson of our new Finance Committee. Thank you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Call For EXPO Artists

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Annual Artist Expo 2018 at the Chaska Community Center

Show Dates June 1-29
Opening Reception Sunday June 10

This is open to members of the ACCC.
Arts Consortium of Carver County Artist may submit up to 3 jpegs of their work by Wednesday May 16 to
MaryStrotherStudio@gmail.com include in the subject line, EXPO. More entry details on our Artists Expo page

Notice of acceptance will be emailed Friday May 18.

Accepted work should be delivered to the art room at the Chaska Community Center May 30 either from 10am-12pm or 7 -8pm.

Thank you for considering the Artist Expo at the Chaska Community Center to display your work!

If you wish to become a member of our exciting organization, please check on the link and join
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Women's Voices at Sower Gallery

Call for Artists and Writers – Women’s Voices

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“Women’s Voices” at Sower Gallery is a show to lift up women’s experiences at this time in history. The show will include art by women, and writing by both men and women. An Artist’s Reception will be held on Saturday April 21st, from 7-9 PM.

For women: As we consider the climate of rapidly growing awareness about those things which we women understand and want to have understood about ourselves, submissions of art or writing should convey a message about what is significant to you as a woman at this time in our culture.

For men (allies with women in these times): women believe they know your heart and want to hear from you through your writing.

VISUAL ART: We are calling women artists of all ages to submit 2D and 3D works in any media for this inter-generational show. The number of submissions of art per artist is limited to 4, due to sharing gallery wall space in the show with writers.

WRITING: Submissions will be accepted of flash fiction, essay, reflections, memoir, and poetry, word limit 200. Please submit work electronically using Calibri, 20 pt. for readability, as accepted work will be displayed on walls and/or easels.

Event Location
Sower Gallery
Shepherd of the Hill Church
145 Engler Blvd., Chaska

Dates
April 16th-May 25th
Artist’s Reception Saturday April 21st, 7-9 PM

Time/hours
Gallery Hours:
Mon. 10-2
Tues. 10-5
Wed. 10-5
Thur. 10-5
Fri. 10-5
Sat. 1-4
Sun. 10-12
Reception Saturday April 21st, 7-9 PM

Event Deadline
All submission of art and writing are due by Mar. 23rd. All Artist’s contact information, statements, bios, labeling information are due by April 2nd

Details
Images and writing samples may be sent electronically to sowergallery@yahoo.com by the deadline. These will then be sent to jury members for both visual art and writing juries. Artists and writers will be notified of acceptance by March 31st.
Please email Susan for a more detailed prospectus.

Fee
$5 per artist or writer to defer costs of the reception and reproducing artist information materials. Fee will be collected at the time work is delivered for installation for “Women’s Voices” at Sower Gallery.

Contact Person
Susan Lince
sowergallery@yahoo.com
952-923-5222

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2D Work for the Ridgeview Medical Center Show

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Call for Visual Artists – Ridgeview Medical Center ACCC Art Show

Sell Your Art!
Submit up to 5 jpeg images of your art for approval for the final show at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia MN. Opportunity for ACCC Members only. Jpeg submissions are due Wednesday January 24. You will be notified if your work is chosen to be in the show. If chosen, artist to deliver work the following Wednesday January 31 to Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia between 1-2 PM.

Ridgeview Medical Center

Event Location
Ridgeview Medical Center
500 S Maple St
Waconia, MN 55387

Date
Show February 1 – April 30

Submission Deadline
January 24, 2018

Details
Submit up to 5 images per ACCC artist to visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org.

Fee
Membership to ACCC

Contact Person
Mary Strother, Visual Arts Liaison
visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org
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Call For Artists : All Creatures Great and Small

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All Creatures Great and Small

Art Show January 15-March 18, 2018. This art show is about the natural world of the Animal Kingdom (mammals, birds, insects, fish, reptiles, amphibians). We are considering submissions of paintings, drawings, mixed media, glass, pottery, ceramics, sculpture, photography, and fabric works.

Event Location
The Sower Gallery, Shepherd of the Hill Church, 145 Engler Blvd., Chaska

Dates
Show: Jan.15-Mar. 18 Artists’ Reception date, open to the public, TBD

Time/hours
Gallery hours include 10-2 M.-F, and Extended hours TBD. For sales will be posted at the gallery, on the gallery facebook page, and on www.spiritinthehouse.org.

Event Deadline
Submissions of images and artists bios/resumes by Dec. 30th, 2017

Details
The church receives a 15% commission on all work sold, and the gallery receives 10%. Purchases at the gallery can be done by cash, check (to The Sower Gallery), or credit card at any time that the gallery is attended by a staff member or a volunteer artist, and at the Artist’s reception.
To request a Prospectus please contact Susan Lince at sowergallery@yahoo.com.

Fee
Small fee of $5 per artist will help defray costs of advertising and Reception

Contact Person
Susan Lince
sowergallery@yahoo.com
952-923-5222

www.spiritinthehouse.org

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Call for Visual Artists – Arboretum Gallery

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Call For Visual Artists – MN Landscape Arboretum Cafe Gallery Exhibit

We are excited to announce that the MN Landscape Arboretum has invited the Arts Consortium of Carver County to provide art for display and purchase in the hallway near the Cafe on the second floor. Here are the details, we look forward to your submissions.

Event Location
MN Landscape Arboretum Cafe Gallery

Submission Deadline
Midnight, October 10, 2017

Details

• 2D art with nature theme
• We have space to display 25-40 submissions, depending on size
• Arboretum’s commission policy is 50/50 – contribution goes directly to the arboretum grounds.
• Artist may help install, not necessary
• Dates to drop off art will be sent to participants
• An opportunity for the ACCC to promote our Members

Public Viewing

The display will be up from November 30 through January 31, 2018 during regular Arboretum hours. All works of art will remain hung until the end of the exhibit. When an item sells, it will be marked SOLD and remain in the exhibit.

Submission Instructions

1. Submit up to 3 JPEG images of the art you’d like to display.
2. Include the Title, Medium, Size and Price.

Reid Thorpe will determine the best mix of images for the exhibit and notify you if your submission was chosen.
Send questions and submissions to: Reid Thorpe reidthorpe1@me.com

Reid will communicate to the Arboretum titles, medium, size and prices as soon as the participants are determined so they can start a brochure and create labels.

Arts Consortium of Carver County Members Only Opportunity

 

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Call For Artists – Sower Gallery Spirit Writing Contest submissions – round two

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Call for Literary Artists
Second round in a writing contest held in conjunction with the current Sower Gallery Spirit art exhibit.

Event Location
Event is being conducted via email: chanhassenwritersgroup.spirit@gmail.com

Event Deadline
Aug. 7, 2017

Details
The second round of entries in the Sower Gallery Spirit Show writing contest is now open.

Writers are invited to view the gallery, select one specific piece from work by 20 artists, and create a poem or short prose responding to it. A jury will again select the top three entries, and all submitters will have an opportunity to read their work during an End of Show reception set for Sunday, Aug. 27, 2-4 p.m.

The show promotes this theme: Spirit is all around and within us, understood in myriad ways. We recognize that everything that is sacred begins with the experience of spirit. Inspired expression shines through every religious tradition and culture since the dawn of human consciousness.

Public viewing hours

Mon-Thurs 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
Saturdays, 2-6 p.m.
Sundays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

The show opened June 10 and runs until September 15.
Sower Gallery is located in Shepherd of the Hill Church, 145 Engler Blvd (corner of Engler and Hwy 41) in Chaska, MN.

Contest rules

One submission per writer: one poem of not more than two pages or one prose piece less than 450 words.

Previously published work not allowed. Submit only exhibit-specific, original material.
Overtly sexual, demonic, satanic, excessively violent or sacrilegious themes will not be accepted.

Place your name and the title of the work that inspired your entry at the top of each page.

Send submissions to: chanhassenwritersgroup.spirit@gmail.com

Contact Person
Jim Kane
chanhassenwritersgroup.spirit@gmail.com
952-448-4526

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Call for Literary Artists

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Sower Gallery Writing Contest – Call For Submissions

Exhibit: June 12 through September 15, 2017

Location:
The Sower Gallery located at Shepherd of the Hill Church in Chaska, MN (MN Hwy 41 and Engler Blvd)

Deadline for Round 1: May 30, 2017

Literary Artists:
The Sower Gallery is preparing for a summer-long exhibition entitled Spirit Biennial and has asked the Writers’ Group to submit poetry and short prose to be read during that exhibit. It will run from June 12 through September 15, 2017.

The show promotes this theme: Spirit is all around and within us, understood in myriad ways. We recognize that everything that is sacred begins with the experience of spirit. Inspired expression shines through every religious tradition and culture since the dawn of human consciousness.

The Gallery has invited Writers Group authors to express their own visions of the Spirit and the Sacred. Interpretation, content or focus is open to the artist. Because this event takes place in a church common area overtly sexual, demonic, satanic, excessively violent or sacrilegious themes will not be accepted.

Submissions will take place in two rounds, and entries will be juried. The first round will be based on the show’s theme only, before the artwork is up for viewing. A second round will be based on authors visiting the gallery and interpreting or taking inspiration from one specific artwork. More details on round two available June 1.

The first round will select the top three entries to participate in what is envisioned as sort of pop-up theater during the show’s opening reception, scheduled for Saturday, June 17 from 7-9 p.m. These top three will be presented as live readings during that reception. The structure and timing has yet to be determined, but planners envision these as fluid presentations rather than podium readings.

Poetry should be one page or less. Prose less than 400 words.

Deadline for first round: May 30.
We realize that this is a very narrow window, but after witnessing your work at Writers’ Group sessions, I am confident that many of you already have excellent, appropriate work in your portfolios. Previously published work is welcome.

Send submissions to: chanhassenwritersgroupspirit@gmail.com

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Call For Artists – Powderhorn Art Fair

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URGENT!
Two writers from the Writers Group of the ACCC have an opportunity to apply for a Group Exhibitor booth at the Powderhorn Art Fair in Minneapolis, which runs Aug. 5-6. The fee for the booth is $210 and would be split among all of the artists displaying their work. All displaying artists must have a MN Tax ID # and must supply a ST-19 that can be sent in with the booth application.
Deadline for application is May 1 so interested artists must respond quickly. 
Contact Sarah Cagle at:  scollincagle@gmail.com.

Powderhorn Art Fair, one of the finest juried regional art fairs in the country, celebrates artistic expression and community engagement.Set in a pastoral, 66-acre city park, Powderhorn Art Fair features 184 regional and national artists of varied disciplines, as well as a Community Showcase and Group Exhibitors from the Powderhorn area.

Powderhorn Art Fair is a collaboration between the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Proceeds from the Art Fair help fund Powderhorn Park programs all year long– giving neighborhood residents of all ages a safe environment in which to play, learn and grow. Read More

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Call for Artists – EXPO

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5th Annual Carver County Artists’ EXPO

June 1-30, 2017

The Arts Consortium of Carver County invites you to submit up to 3 JPGs of 2D or 3D art for consideration in this year’s exhibit at the Chaska Community Center gallery. This exhibit showcases ACCC member artists in Carver County.

Entry Deadline: Midnight-April 25, 2017

Acceptance Notification: Midnight-May 1, 2017

Submit Entries to:
Mary Strother MaryStrotherStudio@gmail.com

Details:

  • Carver County residency required
  • ACCC membership required
  • Fee-Free for ACCC members-join us online-$50
  • Sales Commission 20% – a donation to the ACCC
  • Submit up to 3 JPG files
  • Include: Titles, Price and your name, email address & phone number
  • Chaska Community Center-1661 Park Ridge Dr, Chaska, MN 55318
  • Set up-Wednesday, May 31, 9:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Take Down-Friday, June 30, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

 

Open House: Sunday, June 11, 3:00-5:00 pm

This Exhibit & Open House will be co-promoted with the ACCC Release Concert for Songwriters and Musicians of Carver County Vol III

Friday June 9, 7:00 pm in Chaska City Park.