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Composition Workshop

Composition Workshop by Reid Thorpe

This is a one hour workshop that will focus on simple techniques used by artists to create dynamic compositions.

Event Location
Reid Thorpe Studio and Gallery
516 North Pine Street
Chaska, MN 55318

Date
11/28/2017

Time
6pm-7pm

Event Deadline
11/26/2017

Details
Want to improve your compositions in your artwork? This one hour workshop will focus on simple techniques used by artists to create dynamic compositions. We will create studies in pencil to explore the different techniques.

Fee
$50.00

Minimum # Required Participants
min 2 max of 6

Contact Person
Reid Thorpe
reidthorpe1@mac.com
612-226-5247

Registration Link
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e44a4af23a1f58-composition

Additional Info
I teach other classes as well. Here is a link to my website with the class information.
http://www.reidthorpeart.com/classes-and-workshops.html

Locally Grown ACCC Exhibit at Arboretum

Locally Grown

Art Exhibition of ACCC members at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Cafe Gallery

Event Location
University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. 3675 Arboretum Dr, Chaska, MN 55318

Date
November 30th-January 7th, 2018

Time/hours
Monday-Friday during Minnesota Landscape Arboretum hours

Details
Art will be located upstairs in the Cafe Gallery and is available for purchase. The proceeds are split 50/50 between the Artist and the MN Landscape Arboretum. This show aims to connect artists to visitors at the MN Landscape Arboretum in order to showcase talent in our own backyard. A variety of mediums will be on view supporting the Consortium’s mission to strengthen our community through the arts and cultivate the arts through the community!

Fee
Arboretum Membership or Entrance Fee (Daily)

Contact Person
Reid Thorpe
reidthorpe1@mac.com
612-226-5247

Arts Consortium of Carver County

Ale and Art at Enki

Ale and Art at Enki Brewing in Victoria MN

Join Painting Le Town at Enki Brewing for some Tricks and Treats!!!! We are hosting a fun Halloween themed art class.

Local artist and ACCC Member Cheryl Shohet will teach you how to paint your favorite spooky images on beer mugs. All ages welcome!

Event Location
Enki Brewing in Victoria
1495 Stieger Lake Ln MN 55386

Date
Thursday October 26, 2017

Time
6:30 pm

Details
Class includes all materials to create 2 beer mugs. Adults receive a free beer and kids receive a soda.

Fee
$29

Contact Person
Cheryl Shohet
info@paintingletown.com
952-221-3589

Registration
The guests can register at paintingletown.com

More Info
https://paintingletown.com/product/ale-artoctober-26thglass-mugs-art-29/

 

 

Sower Gallery Chaska MN

Impressions, the Art of Bob McLain

Bob McLain’s solo art show will open on September 25th at The Sower Gallery, Shepherd of the Hill Church, 145 Engler Blvd., Chaska. A wine and cheese Artist’s Reception will be held on Saturday, September 30th, from 7-9. The public is invited. The show will continue until November 12th. Varying hours that the gallery is open for viewing and for sales are posted on The Sower Gallery facebook page, and on the website www.spiritinthehouse.org.
Many of Bob’s paintings and drawings will be for sale at the gallery during the show, and the artist’s share of all sales will be donated to Many Hands, Many Meals.

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

Dates
Show: Sept.25-Nov.12       Reception Saturday Sept.30, 2017

Time/hours
Reception: 7-9pm Saturday Sept 30

This is a free event

Contact:
Susan Lince
siouxlynx@yahoo.com
952-923-5222

The Sower Gallery Facebook Page Link: https://www.facebook.com/The-Sower-Gallery-1652703931679798/ 

Jim Hautman

Hautman Brothers at MN Landscape Arboretum

Million-Dollar-Duck-PosterFine Art Gallery Exhibit, Meet-the-Artists Opportunity & Minnesota Film Premiere

Thursday, September 7

6:30pm – 9pm

Hautman Brothers Arb Exhibit Open this PDF with full details and visit the Arboretum website to register or get more information: http://arboretum.umn.edu/HautmanBrosEvent.aspx Enjoy the Hautman Brothers Exhibit at the MN Landscape Arboretum!

Arts Consortium of Carver County

A Legacy of Fabric Art by Audree Sells

On behalf of everyone at the Arts Consortium of Carver County, we’d like to thank Audree Sells for a very generous donation after the auction of 50 of her beautiful fabric art pieces at the Chaska Community Center. We appreciate your support and will use your donation wisely. Here’s a collage of images from the event. Thanks Barb Hone for taking the photos to commemorate such a great community event.

Audree Sells Quilt Auction 2017

Event Information

Audree Sells Quilt Auction
A Legacy of Fabric Art by Audree Sells

Audree Sells creates original and memorable fabric landscapes, still life and abstract images. Every piece rewards the viewer with an abundance of color, intricate design and quilted textures. There is an element of surprise and discovery throughout all of her work.

Event Location
Chaska Community Center Gallery

Date
Gallery Exhibit runs August 2-24

The show closes with a LIVE AUCTION on August 24 with 50 fabric art pieces, including the gallery show pieces.

Gallery Hours
Chaska Community Center Monday – Saturday 5AM-10PM, Sunday 8AM-9PM

Free Event
A portion of the Live Auction proceeds will go to the Arts Consortium of Carver County

Contact Person
Suzanne Thiesfeld
sthiesf111@aol.com
952-292-8479

Auction Pieces

These fabric art pieces are included in the 50 pieces for the LIVE AUCTION. They are not on display at the CCC Gallery. Go ahead, try to pick your favorite. They are stunning!

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Auction and Gallery Pieces

These fabric art pieces will also be included in the LIVE AUCTION and they will be on display for you to view in person at the CCC Gallery August 2-24.

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Barn Quilt Tours logo

Mini Barn Quilt Tours During ArtStock

ArtStock Art & Wine Festival 2017
Barn Quilt Tours!

The Arts Consortium of Carver County (“ACCC”) presents its 7th annual Art and Wine Festival – ArtStock, hosted at Parley Lake Winery, in Waconia, MN. The vineyard is nestled in some of Minnesota’s most beautiful countryside, showcasing historic farms and beautiful barn quilts.
While at ArtStock, individuals can hop aboard a mini coach tour bus, as we start our 1 ½ hour tour to see eight (8) barn quilts. Made for barns, not beds, “barn quilts” are quilt patterns, drawn to scale and painted on wooden panels that are hung on exterior walls of historic barns. We’ll start at Deardorff Orchards, who shares their barn with Parley Lake Winery and is home to the first barn quilt in Carver County. Here we’ll learn about the orchards, their operations and some of the heritage of their land.

You’ll also visit an organic farmer’s market, appropriately named, “At The Farm”, hosting five barn quilts on their barn and shed. While there, enjoy viewing and shopping in the unique produce store in the renovated and restored barn, or strolling through the beautiful farm yard viewing antique displays, floral gardens and being greeted by “the girls”, hens that freely roam and visit among guests. Meet Donna, the proprietor and garden expert!

There’s more! You’ll also visit the historic Andrew Peterson Farmstead. Here, you’ll not only see another barn quilt, but learn about this notable immigrant farm family. First settled in the 1800’s, this historic barn and quilt pattern reflects a preservation of an original Swedish homestead. The land and barn are now part of the Carver County Historical Society, preserving Swedish history for years to come.

Each tour guest will receive a complimentary professionally photographed Barn Quilt Tour pamphlet and post card. Upon returning to the winery, guests will also receive a 10% discount card to be used towards the purchase of the exclusive private labeled “Barn Quilt Red” wine and 20% off Barn Quilt Treasures coffee mugs.

Event Location
Parley Lake Winery is located at 8350 Parley Lake Road, Waconia, MN 55387.

The Barn Quilt Tour route will be in the immediate Waconia area surrounding Parley Lake Winery.

Date
Saturday, July 8th and Sunday, July 9th

Time/Hours
Barn Quilt Tours – 4 choices are available:
Saturday, July 8th:

Tour 1: 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Tour 2: 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 9th:
Tour 3: 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Tour 4: 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Event Deadline
Friday, July 7, 2017

Fee
$25.00/person

Minimum of 10 required; maximum of 25 per tour.

Purchase Mini Barn Quilt Tours IN ADVANCE to make sure you have a seat on the bus!

Buy your ticket on this website, see right. We will track purchases, no ticket to remember to bring with you.

Tickets are non-refundable. If you cannot attend, offer your ticket to a friend. Thank you!

Contact Person
Janet Willems-Fahey
barnquilttours@embarqmail.com
612-382-4512

Additional Information about Barn Quilt Tours
www.barnquiltsofccmn.com

Carver Farm 2 Table

Call For Artists – Farm 2 Table Market

Call For Artists for the Farm 2 Table Market in Carver 2017

Carver Farm 2 Table Market is a weekly market held on Saturdays in downtown Carver during the summer.

Event Location
Downtown Historic Carver near the River at the end of the town. There is a large lot near the tugboat… that is where it is held every Saturday from June – October.

Dates
June 24 – Oct 21

Time/hours
9:00am – 1:00pm

Event Deadline
open

Details
We have a our local Farm 2 Table Market in the heart of Downtown Carver and would love for you join us. We have tables for artists – paint, sculpture, textile, weavers. Could be with instruction and charge for lessons or simply sell your art. Would love to see artists creating and showing others how. We are highlight the historic past of Carver with stories or poems and music brings it all together. So looking for solo or small group acoustic artists to play during the Farm to table. Art on local barn wood and such would be great or photographers who focus on farms and landscape of this area.

Fee
$75 for entire season. Fee is negotiable based number of times artists are going to be there.

Contact Person
Sue Thompson
sue@pointofdeparture.pro
952-240-3180

Additional Information and Updates
www.carverfarm2table.weebly.com

Carver Farm 2 Table

Figures in Space Courtney Miller Bellairs

Courtney Miller Bellairs ‘Figures in Space: oil watercolor collage’

Courtney Miller Bellairs Figures Space: oil watercolor collageNew work by Courtney Miller Bellairs explores the feelings experienced in different types of places and spaces. She wants the viewer to think about the experience of architecture and to build their own personal narrative for each work.

Event Location
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC)
2324 University Ave. W.
Suite 114
St. Paul, MN 55114

Date
June 1 – August 31 2017

Time/hours
MRAC is open Monday – Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed on Holidays. Please call 651-645-0402 or email bethany@mrac.org to assure the space is available for viewing at your desired time.

This exhibition is all original works. Works are for sale. Contact the Artist directly.

Artist’s Reception
June 15, 2017
7-9pm
RSVP to bethany@mrac.org
This is a free event

Contact Info
Courtney Miller Bellairs
cmbellairs@verizon.net
301-785-8655

Flower Painting Class Suzanne Thiesfeld

Fabulous Floral Painting Class

Fabulous Floral Painting Class with Suzanne Thiesfeld

You will be expertly guided to paint this colorful bouquet by ACCC Artist Suzanne Thiesfeld. Then, fabric flowers will be adhered onto the painted surface to create a fabulous floral artwork. All supplies are included, including a brew from the bar.

Event Location
ENKI Brewing Tap Room and Beer Garden
1495 Stieger Lake Lane, Victoria MN
DIRECTIONS

Date
Tuesday June 6, 2017

Time
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Fee
$38/person

Class Registration Deadline
Monday June 5, 2017 – last time we offered a painting class like this it filled quickly, so if you are interested, best to sign up sooner rather than later. Registration Fee is non-refundable unless we are unable to fill the minimum required students.

Requires Minimum of 10 students, maximum of 20.

A portion of the proceeds benefits the Arts Consortium of Carver County.

Contact Person
Suzanne Thiesfeld
952-292-8479

To Register for the Fabulous Floral Painting Class, click here.

Flower Painting Class Suzanne Thiesfeld