Fine 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!
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.
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
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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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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ArtStock Art & Wine Festival 2017 was a huge success! Thank you to WCCO news form coming out and doing several live interviews during ArtStock, watch one of the segments below. Thank you to our vendors for offering such a great variety of quality items for purchase. We had a huge turnout for ArtStock. Many of our vendors gave us an “Excellent” rating in all categories. And we have deep appreciation for our volunteers who helped get ArtStock set up and cleaned up afterwards. Thank you to Charter Bank and Parley Lake Winery for your sponsorship! We look forward to making 2018 just as successful!
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
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
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.
The Songwriters, Musicians and Music of Carver County, Vol III CD
Success! Beautiful weather – Good crowd – Great concert!
8 of 21 musicians on the Volume III CD played live
2-3 pieces each
We Sold 35 CDs at the event, all proceeds go to the ACCC
All music was donated to the ACCC by the songwriters and musicians that participated
Thanks, again, to producer, Steve Kelzer
For a full list of the participants and to buy the CD online, visit our CD page.
New 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
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
Chaska City Square Park, located in Downtown Chaska just East of Hwy 41 Directions
7 CD Musicians Performing, starts at 6:30 pm – arrive early to get a good spot!
The ACCC would like to thank the Musicians for donating to this CD, Steve Kelzer for producing the CD and the City of Chaska for supporting the concert.
Performance Schedule
Traveled Ground 6:30 -6:55
Tara B 7:00 – 7:15
Holly and Chris Halldorson 7:20 – 7:35
Shawn R Dugan 7:40 – 7:55
Collin Patterson 8:00 -8:10
Tanecsha Jones 8:15 – 8:25
Blue Skies 8:30 – 8:50
For a list of all artists who participated in this Volume III CD, or the first two volumes, visit our CD page!
