Members' Show

Call For Artists – Members Show Aug 28 – Nov 1

EXHIBIT
Members’ Show 2019

Please join us at the ACCC Arts Center Gallery for a show of fabulous works of art by ACCC Artist Members available for immediate purchase. Browse the Center and discover works like paintings, sculptures, pottery, jewelry, photography and more! We look forward to seeing you at the Center.
All media is welcome.

Do you have a short piece of prose or a poem that is framed or on a canvas and prepared for hanging on a gallery wall? The ACCC and its Literary Committee announce a new initiative to display short literary works along with art in the Members’ Show. Any writer who wishes to display a poem, flash fiction, or another short literary work, prepared for hanging on a wall, can submit it under the “Other” category in the Members’ Show guidelines.  Your writing must use at least 16 font size.  Note that items in the show must be for sale.

IMPORTANT DATES
Apply by email deadline: by midnight Monday, August 19, 2019 (instructions below)
Entry Fee deadline: by midnight Monday, August 19, 2019 (form below)
Complete your Directory Listing: by midnight Monday, August 19, 2019
Notification of Acceptance will be sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Exhibit Dates: August 28 to November 1, 2019

Artists’ Reception
Thursday, September 12 from 6:30-8:30pm at the Arts Center
We invite the public to attend our Member Artists’ Reception to meet some of our visual artist members and speak to them about their work. Each artist has a featured profile for all to enjoy when you visit the gallery in the Arts Center.

Art Drop-Off: Saturday, August 24 10-2pm or Monday, August 26 5-7pm
Art Pick-Up: Friday, November 1 5-7pm or Saturday, November 2 10-2pm
(Some items may carry over to the Holiday Show when we bring in even more Art for sale.)
Any work left at the Arts Center 30 days after an exhibit ends becomes the property of the ACCC.

LOCATION
ACCC Arts Center Gallery
7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level
Victoria MN

EXHIBIT/ARTS CENTER HOURS
Wednesdays-Fridays 12-5pm
Saturdays 9am-5pm

PROCESS
Information about eligible works can be found on our Gallery Standard Categories & Guidelines page. Please read before you submit your Entry Fee below. Please feel free to contact us via phone or email if you have any questions. The ACCC reserves the right to curate the work upon submission. 40% commission due to the ACCC following the sale of artworks.

To be considered for the Members’ Show, apply by email to visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org by the deadline above. We can accept up to 3 works per artist until the gallery is full. Be sure to include your name, phone, images of your work, image list specifying the medium, size and retail price of each work submitted. Submit your Entry Fee at the same time you submit your work for consideration.

Membership IS required to be in the show. To join the ACCC, go to our Membership page. We will notify all artists via email regarding acceptance to the exhibit by the Notification of Acceptance date listed above. If space provides, we may contact you to submit additional work for the exhibit.
Members, please SIGN IN to your ACCC Account so you can pay Entry Fee. If you haven’t signed into your ACCC Membership Account yet, please go to our Account page for instructions.

ARTIST STATEMENT
Our volunteer committee will take your Artist Statement and a photo of you from your ACCC Directory Listing on the ACCC website and display it in the Center near your work. If you have not completed your Directory Listing, now is the time to create one or update what you have on the website. Start by logging into your Account and look for the Directory tab. If you haven’t logged in yet, you can ask for your password and then get started. Printed Artist Statements will be created August 20th or later, so make sure your profile is updated by midnight, August 19th. ACCC Account Page.

ENTRY FEE
ACCC Members $15 for first entry, $5 for each additional entry, up to 3 total.

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AFTER your work is accepted, go to the How To Submit Art page and submit your accepted works. Labeled artwork can be brought to the Arts Center on the Art Drop-Off date listed above. Please make sure your item label matches artwork submitted for the exhibit. The artwork must be ready to be hung with wire on the back of your work.

CONTACT PERSON
Mary Thoreson Strother, Gallery Coordinator and Visual Art Liaison
visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org
952-448-4432

Members' Show

Bye Bye Birdie

Bye Bye Birdie by Chaska Valley Family Theatre July 25-Aug 4

Innocent teens from Sweet Apple, Ohio, lose their minds when a struggling music producer from New York chooses their community for an incredible PR stunt. Albert Peterson wants to transition out of show business with a huge splash and he’s bringing Conrad Birdie, a fictitious version of Elvis Presley, to town along with him. Conrad’s headed into the Army, but Albert hatches a plan to have him kiss the head of Sweet Apple’s Conrad Birdie Fan Club live on national television before he goes. Hijinx ensue among all the teens, the lucky girl’s family, her boyfriend and the townspeople, while Albert’s girlfriend Rose manages all the logistics of executing the stunt — and his mother tries anything she can to prevent Albert from shutting down the family company. Beloved songs from the show include “Put On a Happy Face,” “The Telephone Hour,” “Kids,” and “A Lot of Livin’ To Do.”

LOCATION
Chaska Community Center
1661 Park Ridge Drive
Chaska, MN 55318

DATE
July 25 – August 4, 2019

TIME
•       Thursday, July 25, 7 p.m.
•       Friday, July 26, 7 p.m.
•       Saturday, July 27, 2 p.m.
•       Saturday, July 27, 7 p.m.
•       Sunday, July 28, 2 p.m.
•       Wednesday, July 31, 7 p.m.
•       Thursday, Aug. 1, 7 p.m.
•       Friday, Aug. 2, 7 p.m.
•       Saturday, Aug. 3, 7 p.m.
•       Sunday, Aug. 4, 2 p.m.

DETAILS
Visit https://www.cvft.org/bye-bye-birdie-2019 for more information and a link to the box office!

FEE
$12 – $17 per ticket

CONTACT
Chaska Valley Family Theatre
cvftmail@gmail.com
952-250-7206

Bye Bye Birdie at Chaska Valley Family Theatre
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Bye Bye Birdie

Come Celebrate at ArtStock, Art, Wine & Music Festival July 13 & 14

ArtStock Art Wine and Music Festival

ArtStock Art Wine and Music Festival


Confirmed Artists so far…
Alison Albrecht Art
Ally Jane Jewelry
Boub’art
Bud Bullivant
Carmen’s Clayground
Coffee Cups and Wanderlust
Divine Decoupage
Earth, Wick and Fire
Forge Wood Studios
Gray Duck Garden Creations
Hardware Iron & Stone
Kettle Creek Kitchen
Merry Little Bath Company, LLC
Pleasant Street Pottery
Quirks
RedHawk Designs
Riverwest Potteryworks
Stacey Johnson Jewelry Design
Sycamore Lane Creations
The Wood Guys LLC
Tresset Handcrafted
Wanderlust Photography
Jennifer Thomson
Shane Hudak

The musical performers line up for ArtStock

Saturday, July 13thCarol Z, 10 to noon, Holly Holldorson and Friends, noon to 2, and Traveled Ground 2 to 5

Sunday, July 14thTed Hajnasiewicz, 11 to 1, Tara B 1 to 3 and Blue Skies Band 3 to 5.

Forecast is sunny and warm! See you at ArtStock Art Wine & Music Festival 2019!

Arts Consortium of Carver County

ArtMatters Newsletter July 2019

July 2019 ArtMatters Newsletter

 

Michelle Plombon

Featured Artist Michelle Plombon

Michelle Plombon artistMichelle grew up in Chicago in a home filled with a love for the arts. She has fond memories of her mother offering advice on perspective in her drawings – which she often preferred to ignore. As Michelle’s drawing style evolved, she discovered Matisse. The patterns that filled his work drew her in, and she was fascinated precisely because his work was not in perspective.

One of the most rewarding aspects Michelle’s first career as a primary school teacher when she was able to turn class assignments into art projects. A decade later, she decided to switch things up and become an art student instead of an art teacher, and the course of her life work started down a new path.

​A pottery class at a local art center led to wading into the local arts community with gusto. Work in pottery led to studies in abstract painting, and Michelle was “hooked”! A happy accident while trying to stretch her art supplies resulted in her unique technique of texturing her paints while on the palette paper and then applying the paper directly to her canvas. Over the years she has refined her technique and even applied it to her pottery glazing work.

Michelle has exhibited her paintings, prints and pottery at the Edina Westin Galleries, the Cambria Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, among others. The Arts Consortium is pleased to feature her work in the ACCC Arts Center July 10 – August 23.

LOCATION
ACCC Arts Center
7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level
Victoria MN 55386

DATES
July 10 through August 23

HOURS
Wednesday – Friday 12-5pm
Saturday 9-5pm

Open until 8pm on Wednesdays July 10 & 24, August 7 & 21, and Sept 4 & 18 during Victoria’s Discover Classic Car Nights.

CONTACT PERSON
Mary Strother, Visual Art Liaison/Gallery Coordinator
visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org
952-448-4432

Michelle Plombon

Writers Read Water and Waves July 18

You’re Invited to…

Writers Read Water and Waves

On Thursday, July 18 from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Arts Center, Victoria, Carver County writers will read their poetry and prose on the theme of water and waves.  The open reading is planned in conjunction with the current visual art exhibit in the Arts Center entitled, “Nature:  Water and Waves.”

If you are a writer, please bring 2 or 3 readings, each of no more than 4 minutes in length, to share with the audience.  Everyone is invited to attend, so come with your family and friends for an evening of art and literary delight!  Light refreshments will be served.

LOCATION
ACCC Arts Center
7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level
Victoria MN 55386

DATE
Thursday, July 18

TIME
6:30-8:30pm

FEE
free

CONTACT PERSON
Susan Coultrap-McQuin
info@artsofcarvercounty.org
Arts Center 952-443-2200
Open Wed-Fri 12-5, Sat 9-5

 

Writers Read Water and Waves Call for Artists

Seeking Literary Artists for Writers Read Water and Waves

On Thursday, July 18 from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Arts Center, Victoria, Carver County writers are invited to read their poetry and prose on the theme of water and waves.  The open reading is planned in conjunction with the current visual art exhibit in the Arts Center entitled, “Nature:  Water and Waves.”

If you are a writer, please bring 2 or 3 readings, each of no more than 4 minutes in length, to share with the audience.  Everyone is invited to attend, so come with your family and friends for an evening of art and literary delight!  Light refreshments will be served.

LOCATION
ACCC Arts Center
7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level
Victoria MN 55386

MAXIMUM ATTENDEES
30

DATE
Thursday, July 18

TIME
6:30-8:30

FEE
free

CONTACT PERSON
Susan Coultrap-McQuin
info@artsofcarvercounty.org
Arts Center 952-443-2200
Open Wed-Fri 12-5, Sat 9-5

 

Nature: Water & Waves Exhibit June 12-August 23

Nature: Water & Waves Exhibit Artists’ Reception

Please join us for Nature: Water & Waves. This show is a beautiful example of the artist’s interpretation. Please come to meet the artists and talk about their work.

Beverages and snacks provided along with our new Music debut in the Gallery of The Songwriters and Musicians of Carver County CD, Volume V. Enjoy your evening with the Artists of Carver County.

LOCATION
ACCC Arts Center, Studio Level
7924 Victoria Drive
Victoria MN 55386

DATE
Thursday, June 20

TIME
6:30 to 8:30pm

Exhibit runs June 12 to August 23
Art Center Hours
Wednesday-Friday 12-5, Saturday 9-5
Open until 8pm on Wednesday June 26 during Victoria’s Classic Car Night.

FEE
this is a free event

CONTACT PERSON
Mary Strother, Gallery Coordinator and Visual Art Liaison
visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org
952-448-4432

New Song Collective with Ted and Steve June 28th

New Song Collective

Come join your hosts Ted Hajnasiewicz and Steve Kelzer for a night of song and stories. Each month we plan to host 3 to 4 singer/songwriters, in an ”in the round” fashion where each artist takes a turn singing a song, accompanied by a story around the song or a little about them. You’ll get to know your favorite artist.

LOCATION
Arts Center, in the “street” area of the lower level
7924 Victoria Drive
Victoria MN 55386

ARTISTS
Tori Evans
Yvette Nelson
Tom Sedio
Ted Hajnasiewicz Music
Steve Kelzer

MAXIMUM ATTENDEES
30

DATE
Friday, June 28th, 2019

TIME
7 to 8:30 pm

FEE
$5 suggested donation

CONTACT PERSON
Steve Kelzer
kelzer2025@gmail.com
952-465-2384

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Call for Artists – Chaska Painting Project

Paint the Chaska Community Adirondack Chairs and Picnic Tables

The City of Chaska has partnered with the Arts Consortium of Carver County to bring the community together by providing Chairs and Picnic Tables to various destination gathering points in downtown Chaska. We have a few spots remaining for individual Artists to paint chairs.  You will have artistic freedom to choose your topic.  Historical images are encouraged and topics close to all that Chaska offers it’s community currently are encouraged.  Nature, parks and trails, architectural images, flora, of historical significance, etc. If you are interested in bringing your creativity to the table, we would love to have you join us.

LOCATION
Warehoused in Chaska

DATE
painting June 7th – 14th, 2019

TIME/HOURS
Hours will vary and will accommodate artist hours. Please let us know when you are available.

DEADLINE
June 10th

DETAILS
All Artists are welcome to join us. Email a description of your design idea and times you are available to paint to candersonabf@gmail.com. Please use subject line: PAINT THE CHAIRS-Chaska

FEE
most supplies provided

CONTACT PERSON
Cynthia Anderson
candersonabf@gmail.com
612-386-6156