Hello! Welcome to the ArtMatters Newsletter February 2020. It’s full of information, invitations, opportunities and more. We are thankful to all of our followers, members, sponsors, donors, volunteers, and arts advocates! Please share and enjoy the newsletter!
Mark Your Calendar
Portraits and Family Exhibit Feb 5 – March 13
Artists’ Reception for Portraits and Family Thurs, Feb 6, 6:30-8:30pm
Poetry Contest Entry Deadline March 1
Flash Fiction Readings and Awards March 5, 6:30pm Social/7pm Program
New Song Collective March 6, 7-8:30pm
ACCC Annual Meeting – All Welcome Tuesday, Mar 10, 6:30-8:30pm
Student Artists’ Reception for District 112 Youth Art Show Thurs, Mar 19, 6:30-8:30pm
We have multiple Classes in February, March and April, see below!
Arts Center Gift Shop and Gallery Hours
FEBRUARY OPEN HOURS Wed-Fri 12-5pm; Sat 9am to 3pm
NEW! *MARCH OPEN HOURS Wed-Sat 9-3*
Open extended hours for classes and special events
Check our online Calendar for more events, classes and opportunities
Apply or Nominate for Board or Committee
Hello! The ACCC is seeking to add to our Board and Committees. If you’d like to nominate someone or share your talents in a leadership role, or learn more about us by serving on a Committee, please reach out to us. Help us further our mission by supporting the arts in Carver County. Board Member applications are due by February 20th. We accept Volunteers every day. Thank you for considering!
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
BOARD APPLICATION INFO
At the Arts Center
Portraits and Family Artists’ Reception Feb 6
Come see our new exhibit at the ACCC Arts Center! Join us and meet the artists at the Artists’ Reception on Thursday, February 6th from 6:30-8:30pm. Enjoy the art with wine, beverages, and hors d’oeuvres while you mingle. To participate in an upcoming exhibit as an artist or if you would like to help volunteer on our Visual Arts Committee, please visit our Volunteer page or contact our Visual Arts Liaison, Mary Strother, at visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.org or 952-448-4432.
Visit our retail Gift Shop with items for every occasion artist-made by ACCC Members. Check out our variety of books, ACCC music CDs, and a wide selection of wearable and functional art as well as paintings, sculpture, drawings, carvings and more. Greeting cards too!
Flash Fiction Awards and Readings March 5
Everyone is invited to our 2020 Flash Fiction Contest winner announcement night. All submitting authors are invited to join us at the ACCC Arts Center on Thursday, Mar. 5, 2020 at 6:30pm for Social Time, Program starts at 7pm. Winners will be announced, and there will be an opportunity for everyone to read submissions. Contact Jim Kane with questions at flashfiction@artsofcarvercounty.org.
New Song Collective March 6
Join us for our next New Song Collective, focusing on women composers. We will have a gathering of songwriters performing their own compositions and talking about them. Come and meet Holly Halldorson, Yvette Nelson, Sam Fleitman, Tanecsha Jones, and Tori Evans. Maybe more! We will serve wine, pop, water, and snacks. Listen and learn from the participating songwriters and musicians. March 6 at 7pm. Steve Kelzer (ACCC Music Liaison)
District 112 Youth Art Show coming in March
Explore Young Minds and the creativity showcased at the Artists’ Reception for the District 112 Youth Art Show on Thursday March 19, from 6:30- 8:30PM. Beverages and snacks provided. Our gallery will be filled with artwork from the many talented students of District 112. Art will be on display at the Arts Center March 18th to April 3rd, be sure to stop in and take a look!
SIGN UP for Art Classes
ACCC Membership Benefit – Members, be sure to get the current Discount Code from your ACCC Account before you register. Discount Code saves you 10% on all ACCC Classes.
Registration deadlines are typically 2 days prior to the class start date. There are minimum and maximum students allowed. All details are on our Classes page on our website or click the Registration button below for details. If you’d like to teach a Class or participate on our Classes Committee, please view our How to Submit a Class page.
Needle Felting Valentine’s Project *SOLD OUT*
Sunday, Feb 2
Block Printing
Saturday, Feb 8 or April 25 12-2:30pm. Register for 1 or both.
Continuing Watercolor Painting
Wednesdays, Feb 19, 20, Mar 4 & 11, 9-11:30am. Register for 1 or both.
Acrylic Painting
Thursdays, Feb 20, 27, Mar 12 6:30-9pm, package price
Kids Art Camp, The Artist’s Eye
Saturdays, Feb 22, 29, Mar 7 & 14, 10am-1pm. Register for 1 or more.
Mandala Drawing Classes
Tuesdays February 25 or March 31. Register for 1 or both.
Shakespeare – Hamlet Series
Tuesdays, Feb 25, Mar 3, 10 & 17, 9:30-11:30am
Hank Williams Hillbilly Shakespeare Series
Tuesdays, April 14 & 21, 9:30-11:30am
Class Sign-Up
Poetry Contest Deadline March 1
The ACCC is accepting entries for the 2020 Arts Consortium of Carver County Poetry Contest until midnight March 1, 2020. Please send us your best poem on the theme(s) “Quiet Ones/ Wild Ones.” The theme may be interpreted broadly to include poems about something quiet or something wild or something both quiet and wild. Let your imagination roam. All poets who submit work and the judges are invited to read their work on April 28 at 7pm at the Arts Center in Victoria. We look forward to both adult and student submissions! Questions? Please contact Susan Coultrap-McQuin, Literary Liaison
Call for Songwriters and Musicians by March 31
If you are a songwriter who is currently living in Carver County, or has resided in Carver County in the past, we are taking submissions to be included in a compilation called, The Songwriters and Musicians of Carver County, Volume VI.
Express your interest by March 31, 2020 to our ACCC Music Liaison, Steve Kelzer, music@artsofcarvercounty.org, 952-465-2384. CD RELEASE CONCERT is planned for Friday, June 19, 2020 from 6:30-9pm at Chaska City Center Park in downtown Chaska, 300 North Chestnut St. If you’d like to volunteer to help coordinate the CD, the Concert, or other music events and programs, please contact Steve or visit our Volunteers page.
You can purchase any current CD at the ACCC Arts Center or Vol. 2-5 on our website. Limited supply.
Tips for Writing Your Membership Profile Description
Beth Billstrom, ACCC Membership Coordinator, has written a post on our website with tips to help Artist Members create or modify their Membership Profile Description. Read her full article here. Email Beth your membership questions to membership@artsofcarvercounty.org or plan to visit her on a day she’s volunteering at the Arts Center to talk about Membership in person.
