ArtMatters Newsletter Oct 2020
Volume 10, Issue 10 | October 2020
The Arts Consortium of Carver County is Moving to the Chaska Community Center
The Arts Consortium of Carver County is moving our Gallery & Gift Shop into the Chaska Community Center to provide much needed socially distanced space for artists, members, shoppers and guests. We plan to open with the Members’ Show Exhibit in the gallery of the Chaska Community Center. The ACCC Members’ Show opens October 7, 2020.
This move allows the ACCC an opportunity to increase the impact for members, artists and the communities of Carver County by partnering with the Chaska Community Center. The theater, the gallery and larger space will allow for more art to be displayed as well as being able to hold more functions to showcase local live music and literary readings. The Holiday Market featuring local and regional artists is set to open November 4th.
We have a great connection and we welcome the openness that the Chaska Community Center provides. We are working to bring more online projects on board as well as some socially distanced activities. We look to reignite our programming during the COVID-19 pandemic through exhibits with social distancing, online and in class/learning opportunities in the works, retail functioning with social distancing and online sales in place, etc. We have an exceptional team of board members and volunteers and we are excited for our new future.
info@artsofcarvercounty.org
JOIN US!
Join us at the Chaska Community Center for this exhibit. The Artists’ Reception is Thursday, October 22, 6:30-8:30pm. By midnight on Thursday, October 1 is the Entry Deadline, details for artists.
Mary Strother, Visual Arts Liaison visualarts@artsofcarvercounty.
Our highly popular Holiday Gift Show starts November 4th, at the Chaska Community Center. If you are an ACCC Artist and you’d like to participate in this festive, retail market event, please email giftshop@artsofcarvercounty.
Literary News
The ACCC Literary Committee is excited to announce a live, virtual poem reading coming in October. Poems from the Heartland: Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen will read poems of hers that people have loved, anthologized, set to music or in other ways held dear. Join us October 19, 2020 at 7pm for an evening of fine poetry you will not want to miss in these hard times. Please email the Literary Committee (literary@artsofcarvercounty.
48-Hour Writing Contest Winners
The Literary Committee of the Arts Consortium of Carver County (ACCC) would like to thank all those who participated in our 48 Hr Writing Contest! We had many fantastic entrants and it caused many heated debates over who our top picks would be, though we have finally narrowed down our top picks to two entrants in the poetry portion of the contest. The winners are Ghost Flower by Kara Thom and Sky by Shannon Wetzel. You can read the winning entries on our website.
Literary Liaison, Amy Stender literary@
Music News
These are exciting times for us with our move to the Chaska Community Center. We are in the planning process to be able to showcase music events at the Chaska Community Center performance space. More to come! Music Liaison, Steve Kelzer music@
Art Tourism/Barn Quilts of Carver County
September was a “book signing” month. September 19, Donna Franz “At the Farm” hosted a signing for the newly released Barn Quilts and Carver County, MN book. The following Saturday, a second signing was held at Parley Lake Winery. Thanks for supporting the literary arts and the barn quilts in Carver County. Barb Hone & Janet Fahey.
Membership
To manage your ACCC Membership Account, please go to our ACCOUNT page and login with your email address. If you forgot your password, you can request it to gain access. Want to Join the ACCC? View our Member Benefits on our Membership page.
Linda McNulty, ACCC Board of Directors, Membership
membership@artsofcarvercounty.
Creating Through COVID
As the Board has been adjusting and keeping up with all of the changes we are experiencing due to change in physical location as well as COVID, we have been working towards a couple new interactive platforms.
Online education has swept across the world as students and businesses have needed to accommodate their employees in training or students in schools. As a non-profit, we are no different, we want to continue to add value to your experience with the ACCC.
As an art instructor I have realigned my own teaching to online. It has allowed me to stay in touch with students and continue their lessons as well as reach so many more than I ever could have by myself in my studio. If you’d like help coordinating an online class to teach, please reach out to us at classes@artsofcarvercounty.
Mary Williamson, Multi-media Artist, ACCC Board Member at Large
Volunteer
If you’d like to Volunteer for a Committee or a specific task or project, please visit our Volunteer Opportunities page and we will match your availability, talents and interest with ACCC needs. Thank you for your support!
Submit a Nomination or Application for the ACCC Board of Directors
Treasurer: Are you good with numbers and want to volunteer your time? We are seeking an ideal energetic candidate for Treasurer on our Board of Directors. This is a great way to get to do something you love, be immersed in art and are able to stay home while still being effective. If you feel you are a good fit, please apply online, link below. For questions, please contact Cynthia Anderson, info@
Members at Large: Seeking artists and supporters of the arts interested in being on the Board of Directors to help navigate the new norms that challenge our organization and to bring focus on the arts. If you believe in the arts and want to help support artists, writers, and musicians in the county through the Arts Consortium, please apply today, or if you know someone who is passionate about the arts, please nominate them, and we will send them an invitation to apply.
Online ApplicationSocial Media
Be sure to check out and follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see what is going on with the ACCC. We post regularly about artists, authors, musicians, art, the gallery and more.
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A second barn quilt book has been released, Barn Quilts and Carver County, MN. It documents the expansion of the Barn Quilt Trail in Carver County. Now, 21 more Barn Quilts, all commissioned art, have been added to this “free, open-air art gallery.”
Anne Krocak: As an artist and teacher, Anne has won numerous awards and conducted public art residencies through VSA Minnesota, The Kennedy Center in DC, COMPAS, Public Arts St. Paul, ArtSage, Children’s Hospital Minneapolis/St. Paul Campus, Minnesota Creative Artists and Aging Network (MnCAAN). In 2009 she received the Jahney-Arts Access Award from VSA Minnesota, recognizing her as an outstanding artist educator of the Year. In 2011 received a National Fellowship from VSA National and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Anne is a Lifetime Arts teaching artist. She frequently teaches and prepares others to work with people who have special needs and older adults. She has led workshops and designed and taught classes around the U.S. and in over 60 senior living communities, museums, schools, homeless shelters, libraries, and hospitals. Anne looks forward to bringing her skills and knowledge to the ACCC community as a board member. View Anne’s Artist Profile on the 
Linda McNulty: Linda has been a volunteer all of her life. Transplanted from California then again from Arizona, Linda retired from the City of Victoria and State Farm and has become an advocate for the arts, both in Wickenburg, AZ and now in Carver County. Previous volunteer activities included Community Education Advisory Council for Eastern Carver County School District and campaign worker for two referendums, chair of the Victoria for a Lifetime Committee for eleven years. A founding member of the WeCAB transportation program since its inception in 2014, Linda continues to play an active role as dispatcher for the organization. She was a member of the Victoria Volksfest committee for three years and chair for two years. She also wrote a monthly column for the Chanhassen Villager for nine years, was a member of the City of Victoria Centennial Committee, and worked with the Sheriff’s Office, bringing law enforcement and seniors together.
