Visual Art News

Register for the ACCC Awards Exhibit

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Register for In To The Woods Exhibition

ArtStock Applications Requested

We are inviting new and returning artists to apply for a booth in this year’s event of the summer! SLOTS ARE ALMOST FULL, APPLY NOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE in ArtStock 2022!

Celebrating ArtStock’s 11th Anniversary starting on the 9th and 10th of July, 2022!
Enjoy the Art, fine Wine, live Music, and the picturesque scenery of Parley Lake Winery and Deardorff Orchards!

Do not miss this event – the best festival in the Twin Cities’ southwest!

We have over 1200 guests each day!  Art-Lovers come from throughout the Twin Cities area and beyond for the opportunity to purchase great art, listen to live music, and taste & purchase award-winning wines and a variety of foods from metro-area food trucks.

50 booth sites are available for artists. – applications will be juried.
Applications may now be submitted through Zapplicationsto be a part of ArtStock 2022.

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Art in the Park Festival

• $50 Booth fee
• $35 Booth fee for ArtStock vendors
  • Use promo code “ArtStock2022″ to receive the discount.

For more information and registration please click the link below.

Sign Up for Classes

Intro to Writing – 101 will be held on Saturday, July 16 at the Chanhassen Library’s Longfellow Room.

Have you ever thought about taking a stance in writing? Is there a story inside you but you don’t know the first thing about how to get it onto paper? Start here with Intro to Writing 101, a beginner’s course on the basic principles of plot structure, fleshing out characters, and world-building. We’ll explore simple steps to get your creation started through pop culture analysis and a writing prompt exercise. You’ll also get a writing prompt book to take home to continue your journey outside class!

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Beginning Stained Glass Class

Beginning Stained Glass Class will be held over 4 weeks on Thursdays at 6-8 pm in the CCC.

Learn and create at the same time! You will learn all of the steps to create a beautifully stained glass piece of art using the copper foil technique. Each week the instructor will take you step-by-step through the process and will guide you on all the aspects involved in making a unique stained glass creation.

The class fee includes all of the tools and materials, except for the glass itself. You will be able to choose a design and colors at the first class and can purchase your glass “kit” at that time (expected to be no more than $25). Students will pay for their glass by check, cash, credit card or Venmo during the first session.

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Music News

New Song Collective

The New Song Collective is gathering on Thursday June 9th at the Chaska Community Center Theater at 7pm. Featured songwriters performing live will be Doyle Turner, Ted Hajnasiewicz and Yvette Nelson. Beverages and snacks provided. $5 suggested donation.

Date: Thursday, June 9th
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Location: Chaska Community Center Theater

Literary-Music Collaboration

The Literary and Music Committees of ACCC invite you to be part of an evening of music and literature entitled “August Inspirations” on August 4th in the Theater of the Chaska Community Center. If you would like to read or perform, choose one of the following prompts and create a musical piece or a literary work related to that theme: Farewell, The Meadow, Someday, or Forever.

The music can be instrumental or a song. The literary work can be in any genre. Writers and musicians will perform only one piece and should limit their piece to no more than 5 minutes. If you would like to participate, please notify us by email, including your name, the title of your piece, and the prompt you used no later than July 28th. The subject line of your email should be: August Inspirations Submission.

If you have questions about the event or would like to included in it, please contact Steve Kelzer at music@artsofcarvercounty.org or Doug Munson or Susan Coutrap-McQuin at literary@artsofcarvercounty.org. We are looking forward to this evening of collaboration between musicians and writers. We hope you will join us!

Songwriters of Carver County: CD Release Concert & Art in the Park Festival

Come celebrate the CD release of The Songwriters and Musicians of Carver County Vol. 8 featuring 20 songwriters! Enjoy a live concert performed by musicians from the CD, shop local art vendors, get food and drinks from food trucks, and more.

Sunday, August 28
12:00-5:00pm
Firemen’s Park, Chaska

If you have any questions about upcoming Music Events, please contact Steve Kelzer at music@artsofcarvercounty.org

Literary News

Flash Memoir: Significant Events

If you have a personal story to tell, the Literary Committee of the Arts Consortium of Carvery County has created a new opportunity for telling it. It is Flash Memoir: Significant Events, an evening of short personal stories about one specific incident in the writer’s life – something funny, inspiring, tragic, ancestral, daring, full of conflict, contradiction or mystery – that has impacted and possibly altered life’s journey. Share the inner you. But please, no political or religious rants. June 9 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. in the Wilder Room at the Chanhassen Library. Please keep your piece to 800 words or less. Submit story title and word length to: flashmemoir@artsofcarvercounty.org (You do not need to send story text. This is not a contest.) The deadline for securing a June 9 reading slot is June 4. Writers do not have to be members of the ACCC or residents of Carver County to participate. The public is invited. Beverages and snacks will be served. Questions: Contact Jim Kane at: flashmemoir@artsofcarverycounty.org.

NYA Springfest Artisan Fair

This year, the Literary Committee is sponsoring a table at the NYA Springfest Artisan Fair, June 4, 2022 from 9-3 in Norwood Young America, MN. We invite any and all authors/writers who have in print/hardcopy books to come and sell your works and interact with current and future readers alike. Table space is free to writers/authors and there will be room for about 3-4 authors who sign up for a 1-2 hour block to “man the booth” along with a Literary Committee member. This is a great way to get selling experience if you’ve never done a fair/event before. If you are interested in selling your works at the table, please email Amy at literary@artsofcarvercounty.org for information on how to sign up!

If you have any questions about upcoming Literary Events, please contact any member of the Literary Committee of the ACCC at literary@artsofcarvercounty.org or the ACCC Store at (952) 443-3200.

Arts Center Gift Shop

Thank you for choosing to SHOP at the ACCC Arts Center Gift Shop and Gallery. We appreciate your support and we look forward to seeing you soon! We are resuming our normal hours now that the holidays of over. We will be re-organizing our displays and will still have PLENTY of beautiful pieces of art for sale.

Volunteer Opportunities