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ACCC ArtMatters Newsletter October

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October 2018

ACCC Arts Center News

ACCC Members’ Show: Now through November 9

Have you seen our new ACCC Members’ Show that began September 10? Thirty member artists are sharing their works in the ACCC Arts Center until November 9. Come into the gallery and spend time seeing the work of these wonderful artists and reading the artistic statements about it. Their beautiful creations demonstrate a variety of subject matter and everything from abstract to highly realistic styles. Member artists are of various ages and backgrounds. The show is open during normal gallery hours or join us for the Artists’ Reception on October 11 from 6:30 – 8:30pm. Refreshments will be served, and member artists will be available to speak to you about their work and process. Artworks are available for immediate purchase and include paintings, sculptures, pottery, jewelry, photography, writing and more!
Join us for Writers Reading in Victoria by ACCC member writers on Oct. 25 at 6:30 pm. Watch for more details by email. We hope to see you soon at the Center. More information about the Members’ Show.

Holiday Gift Show:

We are excited to announce our first annual Holiday Gift Show at the Arts Center, from November 15th through December 24th.  With more visitors coming to the center every week, this show is a perfect opportunity to support a diverse collection of extremely talented local artists. We will have a wide selection of one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted gifts to purchase for friends and loved ones for the holidays.  There will be a Grand Opening Thursday, November 15th, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.  It will be free and open to everyone.  So, bring friends!  All contributing artists are encouraged to attend.

Call for Artists Holiday Gift Show: 

If you would like to have items in the Holiday Gift Show, please email three sample images of your work, indicating the medium and pricing, with the subject line HOLIDAY GIFT SHOW to programs@artsofcarvercounty.org by October 15, 2018. The pictures should represent what you are submitting to sell. All work needs to be original and made by the artist. No mass-produced items, or items made from kits. If your work is accepted, please have extra work ready, so we can restock when necessary. Questions? Please contact Deborah Barce or go to our website to review the Call for Artists for the Holiday Gift Show. Each artist must be an ACCC member.
Please note: Two-dimensional work should be framed, ready to hang or wrapped for display (limited wall space for large paintings). Accepted artists may need to bring a 6ft or round table to set up their own display, though we will have a glass cabinet for some fine jewelry.

Submission deadline: October 15 Email of acceptance: October 17 
Accepted Artists Set up: Tuesday, Nov.13 from 5-7pm and Wednesday, Nov.14 from 12-7pm
Grand Opening: Thursday, Nov.15 from 6:30-8:30pm 

ACCC Arts Center Open Hours
Wednesdays and Thursdays 12-5pm
Fridays 12-3pm
Saturdays 9am-3pm

Literary Arts

Chaska Library is hosting a live read of both poetry and prose on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 6:30pm in the Fireplace Room, 3 City Hall Plaza. The event will include Poetry in the Park contestants and Arts Consortium of Carver County ribbon winners in addition to any other writers who would like an opportunity for a live mic. Come hear the literary talent in the area! If you would like to participate in reading, please come with up to THREE 1-page readings prepared. We will present in rotation until 7:45pm. Refreshments will be provided by Chaska Friends. The event may be recorded by CC-TV.

Music Arts

Steve Kelzer has been reaching out to Carver County musicians and songwriters for submissions to a Christmas Album and performers for the Arts Space. For more information, contact: Steve Kelzer.

Art Tourism

The fall season is an especially busy time for Barn Quilt Tours. Tour groups from Minneapolis, St. Paul and the surrounding suburban areas especially love to see our communities, countryside and culture here in Carver County. They are fascinated with our public art projects (such as the Barn Quilts), our festivals & events, and of course our new Arts Center! Another group will be visiting the Arts Center on Saturday, October 13th and will be viewing our latest member exhibit. Barb Hone and Janet Fahey just finished another speaking engagement as well for the Northfield Quilters in Northfield, MN. If your group, club or classroom is looking for a new exciting presentation and art activity, please contact Barb Hone or Janet Fahey.

Art Wander

Thank you to all who attended Art Wander. It was a wonderful success with many people visiting many studios on the beautiful days of the event. This activity was another testament to the thriving arts in Carver County. Thank you also to all the artists that made the day a success. It is a lot of work, much appreciated by the attendees. ArtWander.com.

Seeking Volunteers

Volunteers needed for Operations and Administration Committee:
This committee is charged with overseeing the operations of the Arts Center, proposing policies and procedures for the center and for ACCC overall. We’d love to add members with experience in nonprofit operations, facilities management, and office operations. If you are interested, please fill out the Volunteer form. Susan Coultrap-McQuin or Janet Fahey, co-chairs of the O&A Committee, will contact you.

Volunteer needed as our Finance Advisor:
If you have some public finance experience and familiarity with federal and state non-profit regulations, and a few hours quarterly to give to ACCC, we’d love to have you serve as our Volunteer Finance Advisor. Responsibilities include working with the Executive Committee on annual budgeting and planning and helping us ensure our financial practices are aligned with federal and state non-profit regulations, conform to our mission and goals and reflect best practices in the field. If you are interested, please fill out the Volunteer form and a member of the Executive Committee will contact you.

ACCC CD Vol 4Join or Renew Your Membership

New and renewing members receive a complimentary ACCC CD, The Songwriters and Musicians of Carver County Vol. IV. Use our easy online Membership Form to submit your information and pay online, or visit our Membership page for instructions to mail in your Membership.

Thanks for supporting the ACCC!

Holiday Gift Show 2018

Call For Artists for Holiday Gift Show

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We are excited to announce our first annual Holiday Gift Show at the Arts Center. With more visitors coming to the center every week, this show is a perfect opportunity to support a diverse collection of extremely talented local artists. We will have a wide selection of one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted gifts to purchase for friends and loved ones for the holidays. This is a free show and open to everyone. All contributing artists are encouraged to attend the Grand Opening.

Event Location
ACCC Arts Center
7924 Victoria Drive
Victoria MN

Show Dates
November 15-December 24

Time/Hours
Set up: Tuesday, Nov. 13 and Wednesday, Nov. 14
Time: Tuesday 5-7pm & Wednesday 12-7pm
Grand Opening: Thursday, Nov. 15 6:30-8:30pm

Details
To be considered for the show, email 3 images representing work you are intending to sell, with medium and pricing details, with the subject HOLIDAY GIFT SHOW to programs@artsofcarvercounty.org. Artists will be confirmed, and next steps will be provided with instructions on how to submit your art for the Arts Center Holiday Gift Show. Membership is required to be in the show.

Information about eligible works can be found on our Gallery Standard Categories & Guidelines page. Please read before you submit your entry.

Submission Deadline
October 15, 2018
Email of acceptance: October 17, 2018

All work needs to be original and made by the artist.
No mass-produced items, or items made from kits.
Media considered includes paintings, drawings, photography, jewelry, glass, fiber, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, wood and multi-media.
Two dimensional work should be framed, ready to hang or wrapped for display.
Limited wall space for large paintings.
Accepted Artists may need to bring a 6ft table to set up their own display.
A glass cabinet is provided for some fine jewelry.
If your work is accepted please have extra work ready, so we can restock if necessary.
The show will be extensively promoted through postcards, flyers, social media, ACCC newsletter, and local papers. Exhibiting artists will receive their own cards to hand out and an image provided to post on their own website and social media.
Keep in mind, best price point is $100 and less, items $100-$200 sell, but not as quickly.

Event Fee
30% Commission to the ACCC for sold works (for this show only)

Contact Person
Deborah Barce
programs@artsofcarvercounty.org
646-229-0104

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ACCC ArtMatters Newsletter August

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ACCC ArtMatters Newsletter August 2018

GRAND OPENING AND ARTISTS’ RECEPTION
Join us in celebrating the new home of the Arts Consortium of Carver County.
We invite you to attend our Grand Opening and Artists’ Reception on
Thursday, August 2 from 6:30-8:30pm
at the new ACCC Arts Center
7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level in Victoria MN (in the historic Notermann Building)
Enjoy food, drink, music, art and literature
Meet the artists of our Colors of Summer exhibit along with musicians, authors and other members of the Arts Consortium.
Please RSVP to 952-443-3200 or info@artsofcarvercounty.org

Victoria Fine Art Fair Logo 2018Victoria Fine Art Fair Sat, August 11 10am to 5pm
Join us and Celebrate the Arts along the shores of Stieger Lake in scenic downtown Victoria! The Victoria Fine Art Fair is a display of fine art from local and regional artists, organized by the Arts Consortium of Carver County. Shop for some of the most unique treasures, gifts and displays of fine art as you walk along the park overlooking beautiful Stieger Lake. Enjoy original works of art: watercolors, oil paintings, pottery, sculptures, jewelry, leather goods, and more! Bring your friends and family and savor the day of art with us in downtown Victoria! Be sure to also visit the brand new ACCC Arts Center and gallery located close by at 7924 Victoria Drive Victoria MN.

Victoria Fine Art Fair has 23 confirmed artists so far. We are looking for volunteers to help with putting out signs, marketing and recruiting more artists. If you are interested, please fill out the volunteer form on the website indicating your availability. Volunteer sign up link.

We’d like to thank the following businesses for sponsoring the Victoria Fine Art Fair: Beyond Homes Realty, Budget Blinds, Deer Run Golf Club, Hartman Communities, Nourish Life, Qualitas, Re/Max® Advisors West, Security Bank & Trust, Seek Eye Care, The Social Ice Cream Parlor, & Willa June.

More about the Victoria Fine Art Fair

Southwest Metro Chamber of Commerce/Victoria Business Association Meet and Greet August 7th, 8-9am
On August 7th from 8-9am the ACCC will host the local business community at the new Arts Center for informal networking. The ACCC will showcase the new gallery, gift shop and class space to the business community. Light refreshments will be served.

Artspace Open House Invitation in Chaska August 7th, 7-9pm
The Arts Consortium of Carver County is partnering with the City of Chaska to participate in a market study done by Artspace regarding affordable housing for artists in the City of Chaska. Please consider attending this unique opportunity and share your creative talent and passion for the arts with Artspace.

Artspace is a non-profit group that focuses on creating affordable living space for artists in communities. They are a national group based in Minneapolis, but have projects all over the country including New Orleans, Seattle, New York, etc. They work in a lot of communities that are sort of known for their arts/culture but are very expensive to live in. What they found was that a lot of affordable neighborhoods were attracting artists to live. Once the artists were there, they started creating vibrant neighborhoods where people wanted to hang out. As soon as they created these vibrant neighborhoods, then people wanted to live there, which created more demand for housing, and thus increased the price for rents in the neighborhoods, making it difficult for the artists who made the neighborhoods vibrant to afford to stay and live there. Northeast Minneapolis is a good example of this. Read More

Holiday Gift Show November 15 to December 24
Items for the Holiday Gift Show will start arriving at the ACCC Arts Center on October 22, and will be continually restocked through the holidays. We will post dates and times of the Holiday Gift Show as we approach this wonderful new event. If you are an ACCC Member and you’d like to offer your art for sale, please contact programs@artsofcarvercounty.org. If you’d like to volunteer to help during the show at the Arts Center, please complete the Volunteer Form. Thank you!

Seeking Volunteers

We are seeking an individual who would like to volunteer as the Arts Center Volunteer Coordinator to work with the Operations and Center Administration Committee to ensure successful volunteer staffing of our new Arts Center in Victoria. This will be an opportunity to see and help shape what is happening at the new home of the arts in Carver County.

Responsibilities will include overseeing the development and coordination of volunteers for the Arts Center, overseeing training and support of volunteers, and ensuring volunteer coverage of the center during Core Business hours, classes and special events.

If you are interested in this position, please email Susan Coultrap-McQuin (coultrap@gmail.com) and Janet Fahey (barnquilttours@embarqmail.com), co-chairs of Operations and Center Administration, explaining your background and interest.

Many volunteers are also needed for committees related to the arts and for events like ArtStock and the Victoria Fine Art Fair. It you would like to help out, please fill out the Volunteer Form to express your interest. Thank you! We will contact you soon.

Literary Arts
By Liaison Jim Kane
We now have books by Carver County writers on display in the ACCC Arts Center. Take a look at the books when you are visiting our arts space in Victoria. Also, ACCC members Doug and April Munson, Heidi Skarie, and S. Collin Ellsworth are among the Carver County writers participating in the Powderhorn Art Fair in Minneapolis on August 4 and 5. They will be selling their books. Stop by to see them and their work.

ArtStock 2018ArtStock Art, Wine & Music Festival a success!
ArtStock was a great success and featured 57 artists! Forty-five people became new members of the ACCC at the event. Visitors enjoyed the music of the 3 individuals and 4 groups that performed. Attendees also enjoyed a poetry reading and award ceremony on the music stage on Sunday.

If you, or someone you know, painted a rock at the Rock the Arts table at the main entrance, be sure to post your rock photo on our ACCC Facebook page to be entered into our photo contest. Post by 9/30/18.

https://www.facebook.com/Artsincarvercounty

If you don’t have a Facebook account, email your photo and we can post it for you. Send to info@artsofcarvercounty.org.

Art Tourism
By Liaison Janet Fahey
Barn Quilts of Carver County, MN attended ArtStock and continues to promote Art Tourism, the Arts Consortium of Carver County and our new Arts Center. The number of tours has grown to 35+ for the tour season. Check out the latest Barn Quilt article, titled “Square Deal” in the Chaska Herald, July 5, 2018 publication. Learn More about Barn Quilt Tours

Art Wander September 21-23
The annual Edge of the Big Woods Art Wander is September 21, 22 and 23. Friday 1-6pm, Saturday 9am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 4pm.

All the details are at ArtWander.com

ACCC Arts Center Open Hours
Wednesdays 12-8pm
Thursdays 12-6pm
Fridays 12-3pm
Most Saturdays check our CALENDAR for dates

SIGN UP to take a FALL art class! Help us spread the word, we are now offering art classes in our new Arts Center. We have two adult painting options, one for beginners/intermediate and one for advanced students.

Sharing More Opportunities – Call for Artists

On Saturday, November 10th, 2018 The Sower Gallery will open “Interfaith Through the Arts: 2018”, a juried gallery exhibition celebrating the diversity of faiths and religions throughout our world. Photography, painting, mixed media, sculpture and all other visual arts will be considered for this exhibition. Deadline October 5, 2018. Read More

On Friday, August 31st, 2018 The Sower Gallery will open “Abstract: Existing in Thought”, a juried gallery exhibition to display the beauty that art can portray offering messages up for interpretation by the viewer – pulling away from the lucid message, and towards the conceptual and theoretical. Photography, painting, mixed media and all visual arts will be considered for this exhibition. Deadline August 3, 2018. Read More

Join Us or Renew Your Membership

By Deborah Barce
New and renewing members receive a complimentary ACCC CD, The Songwriters and Musicians of Carver County Vol. IV. Use our easy online Membership Form to submit your information and pay online, or visit our Membership page for instructions to mail in your Membership.

Thanks for supporting the ACCC!

Arts Consortium of Carver County