ArtMatters Newsletter May 2022
ArtMatters Newsletter May 2022
Important Updates
Website Updates
Thank you for your patience as we have been making updates to the website. We have been working on streamlining the website to make it cleaner and easier to navigate. Long-awaited updates include: a new and updated calendar to find our events, a new class page where you can register for upcoming classes, a page listing our season of exhibitions, and upcoming events posted on our homepage. We invite you to visit our website to keep up to date and find out more information about the Arts Consortium of Carver County.
By-Laws Update
The bylaws have officially been updated to reflect the Board of Directors’ Vote (3/26/22) & Membership Acceptance (4/21/22). The vote was for “amending our bylaws to disband Board term limits”. Official notice of the membership meeting was sent in the April 2022 ArtMatters Newsletter that was sent out on April 1, 2022. The amendment means that while board members will be elected to serve 2 or 3-year terms, they may continue to run for re-election without restrictions on how many terms they may serve. New candidates will always be welcomed and encouraged to apply in order to keep the Board energized and full of fresh ideas. Eliminating restrictions on how many terms an individual may serve allows us to enjoy ongoing great leadership without an arbitrary, forced resignation. Thank you to the members who attended, voiced their opinions, and voted.
Our current bylaws have been listed on our Board of Directors page on our website.
Annual Membership Meeting
Calling all members! Join for our Annual Membership Meeting. This is the time that we will be conducting official board business, presenting a recap of our past year to the membership, presenting the Annual Report for 2021, and opening the floor for discussion to our members. Join us in celebrating all of the wonderful things the ACCC has done in the past year!
DATE
June 23, 2022; 6:30 – 8:30 PM
LOCATION
Chaska Community Center
1661 Park Ridge Drive, Chaska, MN, 55318
Visual Art News
Invited Showcase: Photographers
“Photography is the art of making memories tangible.” – Destin Sparks. Join us as we celebrate a selected few of our ACCC Photographers in the exhibition. In past Gallery Shows, we have been able to see a few pieces from these amazing photographers, but this Invited Showcase will feature a broad scope of work from each of these three artists.
EXHIBIT DATES
May 4 – May 13, 2022
ARTISTS’ RECEPTION
Thursday, May 12, 2022
EXHIBIT/ART GALLERY HOURS
Monday – Saturday; During the Chaska Community Center hours, the Gallery will be open even when we are closed in the Gift Shop. Gift Shop Hours are Wednesday-Friday 11-6 and Saturday 9-4, or consistent with available volunteer staff and CCC current COVID protocols at the time.
Register for the ACCC Awards Exhibit
For the first time, the ACCC is producing a juried show where we will be presenting awards and cash prizes. First prize will win $250 and the title of “ACCC Artist of the Year”. The second prize will win $150, and the third prize will win $100. Our jurors will be presenting additional awards and gift certificates to the ACCC Store. The entry fee is $25 for the first piece and $15 for each additional piece up to three per artist.
Start working on your pieces now, we cannot wait to see what you will create! Register now for the First ACCC Awards Exhibit show.
June 1 – July 15, 2022ARTISTS’ RECEPTION
Thursday, June 16th from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at the Arts Center. We are requesting all of the artists are present for this reception. We will be presenting the awards and cash prizes during this reception and will be presenting live music, wine, and hors d’oeuvres.EXHIBIT/ART GALLERY HOURS
Monday – Saturday; During the Chaska Community Center hours, the Gallery will be open even when we are closed in the Gift Shop. Gift Shop Hours are Wednesday-Friday 11-6 and Saturday 9-4, or consistent with available volunteer staff and CCC current COVID protocols at the time.
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.
Sign Up for Classes
Paint Pour Fused Glass Art will be held Thursday, May 19, 6:30-8:30 pm in the CCC. During this class, you will create a colorful design on glass with enamel paints to make a plate or bowl. A variety of techniques will be demonstrated and you can choose your own colors. Once dried, the instructor will fuse your designs onto a solid color base and then slump it into the mold of your choice. Your beautiful plate or bowl will be ready to pick up at the Gift Shop 1-3 weeks after the class. The cost of the class is $75 and includes all the supplies to make one piece. This class is for ages 14 and up.
You can sign up for this class here.
Music News
New Song Collective
The New Song Collective is gathering on Thursday, June 9th at the Chaska Community Center Theater at 7 pm. 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 will be putting on a joint event on August 4th at the Chaska Community Center Theater. Prompts to write poems, short stories and music will be coming shortly.
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! Enjoy a live concert featuring 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
There will be 20 songwriters featured in this year’s Songwriters and Musicians of Carver County Vol. 8. CD release concert is set for August 28th.
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.
Theatre News
Evolution of Stephen Sondheim Cabaret
Tickets are now on sale for Chaska Valley Family Theatre‘s 4th Annual Cabaret Fundraiser, The Evolution of Sondheim. A live performance celebrating Steven Sondheim’s music and lyrics, the legendary composers who inspired his works, and some of the many notable creatives he inspired.
All ticket holders are invited to join us before the show at 7:00 PM for a reception with light refreshments.
The Evolution of Sondheim Cabaret will be held at the Chaska Community Center Theater at 1661 Park Ridge Drive, Chaska, MN 55318 on May 20 & 21, 2022.
Buy Tickets Now By Clicking Here!
Artist Spotlight – Dan Arnold
I have been in and around art all my life both professionally and personally playing in many different areas and mediums. Working on bowls and birdhouses started several years ago while “Wood with Color” is a more recent endeavor. I have displayed my pieces in the past, but only now am I starting to show and sell them. Variety and imagination drive my work. I create in a number of categories using mostly found materials and letting nature be a big part of what I do. I’m taking what are common, well-known shapes and pushing those boundaries. With birdhouses, I’m looking to create visually interesting works for both birds and humans by putting art in trees, in the yard, or on the mantles. More and more of my birdhouses are being viewed as indoor art representing both art and our interest in our feathered friends. My bowls are hand-carved to expose wood grain that can only happen when you leave the conventional lathe-shaped bowl behind, creating a functional, yet very organic shape. This allows me to follow the shape that nature has laid out without restrictions. Wood with Color starts with an interesting live edge and interesting grain patterned board, with added design to fit the board’s natural personality. This piece is then cut, poured with color resin, and played with resulting in a colorful design. By day, it brings color and smiles into a room, by night enjoy the natural warm wood grain and design patterns. These pieces have the look of stained glass but allow for expanded design and color control.
Dan will be joining the Art Wander this September where you can see his work in person!
Dan Arnold:
Birdhouse Crazy
facebook.com/DanCreates1
annie@arnoldostrom.com
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.
- Wednesday – Friday: 11-6
- Saturday: 9-4
We invite you to consider volunteering at the Arts Center. It’s a great way to learn more about the ACCC and see what’s for sale as our inventory is constantly being updated. We offer complete training; no retail sales experience is necessary. Simply complete theVolunteer Form on our website and we will get you in touch with a trainer.
Any ACCC Member with artwork in our Gift Shop or in an Exhibit who works 6+ hours in the Arts Center Gift Shop in a given month will earn an extra 10% commission on the sale of their work for that month. See our How to Submit Art page for our Gift Shop or the Exhibitions at the Arts Center page for future shows.
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