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ANNUAL
MEMBERS'
MEETING
Change is in
the air and we want you to be a part of it. Come hear about the
progress on achieving our goals of: financial growth,
outreach/marketing, and program assessment. Be part of the
conversation on what the future holds. Meet your new board members
and visit with your Guild friends! Looking forward to seeing you
there.
Thursday,
October 27
7:00 - 8:30 pm
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Upcoming Events
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Season Tickets
Season tickets
for the Arts Guild 2011-2012 theater season are on sale now. Call
or stop by the office or purchase online at northfieldartsguild.org
Todd Jacobs
photo exhibit at the Allina Clinic, through November 30
November
2 Synergy exhibit opens in the gallery.
Expressions of the
Inner Self opens in the Members' Room.
Opening night
for Little Women -
the Musical. 10 performances. Tickets
available online, through the office or at the door.
November 5
& 6
Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra
Concert,
Nearby Stars
7:00 p.m.
Tickets available at the Arts Guild office, online or at the door.
Benefit concert on November 6th
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So much
going on at the Guild!
NOVEMBER 2011
NEWSLETTER CONTENTS
Retiring Board
Members - "Thank You" from the Director
New Board
candidates - meet Rafa and Tania
GiveMN Day -
mark your calendars for November 16
Member's Show
- Call for Artists
Festival of
Wreaths - Call for Decorators
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Thank You
Retiring Board Members!
Steve Wilmot,
Ann Etter and Paula Granquist have dedicated 6 years to the development
of this great organization as long-standing board members. Steve is
active in the city planning group called the Roundtable and other city
based planning groups, and keeps art a part of those conversations. Ann
Etter shifting her focus to is volunteer on the theater committee and
we look forward to seeing her perform in the upcoming season. Paula has
been instrumental in forwarding Guild goals, identified in spring 2010.
Listen for her on KYMN "ArtZany". We will miss them all on
the Board, but are happy to announce they all have exclaimed, "I
love this organization and you haven't seen the last of me!"
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Meet Your
Candidates for
our Board of Directors
Rafael
Estrella has been teaching visual arts at the Arts Guild for the last
several years, coming in as a graduate from Carleton. He now teaches
art at Farmington. Rafa has been instrumental in working with Fred
Gustafson to develop the ceramics studio and summer art camps. Rafa is
interested in program development.
Tania Legvold
has been on the theater committee and in numerous productions
throughout the last several years. Tania is very interested in
strengthening our outreach and developing our marketing strategy.
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GiveMN DAY
is
November 16
Last year many
Guild Members used this day to update their Membership or make a
donation on the state-wide "Give to the Max Day!" There are
many prizes and ways to make matching grants. Go on-line any time
between midnight and 11:59 pm Nov. 16.
Or you can
look for us at Blue Monday where we will have a computer and tables
set-up with other Northfield non-profits. Details on our website or www.givemn.org
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Members'
Show 2011 - Call for Artists
It's that
special time of year where ALL MEMBERS are invited to display and sell
their work in the main gallery! This year's exhibition dates are
December 6, 2011 - January 7, 2012.
- Saturday, December 3rd
between 10:00am and 3:00pm. Work is due in the gallery. No work
can be accepted after December 3rd.
- Ready to display: 2D
works need to be framed and wired and hanging textiles must be
configured with the appropriate hardware.
- Please remember that
this is a holiday art sale, therefore all works must be for sale.
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Festival of
Wreaths - Call for Decorators
We can't wait to see what you come up with this year!
Festival of
Wreaths display and silent auction will run Tuesday, December 6th
through Sunday, December 11th. Plus, Winter Walk is on Thursday,
December 8th this year, and the NAGCracker is scheduled for two evening
showings!
Artists and
decorators are invited to decorate a wreath that will be sold to the
highest bidder. The sale of wreaths will be split 50/50 with the
decorator (minus the cost of the undecorated wreath). Proceeds from
this event help the Arts Guild produce over sixty annual art events and
twenty-five weekly art classes. By donating your creative time, you are
giving the Guild a personal and unique gift.
Hope you can
join the fun!
Deadlines:
- Friday,
November 14th: What type and number of wreaths you'd like to
decorate
- Monday,
November 28th: Pick up undecorated wreaths at the Guild
- Monday, December 5th: Decorated wreaths dropped at
the Guild by noon.
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Fall 2011
Artist Town Meeting
October 26
The Arts Guild
is hosting the "Fall 2011 Artist Town Meeting", Wednesday
October 26, 7-8:30 pm, in the Archer House basement conference room.
Come hear about "Business Classes for Artists", Thursdays in
November that are hosted by Riverwalk Arts Quarter and facilitated by
Springboard for the Arts; plus get details on the
northfield.artstown.us web site, the Weitz Center for Creativity
community news, and public art in City planning!
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Arts Guild
Needs a Custodian!
The downtown
Arts Guild building needs a part-time custodian, five hours per week,
flexible schedule. Call the office for details.
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in the Theater...
"LITTLE WOMEN - THE MUSICAL"
Opening night November 4
Louisa May
Alcott's wonderful story of four sisters growing up during the Civil
War has been fascinating and capturing the imaginations of readers
since its first publication in 1868. The Northfield Arts Guild is
delighted to announce an outstanding musical adaptation of Little
Women. This musical, which opened on Broadway in 2005, is marvelously
adapted from the book and features wonderfully engaging music. Join us
to meet Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth as they explore the world, their
imaginations, and the reality of growing up.
The cast of
this wonderful production includes talent from the Northfield community
and from the St. Olaf campus. The cast includes Esmé Etter, Dave Flynn,
Libby Glimsdal, Greg Hilleren, Louisa Lawler, Helena Morris, Mickey
Morstad, Lily Noble, Paul Reiland, Rachel Saliares, Jaci Smith, and
Gigi Tisdale. The director for this production is Northfield's own
Mishia Burns Edwards.
Little Women
will be presented in the Northfield Arts Guild Theater at 411 West 3rd
Street in Northfield on November 4, 5, 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 7:30pm and
on November 6, 12, 13, and 20 at 2:00pm. Tickets are $15, $10 for
students and seniors, and can be purchased at www.northfieldartsguild.org, over the phone at 507-645-8877, or
in person at the Center for the Arts at 304 Division St S in
Northfield.
Season tickets are available now!
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in the gallery...
SYNERGY: Four Local Artists
November 2 - December 2
November 2 -
December 2, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, November 11, 7 pm-9 pm
Gallery Talk - Tuesday, November 15, 7 pm-8
pm
SYNERGY features work by four local artists.
Northfielders Reese Gaertner and Jan Shoger join forces with Donovan Palmquist and Colleen Riley of Farmington to exhibit artwork
inspired by natural textures, colors, and forms.
Originally
from Michigan, Reese Gaertner works mainly with natural and reclaimed
woods to create both functional and decorative objects. Donovan
Palmquist and Colleen Riley make functional pots that are largely
influenced by the prairie landscape surrounding their studio. Jan
Shoger layers various printmaking processes to add depth and complexity
to her work; in her prints, she uses the weathering processes in nature
as a metaphor for human aging. This show reveals a rich synergy between
two and three-dimensional work and the artists' overlapping ideas and
interests.
Pearl Tait shows her mixed media paintings in
"Expressions
of the Inner Self." Tait mixes acrylic paints with various
materials to build rich hues and develop unusual textures on the
surfaces of her abstract paintings.
at the Allina Clinic...
Todd Jacobs shows his photos in an exhibit at the
Allina Clinic of Northfield at 1440 Jefferson Road. Todd enjoys
framing and capturing natural scenes with his camera. Most of the
images in this exhibition were taken in Minnesota; Jacobs often takes
photographs while walking in state parks or the woods. He states,
"Many people tell me how peaceful the pictures are that I
share. They imagine themselves walking down that trail. It
inspires me to discover new places [and to] photograph them.." Oct 17 - Nov 30
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in the classroom...
FEND OFF
THE CHILL WITH SOME WONDERFULLY STIMULATING CLASSES
For Kids -
Thrown on the
Wheel (Nov. 10th)
Dance
Menagerie (Nov. 16th)
Intro. to
Wheel Throwing for Adults (Nov. 12th)
Intro. to
Ballroom Dance (sessions - Nov 12th & Dec. 17th)
Unleashing
Your Creative Spirit Thru Writing &
Folk Dancing
For Fun - drop in any Thursday (Senior Ctr.)
How to Draw Even If You Think You Can't (Nov 8th - Sr.
Ctr)
Saturday Family
Fun Dance Workshops -
Come Dance
With Me! - for families (Oct. 29th)
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 in the gift
Shop...
Featured Artist: MARION ANGELICA
Marion Angelica is a
Minneapolis-based ceramics artist who is a resident artist and teacher
at the Northern Clay Center. "The pieces I create are meant to
participate in the times people convene to celebrate the many turning
points in our lives. This sense of celebration informs the function of
my pieces. I make work that both reminds, and hopefully entices, people
to celebrate the beauty of living."
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