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Sunday, September 28 2008
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Speaking of Home - Public Art Project
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Fantastically enlarged snapshot portrait images of Twin Cities immigrants are part of a temporary public art installation this summer in Minneapolis.
The UnConventional Gathering Place
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The UnConventional Gathering Place
August 31st – November 7th, 2008
Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408
Intermedia Arts presents
The UnConventional Gathering Place!
Intermedia Arts Becomes Hangout for Artists, Educators, Alternative Journalists During the 2008 Republican National Convention
Gallery hours: Monday- Friday 12pm-7pm, Saturday 12pm-5pm
Suggested $5 donation
Main Gallery
Landing In America
By John Obrien
A multi-media installation reflecting on the compelling experiences with or related challenges to our basic liberties.
Hands On: People at Work Art Exhibit
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Beginning on Labor Day, Water and Oil Art Gallery will host the exhibit “Hands On: People at Work.” Selected works will offer tribute to the sweat equity earned through hard work, artisanship and craftsmanship. Featured artist Judy Westergard will be displaying her series “A Show of Hands—Hands as Portraiture.” Evocative of their owners’ personal narratives, Westergard describes the inspiration that led to these works:
“I grew up in historic northeast Minneapolis in a blue-collar environment. I studied my mom’s hands as she hung clothes and rolled dough for pierogi.
"Minneatures" by Plasticgod
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JEFF WETZIG: Check Paper Size and Direction
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Bethel University’s Olson Gallery pleased to present new works by Bethel University Associate Professor of Art Jeff Wetzig.
Jeff Wetzig’s collection of prints transform their traditional roots in Japanese woodblock prints to explore the medium as a means of installation. He investigates the idea of boundaries and borders as they relate to themes such as mass communication, repetition, and fear. The delicate nature of line and color in his woodblock prints are an interesting contrast to their subject matter.
Bad Jazz in Tickled Pink, at Open Eye Figure Theatre
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“Conceived on the banks of the Mississippi River in 1983, Tickled Pink, serves up the old familiar with three men playing to the best of their abilities, both rare and well done.“
"Forgotten in the Jungle: Victim's of Colombia's War"
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Join RCTA in welcoming Gustavo Moncayo and Consuelo Gonzalez de Perdomo to discuss concern for the estimated remaining 3,000 hostages held by Colombia’s illegeal armed actors, the struggles of the victims’ families, and how we can all be part of helping to attain a humanitarian accord to secure the hostages’ release, and a path towards peace in Colombia.
Gustavo Moncayo, a high school teacher from the southern province of Narino, led a walk of approximately 600 miles through Colombia to promote the “humanitarian accord” to secure the release of the many person held by the FARC (Revoluntiona
Chee-Yun with Jeewon Park
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Chee-Yun’s flawless technique and ravishing musicality have been drawing critical raves since she made her professional debut at age eight in her native Korea. Her elegance and passionate dedication have earned her the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant as well as devoted audiences on five continents. Chee-Yun—marking her third series appearance— has found in Jeewon Park a musical partner of dazzling technique and poetic lyricism.
