Stevens Square Center For The Arts

Opening Reception for Gallery Show Half Wild:  Friday, March 8, 2013; 7:00-10:30pm.  Featured Artists:  Miranda Brandon, Cheryl Wilgren Clyne, Calder Kamen, Molly Balcom Raleigh, and Areca Roe.  Curated by Areca Roe, 2012 recipient of the Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.  Refreshments and bar.  Event is free and open to the Public.  Half Wild runs in the SSCA Gallery through March 31st.

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• Pajama Party Opening

   

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  find complete photo gallery of The Bedtime Story Show here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4735953890037&set=a.4734954185045.178318.1630543113&type=1&permPage=1

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• The Bedtime Story Show

   

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Showcases the work of over 20 talented artists.  This is the good stuff.  Pajama party opening (p-jays optional, but we’ll be wearing ours).  Opening on January 5, 2013 from 7:00 – 10:30pm.  Refreshments.  Free and open to the public.  The Bedtime Story Show will run through January.  Gallery open on weekends.  ‎3-D at The Bedtime Story Show. Anthony R. Whelihan will be featured with a 3-D wall (glasses available for viewing artworks in 3-D). ( Celebrity Portrait Artist, Anthony R. Whelihan, has made his mark on the contemporary art scene with his multi faceted portraits of celebrities from around the world. Whelihan has been commissioned by The NFL,Disney,The US Open,The Nobel Conference,Nascar,PACER,The Judy Garland Museum,The Bruce Lee Foundation,and many celebrities in sport,film,music, and theatre…) Whelihan can also be seen locally: his mural graces the front of the Minneapolis Convention Center. Sincere Thank You to Artist Whelihan for the image on our postcard.

The Bedtime Story Show is juried and curated by Trish M. Brock

You are invited to The Gingerbread Holiday Social. December 15 from 1:00 – 5:00pm. Holiday open house at the Stevens Square Center for the Arts. Refreshments served. Come and make gingerbread houses with us. Event is free and open to the public.

Opening November 3rd, 7:00 – 10:30pm in the SSCA Gallery:  The Studio Tenants’ Show.  Trish M. Brock, Terrance Davis, Faye B. Howell, cynTHIA, and Don Loegering showcase artworks of various mediums including stained glass, furniture, photography and painting.  Free and open to the public.  Show runs in the Gallery through November 24th with doors open Saturday and Sunday 1:00 – 5:00pm.

The Studio Tenants’ Show is juried and curated by Trish M. Brock

Affordable artist studios for rent.

Stevens Square Center for the Arts has artist studios available for rent.  Very nice studios – affordable at around $1 per square foot.  Studios range from 70 – 320 square feet.  Bonus Special:  free annual membership with studio rental.  612 879-0200

We are rehanging our members gallery.  All SSCA members are welcome to submit their artworks for display.  Thanks!  We look forward to seeing your art.

The latest show in SSCA’s main gallery, PRINTAPOLIS, a printmaking show curated by Edie Overturf , proves that printmaking thrives in the Midwest, and Minneapolis is no exception. Between the multiple printmaking programs throughout universities in the Twin Cities, independent print shops, and non profit organizations that support printmakers, those of the printing persuasion are in good company.

   This featured group of printmakers are of varying background and experience.  The artists featured in this exhibition include Joshua Norton, Joe Moore, Lauren Schuppe, Gilpin Matthews, Josh Winkler, Mike Elko,  Elliot Manthey, Robyn Louise Carley, Tzvi Izaksonas, Edie Overturf and Mike Johnson. Their works display a variety of techniques and disciplines. The underlying commonality among these artists is that they are all active, energetic and passionate about printmaking.

‘Printapolis’ will be on display at Steven Square Center for the Arts, 1905 3^rd Ave S. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, November 5^th from 7pm to 11 pm. The exhibit will then continue during gallery hours of 1-5 PM Saturday and Sundays through December 4^th

This activity is made possible, in part, by funds provided by the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC) from an appropriation by the Minnesota Legislature

The SSCA main gallery is eager to announce their latest exhibition showcasing the large-scale, mixed media works of local artist Alfonso Fernandez with special guest Hilary Hubanks. Funky Town is a playfully desolate tour of Minneapolis as Fernandez’s expressive compositions meet Hubanks’ surrealistic tendencies culminating in an overall collaborative piece of our urban environment.

In this latest series from Fernandez, the viewer is able to capture the artist’s light-hearted approach to life in a city not his own. As a continuation of his praised painting from a recent inter-school competition in New York, Fernandez utilizes a multitude of media combined with found materials for the completion of his wall-sized landscapes. Natural pigments, made over the course of a week from ground flowers, along with the intricately manipulated washes illuminate the canvas. Splashes of ink and stenciled spray paint form a stark contrast to the beautifully bright coloration. The cooperation of brilliant tones with bitingly deep hues of black and blues convey hopeful aspirations to belong with a notion of detachment and deep-seated uncertainty about the future. The additions of Spanish-inspired elements to the alluringly dangerous Minneapolis playgrounds invite the viewer into a city Fernandez calls home.

Hilary Hubanks’ focus for Funky Town revolved around creating pieces that represented the vibration and movement of different Twin Cities locations and the people they interact with. In a similar manner to her previous work, these new pieces embody the slight darkness and bitterness that she has associated with specific locations based on the different memories and atmospheres surrounding them. Beyond just the beautiful architecture and solid brick walls, the locations within the cities themselves, represent Hillary herself being drawn from personal experiences. Each canvas portrays a chimerically distorted memory to the viewer. Bold colors, dramatic lines, and figurative references melting into buildings assist her in making these memories seem real.

“Funky Town” opens Saturday, October 1st accompanied by live musical performances from Lucy Michelle (of Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles), the Hummingbirds and Ben Glaros. Doors open to the public for this free event at 7pm with festivities and refreshments running until 11pm.
The show will then continue on Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5PM Oct 2nd-Oct 30th

This activity is made possible, in part, by funds provided by the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC) from an appropriation by the Minnesota Legislature

SSCA main gallery is proud to be presenting the upcoming two person show Lost/Found which includes the mixed media work of Rachel Rolseth and the photography of Japheth Storlie Opening will be held on Saturday August 27th from 7-11 pm with live acoustic music will be provided by Wes Morden, Peter Fleming and Larry Sahagian. Light fare and refreshment will be provided. Free and open to the public
This activity is made possible, in part, by funds provided by the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC) from an appropriation by the Minnesota Legislature

With his series “Recollections of a Paradise Lost,” Japheth Storlie explores nostalgia and longing for a life left behind. Through his lens, we see dreams of a former life that have been as weathered and broken down as the subjects of his work. Through the employment of universal symbols of childhood nostalgia such as tricycles, tire swings, toys, etc., these photographs are intended to implore the viewer to make connections with their own pasts. These narratives are meant to captivate and enchant and at the same time, disturb and haunt. Ultimately, the objective is for the audience to reconsider and re-experience the joys, fears, losses and traumas associated with childhood experience and memory.

Rachel Rolseth’s newest series of work searches for the corners of the soul that have not yet been found. Crows, veils and darkness and are an allegory for existential crisis and spiritual darkness that give way to dawn. As a mixed media artist, she combines various materials including acrylic paint, paper, and charcoal to weave a narrative of her own experience with the dark night of the soul. At times both bold and delicate, her work is a meditation on opposites: light and dark, peace and anguish, lost and found. The paintings are a guided journey which encounters and explores fear, transformation, and ultimately self-discovery.

Amy Rice

We are please to announce our latest show opening.
Enlightenment, a diverse exhibition exploring spirituality through symbolism, allegories and journeys. Curated by Faye Buffington-Howell, this group exhibition features work from both established and emerging artists working in both a traditional and contemporary approach.
Established local artist, Amy Rice’s nostalgic and wistful imagery is both reflective and biographical, Her work explores acts of compassion with a playfulness through experimental materials. Amy’s work offers the viewer a tangible experience of enlightenment through colorful images and visceral materials that are deeply layered literally and figuratively.
Faye Buffington-Howell explores the theme of love, beauty and truth. Through images of birds, nature and icons, using vibrant color and flowing brushstrokes, Faye’s allegorical paintings focus on man’s journey to enlightenment. Her Art work poetically conveys a sense of beauty and the human spirit.
ENLIGHTENMENT presents an inspirational and contemplative experience that invites the viewer to take a closer look at the meaning of spirituality in the inner and outer world.
Works include those by:
Amy Rice
Jim Larson
Faye Buffington-Howell
Kurt Hippauf
JobyLynn Sassily-James
THIA
Francisco Bernard
Don Loegering

This exhibit runs from July 24th-August 21st hours are 1-5PM Fri-Sun with an opening reception on July 23rd from 7-11pm
Refreshments and live music provided by Karima Bushnell
Free and open to the public
This activity is made possible, in part, by funds provided by the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC) from an appropriation by the Minnesota Legislature

Director:   Trish Brock

A former Arts Commissioner for the City of Minneapolis, Trish is an artist, writer, and activist.  She is a multi-medium artist who works with drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture.  Her present work preserving Minneapolis’s modernist heritage cultural landscape, Peavey Plaza, is receiving international recognition.

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