Stevens Square Center For The Arts

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Escape from Coney Island is getting some press! Check it out:

“On the Boardwalk” article in the Southwest Journal:

Coney Island review in Twin Cities Metro Magazine:

“Cult Sisters 5″
5 emerging female artists – J. M. Culver, Erin Sayer, Louisa Greenstock, Gina Louisa, and Kara Hendershot.

Preview Opening Reception
Thursday, June 10th from 7pm to 10pm
free and open to the public
live DJ

Opening Reception and Party
Saturday, June 12th from 7pm to midnight
free and open to the public
live music

Cult Status Gallery
29th and Harriet, Minneapolis

www.cultstatusgallery.com for more info.

Via the Zinefest website:

Zinefest has the distinction of winning the smallest dollar amount from the Minnesota State Arts Board’s 2010 Festival Grant.  We’re tiny and proud!  Congratulations to all the other winners, including our friends at Red Hot Art and the Rain Taxi Book Festival.  LINK!

Hot Dog!

The Twin Cities Zinefest will be held right here at Stevens Square Center for the Arts on July 10 from 11am-5pm.

“Is it reclaiming of lost physicality in an increasingly digital age? Or an amalgam of past and present filtered through a future that can never be…?”
– Kyshah Hell, “Clockwork and Carbon”

SUMMARY: Is this the Future that Never Was? –or an Alternate History of the Industrial Age?

WHAT: A mixed-media exhibition featuring works by 5-9 artists.

DURATION: Four weeks, plus two weeks for installation.

SEEKING:  Mixed-media artists, painters, printmakers, photographers, and sculptors creating artwork in a retro-futurist, neo-victorian, or “steampunk” style.

The exact number of participants will be determined by both the size and the quality of the work.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: July 2, 2010

Please send five (5) sample images and a short statement or artist bio to:

ssca@stevensarts.org

You can also mail your submissions on CD-ROM to:
Stevens Square Center for the Arts
Attn: New Antiquarians
1905 Third Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(Please do not send original artwork. Sample images will not be returned.)

Details: The Stevens Square Center for the Arts (SSCA) is currently accepting submissions for the upcoming exhibition “The New Antiquarians.”
We are looking for a mixture of 2-D and 3-Dimensional works, including: paintings, photographs, prints, and sculptures.

There is no application fee, but artists must pay a $25 Exhibition Fee if your work is accepted into the show ($15 for current members of the SSCA).

SSCA Gallery does not charge a commission on works sold. All sales are directly through the artist.

Artists are responsible for all shipping charges when delivering their artwork to and from the gallery. All artwork must be ready to hang.

This exhibition will be on view from July 31 – August 29, 2010

Description: A “Wonder Room” (or Cabinet of Curiosities) featuring works in a retro-futurist style, including (but not limited to): bizarre taxidermy; clockwork toys; artwork in the style of the late Edward Gorey; Victoriana; the mechanical inventions of Nikola Tesla; maps; sepia-toned photography; scientific illustrations; handcrafted machinery and ornamentation; artwork inspired by airships and aeroplanes; or cast-off, salvaged and recycled materials that have been put to new uses and turned into fantastic works of art.

Check out some images from the opening night of Escape from Coney Island.

Check it out, our members busy:

Terrance Davis has artwork hanging at Dunn Bros. Coffee in the Minneapolis Warehouse District and at Tease Hair Salon.

Megan Frauenhoffer has artwork hanging at the Soap Factory through May 16 as part of the MFA Thesis Exhibition.

Rogue Citizen will be doing a mural painting during Art-A-Whirl.

Will Dinski and Sarah Morean will be exhibiting at the MCBA SpringCon Comic Book Celebration May 16th & 17th.

Escape from Coney Island
May 15 – June 6, 2010

Opening Night Reception
Saturday, May 15 from 7:00 – 10:30 pm

Free live music by Nice Purse and UltraChorus

Ladies and Gentlemen!
Please join us for the Grandest Night of the Season!

Featuring artwork inspired by:

Sword swallowers!
Stage magicians!
Starfish-encrusted sea monsters!
Candy floss!
&
Circus Sideshow acts!
Don’t fail to see this first class exposition of FABULOUS SHOWPIECES, shimmering oil canvases, fantastic dioramas, and gelatin silver prints!
A tribute to the golden age of American vaudeville and amusement parks.

At the dawn of the 20th Century, one million people converged on Coney Island every weekend to partake in the popular amusements. Three major amusement parks and 50 roller coasters (as well as dozens of independent show men, carnival barkers, and food venders) vied for the attention (and the money!) of the masses who flocked to the beaches and fantastic pleasure palaces, spread out over more than 60 acres of land.

It was here that the hot dog was invented, as well as the rollercoaster.

Streetcars and the newly-opened West End Subway terminal brought millions of working class New Yorkers to the Coney Island peninsula, and disgorged them onto the beaches and the board walk in search of relaxation –or a taste of the good life.

From the freak shows and the skee-ball lanes, to the Loop-the-Loop, this is where American popular culture was born.

“People could, for a very small fee, leave their crowded dwellings and engage in a day of escape. Everyone was equal on the rides and the beaches, so at least at that location, social distinctions disappeared.”

“Escape from Coney Island” is a love letter to the chaotic spirit of the carnival and the Golden Age of mass entertainment.

Featuring artwork by:

Aaron Nicholson
Alex Prince
Kathy Easthagen
Mark Ryan
Mia Jennings
Preston B. Lawing
Robin Schwartzman
Timothy G. Piotrowski

SPECIAL GROUP SHOW FEATURING YOUNG LOCAL ARTISTS

Opening Reception
Saturday, April 17, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm

MILL CITY YOUTH will be on view April 17 to May 2, 2010.

Stevens Square Center for the Arts is privileged to present this special two-week exhibition featuring work from current students and recent alumni of Loring Nicollet Alternative School (LNAS). Rooted in Stevens Square neighborhood and enrolling only fifty students at a time, LNAS has empowered a diverse network of young people from different backgrounds to focus their talents and reach their potential as emerging adults. A survey of stunning creative output from this small, dynamic program is showcased here for the public.

The work ranges from bright and flourishing to politically charged and experimental, worked out in an array of media. This is a unique opportunity to view new work from an eclectic group of young, local artists.

A free opening night reception for MILL CITY YOUTH, with live music and refreshments, will be held on April 17, 2010, at SSCA Gallery, from 6-9 pm.

If you have a moment, please fill out our SSCA Member’s Survey.