Homewood Studios Event Calendar

Friday, May 18 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012

LIN LACY: The Conversation Continues

Last year Lin Lacy, in her first solo gallery show, introduced us to Joe, the person she channels who guides her paper making, book making & writing work. Lin returns, having heard again from Joe, with new work to surprise and please us all.

Opening Reception - Saturday, May 19th from 1p to 4p

Gallery Talk - Tuesday, May 22nd beginning at 7p

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Northside Reading with Sherry Quan Lee, Anya Achtenberg, and Christine Stark

Three Northside writers, each viewing writing as an act of social consequence, visit Homewood Studios to read from their work:

Sherry Quan Lee teaches Creative Writing at Metropolitan State University, and also teaches community workshops in diverse settings. She approaches writing as a community resource and as culturally based art of an ordinary everyday practical aesthetic.

Anya Achtenberg is an award-winning fiction writer and poet. She teaches creative workshops and classes around the country and online with growing international participation, and offers manuscript consultations and coaching for fiction writers, poets, and memoirists. She organizes arts-focused trips to Cuba. Visit Anya at www.anyaachtenberg.com

Christine Stark is an award-winning writer and visual artist of American Indian and European ancestry. She is also a public speaker and advocate for the sexually abused. Her fiction, poetry, and nonfiction have been published in a variety of periodicals and anthologies. Christine lives in north Minneapolis with her partner and teaches writing at Metropolitan State University in the Twin Cities. For more information visit www.christinestark.com

Reading begins at 3 p.m. There will be time following the reading for discussion on issues raised and for conversation with the writers. Books by the writers will be available for purchase.

Free and open. Bring a friend.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

2ND ANNUAL ART MEETS FASHION EVENT

Fashion designer KLynn Rogers, Alabama native currently living in North Minneapolis, introduces her dress designs to her new community.

KLynn's designs have attracted the attention of celebrities (Patti Labelle, Hallie Berry, Jada Smith,Mary-Mary, Mary J and BET Producer Bobby Jones) and have appeared in events (MN Fashion Week, MGM Grand Hotel, Rio Suites, Mirage, Disney World and Caesar's Palace) across the country.

Enjoy an afternoon of color and style, with a backdrop of Lin Lacy's hand-make paper books and artwork.

4p to 7p. Free and open.

Tuesday, June 5 - Wednesday, June 27, 2012

DAISY GILES

Our good friend Sondra Samuels introduced us to Daisy and suggested we get to know her and her art. We did. And now Daisy has a show, her first solo show, in our gallery.

Daisy Giles is a Minneapolis based artist with a current focus on portraiture. Her true nature portraits are based on specific women she has come in contact with as friends and acquaintances. Her paintings aim to show an undiscovered side she sees in these regular women, or how she imagines their true selves to be - unfettered by the social and physical world we are bound by everyday.

Her current interest is in portraits of women, especially women of color - aiming to fill the gap she sees in more traditional fine arts depictions of elegance, whimsy, mystery, and complexity in women of color. Daisy graduated from the BFA program at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in 2011.

Opening Reception: Friday, June 8th from 6p to 9p

Closing Party: Friday, June 22nd from 6p to 9p

For more information or to follow Daisy's work, please to go:

www.daisygiles.com / www.daisygiles.etsy.com / www.facebook.com/daisygilesartist

Friday, June 29 - Saturday, July 21, 2012

DAVID EKDAHL / D.C. ICE

Our good friend, carving and sculpture artist David Ekdahl has invited his frined, visual artist D.C. Ice, to join him for at show at Homewood Studios gallery.

Details following...

Monday, July 9, 2012

IMPROVISED MUSIC AT HOMEWOOD STUDIOS

Milo Fine (drum set [bowed cymbals], orchestra chimes, B flat/E flat clarinets) / Davu Seru (cello) / Charles Gillett (guitar) / Viv Corringham (voice) / Elaine Evans (violin) / Daniel Furuta (cello)

Daniel Furuta joins the IMatHS family for the first time. His introduction to our audience begins at 7p. Suggested donation $5-$10.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

OPEN EYE FIGURE THEATER: Puppet Show

Open Eye Figure Theater has performed puppet shows several times in the past ten years in our back yard. And they are back again this summer with one of their most popular shows - The Adventures of Katie Tomatie.

Performance begins at 7p.m. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs - and especially your children - to the back yard at Homewood Studios. Treats will follow the show and we will pass the hat to help defray expenses.

(In case of inclement weather, we will hold the performance in the gallery.)

Wednesday, August 15 - Wednesday, August 29, 2012

LESLIE OSTRANDER & MATT MARKA: The Pauses Between

Northside photographer Leslie Ostrander and Northside musician Matt Marka have envisioned a collaborative project, have gotten it funded through Kickstarter.com and are offering the results - photographs, music and a book - in a show at Homewood Studios gallery.

Opening Reception Friday, August 17th from 6p to 9p

Further details pending.

Monday, September 10, 2012

IMPROVISED MUSIC AT HOMEWOOD STUDIOS

Milo Fine (electronic piano, B flat/alto clarinets) / Scott Newell (tenor sax, voice) / Sam Wildenauer (bass) / Davu Seru (drum set)/Charles Gillett (guitar)

Three of the "old timers" plus one "new guy" join Milo this evening. The unexpected begins at 7p. Suggested donation $5.

Wednesday, October 10 - Saturday, October 20, 2012

UNDER THE NET

Hamline University's Wesley Center for Spirituality, Service and Social Justice has partnered with Homewood Studios and Imagine No Malaria, a national network of United Methodist churches and colleges, to eliminate malaria in Africa by 2015. It is hoped this show will help accomplish that goal by raising awareness, money, and education about those in malaria-stricken locations.

Every 45 seconds a child in Africa dies of malaria. It is one of the most deadly diseases in the world, but is also 100% preventable and treatable. In fact, $10 is enough to save a life. Money raised at this show will be donated to Imagine No Malaria.

Whether through Urban Vinyl* or Visual Poetry, each artist will bring her or his vision of what it means to imagine no malaria. The show features work from students majoring in studio art and creative writing, as well as pieces by established Hamline alumni and community partners. Sometimes gritty and realistic, sometimes light and joyous, each piece carries with it the hope for a world without malaria.

To learn more, visit our website.

* Urban Vinyl is a new pop art sensation that is quickly gaining nation-wide attention. Each artist begins with a blank vinyl figure, then uses paint, pen, clay and anything else they can think of to transform their three-dimensional canvas into a work of art. Originating in Japan, Urban Vinyl began as an offshoot of youth-oriented pop culture, with artists making designer toys in limited runs. Several prominent shows like the 2010 MunNY Exhibit in New York (munnyexhibit.com) have helped bring Urban Vinyl out of the toy store and into the mainstream art world.

Thursday, November 1 - Friday, November 30, 2012

HOMEWOOD STUDIOS ARTISTS GROUP SHOW

The eight resident artists of Homewood Studios offer a group show including new work completed specifically for this show around the theme of art and civic engagement.

In addition to a gala opening, there will be a community conversation on the subject of the place of art in confronting social issues.

More details anon...

Monday, November 12, 2012

IMPROVISED MUSIC AT HOMEWOOD STUDIOS

Milo Fine (marimba [electronics], B flat/E flat/alto clarinets)/Viv Corringham (voice, electronics)/Aerosol Pike — Philip Mann (alto/tenor saxes, bass clarinet, drum set)/Ryan Reber (soprano sax, cello)/Rick Ness (drum set, B flat clarinet, alto sax, multi-toned tenor bugle)/Kevin Cosgrove (electric shelf, wave drum)

Sonic perambulations commence at 7p. Suggested donation $5-$10.

Saturday, December 1 - Monday, December 31, 2012

ENCAUSTICS SHOW

Homewood Studios resident artist, Linda Maylish, is planning a show with three or four of her fellow artists who work with encaustics.

Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid/paste is then applied to a surface - usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are often used. The simplest encaustic mixture can be made from adding pigments to beeswax, but there are several other recipes that can be used - some containing other types of waxes, damar resin, linseed oil, or other ingredients. Pure, powdered pigments can be purchased and used, though some mixtures use oil paints or other forms of pigment.

Metal tools and special brushes can be used to shape the paint before it cools, or heated metal tools can be used to manipulate the wax once it has cooled onto the surface. Today, tools such as heat lamps, heat guns, and other methods of applying heat allow artists to extend the amount of time they have to work with the material. Because wax is used as the pigment binder, encaustics can be sculpted as well as painted. Other materials can be encased or collaged into the surface, or layered, using the encaustic medium to adhere it to the surface.

Details about participating artists, opening reception, gallery talk &c. following anon...

Tuesday, January 1 - Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Another Moving Pieces Attraction

After two very successful January shows (2010 and 2011), graffiti writer Peyton, graffiti sculptor Ben Janssens, and aerosol artist Josh Lemke, have asked for another show.

Expect further developments as all three artists work on bringing the essence of their 'outside' work into the gallery.

Details anon...

Friday, March 1 - Sunday, March 31, 2013

NEAL CUTHBERT: The Mess of It

Following his exciting and very well-received show, Some Crows, in 2011, Neal began rummaging through old notebooks, looking at themes and ideas running through his work "for decades" and wondering, "Am I done with crows?"

The result of his ruminations - this new show, which will more than likely contain some crows (because he is still painting them), some old drawings (because they interest him anew), and some as yet unplanned new work as well...all attesting to what he is noticing these days - that there is much work "underneath" the relatively few pieces that ever get into a gallery or see the light of day. This show will set about exploring that notion.

We can't wait.

Dates for opening, gallery talk &c. anon.

Monday, April 1 - Tuesday, April 23, 2013

JILL BRECKENRIDGE: New work - drawings & poetry

Last year Jill offered flower drawings, in an interesting and unusual medium, and haiku poetry. For her next show she is planning...

More to come...

Friday, May 10 - Saturday, May 25, 2013

SANDRA BAINES & MARION ANGELICA: Painting & Ceramics - New Work

Sandy and Marion's last show at Homewood Studios closed on the day the tornado passed within a block of the gallery. We trust this year's show will be as exciting, but for different reasons.

Details anon.

Friday, May 31 - Saturday, June 22, 2013

LARRY RISSER: The Park: Soul of the City

Our longtime friend from teaching English in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Larry Risser, is a wonderful photographer with a kind, gentle and incisive eye. He has agreed to show some of his photographs for a while in our gallery and we are honored to show them.

More information and details anon.