Art Shanty Projects
Shanai and I volunteered for parking lot duty at Art Shanty Projects a couple of weeks ago. If you haven’t been before, National Public Radio sums it up nicely:
Call it the Burning Man of the Midwest: a temporary city, built around artistic expression. Only this one takes place in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minn., in the middle of winter.
We’re looking forward to going back with more time to enjoy the shanties, including a handful by friends: Audio Adventure Shanty, Actually I’ve Been Pioneering New Enthusiasms, Fort Shanty, One Room Schoolhouse, and Letterpress Shanty. See the full list of shanties here. Just one more week left!
Recess Press
“As a collective, we are joining our funds and experience to provide access to a democratic print shop as well as education for Minneapolis’ growing printmaking community.”
Impressed by all of the collectively run, educationally-minded studios & projects cropping up around the Twin Cities, many of them run by recent college graduates. Jobs might be scarce, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping any of these young artists from just doing their thing.
ART OF THIS
These guys are doing some great projects - including one of their ‘one nighter’ events tonight! Details for that below. Minneapolis is lucky to have spaces/projects like AOT.
“In the Pale” organized by Jonathon Thomas
October 30th, 7PM-12AM
ART OF THIS, 4 East Franklin Ave
Featuring the work of artists Aaron Anderson, Justin Schlepp, Martha Colburn, Cameron Gainer, Alex Hubbard, Justin Matherly, Peter Tscherkassky, Stan Vanderbeek, Liz Wendelbo, and C. Spencer Yeh, In the Pale will bring together a selection of 16mm films, videos, prints, a sculpture, and a photograph that all deal somehow with darkness, masking, or splitting. Very scary, indeed.
