Artists' Pipeline #50 - November 8, 2005

Six grants of $1,000 each are available to Minnesota artists with disabilities through VSA arts of Minnesota's Artist Recognition Grant Program, funded by the Jerome Foundation. Individuals in any art discipline may apply by filling out a simple application and sending work samples - writing sample, slides, videotape, cassette, DVD, etc. Postmark deadline is November 14.

The next Artists With Disabilities Alliance (AWDA) meeting is Wednesday, December 14, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Outsiders & Others Gallery, 1010 Park Avenue S., Minneapolis. The facilitator is Deb Costandine. The agenda will include time for sharing good/bad arts experiences, announcements of what is coming up, a presentation on the history of hats, and a holiday party with games and prizes. Suggestions for future meeting locations, topics are always welcome.

Please do not wear fragrances to AWDA meetings. For more information: Call the facilitator for this meeting, 651-224-5374, dd_costandine@yahoo.com. Or contact VSA arts of Minnesota: 612-332-3888 or 800-801-3883 ext. 4 or 2, voice/tty; or go to the Artists With Disabilities Alliance website (www.Angelfire.com/mn3/awda).

The Outsiders & Others gallery’s brick building is located in east downtown Minneapolis on the west side of Park Avenue off 14th Street. Free parking is available in front of the Gallery. For more information: 612-338-3435 or Outsiders & Others Gallery (www.outsidersandothers.org).

Northern Clay Center will hold its 15th Anniversary Party and Holiday Exhibition on Friday, November 11 from 7:15 - 11:15 p.m. at 2424 Franklin Avenue E., Minneapolis. There is a $10 cover. For more information: 612-339-8007 or Northern Clay Center (www.northernclaycenter.org).

The World Jubilee Fall Sale is Saturday, November 12 from 9 am to 4 pm at the Colonial Church of Edina, 6200 Colonial Way. The annual event provides a marketing outlet for economically disadvantaged groups from around the world. Profits are directed back to the groups. The Artists with Disabilities Alliance (AWDA) is participating. Items include toys, cards, pottery, baskets, jewelry, clothing, carvings, textiles needlework, rugs, and musical instruments.

The Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, WI, is planning a series of events around the culmination of a project on Cultivating Community: A Place to Set Roots. Cultivating Community is a collaborative venture between the Phipps and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls College of Arts & Sciences and the Saint Croix Valley Community Foundation. A number of meetings have been held at arts centers in the Saint Croix Valley of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

An exhibition of regional artists' works and collaborations will have an Opening Reception at the Phipps on Friday, November 11, 6:30-8:30 pm. The exhibit will run until December 31. The gallery hours are Monday-Saturday 9:00-4:30 and Sunday noon-4:00.

A Community Forum will be held on Tuesday, November 29, with a reception at 6:00 and forum on Community Development and the Arts at 7:00 with Maryo Gard Ewell. A free Open Mic event for area musicians, poets and performers will be held on Friday, December 2 at 6:30.

The November 11 reception is also for the opening of the Phipps’ annual Holiday Sale, A Gift by the Hand. An Open House on Saturday, November 12, 10 am to noon will feature music by the Phipps Festival Chorus, A Christmas Carol cast, and Phipps violin students. The sale will extend through December 31 and will also be open one hour before and during performances in the theater.

The Phipps is located in downtown Hudson, 15 miles east of Saint Paul. Take Hudson exit 1 (Hwy 35N) and turn left at Locust Street. For more information: 715-386-2305 or The Phipps Center for the Arts (www.thephipps.org).

Northstar Storytelling League will hold a day-long storytelling festival as a part of Tellabration, a worldwide event sponsored by the National Storytelling Network. The event will be Saturday, November 26 at the Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue S., Minneapolis. This year’s theme is "Stuffed With Stories." From noon until 5:00, storytellers from around the state offer group showcases, family stories, musical stories and free workshops including "A Storyteller - Who Me? Learning To Tell a Story" by Andre Heuer and "Family Fables: Telling Stories About, To and With Your Family" by Rose Arrowsmith.

At 8 p.m. Richard Rousseau will host a Storytelling Concert featuring Michael Cotter, Nancy Donoval, Kevin Kling, Joshua Scrimshaw and Nothando Zulu. Admission is $12 for this event.

For more information: Northstar Storytelling League, 612-782-7121, Northstar Storytelling League (www.northstarstorytelling.org) or coordinator Vicki Keck, 612-343-7045.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness of MN (NAMI) fall conference on Saturday, November 12 will include an art exhibit and speakers. Keynote speaker at Healing Minds, Touching Hearts is Patrick Corrigan, author of Don't Call Me Nuts and will be speaking on stigma. Closing speaker Mari Ann Graham, PhD, will speak on the spiritual dimension of healing. Fifteen workshops include Tina Feigal on challenging children; Michael Garados Reed and Katherine Larson on movement, music and meditation; Mark Patrick on how resentment and anger interplay with anxiety and depression; and workshops on system changes, new research, housing options and best practices for MI/CD. The conference will be held at the Radisson City Center, 411 Minnesota Street in Saint Paul. 651-645-2948.

The WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) is studying ways to integrate accessible multimedia into both Digital Talking Books (DTBs) and e-books of various formats, through its Beyond the Text project. As a part of the project, NCAM is seeking volunteers who are blind or deaf to test its accessible e-book and DTB prototypes.

If you use e-books or DTBs regularly and would like to download and try these samples, contact the project manager, Geoff Freed, at geoff_freed@wgbh.org. Expect to spend no more than one hour testing the materials and answering a few questions regarding the accessibility and usability of the books. The e-books and DTBs were created from materials provided by The Concord Consortium's "Seeing Math" curriculum (www.concord.org). Funding for Beyond the Text is provided by the U.S. Department of Education. For more information: National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM), Beyond the Text (http://ncam.wgbh.org/ebooks).

Northern Lights, a support organization for persons with vision disabilities, will meet on Saturday, November 19 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Vision Loss Resources, 1936 Lyndale Avenue S., Minneapolis. The speaker will be attorney Casey Streich, who has Stargardt Disease and has served as legal counsel for many vision-challenged people.

Northern Lights meets 3-4 times per year, with summers off. Meetings usually feature a speaker and time for chatting, support and sharing of group news and articles regarding retinal research. The next meeting will be February 11, 2006. For more information: Julie Anderson, email: juliefromtheblock@comcast.net.

Raymond Luczak

Raymond Luczak of Minneapolis has written a third collection of poems, Sylvia Plath made me do it: A Story in Verse, about an overweight teenage girl who becomes obsessed with the incendiary poetry and spectacular suicide of Sylvia Plath. Luczak will be giving a reading to celebrate its publication at the Loft Literary Center (1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, 612-215-2575) on Friday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. The free reading will be signed in American Sign Language (ASL) for the deaf and signing community, and voiced for the signing-impaired. His publisher, Immediate Sensation Books (www.isbooks.com), is hosting the party. A deaf writer, playwright and filmmaker with six published books, thirteen produced plays, and two full-length documentaries to his credit, Raymond recently returned to his Upper Midwestern roots after having lived 21 years on the East Coast. For more information: Raymond Luczak, A dreamer who's only begun ... (www.raymondluczak.com).

Maureen Pranghofer

Maureen Pranghofer of Golden Valley has released her second CD: "Arise, Songs for People Who Are Grieving, Hurting, Healing and Recovering." Her first CD, "Some Run the Race," contains 12 original songs sung by well-known Christian artists in the Minneapolis area. For more information: Maureen at 763-522-2501 or Maureen's Music (www.maureensmusic.com).

Bridget Riversmith

Bridget Riversmith of Duluth has two paintings and a brief essay included in a new book, Consumed: Women on Excess, published by So New Media in Austin, Texas. For more information: So New Media: Little Books, Big Ideas, Consumed: Women on Excess (http://sonewpublishing.com/stacks/consumed). Bridget, who had work at Artability @ Apollo in early October, is also represented in these fall shows:
Through December 2: Optica: The Art of Bridget Riversmith, at Beaners Central, 324 N. Central Avenue, Duluth; 218-624-5957.
Through November 26: Renewal Through Art, at Arts on Grand, 408 N. Grand Avenue, Spencer. IA; 712-264-0430.
Through November 20: Abilities Festival: Connections 2, at the Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, 901 Lawrence Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; Abilities Festival - A Celebration of Disability Art and Culture (www.abilitiesfestival.org). For more information: The art of Bridget Riversmith (www.redrabbitriversmith.com).

Jane Gerus

Jane Gerus has artwork exhibited in "A Leap of Faith," a show exploring how faith and politics interact. The show opened Nov. 5 and runs through December 29 at the Susan Hensel Gallery, 3441 Cedar Avenue S., Minneapolis. For more information: 612-722-2324.

Courtney Jahnke

Courtney Jahnke plays clarinet with the Minnesota Freedom Band, a GLBT group that will perform during the Holidazzle parade and on December 17 at 8:00 at South High School Theatre. She also plays with the Northern Lights Variety Band, which has a concert December 10 at 7:30 at the Benson Great Hall at Bethel College ($15).

Tara Arlene Innmon, Terry Mayer, John Schmid

Tara Arlene Innmon will sell art, prints and cards during the Seward Art Crawl on Saturday, November 12. Her art studio is at 2016 27th Avenue S., Minneapolis. (Tara will also be displaying art December 10-11 at the Walker Church Art Fair, 3104 16th Avenue S.) Terry Mayer will display her recycled plastic jewelry at Second Moon Coffee Café, 2225 Franklin Avenue E. John Schmid will show his stoneware and porcelain pottery at 2241 Minneapolis Avenue. For more information: Seward Art Festival 2005 (http://sewardarts.org).

Debra Ripp

Debra Ripp displayed some of her visual art this fall at the Minnesota State Fair and at the downtown Minneapolis branch of Affinityplus.

Located in a 19th century soap factory on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, the Soap Factory is accepting submissions for its 2006 exhibition season (three exhibits, May-October). Postmark deadline is November 30.

Established in 1988, the Soap Factory provides emerging, contemporary artists with 12,000 square feet of raw gallery space and the freedom to create site-specific projects, large-scale installations, as well as exhibit more traditional work. Each exhibit is comprised of a large group show in the main galleries, three individual artist project rooms and two video rooms. Artists selected for the 2006 season will be notified in late March. No Name Exhibitions provides installation assistance as well as a stipend to artists and curators selected, publicity, exhibition invitations, mailings, opening reception and artist talks. No Name Exhibitions does not insure artwork shown at The Soap Factory nor take any commission from art works sold.

SEND: 10 labeled 35mm slides of your work, with accompanying slide list; resume, artist statement and project description/ proposal, if applicable; video on VHS or DVD (if applicable); self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) for the return of your samples. Submission may be kept for up to 8 months, so do not send material that you need back immediately. Do not call or email to check on your submission. Do not send original slides, photographs or expensive portfolios.

Mail submissions to: Program Director, No Name Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory, PO Box 581696, Minneapolis, MN 55458-1696. For more information: Karen Kasel, 952-882-9423 or The Soap Factory (www.soapfactory.org).

VocalEssence and the American Composers Forum (ACF) announce a call for scores for the fifth annual Essentially Choral reading session. Essentially Choral seeks creative and innovative works in a wide range of styles and provides a unique opportunity for talented, emerging composers. Up to five composers will be selected to have their work read May 12-13, 2006, in Minneapolis. One will receive a $3,500 commission to write a new work for their 2006-07 season. Preference may be given to new and experimental works, those using world or gospel influences, and works by women composers. Both a cappella works and those with instrumental accompaniment are eligible. Travel and lodging will be provided for all selected composers, supported by a grant from the Jerome Foundation. Deadline (postmark) is February 11, 2006. Faxes will not be accepted. For more information: David Wolff, American Composers Forum, 651-251-2833, dwolff@composersforum.org. Web site: VocalEssence Essentially Choral (www.vocalessence.org/composers/ess_choral.php).

The Textile Center in Minneapolis will host Never Static: Art Cloth, an international exhibition of art cloth, juried by Jane Dunnewold, July 8 through August 16, 2006 at the Joan Mondale Gallery. Artists' deadline is Friday, December 16. Entries include one of a kind or limited production cloth created by using dyes, color removing agents, paints and foils, combined through processes which include screen printing, stamping and hand painting. Base fabric can either be hand-woven, machine made or purchased. Artists over the age of 18 may submit up to two works of art cloth (slides and swatches) for jury consideration. Jury fee is $25 per entry. For an application form, call 612-436-0464 or go to Textile Center - A national center for fiber art (www.textilecentermn.org).

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in rural Chaska will present a juried outdoor exhibition in 2006 called Secret Gardens & Where Imagination Grows. Winning entries will be selected and installed at the Arboretum to be enjoyed by visitors from June 3 to September 21, 2006. Submissions are due December 2, but only from those who have attended a mandatory pre-design meeting on Wednesday, November 9 at 1:00 pm at the Arboretum Oswald Visitor Center. Contact 952-443-1425 or email: tdreeze@arboretum.umn.edu. Winning entries will be installed May 8-30, 2006.

The Duluth Art Institute (DAI) Gallery Shop needs art to sell and exhibit on a consignment basis. Located in the Depot Heritage and Arts Center on the main level, it supports the DAI's mission to sustain regional artists. The Gallery Shop features artists on a quarterly basis. Email: getart@duluthartinstitute.org.

Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts in Fridley is seeking applicants for its 2006 Artist and Writer in Residency program. One visual artist and one literary artist will be selected for residencies that include 24-hour access to studio space (for a 12-month period), a small stipend, opportunities to teach and mentor and a post-residency exhibition or presentation of the artist’s work. For an application form or more info, call 763-574-1850 or email banfilllocke@usfamily.net. Applications are due by December 10 at 4:00 p.m. Residencies begin January 16, 2006. BLCA is located at 6666 East River Road in Fridley, just 7 minutes north of downtown Minneapolis. Take I-694 to East River Road and proceed north about 1 and 1/2 mile to the Center.

The Minnesota Center for Book Arts is offering a hands-on exhibit through November 26 called To Have and To Hold: Art You Can Touch. Artists from around the world are represented in this reading-table style show of unique artists' books. The MCBA’s annual Book Arts Festival and Sale is November 19-20. 1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis. Hours: Tuesday 10 am to 9 pm, Wednesday-Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday-Monday closed. For more information: 612-215-2520, Minnesota Center for Book Arts (www.mnbookarts.org).

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska features compositions by Carl Nelson in the Reedy Gallery November 10- January 8. Nelson's work features watercolors and vibrant pastels of nature scenes of the Arboretum. The exhibit is free with general Arboretum admission ($7 adults, children free).

Upcoming Arboretum classes on landscape art include:

Creating a Landscape Picture: Saturday, November 19, Noon -1:00 or 2:00-3:00. Marion Andrus Learning Center - for kids ages 5-10, and their parents. Carl Nelson and Emily, his daughter, who has a degree in art education will team teach the class.

Composing a Landscape - Making a Successful Painting: Saturday, December 3, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. Azalea Classroom. The class will focus more on composition than painting techniques. All skill levels encouraged.

To register or for more info: 952-443-1422 or jkohen@arboretum.umn.edu . The Arboretum is 4 miles west of Chanhassen on State Hwy. 5, ¼ mile west of the intersection of Hwys. 5 and 41.

Artists of all disciplines are invited to apply for a 2 or 4-week residency in the home of The Great American Think-Off. The program offers stipends of $750-$1500 plus living and studio space. The focus is to provide emerging artists time for creative development and exploration. Application deadlines are April 1 for residencies July thru December, and October 1 for residencies January thru June. 51% of all residencies are awarded to artists from Minnesota or the five boroughs of New York City. For more information: Lynn Kasma, 218-385-3339 or nymills@kulcjer.org.

The Public Art Affairs grant program supports emerging artists and interdisciplinary teams led by visual artists. Grants provide artists opportunities for career advancement, increased recognition and the chance to try something new. A project development workshop is required for applicants. Application deadline is November 15 at 4:30 pm. For more information: FORECAST Public Artworks in Saint Paul, 651-641-1128, forecast@visi.com, or FORECAST Public Artworks (www.forecastart.org).

Springboard for the Arts has announced the following workshops, opportunities and grant deadlines. For more information, to get mailings, or to register, call 651-292-4381, go to Springboard for the Arts (www.springboardforthearts.org), or write to 308 Prince Street, #270, Saint Paul, MN 55101-1437.

Artist Loan Fund Info Meeting: Wednesday, November 9, 5:30, at CHAT (Center for Hmong Arts & Talent), 995 University Avenue, Saint Paul

Real Estate Workshop for Artists: Thursday, November 10, 6:30-9:00 pm at the Textile Center: "Myth Busting: You CAN Buy a Home or Cool Building" - the housing market is stabilizing. Experienced real estate pros, Margo Ashmore and Stephanie Oyen, are hip to what artists are looking for and how you can make it happen.

November 15 is the deadline for FORECAST’s Public Art Grant Opportunity and for getting your slides into the Percent for Arts slide registry at the Minnesota State Arts Board.

Minnesota artists who have experienced homelessness will be featured in an art exhibit and sale on the fourth floor of the Mall of America from November 12 through December 31. Organized by the Outsider Art Center, the exhibit features Henry Pallares, Lynnda Jones, Felix Brown, Michael Jaecks, Sindibad O’Dell, Ernie Grossbach, Nathan Jones Jr., Dana Gibbs, Brad Parsons and Guy Stridsigne. The Gala Grand Opening is Saturday, November 12, 6-9 pm, with a program to meet the artists at 7:00. Sales from the show benefit the artists. Regular hours for this free exhibit are Wed., Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11:00-6:00, Thursday 11:00-8:30 pm. For more information: 612-338-3435 or Outsiders and Others: Art Gallery and Mentorship Studio (www.outsidersandothers.org).

Works by five artists from the disability community are part of a "Visual Abilities" exhibit at Outsiders and Others in downtown Minneapolis. Open through November 26, the exhibit features Bill Borden, Tony Duggan, Sara Gomer, Tara Arlene Innmon and Eddie Twait.

The Outsider Store now features drawings, paintings, pottery, and more by artists including Amy Rice, Tom and Nancy Coleman, Mavis Farr, Phil Arrington, Tom Cassidy, & others. Gift items available for under $50.

The Outsiders & Others Holiday Party will be Saturday, December 10, 6-9 pm.

Hours: Wednesday, Friday & Saturday noon to 5:00, Thursday noon to 7:00. Free parking in the lot at 1010 Park Avenue S., Minneapolis. For more information: 612-338-3435 or Outsiders and Others: Art Gallery and Mentorship Studio (www.outsidersandothers.org).

Outsiders and Others at Calhoun Square/2nd Floor features these artists through November 12: Jao/Strictly Women, Allison Stout/Animal Instincts, Eric Lunde/Art of Rock, and Keegan Wenkman/Naughty or Nice.

Artistreet, on the second floor of Calhoun Square, located at Lake & Hennepin in South Minneapolis. For more information: 612-338-3435 or Outsiders and Others: Art Gallery and Mentorship Studio (www.outsidersandothers.org).

The current exhibit at the Arts Center of Saint Peter is Nicole Hoiland - Ceramics; Sandra Walberg - Painting & Drawings. The exhibit runs until November 17 (Thursday 1:00-8:00, Saturday-Sunday 1:00-5:00) at 315 S. Minnesota Avenue in Saint Peter. For more information call: 507-931-3630.

Dani Roach presents oil paintings of Minnesota landscapes through November 26 at The Annex @ Groveland Gallery, 25 Groveland Terrace, Minneapolis. For more information: 612-377-7800 or Groveland Gallery (www.grovelandgallery.com).

Orfield Gallery is a new gallery which is focused on modern artists of local, regional, national and international reputation. The gallery is part of Orfield Laboratories, a 33-year-old internationally known perceptual laboratory in the architectural and product development market. Its view is that all architecture should include art, not as decoration or public art, but as art for occupants. Orfield Gallery is located in the historic Sound 80 Studios building, 2709 East 25th Street, in the Seward neighborhood. Sound 80, founded in 1970, was the world's first digital recording studio, used by artists such as Bob Dylan, Roberta Flack, John Denver, Prince, Leo Kottke and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. For more information: 612-721-2455, Orfield Laboratories (www.orfield.com).

Bloomington Art Center's sculptural exhibit: Landscapes, Light & Surfaces by Fred Annes, Jon Martin Hicks & Cameron Zebrun is in the Inez Greenberg Gallery through November 11. Its next exhibit is Kaleidoscope by Steve Hemingway & Mary Lingen, Nov. 18 – Dec. 23, with an opening reception from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18. The forces of nature and worldwide cultures influence Hemingway's ceramic work. He uses ancient Raku firing methods to create pieces rich with patterns and texture. Lingen uses places and plants then imposes her own rules of color and organization. Color and shape become the building blocks for her oil paintings. Her work reminds one of sunlight shining through stained glass.

BAC’s Atrium Gallery will display Liz Miller’s Art Installation November 10 - December 23. Using foam, felt, adhesive vinyl, and other nontraditional materials, Miller's abstract art installations walk a fine line between order and chaos. She is interested in the ambiguous places where disparate systems intermingle, and the unpredictable outcomes of their meeting.

The Bloomington Art Center’s Holiday Art Sale will feature Pottery, Glass, Jewelry, Artwork & more by students and staff of BAC. Held in the Schneider Theater Lobby, the sale is on Nov. 17-20: Thursday 4-10 pm, Friday 9 am-10 pm; Saturday 9 am-10 pm; and Sunday 1-4 pm.

The Bloomington Center for the Arts is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday 1-10 p.m. at 1800 W. Old Shakopee Road, a half mile west of I-35W on 98th between James & Logan. Parking is available on both east and west sides of the building. For more information: 952-563-8587, email: nanlamb@bloomingtonartcenter.com or Web site: Bloomington Center for the Arts (www.bloomingtonartcenter.com).

The Red House Gallery, run by Kellie Rae Theiss for the past nine years, is closing its doors at the end of November. It will be celebrating each of the 62 artists’ exhibitions with a closing party and refreshments on Sunday, November 20, 5:00-8:00 pm at 3413 West 44th Street, Minneapolis. Special prices will be offered November 15-20. Kellie will continue to work as a private consultant and dealer after January. For more information call 612-339-1094 or email: kellierae@theissgallery.com.

Finishing Line Press has selected a manuscript by Morgan Grayce Willow of Minneapolis for its New Women's Voices chapbook series. The chapbook, Arpeggio of Appetite, is a collection of cinquains, a form invented by American poet and scholar Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914), to whom the volume is dedicated. Some have called the five-line, 22-syllable cinquain an American rendition of the Japanese haiku. Others find writing cinquain more suited to American English than the traditional 17-syllable haiku form.

Poet Deborah Keenan says: "we join this poet as she illuminates the small and large truths of a deeply observed life: eagles as predators, grief about war's steadfast presence, a lover's absence ("one/spine curling around one dreamt form"), the messages sent from dream time by crows, as well as who and what in our lives makes the light and the shadows. In this book, we meet "Grief's bright/flower," but we do not live in the grief. Instead, in a crystal cave, we discern harmonies and our poet convinces us of love's presence. These small lyrics impress and linger."

The chapbook price is $12. Orders may be placed with Finishing Line Press, P.O. Box 1626, Georgetown, KY 40324; Finishing Line Press (www.finishinglinepress.com) - click on "2005 New Releases" and scroll to Arpeggio of Appetite.

The current exhibit at Inside Out Gallery and Interact Center, "Off the Page," is up through December 10. It features Lithographs by Donovan Durham completed during his residency at Highpoint Center for Printmaking; work by Robert Torfin, Janice Essick, Hadley Rosenberg and others; hand-made ceramic shakers by Nancy Liedl; PLUS three new short films by the Winged Collaborative! Each silent film is accompanied by one or more unsynchronized sounds.

Interact is located at 212 Third Avenue N, Suite 140 (entrance on 2nd Street), Minneapolis. Inside-Out is open Monday-Saturday noon-4:00 and by appointment. For more information: Jennifer Schultz, Gallery Director, 612-339-5145 x13, Interact Center for Visual and Performing Arts (www.interactcenter.com).

The Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association offers a First Thursdays series of gallery openings on the first Thursday of each month, generally from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. The next openings are on Thursday, December 6. The 2006 Art-a-Whirl will be May 19-21. For more information call 612-788-1679 or email admin@nemaa.org, or Web site: NEMAA - Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (www.nemaa.org).

If you would like a monthly listing of arts events in the Fargo-Moorhead area, contact admin@fm-arts.com. It includes performances, art exhibits, and other cultural activities.

The following jobs are available. For more information: Contact the National Center on Accessibility, www.ncaonline.org or VSA arts of Minnesota for full job description.
Scottsdale Parks and Recreation Senior Recreation Coordinator - Adapted Recreation;
Traveling Exhibits Manager, Boston Children's Museum;
Program Manager - High Schools - Best Buddies International, Inc., Chicago, Illinois;
Director of Partnerships, National Children's Museum, opening June 2008 in Washington, DC;
Program Director, Arts for the Aging, Inc. (AFTA), Washington, DC.