Archive of January, 2007

On January 17, 2007 the Elm class of 4th and 5th graders at Prairie Creek Community School under the direction of printer Andy Lum learned about printmaking at the ArtOrg printmaking studio. You can see a photoset here and a short video of the activity here. Rumor has it that one of these prints will be sold at the annual Prairie Creek Auction to occur near the end of February this year.

ArtOrg has sets of photos on something called Flickr, and videos on a part of the Google search engine called Google Video. It is a way for us to get content up on the internet for all to see. Classes we have given, special events, artist talks, speakers that have given presentations, etc. are all there.

Well, we have recently had an interesting experience with one of our videos. It is called simply “Dog and Cat”. We slipped in this short three minute video of a cute dog and a cute cat playing. This video in the last three days has received twice the number of hits as all our other twelve videos combined.

Here are two videos: one with a cute dog and cat, one with the 100-foot steamroller print. Keep in mind that over 2000 people have viewed the dog and cat in the last three days!

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On January 9, 2007 the Sequoia class of 4th and 5th graders at Prairie Creek Community School under the direction of printer Andy Lum and teacher Simon Tyler learned about printmaking at the ArtOrg printmaking studio. You can see a photoset here and a short video of the activity here. Rumor has it that one of these prints will be sold at the annual Prairie Creek Auction to occur near the end of February this year.

ArtOrg is pleased to announce two new members to our Board of Directors.

Ron Wolfe has a MFA in sculpture and ceramics and a BA in Art Education from the University of South Florida in Tampa. For many years Ron was the Exhibition Designer and Operations Manager for the 12,000-square-foot University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum. There he directed and designed all art exhibitions for the museum. Ron is a current member of the Bayport, Minnesota Planning Commission.

Glen Switzer is former Mayor of Dundas, Minnesota and has been active in many areas of our community. Glen is on the Board of the Mill Towns Trail, and holds a vision for an ARTrail between Dundas and Northfield. Glen works hard at the 80-year-old local business Switzer’s Nursery and Landscaping.