June 25, 2009
By Dave Machacek
The 2009 ArtOrg Thousand Print Summer kicks off in Dundas on Saturday from 10 am to 3:30 pm. We provide materials for everyone to make a print block, and then we ink it up, put some paper on the top, and roll over it with our small steamroller. Let the printmaker in you ROAR! This event is only one of many wonderful events which will include a pancake breakfast, old-time baseball, pet show and parade, horses, popcorn, grilling from Fermentations, a beer garden, and music. Music on Saturday includes The Ditch Lilies from 12 noon to 2pm, T.V. and the Bellr’d Yellers from 2pm to 4pm, Peter Lang from 4pm to 6pm, Will Healy’s live KYMN radio broadcast from 6pm to 8pm, and then the Zillionaires from 8pm to 10pm. It is likely that several artists from the ArtOrg project “The Twenty Views of Dundas” will be talking about their Dundas stories on the Will’s radio broadcast.
June 9, 2009
By Dave Machacek
ArtOrg has worked for several months to bring the “Vermillion Editions Limited” fine art print shop and publishing business to Northfield, and in fact our gallery exhibit called “Vermillion Editions: An American Print Shop” has been up for four months while we tried to work something out. For the time being, we have chosen to back away from that negotiation and wish all the best to master printer and founder Steven M. Andersen and the Vermillion group. Our optimism about the Vermillion and its future business prospects remain very high. We sincerely feel privileged to have had this important opportunity.
June 4, 2009
By Dave Machacek
On Friday, June 4 at 9:05 CST ArtOrg will be on KYMN 1080 AM radio for Paula Granquist’s “Art Zany” radio program to talk about the “Twenty Views of Dundas” collaborative print project. We expect several artists to drop in the studio, and others to give small telephone interviews on their experiences. Fred Somers had planned to attend this radio show, but we are proud to announce that he is instead traveling to Santa Fe, New Mexico to accept the Grand Prize in the 2009 International Association of Pastel Societies Juried Exhibition. Go Fred!
