Archive of November, 2010

ArtOrg has just released a map of where the art from the 1180 artists can be found on The Big Print. The areas are organized by the ten venues where the prints were created. Please go to our main page which describes the project. The artists, friends, patrons, and art lovers of any kind are invited to our event this Sunday to celebrate in Buntrock Commons at St. Olaf College. The event called The Big Print Block Party will run from 2 to 4 pm on Sunday November 21, 2010. We will have a brass quintet, several Hardanger fiddle players, and a large cake decorated with the pattern of the big print. We will have two experts measuring the print this day, for world record adjudication purposes: Northfield Mayor Mary Rossing and John Mark Lucas, who holds the title of Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom. There will comments and a photo taken of everyone in front of the big print about 3pm.

The Big Print Block Party is ArtOrg’s event to celebrate everyone who made a print with us during the 2008 Thousand Print Summer and everyone who helped make this project happen! Please go to our main page which has links to 1180 photos of everyone holding their paper print, and a video documenting the last event of 2008 in St. Cloud, Minnesota. There is also a one-minute clip of all of the 1180 artists flashing by in one minute. We have an application running for the world’s biggest print, and this could make The Big Print Block Party truly special. The event is on Sunday, November 21, 2010 from 2 to 4 pm, and will be held right in front of the work. The Big Print is located at Buntrock Commons at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Just get to Buntrock Commons, and you can’t miss The Big Print!

The exhibit “Time Revealed” from artist, printmaker, and teacher Zigmunds Priede has been extended and a closing party will be held on Saturday, November 20 from 4 to 8 pm. Please consult new hours for the show on our calendar. The opening for the exhibit inaugurated our new gallery located about eight miles north of Northfield, and over 150 people attended the opening event. Photos from the opening can be seen here. Highlights of the opening was the attendance of many of Zig’s former students from his days as professor at the University of Minnesota. Zig will be traveling here for the closing event on November 20. Please join us to celebrate the exhibit.

Nineteen large-format steamroller prints created by ArtOrg and Grupo Soap del Corazon are displayed very nicely in the Groot Gallery in the Dittman Art Center–but the exhibit closes next Wednesday, November 10. Be sure to take a trip to St. Olaf to see this wonderful display (and drop in Buntrock Commons to view The Big Print, as well). A photoset of the exhibit is located here, and several photos of the opening event are included. A special thanks go to the St. Olaf Art Department for this wonderful opportunity.