Archive of April, 2011

On Friday, April 15 from 4 to 6pm the Harry Potter illustrator Mary GrandPre will be painting live and in person on ArtOrg’s collaborative project called the “St Cloud Cult Print”. This will happen as a part of several other events in the Halenbeck Fieldhouse of St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Mary’s special painting will be near the top of the 30-foot-wide by 16-foot-tall artwork. The St. Cloud Cult Print will be finished off by the stage painters from the band Cloud Cult, Connie Minowa and Scott West, the next day on Saturday during their live concert at the end of this year’s Mississippi Music Fest. The St. Cloud Cult Print is comprised of these three special paintings and about 250 reprinted print blocks created by kids and adults at 17 venues near St. Cloud last June. All events are free and open to the public, and everyone is invited on stage after the concert for a group photo!

The Minnesota-based arts nonprofit ArtOrg said Friday that it had been awarded funding through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Legacy program to repair the roof of the Metrodome that was ripped open during a Dec. 12 blizzard. ArtOrg will reconfigure its collaborative project named “The Big Print” into a large patch. ArtOrg staff insisted that while there were other plans to re-exhibit the huge work at different venues in the future, this permanent home will provide a twofold benefit. “The Big Print is a gorgeous artwork, and if it can live on as a large roof patch, so much the better. We never expected it to be used in such a utilitarian manner. But, hey, if the game is not going well, the fans will have something to look at. The overall design is vintage Norwegian knitting patterns after all, so that kind of fits with the Vikings, right?” Continue Reading…