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ArtOrg, together with Carleton’s Cinema and Media Studies, will screen James Vculek’s new film “The Quietest Sound” early this fall. Carleton alum Catherine E. Johnson plays the lead role of Elizabeth whose child has been missing for over a week. The camera rolls for 75 minutes straight, drawing comparisons to Hitchcock’s “Rope”. About one year ago we also screened Vculek’s “Two Harbors” which at the time of this writing has won six festival awards around the country.

Several Northfielders were spotted over at the Anderson Center in Red Wing this weekend for their large annual arts celebration.

ArtOrg board member Scott King is a resident artist of the Anderson Center and was seen printing in the home of his Red Dragonfly Press. Kari Alberg and Rick Swearer were seen with Anderson Center Robert Hedin in from of the big Northfield Governors Ball Print. Rick even picked up some hot glass! We hope to work with the Anderson Center to offer some glass blowing classes to Northfield artists in their shop.

Thanks to Carlson Capital Management for allowing us to display their Governors Ball print at the Anderson Center!

Video Installation at ArtOrg’s Moving Walls Gallery: “A Moderate Immigration Story”

Between the sensational accounts of sneaking groups of “illegal immigrants” across the border and the relative ease with which people of wealth can enter the U.S. lies another story – the “moderate” immigration story. This more temperate immigration account is told by video installation artist Mel Racho in “Why are you here? (And where is your accent?),” opening at ArtOrg’s Moving Walls Gallery (200 Division St. South, #140 Northfield) on Friday, July 14.
At the center of Racho’s piece is her family; middle-class people in the process of a first-generation immigration to the U.S. from Jakarta, Indonesia. Part Brady Continue Reading…

OPEN DRAWING STUDIO
WEDNESDAYS FROM 7 TO 9 PM AT ARTORG MAIN GALLERY, 200 DIVISION STREET (RIVERSIDE ENTRANCE).

OPEN PRINTMAKING STUDIO
SATURDAYS FROM 1 TO 3 PM AT ARTORG PRINTMAKING STUDIO, 314 DIVISION STREET (UNDERNEATH THE ART STORE).

Since the inception of the ArtOrg live model open drawing studio over 1 1/2 years ago, it has been a time for many to improve their drawing skills and enjoy the camaraderie of their fellow artists. For the most part, the evening has been of quiet concentration and drawing industry, but afterwards the group sometimes toasts to wonderful charcoal sketches in hearty cheer at one of the local potationary establishments.

Added to the program only recently is the open printmaking studio. Whether expert or beginner, this wonderful afternoon will give everyone the chance to learn about and exercise their printmaking skills. It is FUN, so please join us.

The ArtOrg summer arts program (ASAP) started last Saturday and a great time was had by all! The topic was abstract expressionism–and here are some of the results! The full kids summer program can be found here, and there is still space in most classes–so sign up in person at the Art Store, call us at 507-645-2555, or email us at info artorg.info. Here is an interview from one of the students from the first class.

ArtOrg would like to announce regular visual arts programming on Northfield’s local cable access NTV channel 12. The inaugural show will be Sunday, June 4 at 10 pm, and continue in that time slot for the foreseeable future.

The purpose of the show is to highlight past events, discuss future topics, and showcase different visual art areas. This summer in particular, we will be showcasing the subject of printmaking by showing several printmaking films. We want to show how prints are made, and maybe even entice a few of you to come and use our 2500-square-foot community printmaking studio!

The lineup so far is:

Sunday, June 4 at 10pm
“Four Stones for Kanemitsu” 1974, 28 minutes, An Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary (Short Subject), this classic film produced at Tamarind Lithography Workshop shows the collaboration between artist Matsumi Kanemitsu and Master Printer Serge Lozingot as they create a four-color lithograph. Beginning with the Continue Reading…

ArtOrg would like to inroduce our summer instructors!

Andy Lum: Andy Lum is a 2000 graduate of Northfield High School and 2005 graduate of Carleton College with a B.A. in studio art and a teaching license for K-12 art education. He currently works as an art teacher, educational assistant, and after school supervisor at Prairie Creek Community School. Andy’s main artistic interests include drawing, photography, painting, and printmaking.

April Rypka: April is a St. Olaf graduate with a BA in studio art. She is currently back in school pursuing art direction in advertising, using Continue Reading…

Scott King’s Gallery show continues until Sunday, May 28. Hours are from 5 to 8 pm Thursdays and Fridays, and from 1 to 4 pm Saturdays and Sundays.

Another reading is scheduled during Scott’s show. Diane Jarvenpa will be reading from her work Ancient Wonders that of course was produced by Scott’s Red Dragonfly Press. Diane’s music career can be followed at her website and also at various times on The Current radio station. Diane Jarvenpa will be reading on Friday, May 26 at 7pm.

One of the opening’s particular treats was James Lenfestey reading from his book Han-Shan is the Cure for Warts. James Lenfestey was on the editorial staff of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune for many years and also on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Video files from these readings from Han-Shan is the Cure for Warts: Carved Bones, Emptying Dishwasher Mind, Finding My Older Brother, Travels to the Interior, When Sound Leaks Fron the Cedar Grove, and Morning Walk (including remarks to Scott King). [Addtional note, Jim was featured on the Midmorning show in MPR on May 17, 2006 regarding a series of articles he has written for the Minneapolis/St Paul Magazine: What’s right, and wrong, with Minnesota schools.]

ArtOrg’s May 13-28 “Broadsides!” Exhibition Features
Acclaimed Letterpress Editions of Modern Poetry

PDF file of Scott King “Broadsides!”

They are small packages – compelling words and phrases printed with exquisite care on sheets of uncommon paper – but they pack all the punch of the simultaneous firing of the guns on a man-of-war.
“Broadsides,” a two-week exhibit of poetry and prose letterpress-printed by Scott King, opens 3-9 p.m., Saturday, May 13, at Art Org, 200 Division St., Northfield, Minn. King, the founder of Red Dragonfly Press, has been a resident artist at the Anderson Center in Red Wing, Minn., since 1999. Sought after Continue Reading…