Paperless society?
NOT.
Though we all think the use of the computer has reduced our use of paper, it hasn't. So why not LEARN TO MAKE YOUR OWN?
ArtScape has a one session class coming up on October 13th where you can embrace the texture, the fluidity, the fun of paper making.
If you have ever wondered how one turns cotton rags, trees, and other vegetable matter into the wonderful thing we use every day then you won't want to miss this class.
Learn how the Chinese developed the method of papermaking that hasn't really changed for over 2000 years. A screen, a frame, fiberous material, and a lot of water.
You will learn to create your own mold and deckle (frame and screen), learn how to turn ordinary scrap paper and vegetative matter into beautiful paper suitable for making cards, using in collages, making your own handmade books (just in time for holiday giving), or as a work of art on their own.
Our teacher, Cherene Bebeau is well known in the area for her accessible teaching method, her hands on help, and her dedication to your creative growth.
The vital statistics:
Saturday, October 13, 9am-noon
Handke Center in Elk River
$28 class fee
call 763.241.3520 to register for this ArtScape class.
28 September, 2007
Congrats to the winners!
News just in from Dave Phipps of the Creative Department, Sunday at noon on Newstalk 1450 KNSI. The winners to the hotly contested tickets for the C. Willi Myles and Laura Harley event on Saturday October 6th have been announced.
They are: Janet Wensman and Don Fortner, both of St. Cloud. We hope you enjoy the show and pass the word on to your friends that Elk River is just down the road a piece.
Speaking of October 6th and all. According to a reliable news source, C. Willi is tearing up the house in Arizona this weekend, while troubadour, Laura Harley is making the rounds of small clubs and coffee houses in California this past week.
We know they'll be back to entertain you at the Zabee however.
Those of you that get there early that night will be in for a real treat.
See you there!
They are: Janet Wensman and Don Fortner, both of St. Cloud. We hope you enjoy the show and pass the word on to your friends that Elk River is just down the road a piece.
Speaking of October 6th and all. According to a reliable news source, C. Willi is tearing up the house in Arizona this weekend, while troubadour, Laura Harley is making the rounds of small clubs and coffee houses in California this past week.
We know they'll be back to entertain you at the Zabee however.
Those of you that get there early that night will be in for a real treat.
See you there!
24 September, 2007
talk it up
We saw an article in the Strib the other day that stated that over 70% of Sherburne County residents that work commute to outside of Sherburne County. This helps explain the back up from 101 to at least the 494-694 exchange every week day morning.
This also helps explain the challenge an arts organization has in reaching those that make many of the decisions about where to look for arts programming. Our neighbor commuters are tuning in to media outlets that generally speaking are focused upon the activities in the city. This reenforces the mistaken notion that only the city has arts programming. We know differently and attempt to get our message to the big city media just as we do to our local outlet(s). One can open the Sunday paper and not see an ad from us or perhaps even a listing of our events in their Fun Things To Do list.
The economics of the situation leaves only the best endowed organizations with the opportunity to regularly advertise in the big city papers or on the big city radio or television. Sometimes it seems we are shouting from a megaphone at cars speeding by. The internet is meant to be the great equalizer for this sort of dilemma. You dear reader need to spread the word for us.
Tell ten of your friends to come to the October 6th concert at the Zabee Theater featuring comedian C. Willi Myles and vocalist Laura Harley.
Tell another ten friends to join the Arts Alliance so they can participate in the nonjuried Members Show starting October 8th at the Sherburne County Government Center.
Then tell ten more friends that they should enter the Arts in Harmony 08 national juried art exhibit by December 7th to be eligible to win some of the $9000 that will be given out in prizes.
We could tell you to tell ten more friends about Joe Chvala on December 1st, but we’re not sure who’d be left in town that wouldn’t have already been told about it.
Arts in the xburbs. Talk it up.
This also helps explain the challenge an arts organization has in reaching those that make many of the decisions about where to look for arts programming. Our neighbor commuters are tuning in to media outlets that generally speaking are focused upon the activities in the city. This reenforces the mistaken notion that only the city has arts programming. We know differently and attempt to get our message to the big city media just as we do to our local outlet(s). One can open the Sunday paper and not see an ad from us or perhaps even a listing of our events in their Fun Things To Do list.
The economics of the situation leaves only the best endowed organizations with the opportunity to regularly advertise in the big city papers or on the big city radio or television. Sometimes it seems we are shouting from a megaphone at cars speeding by. The internet is meant to be the great equalizer for this sort of dilemma. You dear reader need to spread the word for us.
Tell ten of your friends to come to the October 6th concert at the Zabee Theater featuring comedian C. Willi Myles and vocalist Laura Harley.
Tell another ten friends to join the Arts Alliance so they can participate in the nonjuried Members Show starting October 8th at the Sherburne County Government Center.
Then tell ten more friends that they should enter the Arts in Harmony 08 national juried art exhibit by December 7th to be eligible to win some of the $9000 that will be given out in prizes.
We could tell you to tell ten more friends about Joe Chvala on December 1st, but we’re not sure who’d be left in town that wouldn’t have already been told about it.
Arts in the xburbs. Talk it up.
13 September, 2007
C. Willi Myles and Laura Harley open the 2007-2008 Arts Alliance Performance Series at Zabee Theater, October 6 at 7:30pm.
If you like to laugh at life, and it does provide many opportunities, doesn’t it, then you will want to be at the Zabee Theater on October 6th.
C. Willi Myles was born in Alabama and came North to go to college in St. Cloud. His recollection of his first winter in Minnesota, back when Minnesota had real winters, is enough to get your smile on. Then he goes ice fishing. “People, there is something wrong here...”
The New York Times has been quoted as saying C. Willi Myles "leaves them hurtin' with laughter and wanting more!" With extremely funny non-offensive stories and jokes, Willi makes everybody laugh, whether a child or a senior citizen.
C. Willi has opened for many of the top musical and comedy acts throughout the country and performs regularly at casinos and in concert with some of the biggest names in entertainment including Bill Cosby and Dennis Miller. He has appeared at the Minnesota State Fair, under the Big Top in Bayfield, Wisconsin, and has been featured locally and nationally on the Fox Network, Comedy Central, and Showtime at the Apollo. The Big Top says that they have never had so many phone calls after a performer has been on their weekly radio show as when C. Willi appeared.
C. Willi Myles is celebrating the release of his new CD, “The Big Show Live,“ recorded live under the Big Top.
He really is a truly funny guy.
Opening for C. Willi is Twin Cities based vocalist Laura Harley.
These days there are plenty of bad role models for young women to emulate. Laura Harley is the opposite of that. She is a trained life coach, works with young people on a daily basis helping them find a path through what can be a quagmire of mixed messages from the media and their peers. Her songs reflect her own search for meaning and a path in life.
Critics and fans alike rave about the "crystalline beauty" of Laura Harley's voice. In a time when the airwaves are jammed with the static of a world on the brink, Laura cuts through the noise. Her captivating voice, evocative lyrics, and unforgettable songs have brought her devoted fans and critical acclaim throughout her musical career.
At a high-school battle of the bands, Laura’s singing caught the attention of guitarist Teddy Kim, who was looking for a collaborator. The two cut a demo under the name Sliver and burst onto the Minneapolis club scene. Sliver became a buzz act when the local college radio station obtained a copy of their demo and put it into heavy rotation. That year, before releasing a record, Sliver was voted Minneapolis' best new band in a ballot sponsored by the prestigious First Avenue Club. They went on to release two critically-acclaimed CDs, tour nationally, and chart on the college music charts. Later she and Teddy began a new musical collaboration seeking new perspective.
Her 2006 self titled CD had critics outdoing themselves with praise. “Sounding like a snowcapped Sade, Harley (a trained life coach) strives for meaningful messages and inner explorations amid rich, subtle arrangements. Even empowerment anthems “Champion” and “Sing Out Loud” never lose their cool, but that’s in tune with Harley’s vision to make soothing, contemplative pop."
--Minnesota Monthly
"...Her self-titled album was written and recorded in both New York and Minneapolis, and it’s a unique mixture of urban chic and Midwest innocence. Part electro-pop, part trance and part muted rock, Harley hypnotizes the listener with a voice that is both beautiful and haunting, like a sharply chiseled icicle or a temptress stuck behind a thick sheet of glass. “I’m the fire / burning bright red light,” Harley sings on “Breathe It In,” and from the tone of her voice you have to believe her. “I’m the siren / Cut through all the noise / Feel it change me / I break the silence with my voice,” she sings, and her voice clears its way through a funky pop beat to dance with the listener, forcing the song to come alive..."
--Pulse
For more information about either of these artists check out their websites, or go to the Arts Alliance website and look for their link.
Arts Alliance: www.elkriverart.org
C. Willi Myles: www.cwilli.com
Laura Harley: www.lauraharley.com
It is not too late to purchase a season pass for our Performance series. $60. If you are a member you receive an extra ticket voucher for one performance, so that you can introduce a friend to our great value, high quality, close to home entertainment.
Single tickets are:
$15 adults
$12 Art Alliance members/Seniors
$6 Youth under 18.
We also have the Family Pak this year: $30 for 2 adults + one youth (save $6); each additional youth is $5.
30 August, 2007
State Fair Art
Along with the sword swallowers, the carny barkers, the chunk-o-choco cookies, and really large hogs, there is real art at the State Fair again this year. The largest juried Minnesota only annual exhibit has once again something for everyone. Everyone that is unless you were rejected.
Not that we need to toot our own horn, but a number of Art Alliance members, lapsed members, and past entrants to our Arts in Harmony exhibit (the largest juried annual national exhibit in Minnesota) are present.
Six members of the Arts Alliance were among those whose work was chosen to be shown in the 96th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition at the Minnesota State Fair. Over 1,900 artists vied for one of 371 spaces in the exhibit.
Local artists accepted into the show are Kathleen Braud, who received a third place award for her watercolor Park Trails. Kathy Braud will be a guest on Dave Phipps Creative Department Radio Show on Sunday, September 9th, at Noon on Newstalk 1450 KNSI, The Talk of St. Cloud. Check out the live webcast at http://www.1450knsi.com.
Rita Beyer Corrigan who also received a third place for her pastel Morning Walk and Ron Merchant had his oil on canvas Street Walkers juried in.
Mark Pederson is showing his pastel Maroon and Gold Landscape, Richards Poey took first place honors for the second year in a row. His alabaster sculpture this year is Daydreams, and Kasey Westra is showing her oil on panel Blue and Yellow in Winter.
Other area artists exhibiting are Jody Brosko of Big Lake with an acrylic on canvas titled Chrysler in Pink Sky, Steven Hudak of Big Lake is showing his wood sculpture Body Broken - Faith Bruised - Cancer, and Chris Wilson of Otsego has an acrylic wash called Rooster 2.
When you are at the Fair this weekend don’t forget to check out the student art work in the Education Building, especially the shoe lace piece, and the fine crafts in the Crafts Building. We think creativity comes in lots of different packages, so enjoy the neon, the curly fries, the braided manes on the show horses, and of course the seed art in the Ag Building.
Not that we need to toot our own horn, but a number of Art Alliance members, lapsed members, and past entrants to our Arts in Harmony exhibit (the largest juried annual national exhibit in Minnesota) are present.
Six members of the Arts Alliance were among those whose work was chosen to be shown in the 96th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition at the Minnesota State Fair. Over 1,900 artists vied for one of 371 spaces in the exhibit.
Local artists accepted into the show are Kathleen Braud, who received a third place award for her watercolor Park Trails. Kathy Braud will be a guest on Dave Phipps Creative Department Radio Show on Sunday, September 9th, at Noon on Newstalk 1450 KNSI, The Talk of St. Cloud. Check out the live webcast at http://www.1450knsi.com.
Rita Beyer Corrigan who also received a third place for her pastel Morning Walk and Ron Merchant had his oil on canvas Street Walkers juried in.
Mark Pederson is showing his pastel Maroon and Gold Landscape, Richards Poey took first place honors for the second year in a row. His alabaster sculpture this year is Daydreams, and Kasey Westra is showing her oil on panel Blue and Yellow in Winter.
Other area artists exhibiting are Jody Brosko of Big Lake with an acrylic on canvas titled Chrysler in Pink Sky, Steven Hudak of Big Lake is showing his wood sculpture Body Broken - Faith Bruised - Cancer, and Chris Wilson of Otsego has an acrylic wash called Rooster 2.
When you are at the Fair this weekend don’t forget to check out the student art work in the Education Building, especially the shoe lace piece, and the fine crafts in the Crafts Building. We think creativity comes in lots of different packages, so enjoy the neon, the curly fries, the braided manes on the show horses, and of course the seed art in the Ag Building.
29 August, 2007
Other Ways to Help the Arts Alliance Help You.
On our website, elkriverart.org, we have installed a couple of new buttons.
On the left hand side, just above the Blog button, there is a Donate Now button. You can securely donate to the Arts Alliance through this nonprofit portal. It’s easy, quick, secure, and helps the Arts Alliance to better fulfill its mission of providing access to the arts for everyone in our communities. This nonprofit group takes a small handling charge, less than any credit card service, to process your donation.
Another small button down below the Ticket Button, is the iGive.com Button. This is an on line portal to over 484 companies where when you shop on line. A percentage of your purchase comes back to the Arts Alliance. This for-profit company arranges with the vendors on their site to provide a portion of the sales to come to the Arts Alliance. If you are going to shop on line, and we all know we shop on line at least a little, why not support your favorite arts organization while you do it.
Our Ticket Button has some new twists too. You can now purchase tickets for our Performance Series on line too! Just click on that Ticket Button and purchase a season pass, or single or Family Pak tickets for the next performance, October 6th: C Willi and Laura Harley.
Memberships too! You can now purchase membership to the Arts Alliance on line so that you can take advantage of reduced entry fees to Arts in Harmony, get the Eddy delivered to your US Postal mailbox, and reduced prices on future performances.
Maybe some day we'll sell t-shirts, coffee mugs, CDs, and original art work. . . no, just kidding about some of that. . . well, maybe. Stay tuned as we work to make your interaction with us on line just a bit easier, fun, and more rewarding for you and us.
On the left hand side, just above the Blog button, there is a Donate Now button. You can securely donate to the Arts Alliance through this nonprofit portal. It’s easy, quick, secure, and helps the Arts Alliance to better fulfill its mission of providing access to the arts for everyone in our communities. This nonprofit group takes a small handling charge, less than any credit card service, to process your donation.
Another small button down below the Ticket Button, is the iGive.com Button. This is an on line portal to over 484 companies where when you shop on line. A percentage of your purchase comes back to the Arts Alliance. This for-profit company arranges with the vendors on their site to provide a portion of the sales to come to the Arts Alliance. If you are going to shop on line, and we all know we shop on line at least a little, why not support your favorite arts organization while you do it.
Our Ticket Button has some new twists too. You can now purchase tickets for our Performance Series on line too! Just click on that Ticket Button and purchase a season pass, or single or Family Pak tickets for the next performance, October 6th: C Willi and Laura Harley.
Memberships too! You can now purchase membership to the Arts Alliance on line so that you can take advantage of reduced entry fees to Arts in Harmony, get the Eddy delivered to your US Postal mailbox, and reduced prices on future performances.
Maybe some day we'll sell t-shirts, coffee mugs, CDs, and original art work. . . no, just kidding about some of that. . . well, maybe. Stay tuned as we work to make your interaction with us on line just a bit easier, fun, and more rewarding for you and us.
US Army Field Band and Chorus, Saturday, October 27 at 7:30pm
US Army Field Band and Soldier's Chorus, Saturday, October 27 at 7:30pm
Rogers Field House.
The Arts Alliance is proud to sponsor the visit of the US Army Field Band and Soldier's Chorus at the Rogers Field House, at 7:30pm, Saturday, October 27. The last time they visited us in 2005, there was a full house at the Zabee Theater in Elk River, so this time they will be performing at the Rogers Field House, 20855 141st Avenue, Rogers, Minnesota.
The concert is free, but you must have a ticket in order to attend. To order your FREE tickets to the US Army Field Band and Soldier's Chorus at the Rogers Field House, October 27, at 7:30pm, you need to send a self addressed stamped envelope to the Arts Alliance Office, Handke Center, 1170 Main Street, Elk River, MN 55330. Limit of four tickets per request.
You'll be able to read more about their visit on the website, when you get the next issue of the Eddy (you are a member aren't you?) and when we send out press releases, but we wanted you blog readers to know about it first.
Rogers Field House.
The Arts Alliance is proud to sponsor the visit of the US Army Field Band and Soldier's Chorus at the Rogers Field House, at 7:30pm, Saturday, October 27. The last time they visited us in 2005, there was a full house at the Zabee Theater in Elk River, so this time they will be performing at the Rogers Field House, 20855 141st Avenue, Rogers, Minnesota.
The concert is free, but you must have a ticket in order to attend. To order your FREE tickets to the US Army Field Band and Soldier's Chorus at the Rogers Field House, October 27, at 7:30pm, you need to send a self addressed stamped envelope to the Arts Alliance Office, Handke Center, 1170 Main Street, Elk River, MN 55330. Limit of four tickets per request.
You'll be able to read more about their visit on the website, when you get the next issue of the Eddy (you are a member aren't you?) and when we send out press releases, but we wanted you blog readers to know about it first.
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