Weaving Community Together: Artist's Reception
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JOIN US THIS SATURDAY! Two resident artists have moved into our galleries to collaborate and engage our community in an interactive, exciting new exhibit, "Weaving Community Together."
In this collaborative, interactive and process-oriented exhibit Luisa Fernanda Garcia-Gomez and our own local expert handweaver, Bruce Engebretson, are exploring the rich connective tissue between art, textile design, and tapestry. The community is invited to explore their own expression through various art forms during the duration of the exhibit, which will be unfolding over the coming months right in the gallery of the Nemeth Art Center.
In early June, a 4-foot wooden loom from Aubusson, France, was installed in the Nemeth gallery and Bruce began to set up 3 separate warps on the loom. On the center warp, Bruce is weaving a tapestry inspired by Luisa’s recent works, “Impossible Landscapes.”
As the tapestry takes shape, Luisa will respond with new designs on paper that will be hung in the gallery progressively, all summer long. Luisa has set up an interactive community studio in our ART Explorers Corner and Community Gallery space. Here, the public is invited to sit with her at the studio table and create art with her. She will also be building an installation in one of the small galleries and she has two large wooden puzzles of her “Impossible Landscapes” designs for visitors to try, exploring their own reaction to facing the impossible.
Alongside the tapestry Bruce is weaving, there are two community warps that the public is welcome to sit at and learn hand-weaving skills. Bruce’s stories and historical facts about weaving and tapestries will delight any visitor who comes to learn.
All of these interactive elements of artistic expression by our resident artists and visitors who participate will round out the formation of our "community tapestry".
Luisa Fernanda Garcia-Gomez is a Minneapolis based multidisciplinary artist whose work is a cathartic manifestation the violence she experienced during her youth growing up in Columbia during the years of conflict. Garcia-Gomez has an MFA from both the University of Paris 8 in Saint-Denis and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has exhibited in both France and the United States. In this new series of drawings, "Impossible Landscapes," Garcia-Gomez explores the feelings of loss and defeat as a natural state of being human. "Understanding that we cannot control every circumstance in our lives, we must learn to surrender, adapt and carry on, even when we do not know how," Garcia-Gomez says. "That is why it is 'impossible,' because those places where we really let go don't exist yet and maybe never will exist."
Bruce Engebretson is the founder of the Weaving School near Osage, MN. He hosts spinning, dyeing, and weaving classes for individuals or small groups. For more than 30 years Bruce has been learning from incredible weavers who come from family and ethnic traditions. He inherited a Basse Lisse tapestry loom, or Aubusson named after the French town famous for tapestry weaving, which seats up to four weavers at a time.
This exhibit will be open to the public for interactive participation and artist observation through the end of September, with a final party during Art Leap on September 28th-29th. You can join Luisa most days the Nemeth Art Center is open for the rest of the season, and we will be posting Bruce's gallery schedule weekly. This week, Bruce will be in the gallery Thursday 12-4:30 and Saturday 11-6.
Admission is always free to the Nemeth Art Center which is located in Park Rapids upstairs at the Historic Hubbard County Courthouse 301 Court Ave. This exhibit and Nemeth Art Center 2019 programing is made possible through the support of a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund. Hope to see you all this Saturday!
-Nicolle LaFleur, Executive Director
In this collaborative, interactive and process-oriented exhibit Luisa Fernanda Garcia-Gomez and our own local expert handweaver, Bruce Engebretson, are exploring the rich connective tissue between art, textile design, and tapestry. The community is invited to explore their own expression through various art forms during the duration of the exhibit, which will be unfolding over the coming months right in the gallery of the Nemeth Art Center.
In early June, a 4-foot wooden loom from Aubusson, France, was installed in the Nemeth gallery and Bruce began to set up 3 separate warps on the loom. On the center warp, Bruce is weaving a tapestry inspired by Luisa’s recent works, “Impossible Landscapes.”
As the tapestry takes shape, Luisa will respond with new designs on paper that will be hung in the gallery progressively, all summer long. Luisa has set up an interactive community studio in our ART Explorers Corner and Community Gallery space. Here, the public is invited to sit with her at the studio table and create art with her. She will also be building an installation in one of the small galleries and she has two large wooden puzzles of her “Impossible Landscapes” designs for visitors to try, exploring their own reaction to facing the impossible.
Alongside the tapestry Bruce is weaving, there are two community warps that the public is welcome to sit at and learn hand-weaving skills. Bruce’s stories and historical facts about weaving and tapestries will delight any visitor who comes to learn.
All of these interactive elements of artistic expression by our resident artists and visitors who participate will round out the formation of our "community tapestry".
Luisa Fernanda Garcia-Gomez is a Minneapolis based multidisciplinary artist whose work is a cathartic manifestation the violence she experienced during her youth growing up in Columbia during the years of conflict. Garcia-Gomez has an MFA from both the University of Paris 8 in Saint-Denis and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has exhibited in both France and the United States. In this new series of drawings, "Impossible Landscapes," Garcia-Gomez explores the feelings of loss and defeat as a natural state of being human. "Understanding that we cannot control every circumstance in our lives, we must learn to surrender, adapt and carry on, even when we do not know how," Garcia-Gomez says. "That is why it is 'impossible,' because those places where we really let go don't exist yet and maybe never will exist."
Bruce Engebretson is the founder of the Weaving School near Osage, MN. He hosts spinning, dyeing, and weaving classes for individuals or small groups. For more than 30 years Bruce has been learning from incredible weavers who come from family and ethnic traditions. He inherited a Basse Lisse tapestry loom, or Aubusson named after the French town famous for tapestry weaving, which seats up to four weavers at a time.
This exhibit will be open to the public for interactive participation and artist observation through the end of September, with a final party during Art Leap on September 28th-29th. You can join Luisa most days the Nemeth Art Center is open for the rest of the season, and we will be posting Bruce's gallery schedule weekly. This week, Bruce will be in the gallery Thursday 12-4:30 and Saturday 11-6.
Admission is always free to the Nemeth Art Center which is located in Park Rapids upstairs at the Historic Hubbard County Courthouse 301 Court Ave. This exhibit and Nemeth Art Center 2019 programing is made possible through the support of a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund. Hope to see you all this Saturday!
-Nicolle LaFleur, Executive Director
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Georgia Mrazkova's Artist's Reception
JOIN US THIS SATURDAY! We are thrilled to host Georgia Mrazkova's Artist's Reception this Saturday from 4 to 6 pm at the Nemeth Art Center.
Georgia Mrazkova is a Minneapolis based artist who brings her latest series of mystical, dreamy oil paintings up north for her first showing at the Nemeth Art Center. Having grown up on the prairies of South Dakota and on the lakes of Minnesota, Mrazkova's imagery is imbued with themes of nature, water and human psychological states.
"My imagery is nostalgic and dreamy and invites the viewer to go in and wander around in the macro and micro spaces of the painting. The work is open ended and encourages the viewer to spin their own narrative and aesthetic experience," says Mrazkova. "My work delves into the sensual and mystical aspects of the things of the world which is of necessity sometimes touched with foreboding. My paintings touch on questions about disintegration, reformation, growth, decay and what's behind the veil of materiality."
A graduate of Minneapolis College of Art and Design and a recipient of the Miles and Shirley Fiterman Award for Fine Arts, Mrazkova has shown her work in Minneapolis and Cincinnati and received a State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant and an Art in Space grant.
Mrazkova will be at the Nemeth for only this one engagement during her exhibit. She will talk about her paintings, her artistic process, and her new project with small sculptures, one of which is on display in this exhibit.
This reception will be held at the Nemeth Art Center on Saturday, June 29th, from 4-6 pm. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Please join us for this wonderful event. Hope to see you all this Saturday!
Georgia Mrazkova is a Minneapolis based artist who brings her latest series of mystical, dreamy oil paintings up north for her first showing at the Nemeth Art Center. Having grown up on the prairies of South Dakota and on the lakes of Minnesota, Mrazkova's imagery is imbued with themes of nature, water and human psychological states.
"My imagery is nostalgic and dreamy and invites the viewer to go in and wander around in the macro and micro spaces of the painting. The work is open ended and encourages the viewer to spin their own narrative and aesthetic experience," says Mrazkova. "My work delves into the sensual and mystical aspects of the things of the world which is of necessity sometimes touched with foreboding. My paintings touch on questions about disintegration, reformation, growth, decay and what's behind the veil of materiality."
A graduate of Minneapolis College of Art and Design and a recipient of the Miles and Shirley Fiterman Award for Fine Arts, Mrazkova has shown her work in Minneapolis and Cincinnati and received a State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant and an Art in Space grant.
Mrazkova will be at the Nemeth for only this one engagement during her exhibit. She will talk about her paintings, her artistic process, and her new project with small sculptures, one of which is on display in this exhibit.
This reception will be held at the Nemeth Art Center on Saturday, June 29th, from 4-6 pm. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Please join us for this wonderful event. Hope to see you all this Saturday!
Upcoming at the Nemeth Art Center
CORRECTION! The opening reception for Weaving Community Together has been rescheduled for July 20th, 4-6 pm. Bruce Engebretson has already brought his beautiful Aubusson loom into the Nemeth gallery, and you can come see him setting up the loom for the exhibit and ongoing tapestry work he will do in our gallery.
Georgia Mrazkova's exhibit has been installed and will be in our main gallery through the end of July. When you step into the gallery, you will be swept away in these swirling, mystical paintings that capture the imagination and senses. We will hold a reception for Georgia on June 29th from 4-6 pm. It will be a highlight of your summer!
We will hold our first of a series of FREE art classes for youth on Saturday, June 22nd, from 1-3 pm. Nate Luetgers is a local artist who works with all ages to make painting fun and easy! Youth K-4th grade must be accompanied by a parent. Kids 5th grade and up are welcome to be dropped off while parents enjoy the exhibits. There are limited spots and we are already filling up, so contact us directly or RSVP on our website to secure a spot for this special event. Nate will also hold a class on August 17th. This project is made possible due to a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council, with support from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
A unique piece presented upside down, as it was painting by Minnesota native artist, Manila Luzon, on an episode of Ru Paul's Drag Race. This painting was won by our very own social media intern, Tea Renee, recently on a trip to L.A. Come celebrate Pride Month with us by learning more about this special painting and it's special connection to one of our devoted volunteers at the Nemeth Art Center.
This is the last weekend to see the Youth Art Show and cast your vote for the People's Choice Award. Come see what talented young people we have in our region.
Every Thursday-Saturday we have a long table with art supplies set up just for our young visitors! We try to inspire creativity and self-expression based on the works in our exhibits. This month we are creating tapestries like the one in our community gallery done by Chaz Marlin by gluing paper pieces in all shapes and sizes on a colored paper. We are also using color crayons to make our own water and nature scenes like Georgia. Bring your kids over for an afternoon and dive into some art! This project is also free and open to the public at during our gallery hours.
Our SECOND 2nd Sat Hap of the Season!
Brainerd artist and writer M.E. Fuller will be with us starting at 4:00 pm to sign her debut novel "Saving the Ghost."Then at 4:30 we will kick off an evening of music, dance
and theater! Northern Lights Dance Academy will perform their award winning dances right in our gallery space!
And you won't want to miss a sneak peek at the 2019 summer season of Vision Theater's dramas, performed by cast members. We'll be rocking out the evening with Eddie Kidd, which is a great way to start your Saturday night!
Make the Nemeth Art Center your go-to place for the summer to get your fill of fun and the arts! Because, when we take the "aaRRR" out of ART, we are where it's AT!
So, please join us for another evening of music,
dance, theater and your new summer reading!
Hope to see you all this Saturday!
kyong juhn's Artist's Reception & 2nd SAT HAP
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We are thrilled to host our first Artist's Reception and 2nd SAT HAP of the season! Come help us celebrate a new season of art in our community!
kyong juhn is a Korean-American walker, photographer and community advocate residing in Rochester, MN. Walk for Hope & Peace presents juhn's journey from Rochester to Bemidji- 350 miles over 21 days- that paid homage to her mother, who escaped from the North Korean communist regime by walking 323 miles from Pyongyang, North Korea, to Busan, South Korea. During her walk, kyong was joined and supported by many individuals along the way and the Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27, who walked with her for much of the journey. Come hear about this amazing project that opened dialogue about ways to promote peace and gives a voice to the diverse experiences and shared hope for a peaceful future. A recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Scholarship and a graduate of the School of Art Institute of Chicago, juhn has received many awards and grants to carry out her walking projects, which include "A Walk on the Camino de Santiago" in 2016. Her reception will include a traditional Korean dance performance by Kim Yeon Hwa, who trained in dance at the Korean National Gugak School and is a dancer with the Yeonjeong Korean Traditional Music Center in Daejeon, Korea. Téa Renee, our featured musician for our first 2nd SAT HAP of the season, will perform a traditional Korean folk song, along with a variety of American folksongs and other genres, many of which incorporate the theme of hope and peace. Téa Renee is a singer/songwriter who has recently returned to her native northern Minnesota after years of living abroad and in Washington State. She has won many awards for her songwriting and vocal performances and is currently a student of Berklee College of Music in Boston. She was recently featured on the Great Northern Radio Show for Northern Community Radio. Please join us for this incredible event that kicks off our season! Hope to see you all this Saturday! |
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Youth Art Exhibit Extends Deadline!
Visit us at the St. Paul Art Crawl!
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We are thrilled that the Nemeth Art Center is featured in this year’s St. Paul Art Crawl as part of the Minnesota State Arts Board showcase of exhibits supported by the Legacy Amendment!
If you are in the Twin Cities this weekend, check it out! The Minnesota State Arts Board presents A Creative Investment, a visual arts showcase, celebrating ten years of Legacy art and impact. The exhibit features work by all ages – kindergartners to older adults – and all abilities, made possible by funding provided through the Legacy Amendment. Its theme is that all Minnesotans are creative, and all benefit from the arts. Saint Paul Art Crawl No admission charge Friday, April 26, 6:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m., Opening reception at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 27, 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Park Square Court | 400 Sibley Street Suite 200 | Saint Paul, MN 55101 |
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"Along with our generous members and business sponsors, the Nemeth Art Center's 2019 season is made possible by the voters of Minnesota, through a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
