Art
Sound Unseen opening night approaching!
We can hardly believe our festival will begin a week from today! Eeep! We are buzzing with nervousness and excitement — we truly hope to see all of you out and about! If you haven’t visited our website yet, please do as our full schedule is up and you can download a PDF of our program and a quick music and film schedule to put right in your pocket!
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Experimental Music Fest and Workshop
Who is interested in attending a short experimental music fest in Duluth? I’ve got interested performers and workshop presenters. I could probably wrangle some funding, too. I’m looking at some time in the fall for a Friday-Saturday kind of thing. Still need a venue, a couple of interested volunteers and a potential crowd of workshop participants and performance attendees. Express your desires here or contact me directly through my web site.
Graffiti Artists Wanted
Looking for local graffiti artists for hire. If your work involves tagging and original art (not Disney characters or something silly like that) please give me a shoutola.
kramfriederichs @ gmail
Locally made art tiles?
Does anyone have any suggestions for local artists or galleries that sell ceramic tiles? I am looking for just a few to accent a new bathroom wall tiling project. I have seen Liz Siverston’s set of otters, moose, fox, and bear (very cute and colorful!), and there are some really neat ones at the Art Dock in DeWitt Seitz that are black and cream colored with birds. Is there anywhere else you suggest I look?
Free Movie Monday
The Duluth Art Institute kicks off the first of three Free Movie Mondays on Monday, May 24. At 6:30 pm take a self-guided tour of the exhibit: In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits on the fourth floor of the Depot the head down to the Zelda Theater on the first floor of the Depot at 7:30 pm for a screening of Rear Window.
It’s a MOVIE on MONDAY and it’s FREE!
Bob Dylan Way Manhole Contest
Common Language is sponsoring a competition for artists interested in designing Bob Dylan-themed cast-iron manhole covers for Bob Dylan Way in Duluth, Minnesota. The manhole covers will be cast at the 9th North Shore Iron Pour, which will be held this summer in Duluth.
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Kid’s Painting Picnic
Meet at Pineapple Art Center and walk to an area park to paint in the fresh air. Kid’s will get to paint their own T-shirt to take home. T-shirts and snack will be provided. Ages 3-10 welcome. Older siblings can come if needed. All must call Pineapple Arts to register.
Contact info:
124 W. First St., Duluth | (218) 722-2919
Show your face
In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits
This Thursday, May 20, from 5 to 7 pm, the the Duluth Art Institute is opening its latest exhibit “In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits.” Portrait stations will be set up along side the professional photos on view – visitors to the opening are invited to bring a camera and friends to try their own hand at the unique process of capturing a sitter’s story.
Four Boxes at Zinema 2
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA7jOaudaPI
Four Boxes, the made-in-Minnesota film starring Justin Kirk that’s having a week-long sneak preview at Zinema next week, scored two impressive national write-ups this week.
Wired: DIY Thriller Four Boxes Taps Web Voyeurism for Chills
Screen Crave: Four Boxes — Another Horror Indie That Can Make It Big?
Four Boxes plays Friday, May 21 – Thursday, May 27 at 7 p.m. nightly at Zinema 2.
Chainsaw carving outside/in event in Superior — Broadway Gardens (Hammond & Broadway)
Working Chainsaw Artists, 11am – 5:30pm, Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15.
Northwestern Middle School student Autumn Howland will join her father, Justin Howland, and fellow carver Jared Nelson on Saturday, May 15 in the second of two all-day chain saw carving events sponsored by the Superior Council for the Arts.
Justin Howland will complete a towering sculpture depicting people and elements of early history of Superior and the region in the Hammond Avenue and Broadway Street corner of the Broadway Community Gardens. Work on the sculpture will begin May 14 in the Gardens.
The 10-foot sculpture will be a prominent feature of the gardens, along with an already installed mosaic bench by Luke Krisak and Karin Kraemer, and a ceramic brick bench by Carla Stetson. Raised bed planting boxes, available for rental by community members, are another feature of the Broadway Gardens, a project of the Superior Council for the Arts.
An outside/in exhibition featuring chainsaw and other wood carvings will be shown in the Trade and Commerce Building’s North End Arts Gallery, also a project of the SCFTA.
All events are open to the public.
Portraits in photos, paint and music on the PlayList!
Discover Sarah Brokke’s portrait painting, the DAI’s new portrait show and stories from songwriters Bill & Kate Isles. Thursday, May 13, 9pm on WDSE, Channel 8 & 31. Online at theplaylistonline.org!
Introducing Duluth’s first international film + music festival!
Introducing Sound Unseen, Duluth’s inaugural international film, music and art festival! Our music headquarters will be at Pizza Lucé where a slew of some much anticipated bands will make their debut to Duluth!
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The Bitter Spills — “The Old Clyde Road”
Here’s another video from Monday night’s Homegrown Music Video Festival, in case you weren’t there. It’s Josh Carlon’s fantastic animated video for “The Old Clyde Road” by The Bitter Spills.
Sound Unseen: Duluth’s film, music and art festival
Introducing Duluth’s inaugural International Film + Music Festival: June 2-6
The Moon is Down – “My Amazing Kite”
This must be posted for your adoration. Great video featuring Abe Curran and Braxton Baker. Way to go!
MNTV Short Film Series Call for Entries
Hey all you filmmakers hanging out at Homegrown: It’s time to submit your short films to MNTV 2010! Last year Brian Barber’s excellent Homegrown animation was selected — keep ’em coming! If your film is selected, it will be broadcast on Twin Cities Public Television (TPT-TV) and streamed online, and you’ll be paid $500 in licensing fees.
If you have a film that’s 30 minutes or shorter, please download the submission guidelines and application form at ifpmn.org/mntv. Deadline for submission: June 10, 2010.
Questions? Contact Lu Lippold, llippold @ ifpmn.org, 651-644-1912 x106.
Hippie Dick is a genius
Musical weaponry and optical gear by Dick Rosvall, on display at Respect Your Mother EarthFest.
Local Talent Supporting Local Community
Sunday, May 2, University of Minnesota Duluth students and faculty will be giving from the arts. Starting at 7 PM, live vocal and instrumental performances will be filling the beautiful Sacred Heart Music Center to benefit the many important programs of CHUM (Churches United in Ministry) and Sacred Heart. Accompanying the jazz and classical stylings of some of UMD’s most talented musicians will be a silent auction of original art pieces as well as a dessert and beverage bar bringing together some of the most delicious gifts the Duluth community has to offer.
Showing your support is as simple as showing up, but any monetary donations will also be greatly appreciated. So at 7 PM, May 2, bring all your friends and family to 201 W. Fourth St. and feel free to dance!
Meet Rocky and Blossom
Carolrhoda Books Blog has posted a Chris Monroe web comic to promote her newest book, Sneaky Sheep. Check it out if you need a laugh.
Recent Landscapes – Kenneth Marunowski
Kenneth Marunowski
Recent Landscapes
Chester Creek Books & Antiques
(14th Ave E. & Superior St. in back of church across from Alakef)
Opening: 7-9 p.m., Friday, April 30, 2010
Contact Ken at: kmarunow @ kent.edu
https://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=231462
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The PlayList features Tim Kaiser, Coyote and Homegrown!
Check it out Thursday at 9 on WDSE/WRPT, local PBS. Tim’s instruments are amazing! And, there’s theplaylistonline.org to watch the show at your convenience.
Kid’s Paper Making – Reuse & Recycle
We will take a group walk through neighborhood parks to gather flowers & leaves. We will use those along with reused paper to create unique, new paper. Each child will be actively involved in creating their own paper to take home!
WHERE: Pineapple Art Center & Supplies
124 W. First St., Duluth | 218-722-2919
*call to reserve spot by Sat 4pm
WHEN: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 2-4pm
New York Times: Theater of the Variegated
“36 Hours in Duluth, Minn”
New York Times, Aug. 5, 2005
9) Theater of the Variegated
You never know what to expect at the Historic NorShor Theater (211 East Superior Street, 218-733-0072), an oasis of culture in a scruffy section of downtown. Opened as the Orpheum in 1910 and later remodeled in Art Deco style, the timeworn Norshor is part movie theater, part concert hall, part performance space, part art exhibit hall and part whatever whim strikes the management. One July weekend featured a showcase of local and Twin Cities bands; the next included all-day showings of “Dr. Strangelove.”
Made in Minnesota Thriller “Four Boxes” Coming to Zinema 2 for World Theatrical Debut
Four Boxes, a made-in-Minnesota thriller described as Rear Window on the Internet” and starring Justin Kirk (Showtime’s Weeds), will make its World Theatrical Premiere in Duluth at the Zinema 2 Theater May 21 to 27, 2010.
Written, produced and directed by Minneapolis filmmaking husband-and-wife team Wyatt McDill and Megan Huber, Four Boxes had its World Premiere at last year’s South-by-Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. The film will tour nationally in the Fall to coincide with a Halloween release of the DVD, but Duluth will be the first place in America – outside of a festival – to get a peek at the film variously described as “The Blair Witch Project meets YouTube,” and “The Sex, Lies and Videotape of our time.” Visit fourboxesthemovie.com to see the trailer and find out more!