Art Posts

Tea Time Art Auction and Open House

Join the Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs for the Tea Time silent art auction and open house on Thursday, May 5, from 4-7pm. The silent auction will be held at the Center for Nonviolence at 202 E. Superior St. and will showcase all varieties of local art: felting, rosemaling, print, ceramics, jewelry, photography, paintings, and more! A tea leaf reader will be on hand to tell what your future may hold and many varieties of eclectic teas and gourmet desserts will be available. Spoken word, live music, and stories from adult and child survivors of domestic abuse will be featured throughout the evening. Show your support for this important community resource!

Tangier 57 will be flowing at Homegrown

Tangier 57 at the Red Star, Friday, May 6, 11 PM

DPI Photography Contest!

VeniceOpen to everyone; over $1,500 in prizes!

Enter the Duluth Photography Institute‘s first annual 2011 Photography Contest. Five categories. Early bird registration discount ends soon.

Homegrown Banners

It’s that time of year again, the time when we magically change the secret folder that makes random silly pictures appear at the top of the PDD page. We’re looking for your Homegrown photos! So follow the same guidelines for submitting photos, but send us Homegrown-related images. You know, people drinking beer, playing rawknroll, hanging out, scans of your long-form birth certificate, and so on. We’ll rotate homegrown images during next week’s festivities.

Free Family Day — Tweed Museum of Art

Saturday, April 30, 2-4 p.m.
All ages welcome!
Free and open to the public.

What do you see?

Artists interpret the world in many ways. Explore the museum with a family activity guide to discover a variety of works of art, participate in a large group drawing activity, and create your own art work to take home.

More info…. contact Susan Hudec, Museum Education, 218-726-8527, [email protected]

Tweed Museum of Art
University of Minnesota Duluth
1201 Ordean Court
Duluth, MN 55812

Duluth Photographers Guild Photography Exhibit Closing Reception

 
(photo by Emily Rose)

Come on down for a last look at the DPG’s wide variety of photographic styles at the Duluth Photography Institute, 405 E. Superior St. on Saturday, April 30, from 5-8pm. Feel free to use the parking lots behind the building off of Fourth Avenue East. Call Brian at 218.393.2468 if you have any questions. Feel free to get more information at duluthphotographyinstitute.com or flickr.com/groups/duluthphotographersguild.

Empty Bowl, good feeling inside

17th annual Empty Bowl
Tuesday, April 26 – 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Depot, 506 West Michigan Street, Duluth

Empty Bowl benefits Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank, providing food for more than 3 million meals annually to people in need throughout northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. $15 includes a handmade bowl and a simple, delicious soup meal.

Call for Photos – Homegrown Photo Show

For those of you who have been waiting and wondering… will there be a Homegrown Photo Show (it was inadvertently left out of the schedule)…

The answer is YES.

Video Sessions with Charlie Parr and the Fontanelles

New local videos from North Shore Sessions featuring Charlie Parr & Lane Prekker, and the Fontanelles.

Two Many Banjos featured by Macedelic Studios

Duluth’s own Two Many Banjos were featured this week by Macedelic Studios. The piece included live music and conversation with singer/songwriter Marc Gartman.

You can listen to ‘An Evening with Two Many Banjos’ and get more information here. Be sure to see them performing at Duluth Homegrown!

Two Many Banjos is a dynamic and engaging band out of Duluth, MN. Producer Doug MacRostie joined singer/songwriter Marc Gartman before the performance at Terrapin Station to talk about the band’s latest release Fatwa.

Jeredt Runions’ art at J. Lydia Salon

J. Lydia Salon

Artwork by Jeredt Runions. Live music by Marc Gartman, Hattie Peterson, Ashley Northey and Shaunna Heckman. Fire dancing from the Spin Collective, hors d’oeuvres from Lave Avenue Café.

Are you thirsty?

“Are you thirsty” for a performance by In the Heart of the Beast (HOTB)?

Great Lakes Aquarium will present puppet show performances of “Are you thirsty?” by Minneapolis-based HOTB’s puppet and mask theatre.  Celebrate Earth Day on April 22-23 with this performance, which explores  issues involving a glass of water.

Earth Day Arts Festival on April 16 at Washington Studios

Washington Studios Artists’ Co-op is hosting an Earth Day themed Arts Festival, which will feature an entire day’s worth of local entertainment and a member’s exhibit in the Washington Gallery. Handmade art and crafts varying from hand blown glass and jewelry to crocheted hats will be for sale from 11 am – 5 pm. The event coincides with Duluth’s 21st Annual Art for Earth Day Gallery Hop, which offers a free trolley service running between thirteen Duluth galleries.

The Odyssey at UMD

The Odyssey by Homer
Adapted by Tom Isbell
Based on a translation by Samuel Butler
Music by Louis Dunoyer de Segonzac

April 21 – 23 & 27 – 30, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
April 24, 2011 @ 2 pm
Mainstage Theatre, Marshall Performing Arts Center

Directed by Ann Aiko Bergeron

A Bloody Good Time

Renegade Theater Company presents Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutentant of Inishmore.

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