Art Guild

Today we received our 'Art Collective' discount card!!!

We made 143.06 at our craft sale! Positive balance... and that's great

We discussed doing a trip to MPLS this fall, but we didn't make any plans.... so anyone else want to step up to the plate and organize it! SUZANNE

Zine on SPAM needs to be in 2 weeks from today!

Art Discussion group... discussion: still in planning stages... Topher will get more information....

Depot discussion: Show in the Rotunda room: we have decided that it would be most suiting to create a video piece to be projected onto the Rotunda walls. This meeting will be spent discussing possible ideas...
Video Exquisite Corpse
Connected video piece
to work on this we can use the projection gallery in the tweed and the photo area as long as there isn't class going on (Thanks Dugan).
Possible themes: fear, repetition, art world encounters. Addictions: Vices...........
so people talking into the screen seems to be the majority vote on subject matter. We need to think simple and we need to think about time restraints. How long are people going to look at this piece? How will we engage the audience if they walk into the video when some amount of time has already elapsed. NO LINEAR BEGINNING OR END.
Eavesdropping. Video and surveilance (sp?)
Conscious engagement of people- no words said, but all we do is stare. But a slight smile or glimpse to catch the viewers attention.*** I like this idea (yeilds the viewer to feel some kind of self-consciousness as they are responding to these images). the title of this piece is going to help to make it much more powerful.

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The Walker Art Center is looking for film/video submissions for the February 2nd Free First Saturday family day event called “Minnesota-made on mnartist.org.”

Attention Filmmakers!
The Walker Art Center is looking for film/video submissions for the February 2nd Free First Saturday family day event called “Minnesota-made on mnartist.org.”

Films should be 3-5 minutes in length and appropriate for kids ages 6-12. Projects can be submitted in DVD, Beta, or 16- and 35-mm film format. All films should be clearly labeled with the title, artist’s name, year of production, and the run time. Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope if you would like your film returned. For questions please contact Christina Alderman at 612.375.5812 or christina.alderman@walkerart.org.

Films should be postmarked by January 01, 2008 and sent to:
Christina Alderman
Education Programs Coordinator
Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403

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Today marked the first day of our Art Guild Craft sale!
With great sales of about 30 bucks!

We are trying to set up a book-binding workshop sometime soon, Art Guild funded! This would take place during our regular meeting time and in our regular meeting space!

Faculty studio tours need to be set up sometime soon. Any faculty members that you are interested in seeing their work, let us know so we can arrange it!

Everyone should be brainstorming some great ideas for Art Guild performance pieces. Some suggestions are in-lounge pieces outside of the Tweed, flipping over furniture in 1st floor ABAH so the stupid music kids don't sit there and be loud...etc. Post suggestions as you come up with them

TOPHER IS HAVING A HALLOWEEN PARTY ON SATURDAY...

and my birthday is tomorrow :)

The Zine has been produced and that is very exciting// lets discuss ideas for our next Zine production:
-the dictionary
-SPAM e-mail illustrations (something about the King of Zubowea)***********
So SPAM e-mail is the winner

Please have your Zine page ready for November 13th! Deadline!

"Slip it into the bag"

Suzanne says no to a hug from James...awkward (said in a half sung high falsetto)

Round room. projection idea is liked
going with circular theme possibly or even googlie eyes.
giant puppets

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Thanks to all who came out to the meeting last Tuesday, it was nice to see some new faces. Basic order to attend to:

Preparations for our Art Guild Craft sale are in full force! Last meeting we met up afterwards and made some great hand-made crafts. The following Sunday we met up at Suzanne's house

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Tuesday, October 23

10:00- (setup)
11:00-
12:00- Topher, Jennie
1:00- Kayla, Topher
2:00- Kayla
3:00- Kayla (takedown)

Wednesday, October 24

10:00- Topher, Suzanne (setup)
11:00- Suzanne, Topher
12:00- Becca, Topher
1:00- Suzanne, Kaitlyn, Becca
2:00- suzanne, Rachel, Kaitlyn, Becca
3:00- Kaitlyn, Topher (takedown)

Thursday October 25th

10:00- Cathy(setup)
11:00- Cathy
12:00- Topher, Jennie
1:00- Kayla, Topher
2:00- Kayla
3:00- Kayla (takedown)

***still need help on Tuesday and Thursday AM!***

The sale ends at 3, so takedown is 3pmish.

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"The offbeat gallery (The Soap Factory)...has the scariest public basement in southeast Minneapolis"
Mary Abbe, Star Tribune 9/13/07

"You ain't seen nothin' yet..."
The Soap Factory

Beginning October 19, The Soap Factory will open its doors to it's notoriously creepy basement for the most legitimately scary haunted house in Minneapolis. Designed by local artists Chris Pennington and Aaron Wojak, the raw confines of The Soap Factory's undeveloped basement will provide a Halloween experience unlike any other. Groups will explore the 120-year-old basement with only the light of their handheld lanterns to guide them. This event is 18+ and a waiver must be signed before entering...that's how scary it is.

WHERE?
The Soap Factory
518 2nd Street SE
Minneapolis 55414

WHEN?
OCT 19th - OCT 31st
7:00PM until 10:30PM
Important note: closed October 27th for private party

18+
Signed Waiver required

Cost: $10
All proceeds go to keeping The Soap Factory alive and well.

The Soap Factory is dedicated to the production, presentation and promotion of emerging contemporary practice across the visual arts. Committed to experimentation and risk-taking, The Soap Factory offers audiences a real and immediate experience of the arts and encourages a wider understanding of and appreciation for artists and their work.

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