Tim Schacker & The Jewell Wolk Quilt Project exhibit closes
2017-02-04 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
The Jewell Wolk Quilt Project (shown by Jean Wakley) and New work by Tim Schacker

January 5th – February 4th, 2017
Jean Wakley will show The Jewell Wolk Quilt Project featuring up to 11 story quilts created by her mother.
Tim Schacker Artist Statement:
I have always been interested in the design of a building as a statement about our culture and way of life. A stunning example of this is the entire city of Brazila, Brazil where an entire city was designed to reflect the values and culture of a modern Brazil. The same can be said when local communities design and build a house of worship that reflects the religious values of the religion and the age and time in which it was built.
The photographs in this portfolio were taken in churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples over the last 2 decades of my travels throughout the world. They share a common theme of reverence and faith to what I think ultimately is the same core value. When I was traveling with my family on the island of Santorini, Greece our guide stood on the worn steps of the local church we were visiting and took the hand of my eldest son and placed it in the worn grooves of the banister leading up to the church entrance. He asked him to feel all of the stories, all of the hope, all of the grief, and all of the joy of the people who had walked these steps before him into his church that had been built 500 years ago. He called it an almost perfect place. I didn’t think to ask why it was “almost” perfect but now believe that he wanted us to understand that how we interpret our faith and the way we live in that faith is through our own human eyes and imperfections. This body of work, which continues to grow and evolve, examines our houses of worship, through a lens of when it was built and how it has served its faithful overtime.

2016-17 Gallery Season Sponsor:

Free Lunch & Learn
2017-02-04 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Free Lunch & Learn Opportunity:
Eat, relax, and be transported by the power of storytelling! Jean Wakely leads guests through The Jewell Wolk Story Quilt Project, a collection of 11 story quilts created over a period of 20 years by Jewell Wolk (1924-2011) of Cut Bank, Montana. The quilts depict a wide scope of topics from Jewell’s childhood memories, her children’s lives, women’s history and biblical storytelling. Jewell left her quilts to her eldest daughter, Jean, who manages the project in Jewell’s honor. At each hour-long Lunch and Learn, Jean will share Jewell’s artistic process and cover the stories included in one of her mother’s quilts, including time for questions from attendees. Guests should bring a bag lunch. Space is limited; please reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or call 507-645-8877
January 18 11:30-12:30 The Time & Life of Ruth quilt
January 25 11:30-12:30 Women of the Plains quilt
February 4 11:30-12:30 The Purple Sandwich quilt
Jewell Wolk
Jewell was a student of life, a teacher at heart, and a curious person about life. She was also an extraordinary artist and creative storyteller. Born in 1924 to a German sodbuster farmer, Henry Otto Peterson and schoolmarm, Mary Blyth Peterson, Jewell was their third child of five. Jewell attended country school and Cut Bank High School. After high school, she was a telephone operator for the Cut Bank party line system. Jewell married Robert Walter Wolk and they raised seven children in Cut Bank. She found her quilting passion after her seven children left home. She was a strong believer in the art form of storytelling, which she felt was becoming lost in the multi-media age.
Each new quilt that Jewell made started with a question, launching Jewell on a research adventure. It would take her one to three years to fully develop the theme of each quilt.
As Jewell entered her 80’s, she was going blind, and eventually had to pack away her fabric, thread and needles and stop making her story quilts. The object of her quilts is not perfection in art nor in stitch, but in the story it depicts.
Each quilt tells a story, taking about 45 minutes to cover. Her quilts have traveled extensively, have been widely published and documented, and have been used for many storytelling events. Her daughter Jean is creating a booklet for each quilt, and presents a portion of the collection in this Storied Design exhibition.
Jean Wakely
Jean’s storytelling with her mother’s quilts has taken her across the county to many quilter and museum programs. Jean is currently creating booklets documenting each of her mother’s quilts and the stories they tell. To book Jean as a speaker, to find out more information about the quilts, visit www.StoryQuiltProject.com

Opening Reception: A Bevy of Marks: Karen Peters, Justin Peters, and Mary Ellen Frame
2017-02-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
A Bevy of Marks
Featuring Mary Ellen Frame, Justin Peters & Karen Peters
February 10 – March 11, 2017
Karen Peters
Justin Peters
Mary Ellen Frame

Join us for an Opening Reception on Friday, February 10 from 7-9 pm; Artist Talks at 7:30 pm
Karen Peters
Bio:
Karen Peters is a sculptor and printmaker working out of her home studio on the North side of Minneapolis with her family and dog, Woody. She is a member of Ironhead sculptural services that brings foundry arts to the public. Most recently she participated in a group show at Rosalux Gallery and sold a body of work to the Southeastern Community College in Faribault, MN. She received her BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, receiving the Dolly Fitterman merit award her senior year.
Artist Statement:
Color and shape come together to form thoughts and ideas that are abstract in daily life. In the prints I place lines, circles and other shapes to organize these observations. Using color and size to create the tone and feeling of the print. I’m currently creating prints that use a reduction relief process. The linoleum block is carved away to expose the color printed previously, building the layers of the print. Once this is done you can’t go back — you can only move forward and work with the colors you have chosen.
Justin Peters
Bio:
Justin Peters is a sculptor working in Minneapolis. Creating freestanding cast iron and steel sculpture. He is a member of Ironhead sculptural services that brings foundry arts to the public, specializing in furnace operation. Freelance fabricator and welder at Atomic Props and Effects. Received a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Artist Statement:
Using images that have long lines pulled from agricultural and industrial machinery, wind turbines have a perceived amount of energy and movement. Blending the old wind mill base with the new shape of the wind turbine to think about, how capturing the wind has changed from a single farmer to a wind farm. Leaving some of the marks created during the process and fabrication used to create the sculpture, reminds the viewer of the hand built aspects of the piece. The surface is left for a similar reason, to show the natural oxidation of the materials used.
Mary Ellen Frame
Artist Statement:
I take great joy in all the combinations of colors, shapes and lines of the elements in whatever environment I find myself; I find novelty in their arrangements, how they are sometimes surprisingly juxtaposed.
There are so many different ways that plants express concentric circles and spirals. It’s amazing what water does to sand, how first and snow transform man-made objects as well as trees and weeds, how changing seasons give us shifting shapes and colors. Water, having no shape or color of its own, takes shape from vessels and wind action, from evaporation and freezing. It transmits and reflects color. Regularity is displayed in the spacing of plants of the same species, or leaf arrangements on individual plants and the clustering of fruit and seeds. Sometimes lines become more appealing when they deviate from parallel. There’s often a sweetness to fringes and frills and feathery texture. Leaves have such myriad veining, shapes, textures and edges that are scalloped, jagged, or smooth. We move through a visual feast.

2016-17 Gallery Season Sponsor:

Artist Conversation
2017-02-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Northfield Library Upstairs Pye Meeting Room, 210 Washington Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Topic for February 23: How to prepare for a juried show
Jill Ewald, a Northfield, MN artist working in painting and drawing will kick off the conversation with a brief overview of her knowledge and experiences on this topic. After this introduction, the rest of the time will be for attendees to ask questions, and discuss their experiences, tips and ideas with the group.
Interested in attending? Please reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or calling (507) 645-8877.

Join us for our monthly Artist Conversations! This is a time (every 4th Thursday from 6-8 pm) for emerging and professional artists to gather in a small group setting to discuss topics relevant to visual artists. These gatherings are free and open to the public, but as space is limited, please reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or calling (507) 645-8877.
Each conversation will focus on one topic such as:

The business of art – taxes, taking payments, etc.
How to regularly show your work
Blogging for artists
Framing – simple DIY frames versus purchased frames – what works best?
Discussing local resources for supplies, such as handmade papers, presented byThe Sketchy Artist
What does success as an artist mean to you?
Activism & Art

Topic for March 23: How to apply for a grant
Have a topic to suggest? Please email your idea to heather@northfieldartsguild.org

Bevy of Marks: Karen Peters, Justin Peters, and Mary Ellen Frame Exhibition Closes
2017-03-11 08:00 - 17:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Karen Peter Artist Statement:
Process is deeply rooted in my practice. Process builds form; it provides a beginning and an end. My current sculpture pairs cast iron with wool elements to complete an idea. The work starts with a knit pattern; that is traditionally viewed as soft, comforting and flexible. Then the pattern is cast in iron and becomes rigid, inflexible and heavy. Once the cast piece has been cleaned and finished the wool component of the sculpture is created, using knit or wet felting techniques. This creates sculptures with sharp contrast in color and texture.
Sharp contrast that is intended to challenge the roles implied by process, materials and history. In this recent body of work, the soft object will support the rigid sculpture – challenging the ideas of strong and supportive.
The prints I’m currently creating use a reduction process. The linoleum block is carved away to expose the color printed previously, building the layers of the print. Once this is done you can’t go back – you can only move forward and work with the colors you have chosen. The content of the prints are color and shape, used to form thoughts and ideas that are abstract in daily life. In the prints I meticulously place lines, circles and other shapes to organize these observations. The colors and size of the prints define these feelings or expressions. I enjoy this process as it always pushes me forward.

Justin Peters Artist Statement:
Currently working with cast iron, concrete, and fabricated steel to form and shape sculptures that are representative of boats, air planes and wind turbines. Vessels that have a perceived motion or movement. Images that have long lines pulled from agricultural and industrial machinery. The true integrity of the materials used is important to show the process and fabrication methods used.

Mary Ellen Frame Artist Statement:
I take great joy in all the combinations of colors, shapes and lines of the elements in whatever environment I find myself; I find novelty in their arrangements, how they are sometimes surprisingly juxtaposed.
There are so many different ways that plants express concentric circles and spirals. It’s amazing what water does to sand, how frst and snow transform man-made objects as well as trees and weeds, how changing seasons give us shifting shapes and colors. Water, having no shape or color of its own, takes shape from vessels and wind action, from evaporation and freezing. It transmits and reflects color. Regularity is displayed in the spacing of plants of the same species, or leaf arrangements on individual plants and the clustering of fruit and seeds. Sometimes lines become more appealing when they deviate from parallel. There’s often a sweetness to fringes and frills and feathery texture. Leaves have such myriad veining, shapes, textures and edges that are scalloped, jagged, or smooth. We move through a visual feast.
Mary Ellen Frame

2016-17 Gallery Season Sponsor:

"Artopia" Opens Northfield Area All-School Show
2017-03-15 12:00 - 18:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Artopia
Northfield Area All-School Show
March 15-April 8, 2017
This exhibition features student work from Arcadia Charter School, Area Learning Center, Bridgewater Elementary School, Greenvale Park Community School, Northfield Area Homeschool Classes, Northfield High School, Northfield Middle School, Prairie Creek Community School, Sibley Elementary School, and St. Dominic Catholic School.
The gallery walls are filled top to bottom with 2D and 3D artwork from local students grades K-12! See the progression of fantastic arts education here in the Northfield community and be sure to join us for Imagination Celebration on Saturday, April 1 from 10 am- 2 pm!
During Imagination Celebration, the local art teachers will be present to guide visitors through and answer questions regarding the show.

Exhibition Sponsor:
Professional Pride Realty, LLC

2016-17 Gallery Season sponsored by:

All School Show exhibit closes
2017-04-08 08:00 - 17:00 | MN
Each spring, the Northfield Arts Guild hosts an All-School Art Show featuring visual artwork by K-12 students in Northfield Public, Private, Charter and Home Schools.
Exhibit Sponsor:
Professional Pride Realty

2016-17 Gallery Season Sponsor:

The Studio - FREE Drop-in Studio
2017-04-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Supported by YouthBank, this is a FREE drop-in open studio for middle school and high school youth. Stop by with your friends and get creative! Art-making supplies will be available.

"6 Fifths" Exhibition Opens
2017-04-13 12:00 - 18:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
St. Olaf and Carleton 5th-Year EA Exhibition
Every year, a select group of senior art majors are invited to continue their studies at St. Olaf College and Carleton College as part of a 5th-year emerging artist/education assistant program. The Northfield Arts Guild is proud to showcase these up-and-coming artists!
This exhibition consists of various pieces created during the duration of their 5th-year experience.

Exhibition Sponsor:

2016-17 Gallery Season sponsored by:

Artist Studio Visit
2017-04-20 18:00 - 20:00 | MN
​Kathy Miller, well-known watercolor artist (visit her website) is hosting our third Studio Visit on Thursday, April 20 from 6 – 8 pm. We have 6 spaces remaining, please RSVP by Tuesday, April 18 if you would like to join us.
Have you ever wondered about how other artists work, and the spaces where they create? As part of our continuing efforts to connect artists, and provide opportunities for artist professional development, the Arts Guild is organizing regular Studio Visits.

Local, professional artists will host these Studio Visits for 8 – 12 guests. After a brief tour/ demo, this will be a time for guests to network and share stories. These visits are intended to provide a space for asking questions about techniques, the technical aspects of setting up or redoing a studio space, and for learning about how other working artists are creating.

The Studio – FREE Drop-in Studio
2017-04-22 18:00 - 20:00, 2017-05-06 18:00 - 20:00, 2017-05-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States

Spring Art Series
2017-04-23 16:00 - 17:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
FREE for Youth and their Mentors, please contact your program manager to RVSP. Limited space available. All classes held in the downstairs art studio in the Northfield Arts Guild from 4-5 pm.
April 23 – Good Day Collage
May 21 – Creating Objects for Specific Purpose
June 11 – Creating Art that Looks Like Food

Sponsored by:

Supported in part by the Northfield Healthly Community Initiative, with contributions from Northfield Hospital & Clinics, and the United Way

5th Year exhibit closes
2017-05-13 | MN
Every year, a select group of senior art majors are invited to continue their studies at St. Olaf College and Carleton College as part of a 5th year intern/apprentice program. The Northfield Arts Guild is proud to showcase these up-and-coming emerging artists!
This exhibition consists of various pieces created during the duration of their 5th-year experience.
Exhibit Sponsor:

2016-17 Gallery Season Sponsor:

Artist Reception: Honors Art Show
2017-05-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Total Eclipse of the HE(ART)
Northfield High School Honors Art Show
May 17-June 10, 2017
Please join us for an Artist Reception on Friday, May 19 from 7 – 9 pm, with Artist Talks at 7:30 pm. Refreshments will be served.

This exhibition features 25 amazing junior and senior student artists enrolled in Honors Art this year. They have each worked tirelessly to prepare cohesive and professional bodies of thematic work. This year’s group includes illustrators, painters, potters, sculptors, mixed media specialists, and computer illustrators.
Come celebrate these Honors Art students: Brynn Artley, Sophie Bernstorf, Katie Brust, Emma Byhre, Lina Colangelo, Evan Day Diggins, Hannah Edwards, Emily Eicher, Jonie Erickson, Gabi Estrada, Liz Evenson, Anne France, Emilia Fredrickson, Anna Hawkins-Saurer, May Hayes, Ellie Ims, Hannah Johnson, Olivia Keske, Maddie LaPanta, Caleb Leonard, Oliver Math, Christian Olsen, Noah Schomburg, Irene Stoutland & Marissa Thornton

Exhibition Sponsors:

2016-17 Gallery Season sponsored by:

Artist Conversation
2017-05-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Northfield Library Upstairs Pye Meeting Room, 210 Washington Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Topic for May 25: The Business of Art
You asked for opportunities to grow as artists, and we listened!
This conversation will focus on an overview of points artists should consider when launching a business with their art. These points include: key questions to ask yourself about your business, how to identify your ideal customers, identifying where to sell, taking payments, tax considerations, legal considerations, etc.
We are pleased to announce that Barbara Zaveruha will kick off this conversation with an overview of her knowledge and experiences based on her successful business, Prairie Creek Pottery. After this introduction, the rest of the time will be for attendees to ask questions, and discuss their experiences, tips and ideas with the group.
Interested in attending? Please reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or calling (507) 645-8877.
Join us for our monthly Artist Conversations! This is a time (every 4th Thursday from 6-8 pm) for emerging and professional artists to gather in a small group setting to discuss topics relevant to visual artists. These gatherings are free and open to the public, but as space is limited, please reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or calling (507) 645-8877.
Each conversation will focus on one topic such as:

How to set up an inventory tracking system
How to price your work
How to regularly show your work
Creating a website for your work
Blogging for artists
How to create a cohesive body of work
Social Media for artists
Bookkeeping for artists

Topic for June 22: Tips for Tracking Inventory
Topic for July 27: Blogging for Artists
Have a topic to suggest? Please email your idea to heather@northfieldartsguild.org

Artist Reception for Patsy Dew
2017-06-01 17:30 - 19:00 | F-Town, 22 4th Street NE, Faribault, MN, 55021, United States
Days of Wine & Roses, Beer & Blooms
photography by Patsy Dew
April 7-June 30, 2017
Please join us for an artist reception on Thursday, June 1 from 5:30-7 pm at F-Town Brewing
22 4th Street NE
Faribault, MN 55021
Artist Statement
Patsy Dew
I play with my camera, as if tasting visual candy. Flowers intrigue me because of their beauty, color and changing nature with time. I find great beauty in wilting blooms. I am a voyeur, trying to catch significant moments without the subject’s awareness of The Photographer.
The camera is a marvelous tool for capturing moments, for freezing time. I look for those images that show the symbolism of the moment: the fleeting nature of life in a small town, or the eternal qualities of peaceful moments in a noisy metropolis.

Free Lunch & Learn
2017-06-07 11:30 - 12:30 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Free Lunch & Learn Opportunity:
Eat, relax, and be transported by the power of storytelling! This month focuses on the many aspects of metal; from cast iron, and plasma cutting to welding. Artists Karen and Justin Peters and Jennifer Wolcott will show and talk about their work, including time for questions from attendees. Guests should bring a bag lunch. Space is limited; please reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or call 507-645-8877
Main Gallery, Northfield Arts Guild 304 Division Street
Wednesday, June 7 11:30-12:30 Karen & Justin Peters
Wednesday, June 21 11:30-12:30 Jennifer Wolcott

***ALSO: Join Justin & Karen for a Scratch Tile Workshop (June 17) & Iron Pour (June 24)***
Make your own iron tile/ sculpture! Thanks to a grant from the South Eastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) the Paradise Center for the Arts is able to offer these classes at a discounted rate of $45 per person! Don’t miss out on these rare classes!
For all of the details, please visit HERE

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

NHS Honors Art Students exhibit closes
2017-06-10 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Total Eclipse of the Art
“Total Eclipse of the Art” is the annual exhibition of Honors Art Students at the Northfield Arts Guild. Opening May 17 and running June 10, the show features twenty-five Northfield High School junior and senior Honors Art student artists. Come meet the artists on Friday, May 19 from 7:00 to 9:00 during their Artist Reception in the main gallery.
Instructor Katherine Norrie says of her students, “They are each working tirelessly to prepare cohesive and professional bodies of thematic work. This year’s group includes illustrators, painters, potters, sculptors, mixed media specialists, and computer illustrators.”
Exhibition Sponsor:

2016-17 Gallery Season Sponsor:

Experiential Exhibition Opens
2017-06-15 12:00 - 18:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Experiential
Featuring Roxanne Richards & Joy Davis Ripley
June 15 – July 15, 2017

Please join us for an Artist Reception on Friday, June 23 from 7 – 9 pm, with Artist Talks at 7:30 pm. Refreshments will be served. This reception also features the SEMAC Capstone Event for Tintypes and Authenticiy by Terra LaChance.

Roxanne Richards Artist Statement:
I have read that being comfortable alone with one’s self is a great gift. During the past two years, I have found myself alone for long periods of time. Although being alone is not something I would have chosen for myself, life decided to give it to me anyway. I had to overcome seeing aloneness as a punishment or a burden so I could embrace the freedom that being alone can bring. My work explores how we think aloneness feels, how aloneness feels and the opportunities aloneness brings.
As a colorist, I find dry pastel the perfect medium to explore the depths of color since dry pastels are almost pure pigment. Isopropyl alcohol mixed with dry pastels allows me to both draw and paint with the pastels. This handling of the medium produces a very atmospheric and layered effect, which conveys the ambiguity of my new normal. The figures move in and out of the picture plane confirming my uncertainty of what the future holds and conveys the loss and incertitude over what was but us no more. The one thing all of the figures possess is the desire to be comfortable again.
Roxanne Richards Website

Joy Davis Ripley Artist Statement:
After my daughter was born prematurely in 2010 she experienced significant development delays. In an attempt to get distance on my own life during this time, I picked up my camera and used the LCD display. I realized that my anxiety and fear for my daughter were greatly reduced as I lost myself in trying to defamiliarize the subjects in my viewfinder. I’m drawn to strong lines, bursts of color, and details that allow for fresh perspectives. As I continued to experience an increased sense of well-being from my photography, I began wondering if mindfully integrating art into our daily lives could lead to a reprieve from our harried, hurried lives. In the late fall of 2015, I began creating designs from my fine-art photographs and transferring the results onto durable, long-lasting textiles in environmentally-friendly processes. The result is eye-catching, flattering ArtWear in performance-wear fabrics, able to go straight from a strenuous hike to dinner and drinks.
Joy Davis Ripley website
Exhibition Sponsor:

2016-17 Gallery Season sponsored by:

Free Lunch & Learn
2017-06-21 11:30 - 12:30 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Free Lunch & Learn Opportunity:
Eat, relax, and be transported by the power of storytelling! This month focuses on the many aspects of creating art with metal; from cast iron to plasma cutting to welding. On June 21, Artist Jennifer Wolcott will show and talk about her work, including time for questions from attendees. Guests should bring a bag lunch. Space is limited; please reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or call 507-645-8877
Main Gallery, Northfield Arts Guild 304 Division Street
Wednesday, June 21 11:30-12:30

Artist Conversation
2017-06-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Northfield Library Upstairs Pye Meeting Room, 210 Washington Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Topic for June 22: Tips for Creating a System for Tracking Inventory
You asked for opportunities to grow as artists, and we listened!
This conversation will focus on an overview of tips artists can consider when setting up an inventory tracking system for their artwork. This discussion be most useful for people who create a decent amount of work in a year (or want to!), and are seeking ways to be more organized about where it goes and knowing how long it takes to make. A solid inventory and time tracking system can help people be more informed about their creative process and result in less stressful pre-deadline making.
We are pleased to announce that Kip O’Krongly will kick off this conversation with an overview of her knowledge and experiences based on successfully creating and showing her ceramic work nationally. After this introduction, the rest of the time will be for attendees to ask questions, and discuss their experiences, tips and ideas with the group.
Interested in attending? Please reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or calling (507) 645-8877.

Join us for our monthly Artist Conversations! This is a time (every 4th Thursday from 6-8 pm) for emerging and professional artists to gather in a small group setting to discuss topics relevant to visual artists. These gatherings are free and open to the public, but as space is limited, please reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or calling (507) 645-8877.
Each conversation will focus on one topic such as:

How to price your work
How to regularly show your work
Creating a website for your work
How to create a cohesive body of work
Social Media for artists
Bookkeeping for artists

Topic for July 27: Blogging for Artists
Have a topic to suggest? Please email your idea to heather@northfieldartsguild.org

Share Your Colors
2017-07-01 10:00 - 15:00 | MN
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you!
Join us on July 1st, 2017 as several Northfield neighborhoods transform into hubs for expression and connecting with neighbors and strangers alike. Through performance, art, and discussion, Share Your Colors celebrates Northfield’s diverse community while sharing what it means to be “home.”
Everyone in Northfield is invited to participate in Share Your Colors, to be a part of conversations, and to create!

10 am – 12 pm: Greenvale Park School greenspace
(Rain location: St. Dominic church)
Performance by: Senior Center Country Line Dance
There will also be Zumba instruction!

1 pm – 3 pm: Jefferson Park
(Rain location: Northfield YMCA)
Performances by: Folklorico and Aztec Dance

If you would like to perform please contact Bridget Novak, Resident Teaching Artist and Education Coordinator: bridget@northfieldartsguild.org

Free Lunch & Learn
2017-07-12 11:30 - 12:30 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Free Lunch & Learn Opportunity

Eat, relax and be transformed by the power of storytelling! Join pastel artist, Roxanne Richards as she takes guests through an exploration of the current body of work she’s exhibiting in the Main Gallery of the Arts Guild.Roxanne will demonstrate how she uses dry pastels, discuss the artistic influences that have shaped this work, and reveal the direction that her work is headed. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions, and may bring a bag lunch. Reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or calling (507) 645-8877.

Read more about Roxanne in this recent article in the Northfield News:
Northfield Arts Guild explores new art techniques at ‘Lunch and Learn’

Experiential Exhibition Closes
2017-07-15 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Experiential
Featuring Roxanne Richards & Joy Davis Ripley
June 15 – July 15, 2017

Roxanne Richards Artist Statement:
I have read that being comfortable alone with one’s self is a great gift. During the past two years, I have found myself alone for long periods of time. Although being alone is not something I would have chosen for myself, life decided to give it to me anyway. I had to overcome seeing aloneness as a punishment or a burden so I could embrace the freedom that being alone can bring. My work explores how we think aloneness feels, how aloneness feels and the opportunities aloneness brings.
As a colorist, I find dry pastel the perfect medium to explore the depths of color since dry pastels are almost pure pigment. Isopropyl alcohol mixed with dry pastels allows me to both draw and paint with the pastels. This handling of the medium produces a very atmospheric and layered effect, which conveys the ambiguity of my new normal. The figures move in and out of the picture plane confirming my uncertainty of what the future holds and conveys the loss and incertitude over what was but us no more. The one thing all of the figures possess is the desire to be comfortable again.
Roxanne Richards Website

Joy Davis Ripley Artist Statement:
After my daughter was born prematurely in 2010 she experienced significant development delays. In an attempt to get distance on my own life during this time, I picked up my camera and used the LCD display. I realized that my anxiety and fear for my daughter were greatly reduced as I lost myself in trying to defamiliarize the subjects in my viewfinder. I’m drawn to strong lines, bursts of color, and details that allow for fresh perspectives. As I continued to experience an increased sense of well-being from my photography, I began wondering if mindfully integrating art into our daily lives could lead to a reprieve from our harried, hurried lives. In the late fall of 2015, I began creating designs from my fine-art photographs and transferring the results onto durable, long-lasting textiles in environmentally-friendly processes. The result is eye-catching, flattering ArtWear in performance-wear fabrics, able to go straight from a strenuous hike to dinner and drinks.
Joy Davis Ripley website
Exhibition Sponsor:

2016-17 Gallery Season sponsored by:

"Of Brush and Lens" Exhibition Opens
2017-07-20 12:00 - 18:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Of Brush and Lens
Paintings by Rachel Egeberg and photographs by Michael Wetteland
July 20 – August 19, 2017

Please join us for an Artist Reception on Friday, August 4 from 7 – 9 pm, with Artist Talks at 7:30 pm. Refreshments will be served.

Rachel Egeberg Artist Statement:
This show encompasses work I’ve made over the past two years. The earliest work is 2′ x 2′ foot masonite boards, followed by the cut paper and acrylic on mat board, and most recently the small works on mat board with graphite and acrylic. Several months passed between each body of work, yet they all represent my interest in mark making, color, composition, shape and movement through a space.
These paintings are about movement – the way that line and form traverse space. They embody the energy and looseness with which I work. I paint rapidly and instinctively, keeping my eyes sharp and my brush strokes confident, which in turn provides great freedom to play with the subtleties of color in an evolving composition. This way of working requires trust. Letting go. Embracing the raw and “unfinished” and compelling all that builds up in the body to egress.
They are about finding and trusting in the flow of your life. Trusting in the darkness and the light. Experimenting with line and color and pace and movement and letting it all come together to create something that feels alive and expansive. A manifestation of the powerful creative force that is within each of us.

Michael Wetteland Artist Statement:
There is something elusive that touches and captivates me in the blossom’s detail, the magnificence of a grand landscape, or the minutiae of the forest ﬂoor. It is there in the fragrance of lilac, the oblique light of an autumn afternoon, or the wind moving through prairie grass. It is palpable yet eludes concept and description.
Experienced, I wish to express and share it with others. My endeavor to do so utilizes the medium of digital photography to capture the raw materials for an image. I do not use the medium to document an event or moment in time. I use it to capture a moment that will become the foundation for an image that will move beyond a photographic document. Creating the image, that is to bring the raw digital ﬁle to completion, I use the wonderful artistic tools the photographic medium offers today.
My intent is to create a bridge of light, color, and form between myself and the viewer. If I am successful the image becomes an invitation for the viewer to enter, participate in, and hopefully enjoy what the landscape has shared with me.
Exhibition Sponsors:

2016-17 Gallery Season sponsored by:

Artist Mixer @ Tanzenwald
2017-07-20 17:30 - 19:00 | Tanzenwald Brewing Company, 103 Water Street North, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Brand new artist?
Been an artist for a long time?
Embarking on a new technique?
New to Northfield?
Lived here forever?
All of these are great reasons to be a pART of the Northfield Arts Guild’s 4th Artist Mixer of the 2016-17 season! Bring a friend, all visual artists welcome!
Enjoy appetizers & connecting with visual artists from our area.
Please RSVP by July 19 to heather@northfieldartsguild.org, or by calling (507) 645-8877

Artist Conversation
2017-07-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Northfield Library Upstairs Pye Meeting Room, 210 Washington Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Topic for July 27: Effective Blogging for Artists
You asked for opportunities to grow as artists, and we listened!
This conversation will focus on an overview of tips for artists to implement if they want to start a blog, or want to improve the effectiveness of their current blog.
We are pleased to announce that, Glynnis Lessing will kick off this conversation with an overview of her knowledge and experiences based on successfully utilizing her website and blog to promote her ceramic work nationally. The conversation will cover:
1. What to write about, including sample types of posts.
2. Best practices for how often to post, length of posts, and utilizing images.
3. How to get your blog noticed.
During this conversation attendees are welcomed to ask questions, and discuss their experiences, tips and ideas with the group.
Interested in attending? Please reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or calling (507) 645-8877.

Join us for our monthly Artist Conversations! This is a time (every 4th Thursday from 6-8 pm) for emerging and professional artists to gather in a small group setting to discuss topics relevant to visual artists. These gatherings are free and open to the public, but as space is limited, please reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or calling (507) 645-8877.
Each conversation will focus on one topic such as:

How to price your work
How to regularly show your work
Creating a website for your work
How to create a cohesive body of work
Social Media for artists
Bookkeeping for artists

Topic for August 24: Tax Advice for Artists
Have a topic to suggest? Please email your idea to heather@northfieldartsguild.org

Artist Reception
2017-08-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Please join us for an Artist Reception on Friday, August 4 from 7 – 9 pm, with Artist Talks at 7:30 pm. Refreshments will be served.

Of Brush and Lens
Paintings by Rachel Egeberg and photographs by Michael Wetteland
July 20 – August 19, 2017

Rachel Egeberg Artist Statement:
This show encompasses work I’ve made over the past two years. The earliest work is 2′ x 2′ foot masonite boards, followed by the cut paper and acrylic on mat board, and most recently the small works on mat board with graphite and acrylic. Several months passed between each body of work, yet they all represent my interest in mark making, color, composition, shape and movement through a space.
These paintings are about movement – the way that line and form traverse space. They embody the energy and looseness with which I work. I paint rapidly and instinctively, keeping my eyes sharp and my brush strokes confident, which in turn provides great freedom to play with the subtleties of color in an evolving composition. This way of working requires trust. Letting go. Embracing the raw and “unfinished” and compelling all that builds up in the body to egress.
They are about finding and trusting in the flow of your life. Trusting in the darkness and the light. Experimenting with line and color and pace and movement and letting it all come together to create something that feels alive and expansive. A manifestation of the powerful creative force that is within each of us.

Michael Wetteland Artist Statement:
There is something elusive that touches and captivates me in the blossom’s detail, the magnificence of a grand landscape, or the minutiae of the forest ﬂoor. It is there in the fragrance of lilac, the oblique light of an autumn afternoon, or the wind moving through prairie grass. It is palpable yet eludes concept and description.
Experienced, I wish to express and share it with others. My endeavor to do so utilizes the medium of digital photography to capture the raw materials for an image. I do not use the medium to document an event or moment in time. I use it to capture a moment that will become the foundation for an image that will move beyond a photographic document. Creating the image, that is to bring the raw digital ﬁle to completion, I use the wonderful artistic tools the photographic medium offers today.
My intent is to create a bridge of light, color, and form between myself and the viewer. If I am successful the image becomes an invitation for the viewer to enter, participate in, and hopefully enjoy what the landscape has shared with me.
Exhibition Sponsors:

2016-17 Gallery Season sponsored by:
