Northfield Arts Guild

Choir Country
2018-05-06 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | St. John’s Lutheran Church, 500 Third Street West, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester, MN
One Performance: Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 3:00pm
Venue: St. John’s Hall, 500 3rd St. W, Northfield, MN 55057
A celebration of the rich choral traditions of our region

The Northfield Arts Guild will host the Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester, Minnesota for a Choir Country concert on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 3:00 pm. This celebration of rich choral traditions will be held at St. John’s Hall, 500 Third Street West, Northfield.
Choir Country is a celebration of Minnesota’s finest composers and the deep roots of exceptional choral singing in our region. Minnesota has a tradition of top-quality choral performance and choral composition. Building on the foundations laid by F. Melius Christiansen, Dominick Argento, Stephen Paulus, Libby Larsen and many others, a richly talented and diverse body of contemporary Minnesota-based composers are creating beautiful new music for choirs. The Choir Country concert features works by thirteen of these vibrant and eloquent composers – including video clips of the composers talking about their craft. Minnesota Public Radio classical music host Steve Staruch conducted the video interviews.
Now entering its 33rd season, Choral Arts Ensemble is an auditioned choir founded by Rick Kvam. Its volunteer members are from Rochester and throughout Southeast Minnesota. Seasonal repertoire includes a cappella works from the Renaissance to the present day, in addition to a variety of choral/orchestral works. Since 1996 Choral Arts Ensemble has commissioned and premiered more than fifty new choral works. Its catalog of fifteen CDs includes Minnesota Voices and Hail, Minnesota! – both featuring works by Minnesota composers.
The Northfield Arts Guild aims to showcase the arts of our region across the spectrum of artistic disciplines. The Guild is pleased to host the Choral Arts Ensemble’s performance in Northfield.
Tickets for Choir Country are $15 for adults and $10.00 for seniors & students. Tickets are available online at northfieldartsguild.org, by calling 507.645.8877, or at the Guild’s Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street South, Northfield.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
For more information please visit www.choralartsensemble.org

The Northfield Experience
2018-05-06 13:00 | The Grand Event Center, 316 Washington Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Performances:
Fri, May 4, 2018, 6:00pm
Sat, May 5, 2018, 1:00pm
Sat, May 5, 2018, 5:00pm
Sun, May 6, 2018, 1:00pm
Sun, May 6, 2018, 5:00pm
Veteran Director/Choreographer/Media Artist Stephan Koplowitz is producingThe Northfield Experience,a site-specific, immersive performance event in May 2018 using the town of Northfield, MN as its canvas and subject matter. Comprised of a series of inter-laced performances of theater, dance, visual installations, and digital media, this performance event will be inspired by the history, architecture, and unique community of Northfield. Koplowitz is excited to work and collaborate with St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges and the greater Northfield community where the spirit of history, industry, and scholarship still thrive. The Northfield Experience will engage students, alumni, professors and Curriculum from both colleges, in addition to members of specific Northfield institutions and businesses. It aims not only to create a unique artistic experience, but to bring together several academic and public communities united towards the development and creation of this work. An intended outcome is that all involved parties will be more closely aligned and acquainted following this shared collaboration.
This is a progressive venue production. Most locations are within walking distance, but an ADA bus is available upon request.
The production begins at The Grand Event Center, 316 Washington Street, Northfield, MN.

Carleton and St. Olaf students may attend the 6pm Thursday night dress rehearsal for free with student id.

Thank you to Northfield Economic Development Authority (EDA) for their support.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowmanet for the Arts grants impact indiduals and communities, visit 222.arts.gov.

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

The Northfield Experience
2018-05-05 17:00, 2018-05-05 13:00, 2018-05-04 18:00 | The Grand Event Center, 316 Washington Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Performances:
Fri, May 4, 2018, 6:00pm
Sat, May 5, 2018, 1:00pm
Sat, May 5, 2018, 5:00pm
Sun, May 6, 2018, 1:00pm
Sun, May 6, 2018, 5:00pm
Veteran Site Artist and Director Stephan Koplowitz is producing The Northfield Experience, a site-specific, immersive performance event using the town of Northfield, MN as its canvas and inspiration. Audiences will experience a series of interlaced performances of theater, dance, visual installations, and digital media taking place at several locations throughout Northfield. This performance event is inspired by the history, architecture, and unique community of Northfield. Koplowitz is collaborating with St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges and the greater Northfield community where the spirit of history, industry, and scholarship thrive and will engage students, alumni, and professors from both colleges, in addition to members of specific Northfield institutions and businesses. The Northfield Experience will be a unique, one of a kind performance event and experience, not to be missed!
This is a progressive venue production. Most locations are within walking distance, but an ADA bus is available upon request.
The production begins at The Grand Event Center, 316 Washington Street, Northfield, MN.

Carleton and St. Olaf students may attend the 6pm Thursday night dress rehearsal for free with student id.

Thank you to Northfield Economic Development Authority (EDA) for their support.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowmanet for the Arts grants impact indiduals and communities, visit 222.arts.gov.

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

Troubadours' Concert
2018-04-29 15:00 | MN
The Troubadours’ Spring Concert is Sunday, April 29th at 3:00pm at Bethel Lutheran Church, Northfield.
Guest appearance by the Limestones of St. Olaf!
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 & cultural heritage fund.

The King's New Clothes
2018-04-28 19:30 - 20:30 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
The King’s New Clothes is the Project Purple Door touring production.
This is a delightful, funny re-telling of the Hans Christian Andersen story. The vain and childish king is duped by two schemers who convince him that they can make him a unique suit of clothes that is not only beautiful, but magical– it can only be seen by those who are honest. What will happen when the king is presented with his new threads? The King’s New Clothes is a funny and fast-paced parable about pride, delusion and human nature.
Performances:
Friday, April 27, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield
Project Purple Door is an extension of PDYT and focuses on ensemble-based storytelling, building productions through imaginative theatricality and minimal stagecraft.
Tickets for these performances are only $6.00 each for all ages.
Pay-what-you’re-able tickets will be available at the door only for the Saturday 2:00 pm performance.
A Purple Door Youth Theater Production
Students: Be a pART of this exciting production! Director Rachel Haider, will host The King’s New Clothes audition in February 2018.
2017-18 Purple Door Youth Theater programming is sponsored by:
Kevin Ely and Jerry Fox and by
2018-19 Education programs sponsored by:

The King's New Clothes
2018-04-28 14:00 - 15:30 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
The King’s New Clothes, by Kevin Holmstrom Bradshaw, is the Project Purple Door touring production.
This is a delightful, funny re-telling of the Hans Christian Andersen story. The vain and childish king is duped by two schemers who convince him that they can make him a unique suit of clothes that is not only beautiful, but magical– it can only be seen by those who are honest. What will happen when the king is presented with his new threads? The King’s New Clothes is a funny and fast-paced parable about pride, delusion and human nature.
Performances:
Friday, April 27, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield
Project Purple Door is an extension of PDYT and focuses on ensemble-based storytelling, building productions through imaginative theatricality and minimal stagecraft.
Tickets for these performances are only $6.00 each for all ages. Pay-what-you’re-able tickets will be available at the door only for the Saturday 2:00 pm performance.

A Purple Door Youth Theater Production
FEATURING:
Andy Amundson
Kaitlin Bailey
Mae Bowers
Claire Casson
Alannah Clarey
Quinn Fintel
Sam Froehle
Caden Hildahl
Zach Hosterman
Genevieve Knutson
Silas Leer
Zach Perkins
Joran Peterson
Anna Pitsavis Wakely
Kyra Reverman
Hazel Shuffelton
Cully Trotman
Rachel Wolff
2017-18 Purple Door Youth Theater programming is sponsored by:
Kevin Ely and Jerry Fox and by
2018-19 Education programs sponsored by:

The King's New Clothes
2018-04-27 19:30 - 20:30 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
The King’s New Clothes, by Kevin Holmstrom Bradshaw, is a Project Purple Door production.
This is a delightful re-telling of the Hans Christian Andersen story. The vain and childish king is duped by schemers who convince him that they can make him a unique suit of clothes that is not only beautiful, but magical– it can only be seen by those who are honest. What will happen when the king is presented with his new threads? The King’s New Clothes is a funny and fast-paced parable about pride, delusion and human nature. GREAT FOR ALL AGES.
Performances:
Friday, April 27, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield
Project Purple Door is an extension of PDYT and focuses on ensemble-based storytelling, building productions through imaginative theatricality and minimal stagecraft.
Tickets for these performances are only $6.00 each for all ages.
Pay-what-you’re-able tickets will be available at the door for the Saturday 2:00 pm performance.

A Purple Door Youth Theater Production
FEATURING:
Andy Amundson
Kaitlin Bailey
Mae Bowers
Claire Casson
Alannah Clarey
Quinn Fintel
Sam Froehle
Caden Hildahl
Zach Hosterman
Genevieve Knutson
Silas Leer
Zach Perkins
Joran Peterson
Anna Pitsavis Wakely
Kyra Reverman
Hazel Shuffelton
Cully Trotman
Rachel Wolff
2017-18 Purple Door Youth Theater programming is sponsored by:
Kevin Ely and Jerry Fox and by
2018-19 Education programs sponsored by:

Artist Conversation: Preparing for Art Festivals
2018-04-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Northfield Library Upstairs Pye Meeting Room, 210 Washington Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Topic for April 26: Preparing for Art Festivals
You asked for opportunities to grow as artists, and we listened!
Many artists are looking for new ways to show their work, and will be participating in outdoor art festivals this year. For juried festivals, what do successful artists do to get accepted into the festival? Once you’re in, what makes an effective booth set up? And more…
We’re here to help! A panel of experts: Patsy Dew, Angie Ekern and Heather Lawrenz will lead a conversation focused around preparing for art festivals. During this conversation attendees are encouraged to ask questions and share their tips and experiences.
Interested in attending? Space is limited, 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 6-7:30 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.
Each conversation will focus on one topic such as:

How to regularly show your work
How to create a cohesive body of work
Social Media for artists
Bookkeeping for artists
Websites for artists
Pricing your artwork

Have a topic to suggest? Please email your idea to heather@northfieldartsguild.org

Glorious Trombones
2018-04-22 13:30 | MN

Tom Brosseau
2018-04-21 19:30 - 22:00 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
Photo by Carey Braswell. Taken in San Diego at Folk Arts Rare Records, February 2018
Part of our 2017-18 411 Music Concert Series

Performance: Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street W., Northfield
Concert Opener: Ray Coudret
Tickets: $25.00 General Admission
Special sale through April 17 only:
It’s tax time and you deserve a break! We are offering a special, limited discounted rate for this concert! Buy your ticket on or before tax day, April 17th, for only $20. Act fast for even more savings: we are offering $17 tickets for the next 17 tickets sold.
Use promo code TAXESDUE

Listen to and read more about Tom Brosseau.
Tom Brosseau is a folksinger and songwriter from North Dakota. He comes from a working family with a musical background, though none have received formal training. His grandmother Lillian Uglem taught him the acoustic guitar while he was in grade school.
He has toured Japan, Canada, Portugal, Iceland, Australia; performed in bars, backyards, grand halls, subways, theaters, old folks homes; exchanged songs and poetry with many talented folks, including Susan Orlean, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Patrick Marber, Bonnie Raitt and the late Sam Hinton.
Mayor Mike Brown presented Brosseau the Key to the City of Grand Forks, North Dakota in 2007 for his album of original work entitled Grand Forks. The songs were based on the devastating Red River flood of 1997. Natalie Portman chose a track from Grand Forks,”Plaid-lined Jacket” as part of her continuing work with FINCA, an organization whose mission is to assist communities of impoverishment.
Since 2010, Brosseau has performed with Becky Stark and John C. Reilly in John Reilly & Friends, a band devoted to the current American folk music revival, whose members also include Dan Bern, Willie Watson, Greg Leisz, Jerry Roe and Sebastian Steinberg. In 2011, Reilly and Brosseau recorded a 7″ vinyl single entitled John & Tom that was produced by Jack White for Third Man Records.
Tom Brosseau has toured with John Doe, Juliana Hatfield, PJ Harvey, and his songs have been covered by such acts as Chris Thile (bluegrass), Mice Parade (shoe gaze), Silje Nes (experimental), Emily & Christy (pop).
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Many Thanks to our 2017-18 411 Concert Series sponsor:

Beverage sponsors:

Media Sponsor:

Artist Reception: The Northfield (Exhibition) Experience
2018-04-20 19:00 - 21:00 | MN
The Northfield (Exhibition) Experience

Please join us to learn more about the work and meet the artists at the Opening Reception on Friday, April 20 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm with remarks from the Artistic Director of The Northfield Experience, Stephan Koplowitz at 7:30 pm.
The Guild presents The Northfield (Exhibition) Experience which has been specifically curated in conjunction with The Northfield Experience, April 18 through May 12, 2018, in the Main Gallery of the Center for the Arts,304 Division Street South, Northfield. This exhibition includes paintings, photographs, textiles, collage and ceramics commissioned from nearly 30 area artists.
This exhibition is particularly unique in that it features work generated by each artist’s conceptual vision around an arts event before the event occurs. This exhibition will give viewers a unique entry point into the seven sites being animated as part of The Northfield Experience. This event is a promenade performance in which the audience will take part in a progressive walking tour that begins at The Grand Event Center, Friday-Sunday, May 4 – 6, 2018. The Northfield (Exhibition) Experience offers its own visual journey of both the project and of the city of Northfield. As part of the complete experience, viewers are invited to visit the gallery exhibition both before and after the May performances for differing perspectives.
This project is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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 & cultural heritage fund.

2017-18 Gallery Season sponsored by:

Women March on Washington
2018-04-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
Sunday’s 2:00performance will play as scheduled. Saturday night tickets are good for Sunday’s show. This will be the only performance. Thanks for your support!
The “Women March on Washington” performance for Saturday evening has been cancelled due to dangerous weather conditions. All Saturday tickets will be honored for Sunday’s matinee performance at 2:00pm. We hope you can join us tomorrow! Stay safe and warm.

Reading of a new play by Christine Kallman
Women March on Washington is a full-length stage play based on the women’s marches on Washington of 1913, 1978 and 2017, using historical and fictional characters. Bags packed, they head out across the country (and over decades) to the nation’s center of power. What will they bring? White gloves and a Bible? Heavy boots and the Pill? A pink hat? A hijab? The diverse travelers encounter suffragist Alice Paul, early civil rights leader Ida Wells-Barnett, 1970’s ERA proponents (and opponents), and women of today. Battling enormous obstacles, including their own doubts and disagreements, all arrive in Washington together, asking: “Whose march is it?” and “What are the stakes?”
Women March on Washington is a new play in development and will be presented script-in-hand. The rehearsal and reading of the script are invaluable parts in the process of the script revision and development.
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 & cultural heritage fund.

Performances:
Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 15 , 2018 at 2:00 pm
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield.

Tickets: $5.00 Adult Themes

a LAB theater series production

Cast List, Women March on Washington:
I really want to thank each one of you who came to audition for your interest and your time. You were a very talented group, so it was difficult! Thanks so much, and if you didn’t get selected this time, please come back and audition at the Guild in the future. Christine Kallman
Actor 1 (Ethel/Ellen/Elsamarie.): Wendy Placko
Actor 2 (Mary/Maggie/Maureen): Susan Dunhaupt
Lucy: Kaci Campbell
Lila/Lakisha/(Marcher): Birch Carlson
Actor 4 (Florence/Marcher): Felicia Crosby
Alice Paul/ Alicia (Marcher): Cindy Robinson
Ida Wells/Tamara (Marcher): Marty Reed
Simone (Marcher): Lillian Feltes
Izzie (Marcher): Alison Haider
Cam (Marcher): Noah Letscher
Beatriz (Marcher): Mar Valdecantos
Danielle: Liliana Ramos
Josie (Marcher): Ann Gregory-Bjorklund
Juliana (Marcher): Ellie Warren
Sandy/Marcher: Marcia Jacobs
Alana (Marcher): Kathleen Doran-Norton
LizBeth (Marcher): Mishia Edwards
Siobhan (Marcher): Libby Glimsdal
Queen Victoria/Marcher: Tania Legvold
Narrator: Marie Gery

Imagination Celebration
2018-04-07 10:00 - 14:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Join us at our annual Imagination Celebration event!
Imagination Celebration is a free day of art and performances on Saturday, April 7, 2018 from 10 am- 2 pm. This family-friendly event features the All-School Show in our Main Gallery, mini performances, demonstrations, and hands-on art activities in our Art Studio, Clay Studio, and Dance Studio.
This celebration of all things great about art is a popular, long-running event drawing hundreds of people to the Northfield Arts Guild’s Center for the Arts. Imagination Celebration will showcase Bridging Creativity: Northfield Area All-School Art Show, an exhibition of colorful 2D and 3D artwork created by K-12 students from Northfield Area schools. Though this exhibition runs March 21 through April 14, and during Imagination Celebration, local art teachers will be present to guide visitors through and answer questions regarding the show.
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.
In addition to the Main Gallery exhibition, The Up Gallery in the Center for the Arts features the art exhibit: We Are Your Neighbors a photo exhibition by local Latino youth sharing their lives with our community.
Imagination Celebration is a full day of community celebration of the arts and will take place at the Northfield Arts Guild’s Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street South, Northfield. This is a free event. For more information call our office at 507-645-8877.
Schedule of Events
Dance Studio
10 am – Northfield Youth Choir performance
11 am – Folklorico dancers performance
11:30 am – Belly dancers performance with Kate Southwick
12 pm – Juggling performance with Josiah Simon
12:30 pm – Cannon Valley Region Orchestra Trio performance
1 pm – Octagons performance
1:30 pm – Dance Theater Company performance
Art Studio
10 am – 2 pm: Open Art Making for all ages
Clay Studio
10 am – 2 pm: Demonstrations & try-its with Melissa Henning
Main Gallery
10 am – 2 pm: Art educator-led tours of the exhibition

Artist Mixer...On the Road!
2018-04-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Cheese Cave of Faribault, 318 Central Ave N #6, Faribault, MN, 55021
In collaboration with Fleur de Lis Gallery and the Paradise Center for the Arts the Northfield Arts Guild invites you an Artist Mixer…on the road, in Faribault! Meet and (re)connect with area artists, while enjoying appetizers from the Cheese Cave. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
For more information and to RSVP, please contact Jess at Fleur de Lis Gallery
Fleurdelisgalleryfaribault@gmail.com

Craftastic Art Supply Swap & Sale!
2018-03-31 10:00 - 15:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Calling all artists and crafters!
Come find supplies for your next creation at the Guild’s first ever Craftastic Art Supply Swap & Sale! Area makers have cleaned out their studios and will have supplies to give, swap and sell at this event. Held in our upstairs Dance Studio on Saturday, March 31 from 10 am – 3 pm. FREE to attend; get your Guild Goodie Bag – while supplies last! Enjoy treats and coffee while connecting with other area makers. Proceeds benefit the Guild’s Visual Arts Programming.

Tools · Fiber · Paints · Beads Books · Fabric · Card Making Supplies · Stamps · Paper · Yarn Ribbon · Knitting Needles · Shuttles · Glass sheets & Ceramic for Mosaics · Fimo Clay · Kids Crafting Supplies · Supply Storage Solutions…AND MORE!

Have questions or want to donate to the event? Please contact heather@northfieldartsguild.org or 507.645.8877

Open Art
2018-03-30 10:00 - 14:00 | MN
Are you home over Spring Break? Drop in for a minute, or stay for a while and create with your family and friends! You can make a planned craft or let your creativity guide your art making. Supplies will be available for artists of all ages. No registration required.
$3 per person
$10 family group maximum

Works in Progress Artist Mixer
2018-03-28 17:30 - 19:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Connect, Share, Grow!
Join us for our “Works in Progress” Show & Tell night!
Bring in your latest work, or pieces that you have been wanting to revisit, and discuss ideas with other like-minded artists in an encouraging, low-pressure environment. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by March 25 to heather@northfieldartsguild.org.

Artist Conversation: How to Price Your Artwork
2018-03-22 18:00 - 19:30 | Northfield Public Library Meeting Room, 210 Washington Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Topic for March 22: How To Price Your Artwork
You asked for opportunities to grow as artists, and we listened! Pricing work is an area where many artists tell us they struggle, and we’re here to help! A panel of experts: Colleen Riley (Ceramic artist), Mary Closner (Art gallery owner & writer) and David Lefkowitz (Painting, installation, mixed media artist and Carleton Associate Professor of Art) will lead a conversation focused around how to price artwork. During this conversation attendees are encouraged to ask questions and share their tips and experiences.
Interested in attending? Space is limited, 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.
Each conversation will focus on one topic such as:

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

Have a topic to suggest? Please email your idea to heather@northfieldartsguild.org

All School Show "Bridging Creativity" Opens
2018-03-21 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Bridging Creativity
Northfield Area All-School Show
March 21 – April 14, 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 2-D and 3-D 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 7 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 Supported by:
Northfield Yarn

2017-18 Gallery Season sponsored by:

Auditions: Lysistrata
2018-03-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
Production: Lysistrata, by Aristophanes
Director/Playwright: Shari Setchell
Audition Dates and times: Sunday, March 18 and Tuesday, March 20 at 7:30pm
Audition Location: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street W., Northfield
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CVRO Youth Soloist Concert
2018-03-11 15:00 - 17:00 | St. John’s Lutheran Church, 500 Third Street West, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Part of our 2017-18 Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra Concert Series
Youth Soloist Concert
Performance: Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Venue: St. John’s Hall, 500 3rd St W, Northfield
Flute soloist Celia Woock from Kenyon
Flute soloist Katie Van Epps from Kenyon
Piano soloist Brianna Ulrich from Owatonna
Our program features the overture to the motion picture “Beauty and the Beast”, and Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony.

Les Misérables
2018-03-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
Les Misérables (school edition): Victor Hugo’s classic novel comes to life in this Tony Award winning musical. Jean Valjean, known as Prisoner 24601, is released from prison and breaks parole to create a new life for himself while evading the grip of the persistent Inspector Javert. Set in post-revolutionary France, the story reaches resolution against the background of the June Rebellion. Epic, grand and uplifting, Les Miserables is an emotional masterpiece that has thrilled audiences all over the world.
Les Miserables School Edition has been abridged to a running time of just over two hours, while carefully maintaining the integrity of one the greatest musicals ever written.
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, Original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel. Additional Material by James Fenton, Based on the novel by Victor Hugo.
Les Miserables School Edition is rated PG-13. Viewer discretion is advised.
All performances of Les Misérables School Edition are sold out.
Jumpseats (backless stools on the end of the aisles) and turned back tickets might be available at the theater box office beginning one hour prior to performance time on a first-come, first serve basis.
Performances:
Friday, March 9, 2018 at 7:30 pm- sold out
Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 7:30 pm – sold out
Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 2:00 pm – sold out
Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 7:30 pm – sold out
Friday, March 16, 2018 at 7:30 pm – sold out
Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 7:30 pm – sold out
Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 2:00 pm. This performance will be ASL interpreted. -sold out
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield

A Purple Door Youth Theater Production

ROLE
STUDENT

Jean Valjean
Zachary Opseth

Javert
Henry Hillemann

Fantine
Catherine Rud

Cosette
Kaia Schomburg

Éponine
Jessi Labenski

Marius
Micah Opseth

Thenardier
Nicky Hosterman

Madame Thenardier
Emma Roethler

Enjolras
Haakon Rustad

Gavroche
Isaac Leer

Bishop of Digne/Ensemble
Connor Strauss

Young Cosette
Josie Hauck

Young Eponine/
Ensemble
Carson Bechtel

Ensemble = numerous characters/soloists
Harper Bechtel
Joey Benson
Gina Bradford
Grace Casson
Eva Castro
Braiden Dietz
Ada Gabert-Nicholson
Josh Johnson
Josie Kelly
Kendall Lawless
Selah Martens
Madeline McDermott
Beka Mihalik
James Muth
Sam Nelson
Ava Neuman
Corina Occhiato
Connor Percy
Madeline Radtke
Ingrid Rustad
Andrew Ryden
Grace Ryden
Joshua Spaulding
Isaac Udelhofen

Dedicated Technicians
Corrie Demas
Aila Hakala
Zach Hosterman
Merri-Elisabeth Kmoch
Cricket Mohring
Bea Watts
Tess Wiebe

Assistant SM
Bronwyn McDermott

Director: Rachel Haider, Music Director: Liz Shepley, Choreographer: Jana Hirsch, Stage Manager/Vocal Coach: Kat Middeldorp, Pianists: Peter Webb and Jon Madder, Tech Director: Deborah Clark, Costumer: Tania Legvold, Lights: Craig Schultz, Set Assistance: Scott Swanson

2017-18 Purple Door Youth Theater programming is sponsored by:
Kevin Ely and Jerry Fox and by
2018-19 Education programs sponsored by:

We encourage you to shop at the Northfield Community Action Center’s Clothes Closet!

Les Misérables School Edition Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. ww.MTIShows.com

Oscar's Party
2018-03-04 17:30 - 19:00 | MN

Lucy Kaplansky: 411
2018-03-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
Part of our 2017-18 411 Music Concert Series

Performance: Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street W., Northfield

Tickets: $25.00 General Admission

She started out singing in Chicago bars. Then, barely out of high school, Lucy Kaplansky took off for New York City. There she found a fertile community of songwriters and performers—Suzanne Vega, Steve Forbert, The Roches, and others. With a beautiful flair for harmony, Lucy was everyone’s favorite singing partner, but most often she found herself singing as a duo with Shawn Colvin. People envisioned big things for them; in fact, The New York Times said it was “easy to predict stardom for her.”

Lucy continues to perform all over the world. When not performing, she lives in New York City, where she enjoys spending time with her husband and nine year-old daughter.
Read more about Lucy Kaplansky.
Many Thanks to our 2017-18 411 Concert Series sponsors:

Beverage sponsor:

Artist Reception
2018-02-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Please join us for an Artist Reception for About Time: Carleton & St. Olaf Colleges Fifth-Year EA Exhibition on Friday Feb 23 (7-9 pm) with Artist Talks at 7:30 pm. Refreshments will be served.
Quinn Batten
Cailan Carpenter
Holland Hardie

Laura Nakasaka
Josh Torkelson
Evan Weselmann

About Time
Carleton & St. Olaf Colleges Fifth-Year EA Exhibition
February 22 – March 17, 2018

Carleton & St. Olaf Colleges Fifth-Year EA Exhibition
Every year following graduation, a select group of senior art majors are invited to continue their studies at Carleton College and St. Olaf College as part of a Fifth-Year Educational Associate/ Emerging Artist program. The Northfield Arts Guild is proud to showcase these up-and-coming artists!
This exhibition features the following artists showing various pieces created during their Fifth-Year experience:

Quinn Batten: Multi-media sculpture
Stand up and walk to the nearest wall. Hold your hand out and move it close to the wall, as close as you can without touching it. Spend a moment on this task, getting even closer. How does it feel to give your entire attention to that distance, that relationship between your hand and the wall?
Coming from a background in photography and moving towards a focus on sculpture, I find myself taking the photographer’s concept of the “frame” and applying it to space that we experience in ways other than sight— the space that we feel through touch and sound, the space we remember, the space we imagine. My art invites viewers to refocus their attention and reframe their experience in compelling new ways.
Cailan Carpenter: Ceramic sculpture
I am a ceramic artist and potter who combines my love for painting and carving with my love for clay to create decorated functional ware. My images are inspired by the nature that surrounded me during my upbringing in the boundary waters of northern Minnesota and the Cascade Mountains of Washington state.
Holland Hardie: Painting and prints
My home in the mountains of West Texas has a long history of human habitation, and each group that occupied this region left their stories painted on the rocks. These stories stretch back over 5,000 years, and as cultures appeared and disappeared over the centuries, so did the knowledge of each culture’s unique symbolism. The abstract designs of the region’s earliest inhabitants had already lost their meaning a thousand years before Jesus was born, replaced by the new symbols of a new culture — symbolism is an inherently transient form of communication. In this piece, I play around with that idea, drawing from more modern symbolism such as Christian iconography to create my own language of symbols. These symbols explore my connection to my home and add a temporary chapter to a 5,000 year story, written in a language that will almost certainly die with me.
Laura Nakasaka: Prints, photography and books
I have spent a lot of time this year thinking about time—how time is deceiving, how time is remembered, and the inescapable question of how time is best spent. My experimentation attempts to visualize the passage of time at this point in my life, mapping memories both reliable and unreliable through prints, drawings, and photographs. Currently I work at Carleton College in the library and art department.
Josh Torkelson: Sculpture
Erratic is inspired by naturally occurring glacial erratics, rocks transported from their native bedrock hundreds of miles by the movement of ancient glaciers. The embedded presence of these rocks in their foreign landscapes mirror their own temporal positions bridging time from their geological formation and later glacial deposition, to our own contemporary human interactions among them. In creating new erratics out of clay, I push us to examine and consider our own place in this history.
Evan Weselmann: Painting
Evan is a painter and illustrator whose work deals with the intersection of digital image making modes in a contemporary analog capacity.

Exhibition Sponsors:

2017-18 Gallery Season sponsored by:

Artist Conversation
2018-02-22 18:00 - 19:30 | Northfield Library Upstairs Pye Meeting Room, 210 Washington Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Topic for February 22: Writing an Effective Artist Statement
You asked for opportunities to grow as artists, and we listened!
Arts Guild Executive Director, Tim Peterson will lead a conversation focused on useful guidelines for writing an effective artist statement. In addition to his past arts administrative and curatorial positions, Peterson taught this subject for three years as part of a Fine Arts Professional Practice course at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
The conversation will cover:

Conveying your overall artistic practice
Describing your most current or in-process project(s)
Avoiding jargon, empty phrases and common pitfalls
Keeping it brief

During this conversation attendees are encouraged to ask questions and (optional) bring a sample artist statement to edit.
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
How to create a cohesive body of work
Social Media for artists
Bookkeeping for artists

Have a topic to suggest? Please email your idea to heather@northfieldartsguild.org

Artist Mixer @ The Cow
2018-02-19 17:30 - 19:00 | MN
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 join us at our next Mixer! Enjoy appetizers & connecting with visual artists from our area. Bring a friend, all visual artists welcome!
Please RSVP by Feb 16 to heather@northfieldartsguild.org, or by calling (507) 645-8877

Family Open House
2018-02-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Join us for the party!
We’re having a Family Open House on Saturday, February 17 (10 am – 12 pm) to celebrate the Foot in the Door exhibition. Refreshments will be served.

Foot in the Door
A community exhibition
Jan 10 – Feb 17, 2018
All artists, all mediums welcomed!
INTENT To encourage emerging and established artists of all ages in Northfield and surrounding communities to exhibit their artwork in a professional style show. This show is open to any age, and any level of experience.

One work per artist
Each work no larger than 12 x 12 x 12″
Featuring hundreds of works by local artists in many media.

Exhibition Sponsor:

2017-18 Gallery Season sponsored by:
