Northfield Arts Guild

Working as an Artist with a Disability conversation
2015-10-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Buntrock Commons, Trollhaugen Room, 1520 St Olaf Ave., Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Join us for our second community conversation, part of the Guild’s “Artist Disabling Assumptions” retrospective on the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The conversation will feature a panel of artists, including painter Annie Young, dancer Michael Cohn, and narrative performing artist Alison Bergblom Johnson, as they discuss their journeys towards becoming artists, the extent to which their disability plays a role in their creative process, and what other opportunities and challenges they’ve faced.
The event is free and open to the public, and is co-sponsored with St. Olaf’s Academic Support Center/Disability and Access Office.
Access accommodations can be requested by calling 507-645-8877.
This event is the second community conversation in the Arts Guild’s “Artists Disabling Assumptions” retrospective that celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and investigates its legacy in our lives.
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.

The Artists Disabling Assumptions exhibition is sponsored by:

Local Arts and Economic Impact Study release!
2015-10-22 09:00 - 09:45 | Northfield City Hall, 801 Washington St., Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Creative Minnesota Report about City of Northfield To be Released at Presentation and Discussion
A new study on the health and impact of the nonprofit arts and culture sector in City of Northfield will be released at 9:00 AM on October 22, 2015, by the Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism, City of Northfield, Economic Development Authority, Northfield Downtown Development Corporation, Northfield Historical Society and Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Directly following the regularly scheduled meeting of the Economic Development Authority, the presentation of the results will be made at the City Council Chambers, Northfield City Hall, 801 Washington Street, Northfield, MN followed by a discussion of the economic impact of the arts and culture in the City.
As the most comprehensive report ever done about the sector’s health and economic impact, Creative Minnesota: The Health and Impact of the Nonprofit Arts and Culture Sector previously broke out data statewide and regionally and is now also available for selected cities and counties.
Fourteen Northfield organizations are part of the study:

Ameriikan Poijat Finish Brass Band
ArtOrg
Prairie Creek Community School arts programs
Bridge Chamber Music Festival
Cannon Valley Youth Orchestra
Cello an American Experience
City of Northfield arts and culture programs
I Cantanti Chamber Choirs
Lockwood Theater Company
Northfield Arts Guild
Northfield Historical Society
Northfield Senior Center arts programs
Northfield Youth Choirs, Inc.
Norwegian-American Historical Association

As the first of an ongoing series of biennial reports, Creative Minnesota is a snapshot of spending by nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences as well as other indicators of the sector’s health and impact on the economy in 2013. The study quantifies the economic impact from 1269 arts and culture organizations in every corner of the state, in addition to information about jobs created, local vs. non-local attendees spending, nonprofit arts and culture organizational budgets, and artist employment levels.
Creative Minnesota was developed by a collaborative of arts and culture funders in partnership with Minnesota Citizens for the Arts (MCA). Americans for the Arts (AFTA) was commissioned to calculate the economic impact of the arts. If you are joining us, please RSVP to staff@mncitizensforthearts.
Creative Minnesota and additional research about Minnesota’s arts and cultural community can be downloaded for free at: creativemn.org.
The Creative Minnesota team includes:

Minnesota Citizens for the Arts (MCA) mncitizensforthearts.org
The McKnight Foundation: mcknight.org
Target: https://corporate.target.com/corporate-responsibility/
Bush Foundation: bushfoundation.org
Mardag Foundation: http://www.mardag.org/
Jerome Foundation: http://www.jeromefdn.org/
Minnesota State Arts Board: http://www.arts.state.mn.us/
Forum of Regional Arts Councils of Minnesota: http://www.arts.state.mn.us/racs/forum.htm
Minnesota Historical Society: http://www.mnhs.org/about
Ideas that Kick: ideasthatkick.com
South Eastern Regional Arts Council http://www.semac.org/
Northfield Arts Guild https://northfieldartsguild.org/
Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism http://www.northfieldchamber.com/
City of Northfield, Economic Development Authority http://www.ci.northfield.mn.us/index.aspx?NID=103
Northfield Downtown Development Corporation http://nddc.org/about-2/
Northfield Historical Society http://www.northfieldhistory.org

ADA Retrospective Performance for Mature Audiences
2015-10-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Join us for a multi-genre, “for mature audiences only” performance featuring artists of all abilities as they share their work and dive into often hidden narratives of the disability experience, including relationships, romance, and sex.
BUY TICKETS
In order to be as financially accessible as possible, this performance features Radical Hospitality, a concept pioneered by Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis. A small portion of event tickets may be purchased ahead of time for guaranteed admission, but the majority of the tickets will be available at the door. Patrons will be asked when they arrive “What do you want to pay today?” Answers can be as little as zero or as much as a million dollars (we wish!). We strive to be inclusive of all members of our community, welcome those who may never have attended a performance with us before, and encourage those who are financially able to help us support this vital concept of arts for all. The box office will open 1 hour prior to the performance.
Access accommodations, such as ASL interpretation, assistive listening devices, large print programs, and audio description, will be available for both ADA Retrospective performances. No reservations are necessary.
Artists include
Narrative storytelling, “An Open Letter to the Men of Craigslist,” by Alison Bergblom Johnson
Alison Bergblom Johnson writes true stories that focus on women’s lives, telling stories that buoy insiders and educate outsiders. She gives words and weight particularly to experiences of sexual violence and mental illness, aiming to replace myths with knowledge from lived experiences. Fiction Fix, Burly Bird, and Diverse Voices Quarterly, among others, have published her work. She’s read her writing at the Walker Art Center and 7th Street Entry. Bergblom Johnson writes creative nonfiction and narrative performance art. Fiction Fix, Burly Bird, and Diverse Voices Quarterly, among others, have published her nonfiction. She was a resident of the Arts Retreat at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center and at the Vermont Studio Center. She has performed her work at the Walker Art Center and 7th Street Entry. Her one-woman show, Other Than Tragedy, and a group show in resistance to sexual violence premiered in the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Her work focuses on neglected personal stories about the past that intersect with the present.
Dance pieces by Michael Cohn, Brian J. Evans, and J-Sun

Mike Cohn, dancer/choreographer, “My Life:” Watch as Mike moves and shows how life can be free as we move with music by Lisa Heffter.
“The Show Must Go On” by Brian Evans, who will dance, sing and play guitar.
J-sun and Crew will perform a Hip Hop dance.
Mike, Brian, J-sun and Charley take you on action packed 5 minute drive. See how cold people can be during the action of taking a selfie. Music edited by J-sun. Story designed by Mike Cohn.
Mike will perform 2 dances, “Uptown Funk” (music by Bruno Mars, et. al) and “I Can’t Dance” (music by Genesis). One dance shows a side of the dance world that may not be viewed in the eye of the disability community every day. The final dance will challenge movement in a new way for Mike.

Michael Cohn was born in Iowa and raised in the Twin cities. Originally he started dancing as a form of therapy and socialization in 2010 and found over time that he has learned techniques and skills that have broadened his scope of dance. He brings a slight twist with his dancing as he utilizes a walker and sometimes a dance wheelchair to help him move across the dance floor.Mike Cohn recently stared a dance company. I Can Dance You Can Dance.
Brian J. Evans is a Professional Performing Human. For the past eight years, Evans has had the privilege and pleasure of engaging in a vast array of fields. Teaching in public and private institutions, working with healthcare providers in the US and abroad, performing as singer, actor, dancer in churches, theaters, basements, outdoor stages, any space provided that encourages the arts to thrive. An artist striving for social justice, Evans places high value in process and product, having had most of his training out in the ‘Arts field’ of the Twin Cities, working with over 50 artistic directors on more than 200 projects from solo endeavors to collaborating as a self-employed professional performer & teaching artist. Primarily as a principle dancer and musical director for Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater, Evans has continued to investigate the idea that connections exist between us all and it’s the responsibility of the Arts to rediscover those connections, highlight them to allow us to feel holistically human.
J-Sun is a teacher and community leader in the Twin Cities; a competitor and an academic, recipient of the 2013 Sage Award for Outstanding Performance and consultant for The Annual Groundbreaker Battle. He instructs traditional movement with historical moments as a veteran practitioner of breaking and toprocking.
Narrative storytelling by Amy Salloway
Actor/writer/storyteller Amy Salloway has been called “kick-ass funny and achingly poignant,” “raw and fearless,” and “gifted at mining humor where others might see only darkness”. Her three autobiographical solo comedies (“Does This Monologue Make Me Look Fat?,” “So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz!,” and “Circumference”) all began their lives at the Minnesota Fringe Festival and have gone on to tour to Fringes, theatres, colleges, communities and festivals across the US and Canada, winning some pretty nice awards along the way; her two-person play, “Entwined”, hopes to travel beyond Minnesota eventually as well. Amy has contributed stories to MPR’s “In the Loop” radio show, CBC’s “Definitely Not The Opera” (sort of the Canadian equivalent of “This American Life”) and the national podcast “Risk!”. She was a founding member of the popular narrative collective Rockstar Storytellers, a two-time recipient of the VSA Artist Initiative grant, and has won the St. Paul Moth and the SlamMN! story slam once each. Amy teaches classes in memoir, creative writing, storytelling and other more specific subtopics through Minneapolis Community Ed and sometimes Story Arts Minnesota, and performs regularly on just about every spoken-word-oriented stage in Minneapolis. For even more info, check out Amy’s embarrassingly stagnant website www.amysalloway.com, or the much more responsibly-managed www.facebook.com/awkwardmomentonstage.
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.

The Artists Disabling Assumptions exhibition is sponsored by:

ADA Retrospective Performance: Family Friendly
2015-10-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
Join us for a multi-genre, family friendly performance featuring artists of all abilities as they share their work!
BUY TICKETS
In order to be as financially accessible as possible, this performance features Radical Hospitality, a concept pioneered by Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis. A small portion of event tickets may be purchased ahead of time for guaranteed admission, but the majority of the tickets will be available at the door. Patrons will be asked when they arrive “What do you want to pay today?” Answers can be as little as zero or as much as a million dollars (we wish!). We strive to be inclusive of all members of our community, welcome those who may never have attended a performance with us before, and encourage those who are financially able to help us support this vital concept of arts for all. The box office will open 1 hour prior to the performance.
Access accommodations, such as ASL interpretation, assistive listening devices, large print programs, and audio description, will be available for both ADA Retrospective performances. No reservations are necessary.
Artists include

Dance pieces from…

Cary Bittinger has had the opportunity to share her love of dance and the power of movement with diverse populations that range in destinations from her home state of Minnesota to Chicago, Brooklyn, Harbour Island, Bahamas, Durham, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and even Sydney Australia. Each population she encountered, she saw the essences of what movement provides: joy, freedom, peace, and an understanding of the human connection that is felt through the mind/body/spirit connection. She received her masters degree in Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling from Columbia College Chicago in 2009, which taught her how to approach movement from a different lens. In Chicago, she was able to work with a group of high school students from the westside through a particular style of movement called footworking. Footworking originated in Chicago and allows the people who are dancing to express what they have been through in their lives. Currently, she is working as a Dance Therapist at Head Start in St.Paul, MN and for Young Dance in Minneapolis, MN. Movement has no boundary, it is limitless, even in stillness a dance is being created & with each breath a story is being told through movement.
Angelique Lele has been doing theater for most of her life. Performing in the requisite school plays as a child and then, when she was older and felt she really wanted to make a statement, co-founding an all women’s theater company called Toxic Shock Stage. In TSS, a Los Angeles based theater company, the women wrote, produced and directed all their own work. In LA, Angelique was introduced to the aerial arts and began to do trapeze and silks. It was only a matter of time before she became interested in performing. She began performing around LA and then Minneapolis when she moved to town in 2008. In 2012, an accident while she was training on the trapeze paralyzed her. Introduced to the beautiful world of integrative dance in 2014, Angelique is excited to have the chance to begin performing again and open to the challenge of exploring a new physicality on stage. She feels excited to be performing with Cary and Kathleen.
Kathleen Pender grew up in Northfield and received her B.A. in Dance from St. Olaf College. Kathleen teaches creative ballet, ballet, tap, and modern classes at the Northfield Arts Guild and assists classes with Young Dance in Minneapolis. She is also Company Manager with performance company Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater and performs for Minneapolis-based choreographer Taja Will. With deep passion for dance education and performance, Kathleen is grateful to be teaching for the Northfield Arts Guild’s dance program, which served as her dance foundation and fostered her development as an artist. Kathleen is looking forward to performing with Angie and Cary and returning to the Arts Guild stage.

BUZZ! The Musical. Script and concept by Sara Pillatzki-Warzeha and Michelle Pillatzki Ahmed, with music and lyrics by Lauren Mikeal Weber. Directed by Sara Pillatzki-Warzeha, and performed by the Northfield Arts Guild’s A+ Art Club and special guests Sara Pillatzki-Warzeha, Brian Warzeha, Ryan Puffer
“Las Chiapanecas” dance piece (music: Traditional music from Chiapas) danced by The Baile Folklórico Mexicano dance group. The Baile Folklórico Mexicano dance group of the Northfield Arts Guild was founded in 2005 by Ana Baez Toquillas. Four dancers, two students and two teachers, will be performing today. Atia Cole has danced with the group for nine years and is a high school student. Liana Cole is also a student and has been with the group for eight years. Ana Baez came to Minnesota from Culiacán, Mexico, after 15 years of dancing professionally throughout Mexico while earning degrees in dance education, choreography, and traditional Mexican folk arts. Kate Stuart has been teaching dance and music for many years, and joined Ana seven years ago as the associate teacher for the group.
Theatre piece featuring the ArtMakers College Apprentice Program, featuring Skye Curtis, Jaynee Purchase, Andrew Rossow, Jim Rossow, Nora Serres

ArtMakers is a new arts organization born in Northfield to create an inclusive, community-centered, career arts day program for individuals of varying abilities. ArtMakers combines a Career Arts Group and a College Arts Apprentice Program to bring artists with disabilities together with students from the colleges and other artists from the community to create and share their work.
“Over the Rainbow” is a story montage that blends works by Robert Munsch, Maurice Sendak, and L. Frank Baum with the music of Paul Williams, Harold Arlen and Edgar Harburg, and Steven Schwartz. ArtMakers is grateful to stand on the shoulders of such wonderful artists.

Dance piece, “Three Little Birds” from Emma Hilson
Emma Hilson is a 10 year old who is new to the MN Dance world has always enjoyed dancing, whether by herself or in front of a group of others. She has recently performed in the Arts Access Chautauaua “Here I am” concert.
Dance piece, “Uptown Funk,” performed by Michael Cohn (music by Bruno Mars)
Michael Cohn was born in Iowa and raised in the Twin cities. Originally he started dancing as a form of therapy and socialization in 2010 and found over time that he has learned techniques and skills that have broadened his scope of dance. He brings a slight twist with his dancing as he utilizes a walker and sometimes a dance wheelchair to help him move across the dance floor. Watch as Mike moves and shows how life can be free as we move with music!

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.

The Artists Disabling Assumptions exhibition is sponsored by:

ARTour
2015-10-17 10:00 - 2015-10-18 17:00 | MN
The Studio ARTour is a co-operative venture among a group of artists in the areas around Northfield and Faribault. The range of work is amazing; knitting to welding with glass, and clay and paper in between. Whether you are a long time collector or are just looking for something unique, the studio tour is a perfect way to shop for fine art, and best of all the tour is free! The Northfield Arts Guild is stop #20! Check http://www.studioartour.com/about/ for more information.

A Streetcar Named Desire
2015-10-04 14:00, 2015-10-03 19:30, 2015-10-02 19:30 | Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Tom Johnson
Sponsored by

2015-16 Theater Season Sponsors

Auditions: Winter Wonderettes
2015-10-03 18:00 - 2015-10-04 18:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Audition for Winter Wonderettes!
“The perfect Christmas revue! Crackles with energy and joy!” –LA Weekly
“A scrumptious confection!” –Backstage
WHEN: Saturday, October 3, 6:00 – 8:00pm and Sunday, October 4, 6:00-7:00pm. Callbacks if needed are Sunday, October 4 at 7:00pm.

ADA Exhibition Artist Reception
2015-10-02 19:00 - 21:00 | MN
Join us as we celebrate the amazing artists who have contributed work to the “Artists Disabling Assumptions” exhibition!
Artists featured in the Main Gallery include painter Annie Young (Burnsville), painter Sherrie Grube (Burnsville), wood artist Paul J. Flick (Minneapolis), and literary artist Alison Bergblom Johnson.
The Up Gallery features the work of visual artists from Laura Baker Services, facilitated by Martin Thorsheim, and Rob Morrow’s photographs of performing artists from the “On Stage” Broadway Review, facilitated by Rachel Haider and Shari Setchell, and LBSA Music Therapy department of Jennifer Pelletier, Jamie Israelson and Joshua Richardson.
Allina Medical Clinic showcases a photo essay documenting the work of the Guild’s Autism and the Arts program, led by Laura Goodwin. Photography by Rob Morrow and Meg Ojala.
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.

The Artists Disabling Assumptions exhibition is sponsored by:

2015-16 Gallery Season sponsored by:

Summer Art Mart Sale
2015-09-26 09:00 - 13:00 | Bridge Square, 12 Bridge Square, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Back for its fourth year, the Summer Art Mart artists, part of the Autism and the Arts program at the Guild, will be back to sell their wares at the Riverfront Market Fair for one-day only!Come and support these emerging artists and the Autism and the Arts program. Learn more at https://northfieldartsguild.org/education/classes/classes-for-special-needs/.
Supported through generous funding from

FIXED film screening
2015-09-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Screening of the film “FIXED: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement,” a documentary film produced and directed by Regan Pretlow Brashear. The screening will be followed by a discussion facilitated by Dr. Tammy Berberi, Associate Professor of French with an emphasis in disability studies at the University of MN, Morris. The film lasts approximately 50 minutes.
The event is free and open to the public, and is co-sponsored with St. Olaf’s Academic Support Center/Disability and Access Office.
Access accommodations can be requested by calling 507-645-8877.
This event is the first of two community conversations in the Arts Guild’s “Artists Disabling Assumptions” retrospective that celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and investigates its legacy in our lives.
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.

The Artists Disabling Assumptions exhibition is sponsored by:

"Artists Disabling Assumptions" Exhibition opens
2015-09-24 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
2015 marks the 25th Anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Northfield Arts Guild presents a retrospective of this important moment by featuring artists with disabilities in all of its gallery spaces, in addition to facilitating community conversations about accessibility and inclusion, a professional development workshop for educators on inclusive practices, and a day of performing arts events.
Artists featured in the Main Gallery include painter Annie Young (Burnsville), painter Sherrie Grube (Burnsville), wood artist Paul J. Flick (Minneapolis), and literary artist Alison Bergblom Johnson.
The Up Gallery features the work of visual artists from Laura Baker Services, facilitated by Martin Thorsheim, and Rob Morrow’s photographs of performing artists from the “On Stage” Broadway Review, facilitated by Rachel Haider and Shari Setchell, and LBSA Music Therapy department of Jennifer Pelletier, Jamie Israelson and Joshua Richardson.
Allina Medical Clinic showcases a photo essay documenting the work of the Guild’s Autism and the Arts program, led by Laura Goodwin. Photography by Rob Morrow and Meg Ojala.
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.

The Artists Disabling Assumptions exhibition is sponsored by:

2015-16 Gallery Season sponsored by:

Members' Exhibition closes
2015-09-19 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Join us on the last day of the annual Northfield Arts Guild Members’ Exhibition! The exhibition features over 35 member artists in various mediums, including painting, sculpture, and fiber. Every member of the Arts Guild may submit up to three works of visual art to display.
Gallery hours:
Tuesday-Friday, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Members’ Exhibition sponsored by:

2015-16 Gallery Season Sponsor:

Season Kickoff Celebration
2015-09-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Join the Northfield Arts Guild for a Season Kickoff Celebration on Friday, September 18 featuring the NAG Annual Member Meeting from 6:00pm – 7:00pm, followed by the Artists’ Reception of the Annual Members’ Exhibition, and the Theater, Gallery and Music Season Kickoff Party from 7:00pm to 9:00 pm. Refreshments will be served.

Annual Member Meeting
2015-09-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Northfield Arts Guild Annual Member Meeting will be held from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. All NAG members are encouraged to attend.
The meeting will be followed by the Artists’ Reception of the Annual Members’ Exhibition, and the Theater, Gallery and Music Season Kickoff Party from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Refreshments will be served.

Riverfront Fine Arts Festival
2015-09-12 10:00 - 17:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
During the Defeat of Jesse James Day Celebration, take a stroll by the river walk along the Cannon River in historic downtown Northfield. Over 60 fine artists and fine craft are represented in this juried art festival that was founded in 1961.
Start your walk at the Northfield Arts Guild’s Center for the Arts and discover all the wonderful artists from our community and region.

Vaudevesque
2015-09-11 19:30 - 2015-09-12 19:30 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
Comedy. Dance. Songs. Surprises! Some naughty, some nice. You’ll find it all at Vaudevesque! A little Vaudeville and a little Burlesque, this old-fashioned variety show fundraiser features singing, dancing, comedy and a few surprises. Back by popular demand,Vaudevesque is part of Northfield’s Defeat of Jessie James Days celebration.
WHEN:
Friday, September 11 at 7:30pm
Saturday, September 12 at 4:00pm and 7:30pm
WHERE:
Northfield Arts Guild Theater
411 W Third Street
TICKETS:
$10.00 general admission
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Supported by:

Members' Exhibition opens
2015-09-04 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Join us for the annual Northfield Arts Guild Member Gallery Exhibition! The exhibition will feature over 35 member artists in various mediums, including painting, sculpture, and fiber. Every member of the Arts Guild may submit up to three works to display.
Gallery hours:
Tuesday-Friday, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Members’ Exhibition sponsored by:

2015-16 Gallery Season Sponsor:

Members' Show artwork drop-off
2015-09-01 12:00 - 18:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
The Northfield Arts Guild invites you to participate in our annual “Members‘ Exhibition”
Sept 4 – 19, 2015!

One of the benefits of membership at the Northfield Arts Guild is the opportunity for members to exhibit their original artwork in the Annual Members‘ Exhibition. This year’s Members‘ Exhibition takes place from September 4-19, 2015. We invite adult members to submit up to three unique pieces of their own work (or one piece if it is over 36″ in any dimension) to be included in this show. This invitation is only open to current adult members of the Guild. All are invited to join or renew their membership at the time of their submission.

DEADLINES:
Inventory: A digital inventory of work to be submitted is to be emailed to heather@northfieldartsguild.org no later than Tuesday, August 11th, 2015.

Artwork drop off: All work should be brought to the Northfield Arts Guild gallery on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 between 12 and 6 pm. In addition, each piece must be ready to display: 2D works need to be framed and wired, and hanging textiles must be configured with the appropriate hardware. No work can be accepted after September 1. If this is an inconvenient date for you, please have someone else deliver the work, or call the office to make arrangements to bring your work before this date.
Any artwork submitted must include the title, media, size, date, and retail sale price (including the 40% gallery commission). Work that is not ready to display or is exceptionally fragile will be excluded from the show; please submit the work accordingly

The Artists’ Reception will be Friday, September 18th from 7 – 9 pm and light refreshments will be served. In addition to celebrating the Artists this evening, we will also celebrate all members of the Arts Guild at the annual member meeting, taking place from 6 -7 pm. Many visitors make their way to downtown Northfield during this time of year for the beginning of college school year, and the Defeat of Jesse James Days. The Northfield Arts Guild is thrilled to feature Members‘ artwork in this exhibition!
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Questions? email Heather Lawrenz atheather@northfieldartsguild.org or call (507) 645-8877

Art & Ale
2015-08-29 19:30 - 22:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
See art. Hear art. Make art. Taste art!
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This fundraiser, benefiting the Northfield Arts Guild, promises a night filled with art in all kinds of forms: a live musical hootenanny, samplings of local homebrew and craft beer, the final night of the Northfield Teachers gallery show, and grown up make-and-take art projects!
Homebrew samples will be available from local brewers including Randy Clay, Eric Hazlett, Gabe Meerts, Jacob Melby, and Meetinghouse Brewery in Dundas (Brad Magerkuth and Andrew Burns). College City Beverage will also be sampling beverages from various craft breweries. Light snacks will also be available throughout the night.
A musical “hootenanny” will start around 8 pm and feature sets of songs from the night’s MC, Daniel Groll of The Counterfactuals, Chris Koza, Michael Ferrier from Fathom Lane, Wendy Smith from Wendy Smith and the Zillionaires, Alison Rae, and Anna Marie Mitchell.
Gallery exhibit featuring work from current art teachers in Northfield Public Schools will be on display, and the Gift Shop will be open, too, to see examples from a wide variety of NAG member artists.
Attendees can also get their creative side on through art-making activities. Staff and volunteers will be showing folks how to make or personalize their own beer mug, or coasters in the NAG Clay Studio. Plus professional printmaker Jan Shoger will be helping attendees create beautiful (and easy!) prints in the NAG Art Studio.
Tickets are $40 for a single ticket, $35/each for two or more tickets. Bring your friends!

Final day of Current Art Teachers... Current Artists exhibition
2015-08-29 11:00 - 15:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Northfield K-12 Teachers Exhibit Closes
Ceramics, Prints, Drawings, and Paintings
July 31 – August 29
Exhibit Sponsor:

Family Fun Day!
2015-08-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Stop on by the Northfield Arts Guild for our final Family Fun Day of the summer and enjoy a wealth of (FREE!) family-friendly art activities, mini-classes, and more! Kids are also encouraged to bring art work from home that they would like to trade at our “KidsArt Trading Post.” AND Booker, the Northfield Book Mobile, will be here during the whole event!
10:00–Family Fun Day begins!
10:30 am–Family Yoga with Shari Setchell
11:15 am–Folklorico mini-class with Folklorico Team instructors
12:00 pm–Family Fun Day ends
Supported by

Gallery Reception for "Current Art Teachers...Current Artists"
2015-08-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Join and meet the teachers for a celebration of their work. Light refreshments will be served.
Students, past and present, will enjoy seeing the artwork of their teachers! In addition to inspiring young people as current K-12 Art Educators in Northfield Schools, the participants in this exhibition are active professional artists. These colleagues often interact in their professional capacity as art teachers, but this exhibition has given them the platform to showcase the work they create outside of the classroom. Many of these artists have shown their work independently, but this exhibition represents the first time that this group of artists have displayed collectively. The hope is that this will be the start of a biannual showing of artwork by a group of art educators.
FEATURING THE WORK OF NORTHFIELD K-12 ART TEACHERS:
John Bade, Angie Ekern, Rafa Estrella, Karna Hauck, Chris Holmquist, Erica Ness, Katherine Norrie, Vicki Stanley, Sarah Wallis & Kate Woodstrup
Ceramics, Prints, Drawings, and Paintings

Exhibit runs through August 29.
Exhibit Sponsor:

Read and Sing Opera!
2015-08-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
It’s a new perspective on storytelling that is exciting and intriguing for all ages.
Watch as a professional opera singer gives a new perspective on reading as Minnesota Opera presents an innovative program bridging traditional storytelling and music. In READ AND SING OPERA, a Teaching Artist will use songs and tools from operatic and classical singing to enhance, inspire and help children engage in reading. Children will see a book come to life with excerpts of arias and animated characterizations throughout the reading, as well as be invited to sing along to parts of the book. A craft project will conclude the story hour.
Books for Northfield Library:
Westward Ho, Carlotta by Candice Flemming
Opera Cat by Tess Weaver
This special program is made possible by the Friends and Foundation of the Library.

AUDITIONS for A Streetcar Named Desire
2015-08-10 18:30 - 21:30 | Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Audition for A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennesee Williams
Directed by Tom Johnson
Audition dates:
Monday, August 10, 2015, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Be prepared to read from the script.
Rehearsals will begin during the week of August 24.
Check our website under the “Auditions” tab or contact rachel@northfieldartsguild.org for more information.
We strongly encourage new people to audition!

Class Registration for Fall 2015 opens!
2015-08-05 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Want to take an art class from a working arts professional or educator? Or try something completely new with a friend? Or build on skills you might already have? We’ve got a little something to offer for everyone–all ages, all abilities, all levels. Get messy in a clay class or refine your movement in a dance class, plus lots more!
Check out our classes at https://northfieldartsguild.org/education/classes/ and join us for the best art-making experiences here in Northfield! All Northfield Arts Guild members will receive the course brochure in their mail.
Registrations can be completed online with a credit card, or to pay by check or cash, please stop by or mail registration form and fees to the Guild Offices at 304 Division St., Northfield, MN 55057.

Home School Classes Open House
2015-08-04 16:00 - 17:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Bring the whole family down to the Guild to learn more about our visual arts, music, and dance classes for homeschoolers! Classes tour the world by experiencing the art forms of different cultures and eras.

Meet our instructors, Kelly Lynn Stanton-Nutt and Kate Stuart
Experience a sample lesson
See our spaces
Ask any questions you might have
Refreshments will be served!

Want more information? Check out northfieldartsguild.org/education/classes/homeschool to read about our homeschool philosophy, upcoming Fall classes, and frequently asked questions!

Young People's Theater Workshop
2015-07-31 10:00 - 11:30 | Arcadia Charter School, 1719 Cannon Rd, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Students entering grades 3-12 perform original scripts created around a special theme and workshopped over the course of three weeks.
Tickets are $5 for adults, and $3 for students and seniors. Tickets may be purchased at the NAG offices during business hours or at the door.
Sponsored by:

Special thanks to the 25th Anniversary Celebration sponsors for their in-kind donations:

Current Art Teachers... Current Artists opens
2015-07-31 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Northfield K-12 Teachers Gallery Exhibition
Ceramics, Prints, Drawings, and Paintings
July 31 – August 29
Artist Reception: Friday, August 7, 7-9 pm
Exhibit Sponsor:
