Northfield Arts Guild

Artist Conversation: How to Price Your Artwork
2018-03-22 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | 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

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
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:

Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Feb 15-24
2018-02-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
text by John Cameron Mitchell
music and lyrics by Stephen Trask
After a botched sex change operation, young Hansel Schmidt takes his mother’s name, marries an American GI, and moves to America to escape his bleak existence in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. The following year, living as Hedwig Robinson, she watches her marriage and the Wall collapse. Living in poverty, she revisits her love for American pop, punk, and glam music, and meets a new man who she turns into a superstar. But, when that relationship sours, Hedwig takes to the stage with her band, The Angry Inch, to weigh her future, realign her past, and scream her story in ways caustic, exotic, and erotic.

Hedwig’s life is not your ordinary tale. It’s a half-cocked, full-schlock, Soviet-bloc, hard-knock, sex-op, punk-rock musical. This show is for mature audiences.
Featuring Brendon Etter and Shari Setchell
Performances:
Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 7:30pm
Friday, February 16, 2018 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 7:30pm
Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 7:30pm
Friday, February 23, 2018 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 7:30pm
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield

Tickets: $15.00
with special college student pricing of $10 for the Saturday, February 17 performance ONLY. This show is for mature audiences.
a LAB theater series production

Co-directed and acted by Brendon Etter and Shari Setchell.
Music Direction and Keyboard: Jon Madden
Guitar: Ray Coudret
Bass: Maddie Thies
Drums: Ryan Van Gundy
Thank you to our Production Sponsors!

Thank you to our Beverage Sponsors!

Auditions for Theater (De)Tour
2018-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Production: Theater (De)Tour by Brendon Etter
Director/Playwright: Stephan Koplowitz
Audition Dates and times: Sunday, February 11, 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Please plan to arrive at 7:00 pm. Actors need not prepare anything in advance.
Audition Location: Northfield Arts Guild Center for the Arts (downtown), 304 Division St, Northfield

Summary of the Show: Theater (De)Tour (working title), by Stephan Koplowitz and Brendon Etter is a short (site inspired) play of inter-related monologues. Some of the stock characters of the stage world, the Director, the Stage Manager, the Playwright, the Stage Hand etc each contributes to a narrative that takes the audience on a surreal, comedic tour of the Northfield Arts Guild Theater.
Rehearsal and performance information: This short play will require a short rehearsal schedule taking place in February and April with performances the first week in May, 2018 as part of The Northfield Experience*.
Character descriptions and able-to-play ages: 5 roles will be cast with actors of any gender able to play age 25 or older.
* Project Description: Veteran Director/Choreographer/Media Artist Stephan Koplowitz will create 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.

Auditions: Women March
2018-02-10 16:00 - 18:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Production: Women March on Washington by Christine Kallman
Director/Playwright: Christine Kallman
Audition Dates and times: Saturday, February 10 or Sunday, February 11, 4-6 p.m.
Audition Location: Northfield Arts Guild Downtown , 304 Division St.
Audition Requirements: Actors need not prepare anything in advance. You will be asked to read from the script, by yourself or with other actors. Some of the roles call for singing (solo and/or ensemble). If you like, you can prepare a very short song (1 minute or less), or the director will provide an easy song for you to sing. Scripts available for 24 hr perusal at The Guild office or available online here.
Summary of the Show: 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.
Rehearsal information: Rehearsals are scheduled to begin Monday April 2.
Performance dates, times, location:

Saturday, April 14 Performance #1, 7:30 p.m. Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street W., Northfield
Sunday, April 15 Performance #2, 2:00 p.m. Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street W., Northfield

Character descriptions and able-to-play ages: Auditions are open to age 16 and older, female and gender non-conforming persons. We welcome all ages, colors and ethnicities, gender identity and expression, as well as people with disabilities, to audition. There is one role for a person of any age to play a character who is genderqueer (non-binary), and a role for a transgender woman.
There are three larger roles for women:
Black woman, able to play ages 23-31; plays 3 characters:
Lucy (a displaced teacher and activist in 1915 Chicago)
Lila (a gutsy college student and budding feminist in 1978 Virginia)
Lakisha (an ambitious young employee in a 2016 New York firm where she has been sexually harassed)
White woman, able to play ages 21-27; plays 3 characters:
Ethel (boisterous rural woman who drives cross-country in 1915 for the women’s movement and has an unwanted pregnancy)
Ellen (quiet lesbian woman who is just coming out in 1977-78)
Extasa (fashionista and blogger in 2017)
White woman, able to play ages 55-62; plays 3 characters:
Mary (wealthy widow traveling for the movement in 1915)
Maggie (middle-class, conservative mother experiencing gender discrimination at work in 1978)
Maureen (“old soul” of the women’s movement, in 2017)
Additional Roles, some of which will be combined with other roles to create a full part (these roles may be adapted depending on actors available):
Alice Paul, early suffragist – White woman, able to play age 30’s
Ida Wells-Barnett, civil rights leader – Black woman, able to play age 50’s to early 60’s
Josie: Janitor, grandmother. Outspoken. – able to play 60s-70s
Florence, conservative, anti-ERA in 1978 – White woman, able to play age 30’s to 40’s
Beatriz, community organizer – Latina, able to play age 30’s up
Cam, genderqueer person, any age
Alana, Asian woman. Works as an engineer.
Lizbeth, White woman, age 33, mother of 3, small business owner
Siobhan, Visual artist
Tamara, activist – Woman of color, able to play age 20’s to 40’s
Danielle, young, pregnant, immigrant – Latina, able to play age 15
Sandy, conservative woman, pro-life in 2017 – able to play age 50’s and older
Alicia, women’s rights activist, liberal – any age
Hani, immigrant, Muslim and student – Black, able to play age 21 to 30
Juliana, transgender woman, any age
Marchers (includes many of the characters above) – Diverse characters who speak about why they are or are not marching, chant, and sing together traditional songs of the women’s movement.

Auditions: New Clothes
2018-02-04 16:30 - 18:00, 2018-01-31 16:30 - 18:00 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
Production: The King’s New Clothes by Kevin Holmstrom Bradshaw – a Purple Door Youth Theater TOURING production for student actors in grades 2-12.
Summary of the Show: This is a delightful, funny re-telling of the Hans Christian Anderson story. The King has a splendid new suit — the Queen and all their subjects agree. The problem? Not even he can see it. The King’s New Clothes is a funny and fast-paced parable about pride, delusion and human nature.
Direction and Instruction by:
Rachel Haider, Director Visit our instructors page to learn more.
2018 Audition dates, times: Wednesday, January 31 between 4:30 and 6:00pm or Sunday, February 4 between 4:30 and 6:00pm – Sign up for an audition/interview slot in advance.
Audition Location: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street W., Northfield
Audition Requirements: Auditioning students need not prepare anything in advance. Cold readings and theater activities will be used at the auditions. See the PDYT page for audition tips.
Rehearsal information: The play will rehearse several days per week 4:00-6:30pm March 12 and April 27.
2018 Performances: April 20 @ YMCA, April 21 @ Northfield Public Library, April 22 @ Laura Baker Services, April 27-29 @ Northfield Arts Guild Theater
This is a Project Purple Door production. Project Purple Door is an extension of the educational Purple Door Youth Theater program; PPD focuses on ensemble-based storytelling: building productions through imaginative theatricality and minimal stagecraft. Additionally, The King’s New Clothes will tour to several locations, engaging students with fun and increased responsibilities and community-building experiences.
The King’s New Clothes tuition: Guild member: $112.50; non-member: $125.00. Registration is only available to those in the cast or crew. Scholarships may be available.
More information about Purple Door Youth Theater.

Open Art
2018-02-03 13:00 - 16:00
Drop in for a minute, or stay for a while and create with your family! 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

Artist Reception @ Tandem Bagels
2018-01-31 15:30 - 17:00 | Tandem Bagels, 317 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Please join us for an Artist Reception on Wednesday, January 31 from 3:30 – 5 pm
at Tandem Bagels. Riki will have some additional paintings and prints on display; refreshments will be served.

A Few of My Favorite Things
October 4, 2017 – January 31, 2018
Paintings by Riki Kölbl Nelson
Artist Statement
I have been working as an artist for years, taking and giving workshops and classes, and exhibiting my work in personal and group shows here and abroad.
Over the decades of making art I have explored a variety of themes and styles. For this exhibit I have chosen a cross section: from micro close-ups of butterfly wings to memories of dresses. The unifying element is my interest in energy (élan vital, chi) which underlies all things animate and inanimate and in good moments courses through my eye and hand.
I have worked as artist in the schools and have given art lessons to students of all ages in my home/studio. I have taught in the Art Department and the Honor’s Program at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, also in the Split Rock Arts Program, as well as in Elderhostels through St.Olaf College and in the Cannon Valley Elder Collegium.
I have a long, fruitful association with the Northfield Arts Guild and continue to teach a weekly art workshop at the Northfield Retirement Center, open to its residents and to the wider community.
Riki Kölbl Nelson

Tandem Bagels | 317 Division Street S. | Northfield, MN 55057

Zeitgeist: "For the Birds"
2018-01-25 20:15 - 21:45 | Weitz Center for Creativity, 3rd St. E, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Kracum Performance Hall, Weitz Center for Creativity
“For the Birds”-Performed by Zeitgeist, Victor Zupanc and Kevin Kling.
Sponsored by the Northfield Arts Guild and Arts @ Carleton
Seating is free and open to the public: no tickets required.

Co-written in 2010 by composer Victor Zupanc and humorist Kevin Kling, For the Birds is a concert length work that, on the surface, seems to be about birds. It features a series of musical pieces extolling the nature of each particular bird (sparrows, roosters, woodpeckers, Canadian geese, hawks), drawing parallels with our own human nature. Interspersed between, is insightful storytelling created by Kling reflecting on childhood memories, immigration, illness, accidents, and healing. However, just below the surface (but discernible to those that look), For the Birds is a work about that part of our human nature that compels us to reach beyond ourselves for more —more opportunity for our family, more money, more fun, more speed, more knowledge, more love. When all goes well, we call that need aspiration. When it doesn’t, and we plunge to the earth with melting wings, we call it hubris. Through utterly delightful music and a worldview only Kevin Kling can provide, For the Birds gives us the space to contemplate our nature, laugh at ourselves, and heal.

Zeitgeist’s For the Birds tour 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.

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Kevin Kling is a well-known playwright and storyteller, best known for his popular commentaries on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. His storytelling stage shows like Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log, deliver hilarious, often tender stories. Kling’s autobiographical tales are as enchanting as they are true to life: hopping freight trains, getting hit by lightning, performing his banned play in Czechoslovakia, growing up in Minnesota, and eating things before knowing what they are.
Kevin Kling describes his zodiac sign as “Minnesota with Iowa rising…” He grew up in Brooklyn Park and Maple Grove, Minneapolis suburbs, and graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater. His storytelling started when a friend from the now defunct Brass Tacks Theatre asked him to perform his stories. Since then, he has been awarded numerous arts grants and fellowships. The National Endowment for the Arts, The McKnight Foundation, The Minnesota State Arts Board, The Bush Foundation, The Jerome Foundation and others have recognized Kling’s artistry. In 2014 Mayor RT Rybak named Kling “Minneapolis Story Laureate”.
Kevin was born with a congenital birth defect — his left arm is about three-quarters the size of his right arm, and his left hand has no wrist or thumb In 2001 Kevin was in a motorcycle accident and suffered brachial plexus injury (BPI). The brachial plexus nerves in his right arm were pulled completely out of their sockets. Currently, he has partial use of his left arm and cannot use his right arm at all. Kevin Kling continues to write plays and stories in a rigorous fashion, and travels around the globe to numerous storytelling festivals, residencies, and has been invited to perform the acclaimed National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN for several years. Kevin has released a number of compact disc collections of his stories, has published five books, “The Dog Says How”, “Holiday Inn”, “Big Little Brother”, “Big Little Mother” and “On Stage with Kevin Kling.” His plays and adaptations have been performed around the world. He lives in Minneapolis.

Victor Zupanc, born in Canada, began his musical career studying violin and piano at the age of six at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Victoria, British Columbia. After receiving his Bachelor of Music Degree at the University of Victoria he earned his Masters Degree in Music Composition at University of California at San Diego in 1983.
Since 1983 Mr. Zupanc has been involved in over 300 theatrical productions as composer, musical director, sound designer and performer. He has worked at some of the most respected theaters in the country including The La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Rep, Missouri Rep, The Kennedy Center, Berkeley Rep, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Joyce Theater, SITI Company, Playwright’s Horizons, The Acting Company and New Victory Theater; in Minneapolis, The Guthrie Theater, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, The Jungle Theatre and The Mixed Blood Theater. His music has been heard abroad in China, Japan, South America, Great Britain, Spain, France, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Artists that Mr. Zupanc has worked with include Des McAnuff, Robert Woodruff, Ann Bogart, Marion McClinton, Nilo Cruz, Graciela Daniele, Kevin Kling, Bill Irwin, Stephen Sondheim, Randy Newman and David Byrne.
Mr. Zupanc is a two time recipient of The Theater Critics Circle Award for his theater scores (A Man’s A Man, director: Robert Woodruff and Nineteen Fifty One, director: Ann Bogart) and was twice awarded with a Hollywood DramaLogue Award for his work, most notably for the acclaimed New York production of Romulus Linney’s Holy Ghost!
In 1989 he accepted and still retains the position of Music Director/Composer at the Tony Award winning Children’s Theater Company of Minneapolis (CTC). At CTC, Mr. Zupanc composes scores and conducts orchestras comprised of the finest professional musicians in the country.
Lauded for providing “a once-in-a-lifetime experience for adventurous concertgoers,” Zeitgeist is a new music chamber ensemble comprised of two percussion, piano and woodwinds. One of the longest established new music groups in the country, Zeitgeist commissions and presents a wide variety of new music for audiences in the Twin Cities and on tour. Always eager to explore new artistic frontiers, Zeitgeist collaborates with poets, choreographers, directors, visual artists and sound artists of all types to create imaginative new work that challenges the boundaries of traditional chamber music. The members of Zeitgeist are: Heather Barringer, percussion; Patti Cudd, percussion; Pat O’Keefe, woodwinds; Nicola Melville, piano.
Zeitgeist has maintained a fierce dedication to the creation of new music for the past three decades, commissioning more than 400 works and collaborating with emerging composers and some of the finest established composers of our time, including Frederic Rzewski, Terry Riley, John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Paul Dresher, Mark Applebaum, Arthur Kreiger, Scott Lindroth, Pamela Madsen, Edie Hill, Libby Larsen, John Luther Adams, Jin Hi Kim, Mary Ellen Childs, Martin Bresnick, Harold Budd, La Monte Young, Guy Klucevsek, and Chinary Ung. Zeitgeist’s upcoming commissioning projects include new works by Mary Ellen Childs, Davu Seru, Andrew Rindfleisch, and Pamela Z.
Further, Zeitgeist has earned an international reputation for superb craftsmanship, virtuosic performance, and an innovative approach to the presentation of contemporary music. Highlights include Sound Stage by Paul Dresher (2001), a music-theater work featuring Zeitgeist and a 17-foot high musical pendulum, Walker Art Center premieres of Pine Eyes by Martin Bresnick (2006) and The Making of Americans by Anthony Gatto and Jay Scheib (2008), a 30th anniversary celebration (2008) Glancing Back/Charging Forward: 30 Years of Groundbreaking Musicfeaturing the world premieres of works by 30 Minnesota composers, For the Birds (2010), an evening-length chamber suite with narration by composer Victor Zupanc and humorist Kevin Kling, the premiere of Spiral XIV “Nimmitta” (2012) by Cambodian American composer Chinary Ung, and Saint Paul Food Opera (2016), a dining and music collaboration between composer Ben Houge and five Saint Paul chefs. Upcoming collaborations include Crocus Hill: A Ghost Story, a macabre tale of a house possessed brought to life with chamber music, narration, and video, by composer Julie Johnson and author Cheri Johnson.

Please visit http://www.zeitgeistnewmusic.org/forthebirds.html

Sponsored by The Northfield Arts Guild and Arts @ Carleton. Contact: Holly Streekstra, x4475

Artist Conversation
2018-01-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Northfield Library Upstairs Pye Meeting Room, 210 Washington Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Topic for January 25: Websites for Artists
You asked for opportunities to grow as artists, and we listened!
This conversation will focus on an overview of what to consider when building a website for artwork. We are pleased to announce that performing artist and design expert, Wendy Placko will be on hand to present and answer questions.
The conversation will cover:

Planning/Audience Consideration (What do users need to do on your website?)
Building a Website (What solutions exist for building my own website? How much can I expect to pay someone to build it for me?)
Search Engine Optimization (What besides your website is supporting your web presence?)
Monitoring/Updating (How can you evaluate if your website is successful at helping users perform the actions identified in planning?)

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
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

God Girl
2018-01-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
by Kristine Holmgren
Part of our 2017-18 Striking Conversations Theater Season
Performances:
Friday, January 19, 2018 at 7:30pm (Opening Night Reception)
Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 7:30pm
Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 2:00pm (Post-show Discussion)
Friday, January 26, 2018 at 7:30pm
Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 7:30pm
Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 2:00pm
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield.
Directed by Mishia Edwards

God Girl
2018-01-19 19:30 - 21:30
by Kristine Holmgren
Part of our 2017-18 Striking Conversations Theater Season
Based on a true story. Would you dare to break the stained glass ceiling?
Performances:
Friday, January 19, 2018 at 7:30pm (Opening Night Reception)
Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 7:30pm
Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 2:00pm (Post-show Discussion)
Friday, January 26, 2018 at 7:30pm
Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 7:30pm
Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 2:00pm
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield.
Directed by Mishia Edwards

411 Concert: The Pines @ Armory Square
2018-01-13 19:30 - 22:00 | Armory Square, 519 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 7:30 pm
This 411 Concert serves as a SNEAK PEEK EVENT at Armory Square!
“simply and eloquently stated sonic poetry…the real deal.”
-Acoustic Guitar
“Richly resonant indie-folk in the vein of Bon Iver, Calexico and Mason Jennings”
-The Onion A.V. Club
a hushed mix of acoustic and electric guitars and keyboards creates a kind of haunted landscape…an affecting portrait capturing an American journey”
-All Music
“quietly gripping”
-Rolling Stone
“starkly poetic, buzzed-about Americana”
-Rolling Stone
Read more about The Pines
Venue: Armory Square, 519 Division Street, Northfield

Tickets: $25.00 general admission

Featuring Hearsedriver as the opening act.
Read more about Hearsedriver

Many Thanks to our 2017-18 411 Concert Series sponsor:

Many Thanks to our Concert sponsor:

Beverage sponsors:

Foot in the Door exhibition opens
2018-01-10 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Foot in the Door
A community exhibition
Jan 10 – Feb 17, 2018

Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Drawing & Prints all welcomed!
CALL FOR ARTISTS:
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.
Easy Entry Process! All information will be available at drop-off. Just bring in your artwork on Saturday, January 6 between 10 am – 12 pm.

Important Show Information and Requirements

All entries must be 12”x12” (x12”) or less. *May be 3-D*
Only one entry per person.
All entries must be ready to hang and/or install.
Artist’s choice: artwork exhibited may be for sale or NFS
All entries must be dropped off on Saturday, January 6, 2018 between 10 am – 12 pm.
$5 exhibition fee due at drop-off (exhibition fee waived for K- 12 grade participants)

Then join us for the party!
We’re having an Artist Reception for adult artists on Friday, January 12 (7 – 9 pm),
and a Family Open House on Saturday, February 17 (10 am – 12 pm) to celebrate the show.

Exhibition Sponsor:

2017-18 Gallery Season sponsored by:

Open Art
2017-12-29 10:00 - 14:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States

CVRO Nutcracker
2017-12-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Cannon Falls High School Auditorium, 820 East Minnesota Street, Cannon Falls, MN, 55009, United States
TICKETS FOR THE NUTCRACKER SHOULD NOW BE PURCHASED at the ARTS GUILD OFFICE or AT THE VENUE for each concert.
Tickets will assuredly be available.
Part of our 2017-18 Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra Concert Series
The Nutcracker in Concert

Performance: Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Venue: Northfield Middle School, 2200 Division St S, Northfield
Performance: Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Venue: Cannon Falls High School Auditorium, 820 Minnesota St E, Cannon Falls

Big Brothers, Big Sisters:
The Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra is offering Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Southern MN donated tickets for matches to see this production of The Nutcracker. If you and your match would like to attend, please contact andrew.carlson@bbbsofsouthernmn.org, specifying which performance and who will be attending. Tickets are limited, so act soon if interested.

CVRO Nutcracker
2017-12-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Northfield Middle School Auditorium, 2200 Division St S, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
TICKETS FOR THE NUTCRACKER SHOULD NOW BE PURCHASED at the ARTS GUILD OFFICE or AT THE VENUE for each concert.
Tickets will assuredly be available.
Part of our 2017-18 Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra Concert Series
The Nutcracker in Concert

Performance: Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Venue: Northfield Middle School, 2200 Division St S, Northfield

Performance: Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Venue: Cannon Falls High School Auditorium, 820 Minnesota St E, Cannon Falls

Fiber & Jewelry Trunk Show
2017-12-16 12:00 - 18:00
Fiber & Jewelry Trunk Show featuring Judy Saye-Willis & Sue Hammes-Knopf.
For one day only, see an expanded offering of hand-dyed scarves and bead-woven jewelry – perfect for gift-giving! Judy will also demonstrate the many ways to tie and wear a scarf.
Arts Guild Gift Shop, Northfield Arts Guild 304 Division Street
Saturday, December 16 12:00 – 6:00 pm

FREE Lunch & Learn
2017-12-13 11:30 - 12:30
Free Lunch & Learn Opportunity:
Eat, relax, and be transported by the power of storytelling!
A Few of My Favorite Things
Come enjoy our December event featuring 2017 Living Treasure Award recipient, Judy Swanson. This discussion will explore how to look at art in a new way, and expand your artistic taste. This Lunch & Learn will include time for questions from attendees; experienced and novice art appreciators alike will enjoy this event. Guests are welcome to bring a bag lunch. Space is limited; please reserve your seat by emailing heather@northfieldartsguild.org or calling 507-645-8877.

Dance Studio, Northfield Arts Guild 304 Division Street
Wednesday, December 13 11:30 am -12:30 pm

In partnership with the City of Northfield’s Arts & Culture Commission.

Parent of Lies, Children of Bondage
2017-12-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057
Parens Mendax et Filorum Ligare (Parent of Lies, Children of Bondage)
First Public Reading of a new musical play by L. Mark Tolle; directed by Julianna Skluzacek

Have an interest in some of the alternative history of the United States? Do you enjoy satire? Are you willing to have your moralist views challenged? This musical play is about current and past episodes of US history not usually taught in our public education system.

A critical process, audience members are encouraged to stay for a question and comment period following the musical. Playwright Tolle and director Julianna Skluzacek welcome feedback to assist with moving the play closer to production.
Featuring: Susan Dunhaupt, Jerry Fox , Pauline Jennings, Michael Lambert, and Jon Terrill with music by Josh Tolle.

Performance:

Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Venue: Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield.

Tickets: $5.00

a LAB theater series production
