Northfield Arts Guild

Fall 2015 classes begin!
2015-07-27 | 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!
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.

Gallery Exhibit Closes
2015-07-25 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Paintings by Nick Sinclair and steel sculptures by Jennifer Wolcott
June 26 – July 25
Exhibit Sponsor:

Dance Theater Co at Riverwalk
2015-07-25 10:30 - 12:30 | Bridge Square, 12 Bridge Square, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Join us for our annual outdoor performance in Bridge Square during Riverwalk Market Fair! The Dance Theater Company will be performing new works by Shari Setchell and Kathleen Pender created specifically for this unique outdoor space. After we dance it out in Bridge Square we will travel over for a final piece on the 4th Street Pedestrian Bridge. Do not miss this fabulous one time only performance on the morning of July 25th! Time is subject to change; please keep an eye out for updates.

YPTW at Riverwalk
2015-07-25 09:00 - 13:00 | Bridge Square, 12 Bridge Square, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Kids and teachers from our popular Young People’s Theater Workshop will be celebrating our 25th YPTW Anniversary by sharing and leading Theater Games and Activities during the Riverwalk Market Fair in Bridge Square today. Times vary.

Family Fun Day!
2015-07-23 09:00 - 11:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Stop on by the Northfield Arts Guild and enjoy a wealth of (FREE!) family-friendly art activities, mini-classes, and more!
The July 23 Family Fun Day, happening during downtown Northfield’s annual Crazy Daze celebration, will feature:

Animation Station with Peter Nelson*

Interested in animation? Want to try it yourself? Local artist Peter Nelson will facilitate a stop-motion animation workshop at which participants are invited to create a summer-themed animation. At the end of the workshop the animation will be projected for everyone to enjoy.

Peter will also screen an original animation based on the true-life story of his grandmother. He will demonstrate how the animation was made, exhibit miniature sets and puppets, and answer questions about his project.Come for two minutes or two hours! This fun and easy event is appropriate for kids (and adults) of all ages and requires no previous experience.

“KidsArt Trading Post”
Kids bring their own creations to exchange for other youth artwork!
Folk Dancing Mini-Classes with Kate Stuart

*This activity is made possible by the generosity of the McKnight Foundation through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council. Support for this project is also provided by the Olson Endowment for Marriage and Family and the CURI (Collaborative Undergraduate Research and Inquiry) Program at St. Olaf College. Special thanks to the Northfield Arts Guild for hosting this event.

Lunch & Learn: Papercutter Alice Masek
2015-06-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Alice Helen Masek will share photos of her large scale papaercut works with a focus on the many different ways she did research to inform her images and details. Photos, stories shared, questions and answers will take about 45 minutes during which participants will have the option to experience cutting smaller scale pieces from her designs.
Later that evening, Masek will hold an in-depth, hands-on papercutting workshop at the Northfield United Methodist Church from 6:30-8:30 pm. No experience is necessary. Participants will try their hand at making a paper-cut butterfly (approximately 7 inches by 10 inches). Examples of the papercut butterflies participants will create are on display at the Church through June 29th. Participants are strongly encouraged to make a $5 donation to the Church to offset the cost of materials.
Alice Helen Masek, M.A. in Spirituality from Pacific School of Religion 1995, is based in Castro Valley, California, (San Francisco East Bay area) from which she has travelled seventeen years for a nationwide ecumenical ministry of group-cut large scale papercuttings with churches, religious orders, and social service organizations. Through her membership in the Guild of American Papercutters, she was invited to the Second International Festival of the Art of Papercutting in Huhhot, Inner Mongolia (a province of People’s Republic of China) in August of 2006, and her large art travelled with the Festival exhibit to cities in China, Taiwan, and Europe. She has created over 200 large designs which have homes from Hawaii to Eastern USA, and from as far north as Kotzebue, Alaska to as far south as Cuernavaca Mexico. Most recently (2015) she has offered a cutting session at University of California Santa Cruz and will do so again in August, with an exhibit of her work there in 2016.

Family Fun Day!
2015-06-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Stop on by the Northfield Arts Guild 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” Every day will have new stuff to try!
Schedule of events:

10:15 am–Folk Dancing class for the whole family with Kate Stuart
11:00 am–Folklorico dancing mini-class with Ana Baez
Booker, the Northfield Book Mobile, will be here during the whole event!

Gallery Reception and Opening: Nick Sinclair and Jennifer Wolcott
2015-06-26 10:00 - 21:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Paintings by Nick Sinclair and steel sculptures by Jennifer Wolcott
June 26 – July 25
Exhibit opens at 12 pm.
Artist Reception: June 26, 7-9 pm
Exhibit Sponsor:

Young People's Theater Performance
2015-06-26 10:00 - 11:30, 2015-06-24 17:30 - 19:00 | Arcadia Charter School, 1719 Cannon Rd, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Students 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:

Jill Ewald Exhibit Closes
2015-05-31 | Allina Medical Clinic, 1400 Jefferson Rd, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Fiber Art
April 13-May 31
Since the mid-1990s, I have explored ways to visualize interior and exterior human connections though painting and drawing. Stylistically, my work is as abstract as the concepts addressed by it. Recently I began to enlist a variety of materials including ink and thread on raw canvas as a means to explore movement in time and space. My investigation of these concepts includes creating trails through landscapes, waterways, and mindscapes.
–Jill Ewald
Jill Ewald received the M.F.A. in visual arts from The Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont, and a B.A. from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. She was an art apprentice at St. Olaf for the year following graduation. From 1998 through 2013, she served as director of the Flaten Art Museum at St. Olaf College, where she has also taught visual art classes. She served on the artist panel of the Minnesota Artist Exhibition Program at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. She has received awards and grants from shows, the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council and the State Arts Board. Her work has been exhibited frequently in the Midwest at venues such as the Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, the Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN, and the Plains Arts Museum, Fargo, North Dakota. Her work was also included in the American Drawing Biennial at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, VA, and the Westmorland Art Nationals in Youngblood, PA. Ewald’s work is also found in several public and private collections around the U.S. and in Norway and Canada. She lives with her husband Ken and works in Northfield, Minnesota. She is a member of the Northfield Arts Guild.

5th Annual Latino Play Festival
2015-05-22 19:00 - 20:30, 2015-05-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Featuring the original works of the Latino Performing Arts Class at the Northfield High School.
Suggested donation: $15 (all proceeds benefiting the Latino Performing Arts Class)

Gypsy Jazz Jam Series Grand Finale Concert
2015-05-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Arts Guild Theater, 411 West Third Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Featuring Stephane Wrembel and his Band

Join us for a very special evening, celebrating a culmination of the third annual Northfield Gypsy Jazz Jam Series, proudly supported by the Northfield Arts Guild. This grand finale concert will feature French-born, Brooklyn-based Stephane Wrembel who is known internationally as one of the most daring and virtuosic guitarists of our time. Rolling Stone Magazine has called him “a revelation”. Woody Allen recruited him to score the theme for the smash film “Midnight in Paris”, and he performed the irresistibly catchy original song, “Bistro Fada”, live during the 2012 Academy Awards. He has headlined at Lincoln Center, played major festivals, recorded with mandolin legend David Grisman, toured with master violinist Mark O’Connor and shared stages with everyone from Elvis Costello to Patti Smith to The Roots. The Gitane guitar company has even named a model after him. To say that Stephane Wrembel— who learned his craft among the Gypsies at campsites in the French countryside— has already had a remarkable career would be an under-statement. This virtuoso guitarist has truly just begun to make his mark as one of the most original guitar voices in contemporary music.

In addition to showcasing Wrembel’s mastery of the gypsy jazz tradition, the May 21st concert will highlight his latest original release, Dreamers of Dreams. In this new album, one can hear the echoes of his influences from Django Reinhardt to Pink Floyd. Wrembel harmoniously blends all his mastered techniques into one powerful, impressionist masterpiece that is Dreamers of Dreams.
For further information on the Northfield Gypsy Jazz Jam Series, visit www.marthalarson.com.
Tickets: $15 in advance
$20 at the door

A+ Art Club Exhibit opens
2015-04-24 10:00 - 19:00 | Center for the Arts, 304 Division Street, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
The Up Gallery (in the second floor of the Guild’s Center for the Arts) will feature the work of members of the A+ Art Club, a group for teens and young adults on the autism spectrum and led by Laura Goodwin.
Artist Reception: May 5 from 5-7 pm

Jill Ewald Exhibit Opens
2015-04-13 | Allina Medical Clinic, 1400 Jefferson Rd, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
