Posted on October 15th, 2007 by Dan Haugen
Â
Painter Lauri Svedberg celebrates the opening of her first solo show this Saturday at Artistic Indulgence. “Mineral-apolis” was inspired by a recent winter getaway to Arizona, where Svedberg started painting minerals she encountered there. The show combines those images with scenes from her favorite subject, the Twin Cities.
The artist and former art teacher is probably […]
No Comments »
Filed under: Art, East Bank, Waite Park
Posted on July 30th, 2007 by Dan Haugen
By Melissa Slachetka
Northeast Beat contributor
Unique one-act plays, controversial playwrights, inspiring actors, exciting new venues. Every year experimental artists gather to perform original works in the Twin Cities’ numerous theaters. This year, the Fringe Festival will include the Ritz Theater as a venue, and feature the work of a young Northeast playwright in his début as […]
No Comments »
Filed under: Art, Sheridan
Posted on June 7th, 2007 by Dan Haugen
(Photo: The Sheridan Shooting Stars exhibit, on display through the end of the month at the Pierre Bottineau Library. BY MELISSA SLACHETKA)
By Melissa Slachetka
Northeast Beat ContributorÂ
A new youth camera club is sharing a peak into its lens.
These aspiring photographers are the Sheridan Shooting Stars, a group of immigrant youth in the Sheridan neighborhood.
Their photographs are […]
No Comments »
Filed under: Art, Sheridan
Posted on May 24th, 2007 by Dan Haugen
Â
By Stephen Brunia-Brown
Northeast Beat ContributorÂ
“In my work I am led by my intuition. Something I see makes me stop and take a second look. Things, people and places arrest me for some combination they carry: a combination of emotional reference, visual matters (such as color, shape, and value arrangement), and deeper spiritual meaning. A sense […]
No Comments »
Filed under: Art, Logan Park
Posted on May 21st, 2007 by Dan Haugen
Â
(Photos by Melissa Slachetka)
By Melissa Slachetka
Northeast Beat ContributorÂ
The busy corner of Central Avenue and Broadway Street is being renewed as a gateway to Northeast.
Workers are replacing a rusty chain-link fence with smooth black ironwork that proclaims: “Welcome to the Northeast Neighborhoods.”
The formal dedication of the gateway project was May 18. The old artwork was taken down […]
1 Comment »
Filed under: Art, Central Avenue, Logan Park, Northeast Park, St. Anthony East
Posted on May 19th, 2007 by Dan Haugen
Â
(Photo by Melissa Slachetka)
I’ve got Altered Esthetics’ bicycle map folded in my pocket and a backpack full of reporting tools (pens, paper, recorder, cameras), and I’m almost ready to head out for day two of Art-A-Whirl.
What have you seen or heard so far? Any highlights from last night? Leave your comments here! Dan Haugen
9 Comments »
Filed under: Art
Posted on May 17th, 2007 by Dan Haugen
By Stephen Brunia-Brown
Northeast Beat Contributor
Your destination … Northeast Minneapolis. Your mission … visit over 400 artists, potters, painters, musicians, glass blowers, and tile makers.
And did we mention you only have 18 hours to complete the mission. Which might be the reason they call it Art-A-Whirl.
Art-A-Whirl is an open-studio and gallery tour of Northeast Minneapolis organized by […]
3 Comments »
Filed under: Art
Posted on May 7th, 2007 by Dan Haugen
By Melissa Slachetka
Northeast Beat Contributor
“It’s not a choice. I have to be a musician,†says P.J. Tracy, walking through the winding halls of a studio building just off Central Avenue.
The journey ends at a dimly lit studio, not what you’d expect for a musician getting international attention for his work. The room is cluttered with paint […]
2 Comments »
Filed under: Art, Logan Park, Music
