Untitled 10: SooVAC’s 10th Annual Juried Exhibition

Opening Reception: Friday, December 6, 2013, 6-9PM

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Show Runs: December 6 - January 11, 2013

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Participating Artists Are: Adrian Armstrong, Alyssa Baguss, Paula Barkmeier, Kevin Beaudin, Miranda Brandon,Toni Dachis, Beth Dorsey, Donna Dralle, Marie Gardeski, Jennifer Gilles, Gustav Hamilton, Susan Hensel, Aimee Howard, Jaime Johnson, Brandon Kuehn, Steven Lang, Marius Lehene, Jon Mahnke, Kristian Nelson, Edie Overturf, Jesse Peterson, Amy Rice, Ashley Allen Short, Tim Tozer and Tom Wixo.

 

Heid E. Erdrich and Jennifer Phelps selected these 25 artists out of over 200 applicants this year. And we appreciate the quality of the submissions and the thoughtful diligence of these two jurors.

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Heid E. Erdrich is author of four poetry collections, most recently Cell Traffic: New and Selected Poems. She is Ojibwe from the Turtle Mountain Band in North Dakota. A long-time college professor, Heid is now an independent scholar and a frequent visiting writer at educational and cultural institutions across the country. In Minnesota, Heid often works with galleries to present exhibits focused on Native American visual art and she directs Wiigwaas Press an Ojibwe language publisher.

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Jennifer Phelps is the Director of the Burnet Gallery, a commercial gallery located inside the Le Meridien Chambers Minneapolis art hotel. Phelps is also responsible for overseeing the Le Meridien Chambers Minneapolis hotel art collection, which encompasses some 250 different art pieces, including video art and several pieces by YBA (Young British Artists) artists, such as Damien Hirst and Tracy Emin.

 

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