Franconia Sculpture Park (FSP) has forged a national identity as the Midwest's premier outdoor sculpture park, offering a unique combination of work, residence, and exhibition space for emerging and established artists. Free + open dawn to dusk 365.
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- Franconia, MN, 55074
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- 651 257 6668
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- Pie and Wine Potluck Soiree
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Saturday, November 28 at 11:00am
Franconia Sculpture Park Robin Wilburn (Asst. Park Manager/IT Coordinator), Bobby Zokaites (Park Manager), and John Hock (Artistic Director) relocate granite slabs to create a new and improved fire pit area for FSP's "Pie and Wine Potluck Soiree" on Saturday, November 28th from 11 am to 4 pm. Please come! Bring a beverage or pastry and cozy u...p to the bonfire!! See you soon. . .
Franconia Sculpture Park Jessica McLoed, Intern Artist, is finishing up her sculpture this evening and flying back to TX tomorrow morning! Sew away, Miss McLoed! One more late night and it's a wrap!!
Franconia Sculpture Park Vince Donarski, fellowship artist, put his "Drawing Machine" to the test this afternoon! Nice work, Mr. Donarski, and thanks to all those who came to watch!!
Franconia Sculpture Park Join us Thursday, Nov. 12th, 8 pm for an evening of artist talks, featuring Chris Larson and Aaron Dysart! A much anticipated night at the park!
Time:8:00PM Thursday, November 12th
Location:Franconia Sculpture Park
Franconia Sculpture Park Please join us at Franconia Sculpture Park for an evening of artist talks! Franconia alumni Andrew MacGuffie and Alexa Horochowski will be sharing images and discussing their work at 8 pm, Thursday, November 5th in the white farm house. Presentations are roughly an hour long each—a great chance to ask questions and g...et to know Franconia's artists better. We look forward to seeing you this Thursday! Thanks!
Franconia Sculpture Park
Please join PUBLIC ART SAINT PAUL and Lourdes Cue, Franconia Sculpture
Park alumnus and exhibitor, at Rice Recreation Center 1022 Marion St., St.
Paul, MN, 4 pm, October 27th to celebrate the completion of a stone
sculpture she created in collaboration with a group of local teenagers
from the center!
Franconia Sculpture Park A BIG FSP THANK YOU goes out to everyone who made the trip for our festival on Saturday! Double thanks to our interns, fellow artists, staff, vendors, and performers that made it all possible!—And how nice was the new amphitheater?!!
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Prepare to Get AWESOME!!!
The 13th Annual Franconia Arts & Artist Festival & Celebration is Tomorrow!!! Yes, Tomorrow. Get Ready for a full day of Bands, Dancing, Art making, and great food. Drive on out to the park, bring your friends, bring your family, bring a date, make a day of it.
Franconia Sculpture Park will be hosting a free daylong arts festival in celebration of our 2009 arts and artists. The 13th Annual Franconia Arts & Artist Celebration & Festival invites the surrounding communities to experience exceptional artwork in a s
Location:Franconia Sculpture Park
Time:10:00AM Saturday, September 26th
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Franconia Sculpture Park Ten days until Franconia's Art & Artists Celebration & Festival on Saturday, September 26th! Come for the day to emerge yourself in a wide variety of sculpture, music, and performance.—and don't forget the great food! We'll see you there!
Performing Artist Schedule Denotes local performers* 10:00 AM – Days Event Start/Open House at the Park Grounds 12 Noon - Eclectic Ensemble Bio: The famed ensemble of world beat and improvisational musicians from Minneapolis. Blending sounds from indigenous and historic cultures from around the world with experimenta...l effects and electronic music influences, the Eclectic ensemble creates audio sculpture. 1 PM - Dale Cox* Bio: Living and working in the St Croix Valley, poet and naturalist Dale Cox will lead us in a blissful meditation. 1:10PM Chakra Alignment Exercise* Local yoga instructor Jenn Oftelie will lead the park in a simple and joyful exercise to align the mind with the soul and the body. 1:20PM Sabyre Rae Daniels* Bio: Fabulous folk singer from Taylors Falls, MN **"For no one has ever loved an adventurous woman as they have loved an adventurous man." Sabyre quotes Anias Nin. Sabyre would advise you to: fall in love even if you are desperately afraid of it talk to trees because they like it and stop labeling people as "indie" or "punk" or "hippie", and just realize that we are all humans, subject to environmental influence, but free to decide who it is we really want to become. 1:40PM Event and park announcements* Dedication of the new Franconia Sound and Performance Stage 1:45PM Tai Chi Demonstration* Bio: Students from Village Tai Chi, located in Center City, MN, will be performing along with their instructor, Dr. Neng Thao. 2PM The March* Bio: Area Dylan-esque Rock duo will feature new songs that are inspired by life in the valley and experiences living in these modern times 2:15PM Mr. Bagpipes* Bio: Local legendary performer Mr. Bagpipes aka Paul Dennison does events for young and old, schools and folk festivals. He takes his traditional Scottish music serious... to a point. “My wife is Scottish not me!” he says. 2:30PM Lulu Gals & Square Dancing Bio: Old time music, square dancing and caller. Real good old fashioned fun brought into the future with a three-woman trio. This act will do two performances during the day. 3:00PM Movement Architecture Bio: Constructing imagery by blending dance and theater with provocative visual installations, Deborah Jinza Thayer mixes movement with metaphor to trigger new modes of perception. Her hope is to inspire awareness of, and reflections on, how we interpret and express being in the world. She calls her choreographic work, "Movement Architecture." http://www.myspace.com/181456101 3:30PM The Push* Bio: This electronic experimental music duo has gained international attention for their interesting mix of dub, minimal and atmospheric compositions. They have performed at events and festivals in the USA and europe. Expect bliss and thinking music. 4:15PM Black Blondie Bio: "Black Blondie's sassalicious front woman Samahra's look and sound resemble a drug-and beehive-free Amy Winehouse…if she had a hip-hop background, better lyrics and killer style. The Minneapolis foursome together are a shining example of the soul-filled creativity coming out of the Midwest, with or without the beehives. Sounds like: Esthero and Amy Winehouse living inside Betty Boop's head." -URB Magazine 5:15 PM St Croix Falls Historic Festival Theatre Players* Bio: Presenting the best in area theater, an ensemble will perform a brief excerpt from a well-loved performance "Wind in the Willows". The Festival Theatre and Franconia Sculpture park enjoy a friendly reciprocity of artists and programs across the river that divides their home cities. http://www.festivaltheatre.org 5:45PM Thea Ennen* Bio: An angelic voice and amazing piano skills, Thea, recipient of a Minnesota Music Award for folk music, plays and sings her original songs of spirit, nature and family. With many CD recordings under her wing, she is a true musician and lovely spirit. 6:15PM Whoopgnash Bio: Celebrated and accomplished Whoopgnash joins us for a session of art, jazz and improvisation. A high art guitarist and jazz legend drummer will stir spirits and delight the ear. Includes members of a Twin Cities Brazilian jazz ensemble. 7:15PM Sycamore Smith Bio: Sycamore Smith was kicking a bass drum and kazooing up a storm as one-half of the Michigan folk-punk duo "the Muldoons." That band broke up, so now Mr. Smith strums his guitar, blows his kazoo and warbles his tunes all by his lonesome. But really--who cares about the music? Lyrics have always been Smith's forte, and his scribblings focus on the gruesomely funny exploits of dip-shit characters whose twisted histories unfold over the course of countless interconnected songs. Sycamore Smith has released four solo EPs since 2005. These recordings have been described as "dream-like," but only by Sycamore himself. And he qualifies that by adding, "These are the kinds of dreams you might have if you ate your own foot before going to sleep." 8PM Breakfast* Bio: St Croix Valley funk giants - Breakfast - will close this year's event. The infectious thick 70's groove based trio has brought smiles to many a face in the area and the twin cities. Appealing to art lovers, hippies and retro geeks, this band always delivers. Includes members of area favorite Squib and they pledge to take no prisoners - the jail is full. 9 Closing Ceremonies and Transition to The Annual Franconia Bonfire Continuing Activities & Roaming Artists Catalyst Dances by Emily Johnson Bio: Creating dances that resonate with strains of foolhardy hope, fear, and denial, Emily Johnson’s dances are driven by moments of physical endurance and are often happy and sad at the same time. Described by the Star Tribune as a rising star in the Twin Cities dance scene, Emily’s choreography offers audiences a skewed way of looking at something ordinary. http://www.catalystdance.com/ Tim Kaiser Bio: Festival veteran will this year build a stand alone interactive stage that will feature his own music and hands on instruments that event participants can play and be part of Kaiser's composition. Tim Kaiser is from Duluth and plays lots of experimental audio events. Tribal Spririts of the Sun* Bio: Tribal Spirits Of the Sun are an experienced group of dancers and musicians who came together by chance and circumstance. They have a passion to leave a positive effect everywhere we go by utilizing a variety of arts, including music and dance. Arouse the primitive rhythms within, and share the light and energy they have to offer. http://www.tribalspiritsofthesun.net/ Magic Norm aka Normonzo the Great* Bio: Chisago Lakes nationally recognized magician/comedian will offer a 3 part performance, combining elements of magic/hypnotism/comedy with the hilarity of vaudeville. Norm's interactive, close-up magic will leave your guests involved, enchanted and enthralled. Kids Activities Skits, Face Painting, Balloons and other fun things will be bouncing around the park all day.
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Franconia Sculpture Park Call for artists! Submit your work for the "Women and Water Rights: Rivers of Regeneration" exhibition, at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery on the U of M campus. Lucy R. Lippard will serve as juror and distinguished speaker. See link below. . .
womenandwater.net
• Up to 3 Submissions per entry by Women Artists orWomen/Men Collaborations. One image per submission.• No size limitations on the artwork• All Media Welcome• Accessible to People with Disabilities
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E-mail Us:info@franconia.org Call Us: 1-651-257.6668 Write Us: 29836 St. Croix Trail, Franconia MN 55074 Visit Us: Open to the public daily, from dawn until dusk Directions: (click here for directions)
Franconia Sculpture Park The 13th Annual Arts and Artist Celebration and Festival is almost here! One of the many new sculptures installed is Tamsie Ringler's cast cement "1994 Oldsmobile Achieva S" Congratulations Tamsie! Join us and celebrate on September 26th.
www.tamsie.com
I have been using cars in my sculpture since 1989, both as transformative and personal forms. To me, cars represent American culture, both the cult of individuality and the promise of limitless freedom. ...
Franconia Sculpture Park If you are in London check out 2009 Jerome Fellowship Artist Jesse Bercowetz's solo show "It ate and drank until unborn - spoke in terms the world would never know" at Alma Enterprises. If your in Minnesota, come to the Franconia Arts and Artists Celebration and Festival on September 26, to see all of the new work crea...ted in the park this summer, including Bercowetz's "...and they walked with outstretched arms"
www.almaenterprises.com
Alma Enterprises Gallery is proud to present "It ate and drank until unborn - spoke in terms the world would never know", a solo show by New York artist Jesse Bercowetz.
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