ArtMatters Newsletter March 2022 • Arts Consortium of Carver County

ArtMatters Newsletter March 2022

ArtStock 2022

Applications Now Open!

Celebrating ArtStock’s 11th Anniversary starting on the 9th of July, 2022!
Enjoy the Art, fine Wine, live Music, and the picturesque scenery of Parley Lake Winery and Deardorff Orchards!

Do not miss this event – the best festival in the Twin Cities’ southwest!

We have over 1200 guests each day! Art-Lovers come from throughout the Twin Cities area and beyond for the opportunity to purchase great art, listen to live music, taste & purchase award-winning wines and a variety of foods from metro-area food trucks.

50 booth sites are available for artists. – applications will be juried.
Applications may now be submitted through Z applications to be a part of ArtStock 2022.

Visual Art News

Upcoming Gallery Show – Whispers to the Past

The theme of Whispers to the Past encompasses art related to time, memory, history, and personal experience. This theme of this exhibit is highly open to the interpretation of the artist and can reflect a memory, an event in history, Early-American Artwork (e.g. Quilts), nature scapes, or artwork from the beginning of your journey.

The show is being presented alongside Chaska Valley Family Theatre’s production of Bright Star which is running in the theatre March 10-27, 2022. This show was written and composed by comedy-legend Steve Martin, and Edie Brickell. Based on the true story of the Iron Mountain Baby, this show features a stunning bluegrass score with the central themes of family, redemption, tradition, and forgiveness. The setting of the show is in the Appalachian Mountains during the 1920s and the 1940s, and there are flashbacks in time, including the song “Way Back in the Day”. Bright Star is being directed by the ACCC’s Executive Director, Zachary Hedner.

EXHIBIT DATES
March 9, through March 30, 2022

ARTISTS’ RECEPTION
Wednesday, March 16th from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Arts Center.

EXHIBIT/ART GALLERY HOURS
Monday – Saturday; During the Chaska Community Center hours, the Gallery will be open even when we are closed in the Gift Shop.

Gift Shop Hours are Wednesday-Friday 11-6 and Saturday 9-4, or consistent with available volunteer staff and CCC current COVID protocols at the time.

WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING PIECES FOR THIS EXHIBIT UNTIL MARCH 7, 2022.

Looking Ahead – Gallery Shows

Music News

New Song Collective
Plans are underway for the next New Song Collective to be held on April 7 at the Chaska Community Center Theater. This event will be celebrating women composers. We’ll share more details in the coming weeks.

If you have any questions about upcoming Music Events, please contact Steve Kelzer at music@artsofcarvercounty.org

Literary News

National Poetry Month

Coming soon in April is National Poetry Month. The Literary Committee is planning a fun evening of verse and spring, so keep your eyes open for more information as we get closer.

If you have any questions about upcoming Literary Events, please contact any member of the Literary Committee of the ACCC at literary@artsofcarvercounty.org or the ACCC office/Gift Shop at 952-443-3200.

Artist Spotlight – Jackson Atkins

Jackson Atkins is a songwriter from Chanhassen, Minnesota. He got his start in the Minneapolis music scene playing guitar for rock ‘n’ roll band The Goondas, spending the better part of a decade in rowdy clubs and a Ford Econoline. During that time, he continued to write and play the quieter, moodier songs that make up his current setlist. The style is both personal and minimalist, drawing inspiration from long-dead blues and folk legends, as well as contemporaries like Charlie Parr.

Jackson Atkins

Minneapolis MN, US

9522371544
jacksonatkins.bandcamp.com

Arts Center Gift Shop

Thank you for choosing to SHOP at the ACCC Arts Center Gift Shop and Gallery. We appreciate your support and we look forward to seeing you soon! We are resuming our normal hours now that the holidays of over. We will be re-organizing our displays and will still have PLENTY of beautiful pieces of art for sale.

Wednesday – Friday: 11-6
Saturday: 9-4

We invite you to consider volunteering at the Arts Center. It’s a great way to learn more about the ACCC and see what’s for sale as our inventory is constantly being updated. We offer complete training; no retail sales experience is necessary. Simply complete the Volunteer Form on our website and we will get you in touch with a trainer.

Any ACCC Member with artwork in our Gift Shop or in an Exhibit who works 6+ hours in the Arts Center Gift Shop in a given month will earn an extra 10% commission on the sale of their work for that month. See our How to Submit Art page for our Gift Shop or the Exhibitions at the Arts Center page for future shows.