Exhibition: “STRUCTURE + CONNECTION: ENCAUSTIC PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES BY JODI REEB AND DIETLIND VANDER SCHAAF” just opened at @kolmanpryorgallery featuring NEMAA member @jodireeb.
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“Continuing our exploration of encaustic (beeswax) as an exciting and intriguing medium, Kolman & Pryor Gallery is pleased to present new encaustic artwork by gallery artist, Jodi Reeb, and guest artist, Dietlind Vander Schaaf, of Portland, Maine, in our summer show, Structure + Connection.
Viewers familiar with Jodi’s artwork will see that she is combining painting and sculpture in new ways in the work she has created for the exhibition. Dietlind’s work is highly sought after and extremely popular with collectors. She hopes visitors to the show will find quietness and calm in her paintings.”
In 2002, members of NEMAA, along with the City of Minneapolis, McKnight Foundation, and local businesses worked together to establish the formal geographical area that is today known as the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.Today, NEMAA has over one thousand members (artists, students, galleries, businesses, nonprofits, and community friends), and produces the annual Art-A-Whirl open studio tour and the NEMAA 10×10 Member Art Show and Fundraiser. We also promote our members and year-round open studio events in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, and foster connections and opportunities between artists and businesses, individuals, and organizations.
“During a most challenging year. 68 local artists contributed 120 pages of original work to a series of five traveling sketchbooks. The sketchbooks have been compiled into a beautiful 88 page limited edition hardcover book available exclusively via a Kickstarter pre-sale starting March 2nd. All net-proceeds from the sale of the book will be directly distributed to the participating artists.
MPLSART worked deliberately to capture a diverse slice of artists working in the Twin Cities. From hobbyists to internationally exhibiting artists, from McKnight Fellows to artists just starting their careers. The project features muralists, studio artists, street artists, graphic novelists, collage artists, Urban Sketchers, and more. Notable artists include: Jim Denomie, Hend Al-Mansour, Christopher Harrison, Dyani White Hawk, Leslie Barlow, Gordon Coons, Reggie LeFlore, and Russ White.This project has had a profound impact on the artists involved, creating an avenue for collaboration and connection in the midst of isolation, at a time when many shows and exhibitions were canceled or postponed. For many, it helped them overcome months-long creative block. Others used the format as an opportunity to experiment with techniques that they incorporated into their work moving forward. Still other artists used the project to visually express their struggles during the events of the last year and many offered a hopeful glimpse into the future of the Twin Cities and the world.The limited edition book collecting the work from the 2020 Sketchbook Project will be available exclusively through a Kickstarter pre-sale running Tuesday March 2nd through Thursday April 8th. The limited edition book will be available for $65 with an early bird discount of $55 available the first week. Additionally, a variety of reward levels will be available including limited edition prints of work from the project and more.”
The butterfly is my metaphor for the all living things endangered by human interventions and climate change. My objective in these paintings is to capture their weightlessness, bright flashing color, whimsical flight, distinctive markings, and juxtapose these qualities with the dark peril of their current existence. My intent is to evoke concern for these delicate creatures with super powers that are losing their habitat and declining at a drastic rate. Macro views with textural elements bring the viewer in closer. In my role as an artist I feel I can capture some emotional truths to bring about change in how we view ourinterconnections with all living things.
