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A GUIDE TO THE AREA’S ARTS A N D CULTURE

SEPTE M BER / OCTOBER 2 0 1 2 Top: Fargo: Past and Present: digital photo print, Dan Francis, 2010 Bottom Left: Prairie Schoolhouse, Kidder Co. ND 2011 Bottom Right: Encroach oil on canvas 2012, triptych, 10” x 30” total (10” x 10” each). Jessica Matson-Fluto

Connect with area artists during the eighth annual

BY LIBBY WALKUP he FM area is a great place for an artist to set up shop. True, we may not have as many galleries or requests for commissioned work as say Chicago, New York City, or even Minneapolis, but the low cost of living makes studios affordable, the relaxed way of life can make practicing art here as pleasant as it should be, and the arts community is more accessible and potentially easier to break into. The Studio Crawl, presented annually by FargoMoorhead Visual Artists, is an example of how the Fargo-Moorhead area artists come together to show the community what they’re made of.

On the eve of its eighth season, The Crawl continues to shift and move with FM area artists. Each year new artists join the crawl, whether they’re already staples in the FM area, returning members of the community or young folks just fresh off the chopping block. This season’s lineup is sure to bring you work you’ve never seen before. Here are some folks to watch out for:

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THEATRE B marks 10th year with new initiatives

BY LIBBY WALKUP n 2003, Amber Bernhardt, Lori Horvik, Scott Horvik, Carrie Wintersteen and David Wintersteen founded Theatre B at the Main Avenue Theatre. The small, nondescript theatre is easy to pass by among the quiet buildings between 7th and 8th Streets. It contains seating for only about 70, but don’t confuse its subtle appearance for its strength of presence. The intimate atmosphere of the theatre allows the company to produce small, thought-provoking shows. Many of the titles they produce are unknown, but the company is trusted to puts on performances that make Theatre B a staple in Fargo-Moorhead’s theatre offerings.

The humility of its physical stature, perhaps, matches the humility of the theatre’s beginnings.

“Ten years ago, a few friends decided to put on a play,” said Emily Clemenson of Theatre B. “We never fathomed that their idea and passion would become such a staple to the community.”

This year, its 10th anniversary season following a rigorous summer youth program, the

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company continues to be devoted to strong, interesting theatre. The theatre hired Gaye Burgess, the director of the B.F.A. performance program at NDSU, to direct the fall production, Good People (Sept. 20-Oct. 13). They follow that show with The 12 Dates of Christmas (Nov. 22-Dec. 29), Sweet Nothing: A (Grim) Fairytale (Feb. 7-23), and God of Carnage (April 11-May 11), which closes out the season.

NEW DIRECTIONS After 10 years, Theatre B is celebrating new company growth, community partnerships and development through a number of new initiatives.

The B Emerging Artists Training program, or BEAT, Theatre B’s summer youth artist program, “encourages young artists to pursue their passion for the theatre in a supportive, disciplined and rigorous environment,” said Carrie Wintersteen. With so many FM More

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This fall, I encourage you to engage your children, your parents, your spouse, your friends in the arts and culture of this incredible community.

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was recently in ecce art + yoga gallery with my 16-year-old son, Quinn. I take him there with some regularity because he’s extremely artistic, and he appreciates the work that hangs in that space. Additionally, owner Mark Weiler treats him with the same respect he would treat a serious buyer.

We were looking around, and suddenly my son moved with absolute intentionality toward a large, dramatic piece by Andrew Stark. There were two chairs in front of the piece. Quinn sat down, almost without knowing what he was doing, because he was so enraptured by the art hanging in front of him. I watched him looking at this piece of art and was struck by the power paint and canvas and the creative process can have on someone. Quinn was, quite literally, awestruck by it.

After a while, I sat down next to him, and he said, “Can you imagine this on a black wall? Or maybe on a stark white wall?

Then I would want to hang that Kimble Bromley piece (in another part of the gallery) above it. Can’t you just see them together?

Imagine them in a multi-media room or across from an aquarium?

Look at those colors; that hint of orange is amazing.” He was rhapsodic. He was moved by this piece of art, and I was moved by his reaction.

The thing about this story is that Quinn is no different than your average 16 year old. He likes his cell phone, his computer, action

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movies, music, friends, and the like. But he has been exposed to exceptional art all of his life and that has allowed him to understand the value of it. Imagine if all children were afforded the opportunity to be invited into a gallery or other artistic space, taken seriously and allowed to wrap themselves in art. We would have a very different world.

Quinn is more than likely going to be an engineer or some other brainy thing, but he will always appreciate, dabble in, and support art. He will always understand the importance it plays in his life and in the life of the community in which he lives.

The Arts Partnership’s mission is to cultivate the arts in our community. I guess that’s my personal mission as well — to cultivate the arts in my own little community of an Irish biochemist husband and a teenage son, and this moment confirmed that that mission matters.

This fall, I encourage you to engage your children, your parents, your spouse, your friends in the arts and culture of this incredible community. Offer them moments to lose themselves in the beauty and power of what is available right here; many of them are being talked about in this issue. It’s never too early or too late to start. I can’t thank this community enough for providing so many opportunities for me to cultivate the art in my own life. I hope you will pick up the mission in your lives, too.

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summer programs focusing on the musical, Theatre B provides young local performers a chance to engage in dramatic productions outside of that genre while gaining vital acting skills and experience in an ensemble setting.

In an effort to promote new script writers, Theatre B is also launching The New Play Incubator Series this season.

“One of our goals is to provide an opportunity for emerging playwrights to see how their writing translates from the page to the stage,” Clemenson said. The company will select a script from a new or emerging playwright each year. The public will have the opportunity not only to see a play that’s never been produced but also to provide feedback for the writer, Clemenson said.

“Our long-term goal will be to commission new work and assist with script development for playwrights at any stage of their careers,” she said.

Stephanie Timm was chosen as the first script writer for this project, and she and the company are currently in correspondence and working on the script. Timm lives on the West Coast, but grew up in Fargo. Clemenson said they had already chosen her script before they knew this about her.

“Theatre B is very excited to work with Timm as this play is further developed, produced and eventually performed,” she said.

Theatre B will also be working with the Veterans Administration this year. Carrie Wintersteen said they approached the company about collaborating to present a play called Re-Entry to veterans and staff, their families, and service organizations.

“The play will help meet the challenges veterans face as they return from conflict and try to readjust to civilian life,” Wintersteen said. There will be performances in Fargo, Grand Forks and

In an effort to promote new script writers, Theatre B is also launching The New Play Incubator Series this season.

Bismarck and public performances in Fargo in November as part of the Veterans Day activities.

An anniversary is a time to look back as well as forward, to reexamine goals, and decide how it all adds up. After 10 years, Theatre B has come a long way from that small group of friends simply looking to put on a play.

THE ARTS PARTNERSHIP’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS Brad Bachmeier, board chair Andrew Mara, vice chair Nicole Crutchfield, treasurer

Erin Koffler, secretary

Beth Fortier

Carol Schlossman, past chair

Michael Olsen

Alyson Bjornstad

Michael Strand

Roxane Case

Mark Weiler

Ellen Shafer

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NEWS briefs Sherbanoo Aziz displays watercolors, drawings during showings

Plains Art Museum celebrates our creative community

BY SHERBANOO AZIZ herbanoo Aziz, an artist residing in Moorhead, Minn., has an exhibit of her watercolors and some pen and pencil drawings at One Oak Place, 1709 25th Ave., Fargo. One Oak Place is open to the public to view the art from 9 a.m.– 5 p.m. The show will be displayed through September. Aziz has originally painted note cards and note cards that are copies of her artwork for sale.

Aziz’s next showing will be October, November and December at the VIP Room Restaurant, 624 Main Ave., Fargo. The hours are 11 a.m.–2 p.m. on weekdays. There will be a reception scheduled during the showing.

Aziz has lived in the Fargo-Moorhead area since 1997 and has been painting watercolors since 2007. She has entered several shows in the metropolitan area, including Hawley, Pekin Day Art Festival, Jamestown Art show and Fergus Falls.

BY NICOLE ELLIS he Katherine Kilbourne Burgum Center for Creativity is slated to open Sept. 30. This innovative community art resource will offer studio and exhibition spaces for learning, discussion and display of created work. With a workspace for artists and a variety of classes for adults, students and families, the Center for Creativity will offer something for everyone.

Located to the west of the museum, the center will replace Fargo Public Schools’ Creative Arts Studio at Clara Barton Elementary. The district will be the cornerstone client at the Center for Creativity, sending at least 5,000 K-5 students in the 2012-13 school year for gallery and studio learning at the museum and center. After its inaugural year, participation is expected rise to at least 12,000 students annually, including students from other area school districts.

Join the museum from noon–5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30 for the grand opening of the Katherine Kilbourne Burgum Center for Creativity. The celebration will include art demonstrations, free museum admission, creative activities and food. For more information, call 701-232-3821 or visit plainsart.org.

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The Arts Partnership receives funding from the FM Area Foundation

BY THE ARTS PARTNERSHIP STAFF he Arts Partnership was awarded $5,000 from the FM Area Foundation this year to purchase technology for the new position of digital media producer that is being filled

by Kris Kerzman.

Kerzman is developing an active social media presence about the arts and culture of the community and beyond, and he is working with the Primary Partners of TAP through a variety of mediums, incuding Facebook, the ARTSpulse blog found at theartspartnership. net, Twitter, Youtube, and a weekly email that people can sign up for.

Dayna Del Val, executive director of TAP, said, “Having Kris on staff means that we can now amplify the work being done by our Partners to an extremely broad audience in a way that has not really been possible before. We are grateful to the FM Area Foundation for its financial commitment, which will allow us to purchase the equipment we need to make sure Kris can do his job well.”

The Arts Partnership thanks the FM Area Foundation for both this funding and for the organization’s continued relationship with many of TAP’s Partners, who also received granting dollars this year.

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A concept drawing of the soon-to-open Katherine Kilbourne Burgum Center for Creativity at Plains Art Museum

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Ready for another direction:

Kay Ornberg’s lifetime in art

BY KAY ORNBERG Editor note: Ornberg is an artist moving on from her experiences managing Art Connection in downtown Fargo. Here, she presents her favorite memories from a lifetime as an artist.

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hen I think about what I have accomplished and what has led me to make certain decisions in my artistic life, it makes me smile.

Probably not knowing I wanted to be an artist but showing promise, my parents enrolled me in a preschool art class at the AC [NDSU]. The only grade school teacher’s name I remember was Miss Paulsrud, my art teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School. Choosing art classes in junior high over home economics was an easy decision.

I took all the art classes available at Fargo Central High School from Alice Wright while saving my summer job money for Concordia, where I learned from Cyrus Running, Dean Bowman and Betty Strand. I learned about watercolor from week-long workshops at Camp Mishawaka, Minn., each summer after I graduated from college and married with children. That was my chosen media because I thought it was the safest pigment with small children around.

Not knowing if I had time to join the first Gallery 4 because we were building our special house that I designed, I went ahead and gave it a try. That was a learning experience.

The death of my sister before she turned 40 made me realize that life was short and I’d better get busy if I wanted to accomplish something.

The day I received information in the mail that I was accepted into the National Watercolor Society’s juried show in California was significant. I won the first place award and became a signature member. Spending the award money to fly to Los Angeles to see the exhibit and receive the award was a first. I was in awe as I studied the prospectus information to find I was the only artist in North Dakota to have received that honor.

I found out how difficult it was to sell one’s work living in Fargo and that it would be easier if I were a new discovery in Minneapolis, Chicago or Sioux Falls.

When I moved on to a bigger challenge, from my Dad’s irises to nudes, I had my exhibit covered with bed sheets in South Dakota and the work removed from an exhibit and put into a closet at Meritcare in Fargo. An invitation from Carl Oltvedt to work during the life drawing classes at MSUM greatly improved my figure painting skills.

After spending much money in shipping costs to move my paintings across the United States, I looked for a new direction, but also determined to keep painting.

Having grown up sewing for myself, I designed a line of women’s clothing and experienced some revenue. From then I was all over the states doing outdoor art festivals and indoor wholesale shows. I drove by myself to places like New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, California, Texas with only a well-worn atlas until the physical labor was another turning point.

The next decision was a permanent location, air-conditioned in the summer and protected from rain so anyone could try on a coat during any weather conditions.

Six years ago I established Art Connection at 520 Broadway. I enjoyed making our store look unique and beautiful. As I write this article, some plans are in motion. At Art Connection, we are selling many of our art pieces at lower prices and also taking “hold payments”

Photo by Kay Ornberg

Sunset over Lake Laura, our lake.

Photo by Kay Ornberg

The last view of my Art Connection window and me.

for selling most of the antique and unique props in the gallery. Pick-up for many of the props will be the last two weeks of September.

Donna Ormiston of Reed & Taylor Antiques has some ideas also, for utilizing the Art Connection name and space. Artists may still be selling work in the gallery, only under new management. Those negotiations will be on-going in the following months.

Now I am looking forward to something less stressful, but still creative.

I have a new old studio at our Rollag home called Gallery in the Granary and Studio. I anticipate painting there on a regular schedule. Perhaps someone else can do the selling or displaying.

In the meantime, look for updated information on our website artconnectionfargo.com, click on Calendar of Events and soon to follow kayornbergart.com.

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Robert Lepage and the Met fulfill

Wagner’s dream of a perfect Ring SUBMITTED BY MARIE OFFUTT rairie Public is presenting a truly epic 17 hours of television with Robert Lepage’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. The four-part opera from Great Performances at the Met airs Sept. 11-14 beginning at 8 p.m. CT each evening.

But there’s more. The television event actually begins on Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. CT with filmmaker Susan Froemke’s documentary Wagner’s Dream, which chronicles the backstory of the ambitious new staging.

The German composer Richard Wagner’s (1813-83) opera, often referred to as the “Ring Cycle,” comprises the four dramas Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. Complete cycles also aired on the public television network in 1983 and 1990, but never before has the staging, effects, talent and production quality been so extraordinary. The New York Times hailed it as “the most theatrically effective staging of the four works in this epic series,” and the Associated Press called it “visually stunning and dramatically engrossing.”

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Jonas Kaufmann as Siegmund and Eva-Maria Westbroek as Sieglinde in Wagner’s Die Walküre.

Vines in Bloom by Hazel Ashworth • 2011 Best of Show Small Quilt

The gods of Valhalla clash with underworld dwarves and brawny giants, with disastrous consequences. The evil Alberich steals gold from the Rhine and uses it to forge a ring of unimaginable power. Wotan, the king of the gods, uses magic to steal the ring, but Alberich places a curse that guarantees misery for whoever wears it. Wotan’s unwillingness to part with the ring leads him to break a contract, setting in motion a chain of events that will end in his own destruction.

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Stephanie Blythe as Fricka and Bryn Terfel as Wotan in Wagner’s Das Rheingold.

DIE WALKÜRE The hero Siegmund finds shelter in the strangely familiar arms of a lonely woman named Sieglinde. Their forbidden love leads Wotan’s daughter, the warrior maiden Brünnhilde, to defy morality and intervene on behalf of the hero. Brünnhilde’s transgression forces her father to choose between his love for his favorite daughter and his duty to his wife, the formidable goddess Fricka. Overcome with grief, Wotan takes away Brünnhilde’s godlike powers and puts her to sleep on a mountaintop, surrounded by a ring of magic fire that only the bravest hero can cross.

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Jay Hunter Morris is the title character in the Met’s new production of Wagner’s Siegfried.

The young hero Siegfried grows up in the wilderness, raised by Alberich’s conniving brother Mime.

He puts together the broken pieces of the sword Nothung, uses it to slay the fearsome dragon Fafner and takes the ring for himself. To fulfill his destiny, he must overcome one more opponent — Wotan, now disguised as the Wanderer, who knows the world of the gods is coming to an end — and cross through the magic fire to awaken his true love, Brünnhilde.

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Siegfried and Brünnhilde’s love is torn apart by the curse of the ring.

A trio of scheming humans separates the two heroes in a desperate attempt to steal the ring for themselves. Their villainous plan fails, but they succeed in murdering Siegfried. Heartbroken, Brünnhilde takes the ring and leaps into the hero’s funeral pyre, causing a global cataclysm and the twilight of the gods.

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TAP’s Advocate Partners 2012 Andrew & Miriam Mara Bernie’s Wines & Spirits Beth Fortier Bonnie Bowman Dr. Brian Slator Burton & Patricia Belknap Carol L. Stoudt Carol Zielinski Caroll & Jo Engelhardt Catalyst Medical Center Charles and Helen Grommesh City of Fargo City of Moorhead City of West Fargo Davis Anthony Scott

Dayna Del Val & Andrew Marry Eric & Anna Runestad Erin & Monte Koffler FM Convention & Visitors Bureau Gen Eidem Gene Okerlund Green Market Catering Insight to Action, LLC Dr. & Mrs. James McCulley Kate Preisler Lisa Tate Mark & Betsy Vinz Martha Keeler-Olsen Microsoft

NDSU Women’s Club Nem Schlecht Otter Tail Corporation Randi Martin Roger Minch Sam & Coralie Wai Sanford Health Susan Spingler Virginia Dambach West Acres Development, LLP West Acres Merchant Association William and Anna Jane Schlossman Fund

Grant funding provided by:

TAP’s Primary Partners 2012 Acappella Xpress, Inc. Andrea Baumgardner Angels of the Muse Arbor Photographic Art Connection Bachmeier Pottery Bluestem Center for the Arts* Bree Reetz Camria Ballet Academy* Carmen Bruhn* Carrie Lee Wendt* Concordia College Density Over Duration Productions Doug Hamilton Downtown Community Partnership ecce art + yoga Eric A. Johnson

Erika Lorentzsen* Fargo Park District Fargo Theatre Fine Arts Club F-M Area Music Club F-M Area Youth Symphonies F-M Ballet F-M Chamber Chorale F-M Drum & Bugle Corps.

F-M Master Chorale, Inc. F-M Opera F-M Symphony Orchestra F-M Visual Artists FM Golden Notes New Horizons Band Friends of the Fargo Public Library Gallery 4, Ltd. Givinity Press Gooseberry Park Players Green Purse Group

Gypsy & the Fish Harwood Prairie Playhouse Historical & Cultural Society of Clay County Hotel Donaldson Jenna Holt Rheault* Kathryn Luther McCal Joy Studio Minnesota Public Radio Lake Agassiz Concert Band Lake Agassiz Girls Choir Learning Bank Lepire Academy of Theatre Exploration McCal Joy Studio Michael J. Strand Moorhead Area Public Schools Moorhead Parks & Recreation MSUM College of Arts & Humanities

The Arts Partnership directly supports the organizations and programming that you have been reading about in this issue of ARTSpulse through re-granting. You can help support all the arts in the metro area by becoming an Arts Advocate Partner at any level. Join us today!

Name_______________________________________________ Address _________________________________________________ Telephone _______________________________________________ Email ___________________________________________________

! $10 ! $25 ! $50 ! Other $______________ Please mail to: The Arts Partnership 1104 2nd Ave. S., Suite 315, Fargo, ND 58103 701.237.6133 or go online to donate at TheArtsPartnership.net admin@theartspartnership.net cultivating the arts in our community

Music Theatre F-M New Rivers Press Nordic Arts Alliance Nordic Culture Clubs North Dakota State University Northern Plains Botanic Garden Society Penny & Pals/Kid Core Plains Art Museum Prairie Public Broadcasting Quilters’ Guild of ND Rasmussen College School of Design Red Raven Espresso Parlor* Red River Boy Choir Red River Dance & Performing Company Red River Watercolor Society Rourke Art Gallery & Museum Rust Belt Bindery

Shanley High School* Sherbanoo Aziz SoMA Fargo* Spider and Company Spirit Room Studio e Susie Ekberg Risher Tangerine Life The Listening Room The Stage at Island Park Theatre B Tin Roof Theatre Company Trollwood Performing Arts School West Fargo Park District* West Fargo Public Schools Willi Nilli *Denotes new Partner since January 1, 2012

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FM Ballet’s

Matthew Gasper

receives teacher certification from American Ballet Theater

BY JESSIE JOHNSON ance is a medium for storytelling that continues to inspire and amaze its audience long after the curtain closes on a performance. Waltzing to center stage of pop culture in recent movies and television shows, the dance art form crosses sociocultural boundaries and enhances communities by providing the opportunity to experience live entertainment in its most creative and athletic form.

Bringing this combination of art and facility to the Fargo-Moorhead area is Matthew Gasper, artistic director of Fargo Moorhead Ballet and owner/master instructor at Gasper’s School of Dance and Performing Arts. He’s also a certified personal trainer and black belt in Kenpo Karate.

Gasper’s vision for the FM Ballet company is to create, choreograph and produce Photo by Lacey Igo. major ballets that expose people of all ages Matt Gasper to the beauty, grace, emotion and power of the dance art form, educating audiences across the region about the artistry of dance.

“Dance isn’t just about looking good, or moving well,” Gasper said. “The bodies function to tell a story, but each one is different and presents its own challenges. It’s important to be well-rounded as a dancer, from dance training and artistry to physical fitness.”

To bring this level of training to company dancers, Gasper continues professional development through workshops and certifications, drawing on his own experience as a performer with the Cleveland San Jose Ballet Company and in television and film.

Gasper was recently awarded a teacher training grant from The Arts Partnership to attend a training and certification workshop with American Ballet Theatre in New York City.

“These opportunities expose instructors to new techniques in dance training and choreography, whether classical or contemporary,” Gasper said. “We’re very thankful for this kind of support. Without it, developing strong arts organizations in the community would be next to impossible.”

FM Ballet productions this season include The Classic Nutcracker Dec. 14-15 and A Midsummer Night’s Dream March 21-24. Auditions for the FM Ballet take place Sept. 5 at Gasper’s School of Dance and Performing Arts in downtown Fargo. For more information, visit http://fmballet.org/.

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Register for Moorhead Community Education fall classes SUBMITTED BY MOORHEAD AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS all Moorhead Community Education classes begin Sept. 17 with the starting date of individual classes varying. The fall catalog, which was available beginning Aug. 24, includes arts and music courses as well as cooking, crafts, computer, recreation, dance, early childhood classes and more.

Art and music courses this fall include Outdoor Mosaic Sculpture taught by artist Magda Szeitz and painting and drawing classes taught by artist and art educator Carrie Savageau. Other courses taught by local artists, art teachers and arts enthusiasts include Calligraphy, Beginning Harmonica, Beginning Guitar, Fiddling for Fun and more. If you’d like to offer an arts opportunity for the community in a future catalog, contact Lauri Winterfeldt at 284-3400.

Moorhead residents and past participants receive a catalog in the mail. To request a free catalog or to register for a class, call Community Education at 218-284-3400 or go online at https://communityed.moorhead.k12.mn.us.

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SUSANNE WILLIAMS

DAN FRANCIS

WILLI NILLI ARTIST BAGS

TIM LAMEY PHOTOGRAPHER

VISUAL ARTIST

Photos by Dan Francis

Top: Fargo: Past and Present -What Broadway could have been by Dan Francis. Bottom: Fargo: Past and Present - The Old Carnegie Building by Dan Francis.

Photos by Logan Werlinger

Clockwise from top: Susanne Williams, the mastermind behind Willi Nilli. Susanne Williams of Willi Nilli intricately puts together a bag. Susanne Williams makes sure every line is perfect.

Susanne Williams, creator of Willi Nilli, holds a doctorate in communications and was in a tenure track position at Minnesota State University Moorhead. She worked in academia for 12 years before becoming an artist full time. In 2005, she launched her professional career making beautiful artist hand bags which she sells wholesale to different companies internationally. Williams was a NICHE award finalist for 2012. Her studio and shop is in downtown Fargo.

She hadn’t let anyone into her studio space until recently. A small church group had heard about her work and asked for a studio tour, and she had so much fun showing them what she does that she’s eager to be a part of The Crawl this year.

Dan Francis, Fargo-Moorhead native, uses his Eighth Street studio for photography and photo-restoration. He came by his practice early on, taking photography classes in high school and studying graphic design in college. In this year’s Studio Crawl, Francis will be showing a series he created called Fargo: Past and Present and letting viewers in on the process he used to overlay photos of Fargo from the early 1900s onto current photographs.

He says the buildings represented in the photographs were either torn or burned down and in their places are modern buildings or, often, a parking lot.

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Live Oak, Vacherie LA

Tim Lamey creates landscapes that are often overlooked.

Lamey had an interest in art and began college studying for an art degree, but that path quickly changed. Currently, he works in a corporate setting, he said, splitting his time between biology and software development, but something was always missing, so he began an artist practice. Soon he’ll be giving up the corporate job for a full-time artist practice. He rented his studio on Eighth Street last year when he realized that the spare bedroom wasn’t enough space for a studio. He said there’s a “value of direct contact between artists and their potential audience.”

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October 7 @ 2 pm - Dr. James Carlson Library Film Event: Hunger Games (PG-13) October 12 @ 1 pm - Dr. James Carlson Library Book Discussion of The Giver October 25 @ 7 pm - Main Library

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WATER COLORS, ARTS CONNECTION GALLERY

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Photos by Jessica Matson-Fluto

Top: Rotation, 32” x 38”, charcoal on paper, 2012.

Jessica Matson-Fluto Left: Detail from Encroach oil on canvas 2012, triptych, 10” x 30” total (10” x 10” each).

Jessica Matson-Fluto Top: Airbrush Daylily watercolor painting by Kay Ornberg.

Bottom: Cherishing my Visual Space. Orberg’s country neighborhood where she draws much of her inspiration.

Ornberg’s father drew and wrote cartoons in the 1920s and ’30s and always encouraged her to make art. Since preschool, art has been the focus in her life. However. she found the F-M arts scene frustrating when she first began her career as an artist. She says she left for bigger cities where galleries were able to sell her work, but she eventually moved back to the area. As a former Crawl participant, she’s glad to be participating again this year. Drive out to the Rollag area to check out her painting studio at Gallery in the Granary, a space she said she shares with the occasional mouse whose ancestors had been living there much before she moved there.

Jessica Matson-Fluto comes from Spokane, Wa., but holds a BFA in art from MSUM, 2006, and an MFA in painting from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2008. She currently teaches at MSUM and is a practicing artist. MatsonFluto primarily works with oils, acrylics, charcoal, pastels and pencil, and she said having a few paintings going at the same time helps to keep her sane. It can be a relief, she said, to switch to another piece when she’s stuck on one. She thinks sharing studio space gives the public a better understanding of the artist process, their concepts, techniques and studio functionality.

Also new to this year’s Studio Crawl are Dennis Krull, Ron Williams and Char-Marie Flood. And, be sure to seek out the work of Brenda Luthi.

She was named this year’s FMVA member of the year. She is honored for her work in organizing, teaching and promoting area artists as well as for her own art practice. With such diverse talent and practices coming into this year’s Crawl mixed with the preexisting talent, long dismissed are the days Ornberg experienced early in her career.

Congratulations, Fargo! If you didn’t already know, you have a flourishing arts scene.

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S TARTS U P ARTS MIC RO-GRANTING

BY SANDY HUSEBY s artists struggle to share their art with the community, sometimes the most difficult challenge is not the creative process or the art itself, but the cost of a stamp or a small ad or brochures to introduce that art. Or finding a small troupe of people who’ll help address envelopes or make calls or help set up an event. Or knowing who to ask for help to launch a new artistic venture.

Now, there’s an answer, thanks to visionary volunteer Carol Zielinski and the organization she has conceived and nurtured into the Green Purse Society. The Society provides micro-grants to artists and small groups that cannot be served by traditional grants funding.

Green Purse is dedicated to the belief that every artist deserves a fair opportunity to showcase his or her talents and creativity to the community. Yet, too often, individual artists and small arts groups cannot find financial resources simply because they are too small in scale, or too new, to meet the thresholds of most funding entities.

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activists who share her vision of developing the infrastructure of micro-granting and volunteering specifically to help artists who cannot find resources through other funders.

Those founders have evolved into a Board of Stewards whose expertise and interests range across the diverse artistic community of the region. Currently serving on the Board of Stewards are Donna Chalimonszyk, Virginia Dambach, Gen Eidem, Sandy Huseby, Kerstin Kealy, Naomi Nakamoto, Kathleen Neugebauer and Donna Voxland.

The public is invited to become a member supporter of Green Purse Society. Memberships begin at only $25 annually. Want to volunteer time? Let Green Purse Society help you find the opportunities that fit your interests. Find membership information at The Arts Partnership, 1104 2nd Ave. S., Fargo, or phone 701-237-6133 and ask for a Green Purse brochure.

Micro-grants program details are currently in development. Artists who need volunteer help or want further information about the micro-grants program should contact The Arts Partnership, 1104 2nd Ave S., Fargo, or 701-237-6133. Green Purse membership funding is administered by The Arts Partnership.

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Buy Tickets Now! Live at Birdland with Tommy Igoe “A completely unique NYC experience. There isn’t another band like this anywhere... a music experience you simply must witness”—Time Out New York The Birdland Big Band will transport you to the jazz mecca of New York City.

Featuring New York's finest musicians and directed by Tommy Igoe, one of the world's greatest drummers, The Birdland Big Band has become New York City's most popular weekly musical attraction.

The Birdland Big Band

Tuesday, October 30, 7:30 p.m., Hansen Theatre

Hot Club San Francisco “…There aren’t enough superlatives to describe their sound….”

—All About Jazz This gypsy-jazz ensemble will carry you back to the small, smoky jazz clubs of Paris in the 1930s. Featuring French singer Isabelle Fontaine (channeling Edith Piaf), the amazing violin of twice Grammy Award winner Evan Price, and a swinging rhythm section of guitars and bass.

Hot Club San Francisco

Saturday, December 1, 7:30 p.m., Gaede Stage

Daniel Bernard Roumain with DJ Scientific “…Daniel Bernard Roumain is creating a miracle…”—The New York Times

Daniel Bernard Roumain with DJ Scientific

DBR’s genius for fusing classical music, hip-hop, concert violin, and progressive electronic beats has led to collaborations and performances with everyone from The Seattle Symphony Orchestra to Lady Gaga. This event features DBR on a sixstring amplified violin accompanied by DJ Scientific, who beatboxes on the mic, spins and scratches away at two turntables and an Apple laptop. Curious? You should be. You’ll come away from this performance with new sounds stuck in your head and something to talk about!

Thursday, January 31, 7:30 p.m., Gaede Stage

The Complete World of Sports, performed by The Reduced Shakespeare Company “I laughed so much I didn’t take enough notes to write a review” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Reduced Shakespeare Company

For sports lovers AND haters! From the earliest cavemen playing “Neanderthal in the Middle” to your own kid’s soccer practice, the entire history of athletic competition will be regurgitated in a tour de France of physical theater, at a level of sophistication and pathos that only the Reduced Shakespeare Company can muster. It’ll be a marathon of madness and mayhem as the world’s great sporting events are shrunk down to theatrical size.

Saturday, March 23, 7:30 p.m., Hansen Theatre

Buy tickets now at www.mnstate.edu/perform or call (218) 477-2271 M-F, noon to 4 p.m.

Powerful performances right here.

Minnesota State University Moorhead is an equal opportunity educator and employer and is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

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Starting a conversation, Master Chorale names building a community new director of music

BY JANELLE BRANDON, LRAL he Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo communities are renowned for their shared community spirit, and it is this collaboration and cooperation that sparked an initiative and partnership by F-M area public libraries.

Join together in reading the same book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, and participate in as many events and discussions as possible during October 2012.

Lowry’s dystopian novel explores themes of control, memory, individuality, pain and pleasure, and death.

One highlight of the month-long event includes a photo contest open to all in the region in two age categories: Kindergarten through eighth grade and high school through adult. The theme for the digital photography contest is “Black and White with a Splash of Red.” Judging for both categories will be conducted by Raul Gomez from the High Plains Reader, Wayne Gudmundson from Minnesota Photo courtesy of Content Cafe State University Moorhead, and John Lois Lowry’s The Giver will inspire many questions Lamb from The Forum. and conversations throughout the month of October Winners from each category will in our community. receive a new Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader and will be featured in an editorial in the High Plains Reader.

Ask your local librarian for a copy of The Giver beginning Oct. 1 and visit fmareaonebook.org for a complete line-up of events in your community and The Giver reading guides to assist with book discussions.

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“The idea is that the city that opens the same book closes it in greater harmony.”

–Mary McGrory, The Washington Post, March 17, 2002

BY LYNNE PENNEY he Master Chorale of Fargo-Moorhead announces the appointment of Aaron M. Zinter as director of music. Zinter, director of music at Oak Grove Lutheran School, is a graduate of Concordia College, Moorhead, and received his Master of Music degree in choral directing from Illinois State University, Normal, Ill. As director of music at Oak Grove, Zinter conducts the Concert Choir, Chapel Choir, 7th and 8th Grade Choir, 6th Grade General Music, AP Music Theory, Madrigals, Carolers and individual voice and guitar lessons. He directs and manages the annual ten-day Oak Grove Concert Choir Tour across the United States and Canada. He also prepares solo and ensemble members for academic competition, for Photo by Caulfield Studio which Oak Grove has earned 26 OutstandAaron M. Zinter, New Director of Music for The ing Performances at the North Dakota Master Chorale of Fargo-Moorhead State Music Contest in the past six years.

As the former director of music ministries at Second Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, Ill., with a membership of 1,500, Zinter conducted 12 K-12 and adult choirs while serving as department head of seven musicians. While there, he directed and managed the Chancel Choir United States Mission Tour across 35 states and Canada. In March 2005, he led a tenday choral mission trip to Northeastern Brazil with eight outstanding youth singers.

Zinter has composed and arranged original music for worship and special occasions, published choral works with Abingdon Press in Nashville, Tenn., and received an Outstanding Performance rating at the North Dakota State Music Contest with the Oak Grove Madrigals the past six years in a row. Zinter recorded four CDs with Chanson, a professional male a capella ensemble, and performed with Chanson in a Master Class with the King’s Singers. He has also been a volunteer facilitator of leadership training activities at Timber Pointe Outdoor Center in Illinois for youth and adults with disabilities.

Anyone interested in auditioning for the Master Chorale of Fargo-Moorhead prior to the first Chorale meeting on Sept, 30, 2012, should contact Lynne Penney at 701-205-0390 or lmpenney@aol.com.

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Opera brings two major works to the stage

BY BERNIE ERICKSON or most of us our first exposure to opera happened on Saturday mornings as a child.

We’d be sitting in our jammies, eating cereal, and watching Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd perform the Looney Tunes version of The Barber of Seville. Bugs lathering up Elmer for a shave and performing a scalp massage to the tunes from The Barber is an image we’ll never forget. Probably a few people had their initial contact through the Our Gang or Little Rascals television program with Alfalfa crooning “I’m the Barber of Seville.

Figaro, Figaro, Fiiiigaaaaro.”

Now that we’re all grown up, we have the opportunity to see the real thing. FargoMoorhead Opera is bringing two of the most recognizable titles for the mainstage productions of the 2012-2013 season.

The fall kicks off Rossini’s The Barber of Seville with that rascally barber Figaro creating mayhem all over Seville as he connives to bring the lovely Rosina and Count Almaviva together. In the spring you will hear some of the most recognizable music ever written as you enjoy Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Picking up where we left off at the end of The Barber of Seville, Rosina and the Count are now married and living at their country

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estate. All goes awry in paradise when the Count gets the hots for Susanna, Figaro’s wifeto-be. Hilarity ensues and the Count finally gets his comeuppance.

The young dynamic casts for both operas feature voices and faces new to Fargo-Moorhead. You’ll have a chance to hear the newest member of the Concordia voice faculty as Anne Jennifer Nash makes her company debut as Susanna. Marc Schreiner returns to sing Count Almaviva, and you’ll have a chance to hear your favorites Lucy Thrasher and Peter Halverson, too.

Performance dates for The Barber of Seville are Oct. 26 and 28. The comedy continues with The Marriage of Figaro on April 13 and 15. All performances are at NDSU Reineke Festival Concert Hall. You’ll save money and get the best seats with a season subscription that includes Barber, Figaro and our third production The Face on the Barroom Floor. Single tickets range in price from $40-$70 and all students are admitted for $5.

Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or a first timer, the 2012-2013 season promises something for everyone. Mark your calendars today to enjoy some of the best live entertainment offered in the Fargo-Moorhead area.

Quilters move annual show to downtown Fargo SUBMITTED BY QUILTERS’ GUILD OF NORTH DAKOTA ind your favorite quilts at a new location for the 33rd Annual Indian Summer Quilt Show and Conference downtown at the Fargo Civic Center on Sept. 21, 22 and 23. The yearly event is bigger and better with more space for expanding the quilt show and related displays, vendor mall and bazaar booth, lectures and workshops.

Award-winning quilts were selected by Klaudeen Hansen, National Quilting Association Certified Judge from Sun Prairie, Wis. She will designate the quilts that will receive cash and merchandise awards and will award place ribbons to the best quilts in various categories. Hansen has judged more than 28,600 quilts in her career, and she edits the annual Quilt Art Engagement Calendar of award-winning contemporary quilts. She also teaches new, easy techniques for making traditional quilts.

This year, machine quilters are eager to work with national instructor Sharon Schamber from Payson, Ariz., who is ranked number one among longarm machine quilters in America. Named Master Quilter by the National Quilt Association, Schamber is the only person to receive two consecutive best of show awards at the American Quilting Society in Paducah, Ken. “Everything I do is different, even down to the binding,” Schamber said. Teaching is her love and quilting is her passion. She develops books, patterns, and DVD tutorials

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containing fast and precise techniques for making quilts.

Karla Alexander of Salem, Ore., is the third invited national instructor. With seven books to her credit, she produces hundreds of quilts and patterns resulting in a variety of quilt techniques that she shares with her readers and students.

The plethora of regional teachers includes fiber artists offering their expertise through classes, lectures and demonstrations. Classes and lectures are individually priced and remain open for the public until filled.

Shoppers can find supplies, books, patterns, notions, fabrics and small works of art at 24 vendor booths and at the Guild’s popular Bodacious Bazaar which includes new and gently used merchandise. Quilt show patrons determine which favorite quilt will receive the Viewers’ Choice Award. The small quilt silent auction and raffle quilt on display will raise funds for Guild-sponsored events and causes.

Also new this year is the adoption of a community cause. The sheARTS Project: Art Hats for Breast Cancer Awareness will display art hats and photographs at this inaugural display. Attendees are invited to make and contribute a hat.

Quilt show admission includes full access to displays, vendor mall, auction and demonstrations. Adult tickets are $5/day, $10/three-day pass; free for children under 12.

The schedule is available at ndquilts.com or 701-388-3267.

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Pre-Fall Has It All Activities include: September 13-16th Quilt Retreat at Northern Lights Casino and Event Center.

September 15th North Country Marathon

September 20th Opening Wine & Cheese Reception with the Artists, Gallery of New Creations & Antiques Too, Longville 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

September 21st Fall Has It All Kick-off, the Anchorage Inn, Longville 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., followed by karaoke entertainment 9:00 p.m. to closing September 21st Concert Northern Lights Event Center, Walker • Great White Band 8:00 p.m.

September 22nd Walk to Remember Alzheimer’s Fundraiser, May Creek, Walker. Registration begins at 10:00 a.m. with a free picnic lunch for all participants – donations support the area’s Alzheimer’s Association Chapter September 22nd Oktoberfest, Homemade Soups, Beer Garden & Accordian Music 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. - Downtown Longville September 22nd Oktoberfest German Dinner Dance at the Longville Fire Hall 5:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m.

September 22nd Concert, Northern Lights Event Center, Walker, • Nelson Band 5:00 pm.

• Dokken Band 8:00 p.m.

September 23rd Juried Art Show, Northern Lights Event Center, Walker 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

September 25th Lucette’s Pizza & Pub Art Show 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

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September 28th through September 30th The 8th Annual Hackensack Chainsaw Event, City Park Hackensack – 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Friday & Saturday, Starts at 9:00 a.m. Sunday with 1:00 p.m. Auction of Carvings September 28th Dance at the Hackensack American Legion at 8:00 p.m.

September 29th Hackensack American Legion Auxiliary Breakfast 7:30-10:00 a.m.

September 29th Spaghetti Dinner & Silent Auction, Hackensack Area Fire & Rescue, Hackensack Fire Hall 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.

September 29th Rotary Extravaganza, Northern Lights Event Center, Walker 6:00 p.m.

September 30th Hackensack Sons of the American Legion Breakfast 7:30-10:00 a.m.

October 4th through October 5th Quilt Show, Northern Lights Event Center, Walker Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Includes vendors, demonstrations, and displays October 4th Lake Country Scenic Fall Colors Bus Tour from Walker, Park Rapids and Detroit Lakes. Call Leech Lake Area Chamber for information 547-1313 October 6th Car Color Tour, Line up in Walker 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

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October 6th Texaco 2012 Country Showdown Regional Final, Northern Lights Event Center, Walker 7:00 p.m.

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PIE-o-neer Day September 22 12 - 4pm

Enjoy a slice of pie at the Bergquist Cabin!

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FMSO new season features the drama

of a new conductor search

BY KRIS KERZMAN special treat is in store for observers of this year’s Masterworks Series at FargoMoorhead Symphony Orchestra (FMSO). In addition to a full suite of orchestral favorites, audience members will be able to observe — and take part in — the selection process for a new conductor/musical director.

Over the five installments of the Series, audiences will see the five finalists for the position in action, and their input will be used in determining the chosen finalist. In doing so, they will play a role in FMSO’s three-year process to select a successor to their past director, the well-loved Bernard Rubenstein.

To initiate the process, FMSO issued a call for applications and then allowed symphony musicians to make the first cut from the 140 they received. This is a marked difference in how musical directors have been chosen in the past, said Linda Boyd, director of the FMSO. “In the old days, you’d have your search committee made up of board members and community members, maybe a musician,” Boyd said. “That has flipped around now, to where search committees are usually at least 50 percent musicians.” The musicians, she added, were some of the toughest critics of the 140 applicants.

“To the layman, all of these applicants look impressive,” Boyd said, “but the musicians know a lot more about university programs and other credentials, so they were much harder on them. It was fascinating to watch.”

After the cut was made to the five finalists, FMSO worked with them to devise the season’s repertoire. Boyd said that the finalists all suggested similar pieces for the symphony to perform, making an easy task of taking those suggestions and creating a level playing field for all five finalists.

The public will also have plenty of opportunities to see the finalists outside of the concert hall, Boyd said, as they will be put through their paces in terms of community interaction in addition to working with the orchestra. During their time in Fargo, they will meet and practice with the orchestra, speak in front of service groups and hold master classes with area students. This level of involvement will factor heavily into the direction the FMSO will take following Rubenstein’s departure. Boyd notes that Rubenstein brought the FMSO to a new pinnacle of artistic achievement and that building from there may take a new set of skills.

“Everyone’s playing at the top of their personal ability,” Boyd said. “What we’re looking at is making the symphony relevant to our community in new ways, and that could take any number of shapes.”

That task awaits the conductor who shines the most over the next few months, a process that adds an undercurrent of drama to an already exciting slate of events at the symphony.

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Historic Fashions of the Valley September 13 7pm

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150 years of Red River Valley fashion will grace the runway once again.

All proceeds benefit HCSCC.

Historical & Cultural Society of Clay County Hjemkomst Center 202 1st Ave N, Moorhead, MN www.hcscconline.org 218-299-5511

September 21st • 8pm September 22nd • 3pm & 8pm FARGO THEATRE

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second installment of Another Hit: the Community Supported Art

Photo by Natalie Smith Carlson

The three pieces of art presented a lovely cohesive set for the shareholders.

BY TAP STAFF n July 10, more than 100 guests gathered at Renaissance Hall, part of the NDSU downtown campus and home to the Art and Architecture and Landscape Architecture Departments, for the second of three Community Supported Art parties.

Guests enjoyed listening to the folk group, The Friends of the Ogg Creek String Band, ate desserts from K’s Bakery and Angel Cups, and heard from CSA artists Carmen Bruhn, Chelsea Thorson of Raine Design, and Dennis Krull and Karman Rheault of Gallery 4, Ltd. A shareholder wrote the next day and beautifully summed up how this project is achieving one of The Arts Partnership’s goals: I just wanted to tell you what a great time I’m having with this art! I don’t consider myself an “artsy” person, and don’t traditionally seek out art for my home, which is why I joined this program. And I’m so glad that I did! I have LOVED every piece that I’ve received and when I got home last night, all of my family came to me and said, “What did we get?” It’s great to be able to share an appreciation of art with my children, too.

With one more party to go in September, some shareholders are already expressing their excitement for the next round coming in the spring of 2013. TAP already has artists expressing interest in applying for the next round of the CSA as well.

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Clockwise from top left: Chelsea Thorson designed a concrete tape dispenser that utilizes both form and function beautifully. The Friends of the Ogg Creek Siring Band entertained the crowd with their folk sound. Guests enjoy the desserts. A stone trivet by Carmen Bruhn showcases the native Panamanian women who picked coffee beans on her grandparent’s coffee plantation.

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