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What's Inside 5 ArtWorks Week Schedule
15 Paramount Theatre
6 ArtWorks Stage & Gallery Schedules
Fall Events
7 Grant Blackwood Workshop & Book
16 Meet the Authors 18 Downtown Events
8 Maps of the Festival
19 Trunk Show
9 Visual Artists
20 Put Some Color In Your Life
12 Family Activities / Food at the Festival
21 Dick Schindler
Signing / Green Card Voices
Minnesota Community Sings Celebration Concert
13 Thanks to our Sponsors 14 James Wegner Gallery Opening
22 ArtWorks Center Fall Classes
Thank you
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ArtWorks Week Friday, August 19 - Matchbox Children’s Theatre presents Fairy Free For-All and Pyramus & Thisbe
7pm / $8 adults / $5 students 14 and younger / Historic Paramount Theatre
Saturday, August 20 - Matchbox Children’s Theatre
presents Fairy Free For-All and Pyramus & Thisbe
2pm / $8 adults / $5 students 14 and younger / Historic Paramount Theatre
Sunday, August 21 - Matchbox Children’s Theatre presents Fairy Free For-All and Pyramus & Thisbe
2pm / $8 adults / $5 students 14 and younger / Historic Paramount Theatre
Sunday, August 21 - Riverland Alumni & Friends present Broadway Hits 2pm / $20 general public / $10 students / Frank W. Bridges Theatre Packages available to attend post show reception at Dusty’s Bar and Lounge for $40
Monday, August 22 - Put Some Color in Your Life - A Relaxing Evening for Adults 6-8pm / FREE / Austin ArtWorks Center
Tuesday, August 23 - Sena Ehrhardt/Cole Allen Acoustic 6:30pm / FREE / Hormel Historic Home Wednesday, August 24 - Minnesota Community Sings 6:30-8:30pm / FREE / Veteran’s Pavilion
Thursday, August 25 - Secrets of Writing a Blockbuster Novel
- Workshop with Grant Blackwood
9am-5pm / $25 (includes workshop, lunch, and snacks) / Austin Public Library
Thursday, August 25 - James Wegner Gallery Opening 5-7pm / FREE / Austin ArtWorks Center
Friday, August 26 - Grant Blackwood Book Signing 12-2pm / FREE / Sweet Reads
Friday, August 26 - Alley Party / 8pm / Dusty’s Bar & Lounge Saturday, August 27 - Austin ArtWorks Festival 9am-5pm / FREE / Historic Downtown Power Plant and throughout downtown Austin
Saturday, August 27 - Spare Arts Bike Show 10am-5pm / FREE / Main Street Downtown Austin
Saturday, August 27 - Malamanya & Sonny Knight and the Lakers with Peter Jacobs Jazz Combo
7pm / $15 / Historic Paramount Theatre
Sunday, August 28 - Austin ArtWorks Festival
10am-4pm / FREE / Historic Downtown Power Plant
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Stage & Gallery Schedules Saturday, August 27 Galleries 9a-5p / ArtWorks Center 9a-5p / Spare Arts Motorcycle Show 10a-5p Authors
Indoor Stage
Outdoor Stage
9:30a / Douglas Wood & John Duren 10:30a / Panel composed of Janet Moe, Kara Page & Judi Bergan 11:30a / David Housewright 12:30p / Sarah Stonich 1:30p / Virginia Wright-Peterson 2:30p / Gail Kittleson 3:30p / Grant Blackwood
10:15a / Stringendo 11:15a / Brandon & Brock Lawhead 12:15p / Cedar River Strings 1:15p / Con Fuoco 2:15p / Harmonics 3:30p / Trio Sem Nome
10:30a / Full Circle 12:00p / Austin Symphony Orchestra 1:30p / The Bulldog Quartet 2:45p / Weathered Ivan 4:00p / City Mouse
Ian Hilmer
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Afrobilly
Sunday, August 23
City Mouse
Galleries 10a-4p / ArtWorks Center 10a-4p Authors
Indoor Stage
Outdoor Stage
11:30a / Peggy Keener 12:30p / Jennifer Schwertfeger 1:30a / Sherrie Hansen
11:00a / Stringendo 12:00p / Trio Sem Nome 1:00p / Cedar River Strings 2:00p / Harmonics 3:00p / Con Fuoco
11:00a / MacPhail School of Music: Rim Shots 12:15p / Afrobilly 1:45p / Cosmic 3:00p / Ian Hilmer
2:30p / Panel composed of Harriet Ulland, John Haymond & Jeff Ollman - Moderated by Keith Cich
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See you next year!
August 26 & 27, 2017
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Secrets of Writing a Blockbuster Novel Workshop with Grant Blackwood
Thursday, August 25 9am-5pm / $25 Includes workshop, lunch, and snacks / Austin Public Library
Want to know how to keep a reader on the edge of their seat? This wonderful workshop is for you then! Grant Blackwood, a former Austin resident and previous ArtWorks Festival guest, will be giving tricks of the trade, pointers, and advice to those wishing to know how to send shivers down spines, cause nail biting, or pulling out of hair with tense and entertaining fiction. The New York Times bestselling author of the Briggs Tanner series, (The End of Enemies, The Wall of Night, and An Echo of War) Grant Blackwood is also the co-author of the Fargo Adventure Series (Spartan Gold, Lost Empire, and The Kingdom) with Clive Cussler, as well as the co-author of the #1 NYT bestseller, Dead or Alive, with Tom Clancy, and the new thriller, The Kill Switch, with James Rollins. The workshop fee is $25 and includes lunch and snacks. Make checks payable to the Friends of the Library. Print off the registration form and return to the Austin Public Library.
Registration form can be found at the following link:
http://austinpubliclibrary.org/uncategorized/ writers-workshop-secrets-of-writing-a-blockbuster-novel/
Grant Blackwood Book Signing
The Green Card Voices will be on display from August 17th through September 18th. The banners will be placed at the Historic Downtown Power Plant during the ArtWorks Festival and at 20 other downtown Austin businesses, including the Austin ArtWorks Center. Green Card Voices, a non-prof
Friday, August 26 / 12pm-2pm Sweet Reads in Downtown Austin
it started in September of 2013, was born from the idea that the broad narrative of current immigrants should be communicated in a way true to each immigrant’s story. Green Card Voices aspires to build a bridge between immigrants, non-immigrants, and advocates from across the country by sharing the first-hand immi-
gration stories of foreign-born Americans. Using digital storytelling and dynamic, video-based platform, Green Card Voices shares personal narratives of America’s immigrants, fostering tolerance and establishing a better understanding between the immigrant and non-immigrant populations. AUSTIN ARTWORKS FESTIVAL
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Turbine Gallery
AUGUST 27 / 28 @ the Historic
Downtown Power Plant 501 4th Ave NE Austin, MN
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Turbine Gallery
Sally Wade
Micah Ofstedahl Painting – Booth 2
Mixed Media – Booth 3
Photography – Booth 4
Mara Smith
Mariella TerBeest-Schladweiler
Thomas Blahnik
Pamela White
Bruce Gordon
Benjamin Leatham Wood – Booth 10
Textiles – Booth 11
Sharlene Bohr
Katie Stromlund
Peggy & Steve Kittleson
Don Tran
Brian Wolf
David Perkins
Kara Page
Jewelry – Booth 1
Jewelry – Booth 5
Drawing – Booth 9
Wood – Booth 7
Mixed Media – Booth 13
Textiles – Booth 14
Photography – Booth 15
Sue Soenen
Sandra Haff
Scot Schmidt
Other – Booth 17
Textiles – Booth 6
Lisa Truax
Sculpture – Booth 18
Mixed Media – Booth 19
Lila Taft
Glass – Booth 8
Painting – Booth 12
Glass – Booth 16
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Jim Freitag
Jason Felten
Thomas Keller
Painting – Booth 21
Painting – Booth 22
Mixed Media – Booth 23
Photography – Booth 24
Miranda Rose
Alida Perez
Ron Kraft
Steve Dalaitsch
Textiles – Booth 25
Textiles – Booth 26 & 27
Gary Harbo
Keenan Schultz
Other – Booth 31
Best in Show, 2016 Minnesota Junior Duck Stamp Competition Austin High School Senior Artist Award Winner
Peter Waldman
Joseph Sand
Ceramics – Booth 4
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Sculpture – Booth 28
Painting – Booth 30
Featured Artist Mary Plaster, Mixed Media–Booth 29 Mary Plaster is a Minnesota-grown, world-traveled, mixed-media artist and activist, currently based on Spirit Mountain near Lake Superior. She is artistic director of Duluth All Souls Night every November and an associate artist at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre in Minneapolis. Mary is best known for her work with painted giant papier-mâché sculptures used in dramatic productions, conference displays, public parades, ceremonies and home decor. She also works in graphics, photography, and jewelry. Career Highlights include: Parliament of World Religions, The Cosmic Mass, Ordway International Children’s Festival, Duluth Children’s Museum, MN Ballet, and Burning Man, with Jungle Theater and Children’s Theatre Company internships.
Glass – Booth 1
Glass – Booth 2
Jon Offutt
Kyra Bellrichard
Craig Seath
Jenny Levernier
Rayna Gasteiger
Ceramics – Booth 5
Jewelry – Booth 6
Ceramics – Booth 3
Other – Booth 7
Kim Kahn-Waletzke
Kathryn Soucek
Jewelry – Booth 8 & 9
Ceramics – Booth 10
Grant Kaihoi
Ed Brownlee
Wood – Booth 11
Jewelry – Booth 12
Wood – Booth 13
Pottery – Booth 14
Christopher Casper
Tricia Bagstad
Michelle Danielson
Sophia Harris
Photography – Booth 15
Sonja Riemensheider Photography – Booth 19
David Lenz
Painting – Booth 23
Kelly Cook
Phillip Smith
Jewelry – Booth 16
Michelle Fuller
Printmaking – Booth 20
Karen Ruff
Sculpture – Booth 24
Other – Booth 17
Mari Gades
Textiles – Booth 21
Jewelry – Booth 18
Susan Bartley
Ceramics – Booth 22
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Do our galleries have you and your little ones itching to get in on the art? Just looking for some shade to cool off? Find our family activities near the outdoor stage! n Brush the Beetle
n Face Painting by Matchbox Children’s Theatre n Flor Vargas’s Pinatas
n Mosaic with Patrick Hansel
n Hula hooping with Rochelle Perleberg
n Bucket Drumming with MacPhail Instructor Cheryl Collins
n Wood Working n Legos
n Jewelry
n Dolls & Flip Flops n Flowers
Twisted Barrel Pizza
A family owned business crazy about pizza! Crispy, chewy and delicious every time!
Super Fresh Bakery
Locally owned and delicious bakery items and fresh coffee. Donuts and Coffee in Piggy Blues Truck from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Piggy Blues BBQ
Our little hole in the wall place has been serving up dry rubbed BBQ since 2000. Family owned and operated.
Iowa Grill
The Iowa Grill is Mobile Food Trailer Serving Steaks, Chops, Brats and our Famous Toasty Dogs
Sonny’s Ice Cream
Serving Walking Tacos, Nachos, popcorn and ice cream
Taqueria Taco Truck
Local Hispanic food with authentic flavor and flair.
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The Austin Area Commission for the Arts would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to this year’s ArtWorks Festival donors and sponsors.
We couldn’t make the art work without you!
Jeff & LeeAnn Ettinger Bonnie & Tim Rietz Pat & Gary Ray Richard & Janet Flack Randy & Wendy Kramer Stephen Palen Belita Schindler Jim & Tammy Snee Geoff & Diane Baker Steven & Debra Binder Mark & Tammy Coffey Holiday Inn Jane & Craig Johnson KAAL - ABC News 6 KAUS AM 1480 Andrew & Lindsey Kepper RBC Wealth Mgmt Jerry & Mary Anne Wolesky Vern & Sue Grove Gene and Marilyn Muchow
Adenuga & Murielle Atewologun Randy & Ann Bailey Fred & Carolyn Bogott Arlene Brick Jim & Milly Burroughs Clasen Mortuary, Inc. CliftonLarsonAllen Cooperative Response Center, Inc. Greg & Jennifer Davis Development Corporation of Austin Dolan’s Landscape Jodi and Duane Feragen Fox Electric Nordean Fox Fuhrman Real Estate Greg Meyer Insurance (State Farm) Heartman Insurance Richard & Karen Herreid Paul Hirsch Al & Alice Holst
Hoversten, Johnson, Beckmann & Hovey, LLP Hy-Vee Foods Darryl & Deborah Mickelsen Phillip & Gail Minerich Kevin & Aleta Myers Mark & Lori Nibaur Noon Kiwanis Noon Lions Larry & Teresa Pfeil Jeanne & Robert Poppe-Vilt Kurt Potach Marvin & Rebecca Repinski Chad & Laura Sayles Charles & Beverly Schindler Paul & Marilyn Stenhjem David Sylte Mark & Annemarie Vaupel Carter Wagner
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James Wegner Gallery Opening Thursday, August 25 5-7pm / FREE Austin ArtWorks Center James Wegner taught art at the Austin Community College for 28 years and for 10 years in the Jr. and Sr. High Schools in Austin, MN. Wegner has a Master’s Degree from the University of Minnesota with an emphasis in Painting and Art History. He has done additional graduate work at the University of Colorado, Mankato, and St. Cloud State Universities. He has studied with noted artists Max Weber, Millard Sheets, Dong Kingman, Carl Morris, Richard Diebenkorn, Ralston Crawford and Cheng Kee Chee.
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Awards have been received for his work in oil, acrylic, watercolor, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture and fiber. Wegner’s work is in a number of private collections on the East and West Coasts, in the Midwest, Canada and Europe. He has exhibited at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Art Institute, Tweed Gallery in Duluth, Mason City McNeider Museum and Rochester Art Center as well as in Austin Area Art Center, Albert Lea Art Center and Naeve Hospital. “Simple forms derived from nature become my primary concern. I like to work directly with my material, allowing the forms to emerge as natural and uncomplicated as possible. The things an artist makes become the best testament to what he feels and believes.” The gallery opening is open to the public and attendance is free of charge. This gallery show will run through October 1.
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Meet the Authors
H Douglas Wood & John Duren August 27 / 9:30 a.m.
Douglas Wood has been called “Minnesota’s Renaissance Man.” Author, artist, musician, naturalist, wilderness guide- he is the creator of 32 books for children and adults, with over 2 ½ million copies in print. His first book, “Old Turtle,” was hailed as a “profound work” and an “instant classic.” Other award winners and New York Times best sellers include “Grandad’s Prayers of the Earth” and his humorous “Can’t Do” series. Doug is the recipient of the American Booksellers Book of the Year Award, the International Reading Association Book of the Year, the Christopher Medal, Parent’s Choice Award, Barnes & Noble Star of the North, and Storytelling World Award among many others. He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the MN Association for Environmental Education, the MN State Arts Board Grant for Adult Prose, and the CMAB McKnight Established Artist Award. He lives with his family in a log cabin among the pines by the Mississippi River. (Genre: children & adult fiction) website: www.douglaswood.com John Duren will join Doug Wood as they talk about their collaboration on the book about the Nature Center. The title is “The Essence of Place: The Story of the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center.” This 200-page hardcover book, with full-color photographs, celebrates the ecosystems, wildlife, and the people of the Nature Center. Photographer John Duren will tell the stories behind some of his most memorable images and writer Doug Wood will dive into the history of the Nature Center, explaining how it came to be the place it is today.
H Panel composed of Janet Moe, Kara Page & Judi Bergen August 27 / 10:30 a.m.
Janet Moe was raised on a dairy farm in southwestern Wisconsin where her family also grew tobacco. She attended Minnesota Bible College and Winona State University. Janet has been the vocal music teacher at Grand Meadow Public School since the fall of 1986. Her two books, “Romney’s Revenge” and “Never Even,” were published by Lighthouse Christian Publishing as print on demand. (Genre: fiction, Young Adult/ Children’s Literature, Mystery) Kara Page, is a graduate of Waldorf College, and her writing has appeared in MAKE Magazine, MUSED, and the Waldorf Literary Review. Her forthcoming “The Pursuit Of ” will appear in Writing Tomorrow Magazine. (Genre: Nonfiction, Poetry) Judi Bergen’s short stories have been published in “The Gargoyle,” “Nexus,” and “The Poetry Forum Journal.” Her essay about a hospice patient was published in “The Land,” an agricultural and rural life magazine, and placed top five in the National Writers Association Contest in 2005. The first page of her novel, “Longing to Belong,” placed second in a contest at the University of Wisconsin Writer’s Institute, and the first chapter was published in “Lost Lake Folk Opera” magazine. (Genre: fiction, poetry, essay)
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H David Housewright August 27 / 11:30 a.m.
David Housewright started working in journalism during his college years as a stringer for the Minneapolis Tribune covering sports. Later he was a reporter for the Albert Lea Tribune, and then returned to sports at the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota. After going into advertising, David became a partner and creative director of his own agency in St. Paul before deciding to get back into the kind of writing he most wanted to do since he was a child - books. David’s first book, “Penance,” was published and two months later he sold the agency to his partner. Five months later he won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Since then David has published 17 novels and a number of short stories, been nominated for eight literary awards and won four. He was elected President of the Private Eye Writers of America in 2014. David is best known for his Rushmore McKenzie & Holland Taylor PI novels, the latest of which was published in May. (Genre: Crime Fiction) website: www.davidhousewright.com
H Sarah Stonich August 27 / 12:30 p.m.
Sarah Stonich is the bestselling author of “The Ice Chorus” and “These Granite Islands,” which was translated into seven languages, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick, and finalist for France’s Grand Prix de lectrices d’Elle. Her memoir “Shelter” won the NMBA award and will be re-issued in paperback in 2017. Sarah’s novel “Vacationland” was a finalist for the MN Book Award and was featured as the 2015 Austin Page Turners choice. That novel, set at a remote resort in Northern MN, is the first in her Borderlands trilogy. Sarah also writes under the pen name Ava Finch. Her novel “Fishing With Raye Anne” has just been published. The sequel, “Reeling,” will be published in 2017. She lives in Minneapolis in a repurposed flour mill with her Australian shepherd, Betsy. (Genre: Fiction) website: www.sarahstonich.com
H Virginia Wright-Peterson August 27 / 1:30 p.m.
Virginia Wright-Peterson, a native of Rochester, MN, worked in administrative capacities for Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and Arizona for 17 years, and has taught college level English and humanities for 13 years, including as a Fulbright Scholar in Algeria. She has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, and is currently on the writing faculty at the University of Minnesota Rochester. “Women of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation” is her first book, and traces the early days of the renowned institution from the perspectives of more than 40 women - nurses, librarians, social workers, mothers, sisters, and wives - who were instrumental in the world-renowned medical center’s development. While these women contributed to the clinic’s origins and success, their roles have not been widely celebrated until now. (Genre: non-fiction) website: www.wrightpeterson.com
H Gail Kittleson August 27 / 2:30 p.m.
Gail Kittleson, a late-blooming writer, taught college expository writing and ESL before penning her memoir, “Catching Up With Daylight.” That publication led to writing women’s fiction and the publication of her debut novel, “In This Together” in 2015. She has a World War II series contracted for 2017 and also a pioneer series. She and her husband Lance live in St. Ansgar, Iowa. (Genre: Fiction, Non-Fiction) website: www.gailkittleson.com
H Grant Blackwood August 27 / 3:30 p.m.
Grant Blackwood is the New York Times bestselling author of the Briggs Tanner series of thrillers and also the co-author of the Fargo Adventure Series with Clive Cussler. He has also written with James Rollins and Tom Clancy as well as under the Tom Clancy banner including the newly published “Duty and Honor.” Barnes & Noble recently selected that book as one of their top fiction books for Father’s Day and said, “Tom Clancy might not be among us anymore, but in his absence, Grant Blackwood has done a fantastic job with the latest Tom Clancy novel…fast-paced, intriguing… A perfect read for thriller lovers, this new Jack Ryan title does not disappoint!” A U. S. Navy veteran, Grant spent three years aboard a guided missile frigate as an Operations Specialist and a Pilot Rescue Swimmer. Grant lives in Arizona, where he is working his own standalone series starring a new hero. (Genre: Thrillers) website: www.grantblackwood.com
H Peggy Keener August 28 / 11:30 a.m.
Peggy Keener spent nearly 30 years in Asia and recently returned to the Hub of Her Universe, Austin, MN, after a 58 year absence. She and her husband are content to spend the rest of their lives on the banks of Turtle Creek, surrounded by the astonishingly wonderful folks in Austin. Peggy is the author of two memoirs describing her life and adventures in Asia - “Potato in a Rice Bowl” published in 2011 and “Wondahful Mammaries” published in 2016. Since her return to Austin, Peggy has fully immersed herself in activities in the community including co-chair of the Friends of the Library book sales, co-chair of the Family Activities of the ArtWorks Festival and a regular columnist for the Austin Daily Herald, to name just a few. (Genre: Memoir/Humor) website: www.peggykeener.com
H Jennifer Schwertfeger August 28 / 12:30 p.m.
Jennifer Schwertfeger’s book “Life With Grace” tells the inspirational story of her daughter who was born at only 24 weeks. The book talks about how one preemie’s will to survive gave an entire family strength. Grace is living proof that faith can carry you through journeys that feel impossible, and her story has already impacted many by reminding them that they are not alone. Jen-
nifer has worked with many different charities and organizations across Minnesota. She loves to educate others on what it’s like to raise a preemie, and how her child’s special needs has taught her family to appreciate all the blessings around us. Jennifer lives in Mankato with her husband Michael and three daughters, Autumn, Grace and Faith. Today Grace is 11 years old and is doing amazingly well. (Genre: Memoir) website: www.lifewithgracebook.com
H Sherrie Hansen August 28 / 1:30 p.m.
Sherrie Hansen rescued a dilapidated Victorian house in northern Iowa 25 years ago that was in danger of being demolished and turned it into a bed & breakfast and teahouse, The Blue Belle Inn. Sherrie grew up on a farm in southern Minnesota and has lived in Colorado Springs, CO, Augsburg, Germany, Wheaton, IL and Bar Harbor, ME. After twelve years of writing romance novels, Sherrie met and married her real-life hero, pastor Mark Decker. They now live in two different houses 85 miles apart, and Sherrie writes on the run whenever she has a spare minute. “Sweet William,” Sherrie’s latest book and the last of her Wildflowers of Scotland novels, is available now. Other books include “Night & Day,” “Stormy Weather,” “Water Lily,” “Merry Go Round,” “Love Notes,” “Thistle Down,” “Wild Rose,” “Blue Belle,” and “Shy Violet.” (Genre: Romance) website: sherriehansen.wordpress.com
H Panel made up of members of a local writing group - Harriet Ulland, John Haymond & Jeff Ollman Moderated by Keith Cich August 28 / 2:30 p.m.
Harriet Ulland (aka Lydia Emma Niebuhr) has been writing children’s books for more than 20 years while actively engaged in a science-based career. The goal of her writing is to provide action and mystery without violence. Her books incorporate humor and elementary science principles as well as addressing family issues faced by this age group. (Genre: children’s fiction) John Haymond is a historian with degrees in English and History from the University of Minnesota and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. His research focus is in conflict studies. John is also the Executive Director of the Mower County Historical Society. Prior to becoming a professional historian, he spent 21 years in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper and infantryman. Coupled with a childhood spent growing up in Thailand and the Philippines, he has a well-traveled background that greatly influences his work both as a historian and writer of fiction. His newly published book, “Tragedy Enough to Go Around: Justice, Revenge and the Military Commission Trials in the US-Dakota War of 1862,” is available now. (Genre: non-fiction/history) Jeff Ollman is a lifelong resident of Austin, MN. He worked as a Speech/Language Pathologist for 31 years before retiring in 2009. Since that time he has pursued a yearning to write and subsequently completed four fiction books. He currently has three published books - “Trust Me Now,” “Cassandra’s Moon” and “Brothers, Tale of the River Rats.” He is working on a fourth, “The Devil’s Kettle.” (Genre: Mystery)
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Downtown Events - Saturday Only! • Spare Arts Motorcycle Show on Main Street 11am-3pm • Games and fun outside the SPAM Museum. • Commedia del Arte performances throughout the day
Bubble Blast! Starting Sat at 11am.
Happening on the empty lawn next to the Tendermaid. BYOW - bring your own wand. Take a break and come blow bubbles! Help us make the most bubbles blown during a 15 minute period! Bubble liquid and limited wands provided. Hosted by Vision 2020 Destination Downtown Committee.
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Trunk Show Trunk show artists are Tammy Rice (jewelry), Margie Kline (pottery) and Maria Tonelli (cards made from original charcoal pastels - she is Margie’s granddaughter). They will be at the ArtWorks center all day during Sat and Sun. Come meet the artists and hear about their process.
TAMMY RICE
is a self-taught artist from Minnesota. She enjoys taking discarded and used materials and recycling them into new distinctive creations. Her collections are made from various discarded inner tubes and found objects, and currently uses tractor, dump truck, and bicycling tubes. Each piece is hand-designed. Why an interest in inner tubes? Tammy was surprised to learn that inner tubes take years to decompose and that companies aren’t disposing of them properly because they have to pay fees to do so. The designs are created by taking used and discarded materials and transforming them to the opposite spectrum to keep you and our planet beautiful. The jewelry, and people who purchase it, are making a positive impact on the environment.
MARGIE KLINE
loved clay in high school and was able to revisit it about 15 years ago when she was given a kiln and a wheel. She then took a ceramics class from Bill Mateer through NIACC in Mason City IA. Working with mid-range clay and high fire stoneware clay, Margie’s work is fired in electric, gas, and soda kilns. The soda fire kiln is her favorite because it is the one you interact with the most, and is also the most unpredictable. Each time you open a kiln, it is like Christmas. A lot of her work is inspired by people asking to make a particular item. Most is utilitarian so the purpose of the piece makes it easier to design. The hardest part about creating a masterpiece is letting yourself think it is a masterpiece. Interesting tidbit- Margie discovered 25 years after finishing high school that her art teacher had kept and used several of her high school pottery pieces as examples to show his art students.
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COLOR IN YOUR LIFE ( A RELAXING EVENING OF COLORING FOR ADULTS )
MONDAY, AUGUST 22 6:00 - 8:00 PM AUSTIN ARTWORKS CENTER
FREE ADMISSION ALL SUPPLIES PROVIDED WINE, BEER, AND BEVERAGES ON SALE
BRING YOUR FRIENDS!
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6:30pm / Veteran’s Pavilion Shower singers and choir veterans alike are invited to join in this community sing (and ice cream social!) led by Austin native Bret Hesla. Hesla and partner Mary Preus have been bringing people together to sing for more than 25 years. Started in 2010, Minnesota Community Sings works to continue Minnesota’s remarkable legacy of community singing begun in the first half of the last century. The goal is to bring people together to sing, and sing to bring people together--all ages and voices are welcome, and song sheets are provided. Minnesota Community Sings’ goal is to explore how singing together can be a part of our community culture today. As we sing together and learn songs from our neighbors, we help knit our communities together. Join us rain or shine at Veteran’s Pavilion (in Bandshell Community Park). The event is free to attend and handicap accessible. Braille songsheets are also available, upon request, with RSVP to the ArtWorks Center by August 7th.
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A Celebration of Life and Art
PUT SOME Dick Schindler Celebration Concert
COLOR IN YOUR LIFE
Saturday, August 27 / 7pm / Historic Paramount Theatre / $15
The Dick Schindler Celebration Concert wasn’t prised of musicians who share a mutual respect and around when the Austin ArtWorks Festival started five enthusiasm for traditional rhythms and melodies from years ago. When it was brought into existence it was Cuba and Latin America. Their style and their sound is known as the “Marcusen Concert” so named for the classic. Their onstage energy and compositions reflect venue, Marcusen Ballpark. It was of course renamed to the communal, complex, and celebratory spirit prevalent honor the legacy of an Austin resident who was, and re- ) in these music genres. ( A RELAXING EVENING OF COLORING FOR ADULTS mains, an inspiration to the people and ideas that live on Sonny Knight and the Lakers, another Twin Cities in the festival and many other aspects of his community. group, are also on the bill. Sonny has been around music FREE to ADMISSION Bringing this22 celebration life is no small task, and since he was a youngster, and after a stint as a truck drivMONDAY, AUGUST would not be possible without er was able to be a part of a band ALL SUPPLIES PROVIDED 6:00 - 8:00 PM generous support ofWINE, sponsor that would accomplish a lot in a BEER, AND BEVERAGES ON SALE AUSTIN the ARTWORKS CENTER relatively short amount of time. Mayo Clinic Health Systems AusIn the spring of 2013, Sonny and tin Albert Lea. Their continued the Lakers hit the ground runefforts to continue our efforts can never be thanked enough, but ning- playing gigs a few weeks afthat won’t stop everyone involved ter their first rehearsal. They grew from trying. as a band, honed their craft, and As usual, there was great built a following of fans. What stands out most are their strong thought put into bringing live musical acts that represent a small performances, exuberance and spectrum of diversity in style. In energy. the past we have welcomed perAs mentioned before, there formers such as Cloud Cult, Marwas a bit of rain at last year’s event, tin Zellar and the Hardways, Pert causing some cancellation and reNear Sandstone, Alex Rossi and arranging. This year, however, Root City, and Martin O’Reilmother nature won’t be able to ly and the Old Soul Orchestra rain on the parade. While it might (though, those last two were trunbe a little sad to say goodbye to a cated on account of rain). concert at the ballpark, moving to If you see nothing else from the new home of the concert, the the list of past musicians, we Historic Paramount Theatre, will hope you see the variety. Not only have the musicians keep us rocking and dancing the entire evening. and bands been very different from one another, but Thanks to the outdoor Paramount Plaza, there will they’ve been accessible to a diverse population in our still be a chance to get outside for some fresh air and community (and all those awesome visitors the festival more music. The move will allow us to celebrate uninbrings!), and we’re hoping to grow that to entertain as terrupted and bring the Paramount and all it has to offer many people as possible. more into the festival, the way it should be. Continuing that tradition, the ArtWorks Festival is It was a pretty bold experiment for a still young event proud to present the group Malamanya, Sonny Knight such as the ArtWorks Festival, but half a decade later the and the Lakers, and the Peter Jacobs Jazz Combo in the Dick Schindler Celebration Concert is a tradition, and outdoor Paramount Plaza in between the onstage per- we couldn’t imagine the festival without it. formances. The concert is Saturday, August 27 at 7 pm. Tickets Malamanya is a band from the Twin Cities com- are $15.
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