What’s Inside 3 What’s Happening 4 The ColorDash, The World’s Brightest 5k 5 Spare Arts Motorcycle Show 6 Grand Opening of the Austin ArtWorks Center 7 Austin ArtWorks Center Featured Artists 8–10 The Artists of the ArtWorks Festival 11 Schedule of Events 12–13 ArtWorks Festival Maps 14 ArtWorks Festival Sponsors & Austin ArtWorks Center Recognition
15–17 Live Music at the Festival 18 Children’s Activities 19 The Matchbox Children’s Theatre presents “The Princess Who Had No Name”
20 Meet the Authors 21 Grant Blackwood and the Friends of the Library present “The Secrets of Writing Bestselling Thrillers”
22 Food at the Festival 23 Fall Events at the Historic Paramount Theatre 24 Become a member of the Austin Area Commision for the Arts
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The Austin Area Commission for the Arts would like to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU! to the volunteers and donors who have dedicated countless hours and financial support to making arts happen in our community. To date, this year alone we have raised closed to $550,000 for the arts, and given hundreds of hours of volunteer time. These gifts of time and money are an investment in making Austin a great place to live and visit. Supporting the arts enhances the social, cultural, and economic identity of our community and creates cohesion amongst our neighbors. We continue to build on the rich history of tremendous arts and cultural offerings that has made Austin a truly outstanding community. Thank you again for helping us prove that together we can make art work!
2014 Austin ArtWorks Festival Schedule Saturday, August 16 Color Dash - Starts at 9am, with packet pick-up beginning at 7am.
Tuesday, August 19 Social Concerns: Bruce Loeschen presents City Montage Work – Free event at The Hormel Historic Home located at 208 4th Ave NW. . . . . . . 10am-11am Walking Tours of Historic Austin – $6 per person • 11am-12:30pm . . Tour begins at The Hormel Historic Home located at 208 4th Ave NW • 2pm-3:30pm . . . . Tour begins at east side of St Augustine’s Catholic Church located at 405 4th St NW • 6pm-7:30pm . . . . Tour begins at east side of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church
Photo provided by the Austin Daily Herald
Wednesday, August 20 Grant Blackwood Seminar: The Secrets of Writing Best-Selling Thrillers Registration is now open for this amazing opportunity. Made possible by the Friends of the Library, the 1-day seminar runs from 9am to 5pm on Wednesday, August 20 at the Austin Public Library. The cost for the Austin seminar is just $25 per person and includes snacks and lunch. It is limited to 30 participants and is open to high school students and adults.
Thursday, August 21 ArtWorks Center Grand Opening . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8pm
Saturday, August 23 Austin ArtWorks Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9am-5pm Spare Arts Bike Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10am-6pm Austin ArtWorks Center Open . . . . . . . . . . 10am-5pm Music in the Outfield featuring Cloud Cult and Pert Near Sandstone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30-11:30pm
Sunday, August 24 Austin ArtWorks Festival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11am-5pm
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Runners and walkers covered in a rainbow of colors will return to the streets and trails of Austin this August in support of The Hormel Institute’s cancer research and the annual Austin ArtWorks Festival. Both nonprofit organizations are sponsoring the 2nd Annual Color Dash on Saturday, Aug. 16, starting and ending once again at the Downtown Austin Power Plant along Fourth Avenue Northeast. All proceeds from this all-ages, untimed “fun run”--which will occur rain or shine--will support The Hormel Institute’s world-renowned cancer research and the Austin ArtWorks Festival, which takes place the following weekend (Aug. 23-24) at the Downtown Power Plant. The colorful 5K was brought to Austin last year as an early kickoff for the arts festival. It is put on by The Color Dash, an Owatonna-based group that calls its event “the world’s brightest 5K” and offers it nationwide. “People can put a little color in their life by being part of this great event for good causes,” said Bonnie Rietz, co-chair of the Austin ArtWorks Festival. “Everyone has fun with [their] artistic flair and that showed very much through last year’s Color Dash.”
Last year, the inaugural Austin Color Dash 5K raised more than $5,000 and drew nearly 750 “dashers.” Runners and walkers traversing the 3.1-mile course can expect once again to be covered in color as they pass through several stations. The colored powders used to decorate participants is made from food-grade cornstarch and coloring that are 100 percent natural and safe, according to The Color Dash. Post-dash, participants are encouraged to shake off the dust before getting in a vehicle. Pre-registration is available online on The Color Dash 5K website (www.thecolordash5k.com/austin-mn.html). Paid registration provides each participant with a Color Dash pack that includes a white T-shirt, dash bib, Color Dash tattoo and a color pack for the event’s “Color Explosion” finale. Same-day registration will be available starting at 7 a.m. at the Downtown Power Plant but will cost more than pre-registration. Cost (not including processing fees) is $40 per individual or $35 per team member (teams must be at least four people and are limited to 16 people); ages 5 and younger are free. Families (whose members must all live in the same household) can participate for $85 for three members, with each additional family member up to six being $15 per individual. Photo provided by the Austin Daily Herald
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Earlier this year, Andy Hull wheeled a fleet of motorcycles into the prospective ArtWorks Center and proved that art doesn’t have to hang on a wall. The Build Art Bike Show united people of all ages and backgrounds to celebrate the art of a custom-built motorcycle, and it sparked an idea for Hull and Festival organizers: what if we turn Main Street into an outdoor gallery and give this these pieces the fresh air they deserve? But the Spare Arts Motorcycle Show isn’t just a bike show-in addition to hosting two-(or more-)wheeled vehicles of all makes and models, Main Street will be alive with games, vendors, motorcycle-inspired artwork, and music bursting from boomboxes. Festival goers can vote for Best in Show, grab a Spare Arts t-shirt, and pose for photos in the photo booth. The show will run from 10am to 6pm on Saturday, August 23rd. Take a moment to mosey down Main, chat with the artists, and enjoy the fresh air.
Photos provided by the Austin Daily Herald
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What the Future Holds Grand Opening Thursday, August 22 Those who mosey down Main Street will find, nestled on the corner of 2nd and Main, Austin’s new ArtWorks Center. While the Center will be open for the Festival, its grand opening will take place the previous Thursday evening, on August 22nd (6-8pm). The public is invited to stop by, take a tour, and help warm up Austin’s new creative space. u Members-only sneak peek and social from 4-6pm, including music by Jesse Smith u Public reception from 6-8pm, including a ribbon-cutting ceremony and champagne toast.
300 North Main Street, Austin, MN
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The ArtWorks Festival is only the beginning for Austin’s new arts center; with construction completed and the space officially open, there will be plenty of opportunities for Austinians to get creative in the months and years to come. Retail and gallery spaces, the latter of which will hold rotating exhibitions by local and regional artists, will be located in the building’s main floor. Both of these spaces will be open to the public with regular hours. The center’s remaining two floors will be geared toward creative learning and community spaces-- the basement will house the “Clay Cavern,” complete with a kiln and lockers, and the lounge, classroom space, and offices of the Austin Area Commission for the Arts will comprise the space’s second floor. The AACA plans to release a class schedule for the coming year this fall, which will include a broad range of genres and mediums, from painting to pottery. Registration will be available online at
austinareaarts.org
Austin ArtWorks Center Featured Artists Zane York York was born in Nebraska and raised all over the Midwest. He received a master of fine arts degree in painting from the New York Academy of Art. His oil paintings and drawings depict a range of subjects, from insects and taxidermy to an uncut block of SPAM in still life. “I paint a variety of subjects; still life, landscape, figurative, etc., the point being that I start with a visual that resonates with me regardless of the subject of the painting,” York says. Exhibitions of York’s paintings and drawings have been held in New York, St. Barthelemy, New Jersey, Missouri and Minnesota, his most recent, titled “Curious Remnants,” being a solo exhibition earlier this year at Causey Contemporary gallery in New York. (zaneyork.com)
Photo provided by Dennis Pearman
Joseph Sand Joseph Sand is a returning Festival artist and Austin native who graduated from Austin High in 2001. He studied art at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, during which time he also went abroad. It was at the University of Wolverhampton in Wolverhampton, England where Sand met several full-time potters and decided to become a potter himself. After graduating with a BFA in general studio art and an emphasis in ceramics, Sand apprenticed under master potter Mark Hewitt for three and a half years before breaking out on his own. He recently received the Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist Award through the Durham Arts Council, which provided funding toward the construction of a kiln. Sand completes three firings per year in the spring, summer, and late fall. This featured artist sold all but one of his pieces last year (the remaining piece he generously donated to the Austin ArtWorks Center). (josephsandpottery.com)
Angie Pipkorn Angie Pipkorn is an up-and-coming painter who uses a variety of materials, from oil to watercolor. A former tattoo artist, Pipkorn has honed a style not unlike her work with ink-the lines and shades call to mind the same boldness while preserving a sense of invention and spontaneity.
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Turbine
Gallery Artists James Dankert acrylic
Vern Grove photography
Bill Stamats
acrylic / mixed media
Bonnie Lee watercolor
website: jamesdankert.com
John Steven Kjome sculpture / stoneworks
website: clearforkstoneworks.com
Thomas Keller photography
website: thomasfkellerphotoscapes.com
graphic art / illustration
Joan Schlichting
website: danieljamesartwork. squarespace.com
website: joanschlichting.com
Dan Geottsch
fiber sculpture
Ryan Heath
acrylic / spray paint website: ryanheathstudios.com
John Duren photography
website: johndurenphotography.com
Phile Masse photography
James Pettijohn wood sculpture
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Eric Anfinson acrylic / oil
Carol Bender
gold leaf / reverse glass painting
William Olson
pencil / pen and ink / watercolor
Featured Turbine Gallery Artist James Wegner watercolor
Phong Nguyen
Wendy Heimsness acrylic
Micah Ofstedahl
illustration
acrylic / charcoal / watercolor
website: phongworks.com
website: micahofstedahl.com
Joan Finnegan,
oil / watercolor website: joanfinnegan.com
Jordan Kjome
pottery / sculpture
website: nocturnaldesignart.com
website: redreduction.com
Dirk Nelson
Nick Sinclair
illustration / sculpture
Lisa Truax
light-painting photgraphy
acrylic
A native Minnesotan with a lifelong passion for art and a love of nature, Finnegan is a full-time artist. She spends most of her time in her home studio located in the countryside of Southeast Minnesota, and says she enjoys working en plein air, “although I am admittedly a fair weather participant.” Finnegan has actively traveled and painted on location throughout the United States and abroad. Her art is inspired by the natural world and love of family, and she strives to “[capture] the wonder of that fleeting moment and the quality of light as it defines the subject, wether it be a landscape, still life, or portrait.”
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Gallery Artists
Barb Cafourek watercolor / acrylic
Outdoor Annex Gallery Artists
Gallery Artists
David Perkins
Kyra Bellrichard
glass artist
pottery
website: kyrabeepottery.com
Craig Challgren digital photography / graphic design
website: cryptoprismatics.com
Sonia Larson watercolor
Jane & Jeff Peterson glass artist
John Tapager sculptures
Mary Jo Stanek
Rayna Gasteiger henna tattoos
Craig Seath
pottery / sculpture website: kyrabeepottery.com
jewelry
Jon Kittleson illustration
Nicole Weiss illustration
4th Ave
Jim Read
Gallery Artists
sculpture
Easton Green photography
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John Sullivan
I.J. Holton After-School Art Enrichment Program
Greg Wehner
I.J. Holton Peer Powers Program
Peter Waldman glassblowing
website: peterenterprises.com
Katie Hunderdosse jewelry
Kim Kahn-Waletzke jewelry
Austin ArtWorks Festival Schedule
Saturday
Sunday
Galleries Open 9am-5pm ArtWorks Center Open 10am-5pm Spare Arts Show Open 10am-6pm
Galleries Open 11am-5pm ArtWorks Center Open 11am-5pm
Authors
12:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al Batt 1:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant Blackwood 2:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lydia Emma Niebuhr 3:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chuck Keller
10:00am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Formo 11:00am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randy Hilmer 12:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Kramer 1:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carole Hyder 2:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P.S. Duffy 3:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherrie Hansen 4:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristy Bina
Outdoor Music 9:00am . . . . . . . Austin High School Jazz Band 9:45am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Gorman 10:30am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full Circle 11:15am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Schmidt 12:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weathered Ivan 1:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Echo Messenger 2:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Whalen 3:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cosmic
Authors
Outdoor Music 11:00am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DC Drifters 12:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The SPAMettes 1:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Jewell 2:00pm. . Kevin Bowe & the Okema Prophets 3:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Last Revel 4:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Parr
Indoor Music 12:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Confuocoquartet 1:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ted Hingecliff 2:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stringendo 3:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jon Stowell
4:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trace Bundy
Indoor Music
9:00am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cedar River Strings 10:00am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kalle Akkerman 11:00am. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LeBelle Vita 12:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Bergstrom 1:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Knudson 2:00pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Jacobs
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Austin ArtWorks Festival Vendor Parking
Dock
Au th or s
Gallery
Turbine Gallery Entrance
Children’s Activities
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Pottery Glass Blower
Entrance
4th Avenue NE
4th Street NE
Accentra Credit Union
Stage
Children’s Activities
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Mosaic Tent
T-Shirts Culinary Art Row
Student Art
Entrance
Austin Utilities Building Golf Cart Shuttle
Parking Handicapped Parking Area Riverside Arena
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Downtown Austin Paramount Theatre
4th Avenue NE
Hormel Historic Home
Spare Arts Bike Show
2nd Avenue NE
Main Street
4th Street NE
Austin ArtWorks Center
Austin High School
Austin ArtWorks Festival
Oakland Avenue W
1st Avenue SW
3rd Avenue SW
4th Street SE
Main Street
4th Street SW Bandshell Community Park
Music in the Outfield (Marcusen Park)
8th Avenue SW
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ArtWorks Festival Sponsors The Austin ArtWorks Festival is made possible by grant funding and the sponsorship of local community members and businesses. We would like to thank all our sponsors for their support! These are businesses in our area that have contributed to the arts and are taken into high regard when making purchasing or servicing choices as a consumer. Please contact Jennie Knoebel at director@paramounttheatre.org or by phone at 507.434.0934, to become an Austin ArtWorks Festival Sponsor.
• The Hormel Foundation • Mayo Clinic Health Systems - Austin • Jeff & LeeAnn Ettinger • Karen and Mahlon Schneider - Purchase Award • Pat & Gary Ray • Austin Area Foundation - Children’s Activities • Janet & Rick Flack - Merrill Lynch • Randy & Wendy Kramer • Loeschen Reflections • Tim & Bonnie Rietz • Dick & Belita Schindler • Steve & Debbie Binder • Thomas Day • Jane & Craig Johnson • Jody & Duane Feragen • Phil & Gail Minerich • RBC Wealth Management - Curtis Anderson & Tom Wuertz • Mary Anne & Jerry Wolesky • Marijo Alexander • Jim & Milly Burroughs • Clifton Larson Allen LLP • Development Corporation of Austin & Mower County • Forrest & Karen Dryden • Fox Electric • Heartman Insurance • Hoversten, Johnson, Beckmann & Hovey LLP • Kiwanis Club • Dr. Keith & Mary Kleis • Lions Club • Rydjor Bike Media • Paul & Marylin Stenhjem • Daniel & Rita Darveaux Sponsors: • Arlene Brick • Austin • Stadheim Jewelers of Austin Daily Herald • HyVee • KAAL TV • Hormel Historic Home • KSMQ
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Austin ArtWorks Center Recognition • The Hormel Foundation • Curt and Greta Anderson • Wayne and Sandra Anderson • Jerry and Carol Anfinson • Adenuga and Murielle Atewologun • Lora Lee Bauer • John and Verneice Beckel • Cindy and Larry Bellrichard • Steve and Debbie Binder • Donald and Karen Brezicka • Arlene Brick • Roger and Cheryl Broughton • Sidney and Judith Brown • Tom and Lynelle Brown • M. Brucker • Jim and Milly Burroughs • James and Mary Butler • Craig and Kathy Byram • Chad Christenson • Missy Cline • Mark and Tammy Coffey • Dave and Mary Crandall • Richard and Jenelle Cummings • Rita and Dan Darveaux • Web and Linda Davis • Steve and Peggy Drennan • Forrest and Karen Dryden • Sylvan Durban • Jeff and LeeAnn Ettinger • Bryan and Denise Farnsworth • Terry and Jan Fox • Cedar Gallery • Rollie and Cynthia Gentzler • Jerry Girton • Art and Karen Goembel • Rosemary Goslee • Dr. Peter and Kathy Green • Susan Grove • David Hagen • Oliver and Sharlene Hagen • Scott and Elaine Hanson • Gareth and Alaina Hataye • Shirley Heimerman • Laura Helle • Dr. Jim and Mary Herrick • Linda and Paul Hirsch • Lance and Sharon Hoefflin • Andrew Hull • KAUS - 1480AM • Gita Kazokaitis • Linda Keenan • Glen and Margaret Keener • Andrew and Lindsey Kepper • Keith and Mary Kleis
• Jennie Knoebel • Mary Lynn and Scott Knoebel • Sally Kolb • Jean Koster • Randy and Wendy Kramer • Sonia Larson • Sylvia Lemke • Krystal Lennie • Bruce and Reilly Loeschen • Juliana and Luis Marconi • Mayo Clinic Health Systems Austin • Barbara Mitchell • Mark and Heidy Morey • James and Jeanine Nelson • Ralph and Gail Nelson • Howard Nepp • Mike and Julie Olson • Bill and Barb Orcutt • Steven and Brenda Orcutt • Stephen Palen • Eldeen Peter • Larry and Tersea Pfeil • Kurt Potach • Bruce Quitmeyer • Mark and Gretchen Ramlo • Gary and Pat Ray • Tim and Bonnie Rietz • Ward Robinson • Mike and Barb Ruzek • M. Kay Scherer • Dick and Belita Schindler • Liesl Schindler • Jim and Jann Schroeder • Jenne Seavey • Jeanne and Jim Sheehan • Bill and Julie Snyder • Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation • Vicki Splinter • Paul and Marilyn Stenhjem • John and Jeanette Sullivan • Dave and June Sylte • Pete and Bonnie Tangren • Juliet Petit Thomsen • Tim and Emily Toliver • Melissa Trihus • Carter Wagner • Agnes Wahlert • Jack and Jan Waller • Rev. Russell and Norma Wangen • James and Catherine Wegner • Mark and Sheri Willrodt • Mary Anne and Jerry Wolesky
Outdoor Stage
Indoor Stage Music in the Outfield Saturday, August 23 at Austin’s Marcusen Park
Tickets are $25 each and available at the gate. Doors open 6 p.m. – Concert starts 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 23 9 a.m. Cedar River Strings 10 a.m. Kalle Akkerman 11 a.m. LaBelleVita Noon Sam Bergstrom 1 p.m. Jim Knudson 2 p.m. Peter Jacobs Sunday, August 24 Noon Confuocoquartet 1 p.m. Ted Hingecliff 2 p.m. Stringendo 3 p.m. Jon Stowell
Saturday, August 23 9 a.m. AHS Jazz Band 9:45 a.m. Brian Gorman 10:30 a.m. Full Circle 11:15 a.m. Terry Schmidt Noon Weathered Ivan 1 p.m. Echo Messenger 2 p.m. Joshua Whalen 3 p.m. Cosmic 4 p.m. Trace Bundy Sunday, August 24 11 a.m. DC Drifters Noon Spamettes 1 p.m. Jeremy Jewell 2 p.m. KB&OPs 3 p.m. The Last Revel 4 p.m. Charlie Parr
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Pert Near Sandstone Opening at this year’s “Music in the Outfield” concert is a group of up-and-comers taking the revitalized bluegrass scene by storm. Pert Near Sandstone identify themselves as “a group of guys that like to work hard and play even harder,” whether it’s full acoustic or plugged in and laying a thick fiddle rhythm on an outdoor stage. The band makes it a point to pay homage to bluegrass traditions but still “take old time music off the back porch”; they play highly original material for a modern audience, and are known for bringing raw energy to every gig. In fact, their ability to bring crowds to a foot-stomping frenzy has become something of a legend in the Twin Cities, where--in the true spirit of humble beginnings--the group formed over weekly picking sessions in a ramshackle house. Now, after paying their dues in roadhouses and smoky taverns, after playing First Avenue, the Orpheum, and A Prairie Home Companion--where Garrison Keillor called the group “a force on the Minnesota roots music scene and beyond”--Pert Near Sandstone is primed to bring Festival goers to their feet.
Cloud Cult
Fresh from their European debut, experimental indie rock band Cloud Cult and violinist (and Austin native) Shannon Frid are returning for the second consecutive year to headline the ArtWorks Festival’s “Music in the Outfield.” With a range that The New York Times has called “A sprawling, kaleidoscopic invocation of life that veers from jubilation to simmering prayerful meditation,” Cloud Cult proved to Austin last August that it’s nigh impossible to walk away from their show feeling anything short of inspired. The band delivered an overwhelming energy which spread into the crowd from the first song and buzzed around Marcusen park for the remainder of the night. This inspiration hasn’t come easy for bandleader Craig Minowa; he and wife Connie lost their two-year-old son in 2002. The loss drove Minowa into an intense songwriting period and profoundly affected Cloud Cult’s music, which has since garnered rave reviews from Rolling Stone and Pitchfork Media, who dubbed the band’s 2005 album Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus a work of “insane genius.” Behind this praise is the music, in which a triumph over
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suffering and incredible show of unfaltering hope is manifest-Minowa and his bandmates seem to embrace the fundamental uncertainties of the human experience in each and every aspect of their craft, which is at once elegant, anthemic, and raw. Minowa’s lyrics will stop you cold and start you up all over again, his fellow musicians layer loops of exquisitely wrought melodies that suggest the power and pain of emotional discovery, and behind it all are Connie Minowa and Scott West, the artists who paint canvases at the back of the stage. Fans can watch the evolution of these two paintings, which are auctioned off at the end of each show, while listening to the band climb toward the summit of what is unseen, but is nevertheless felt.
Trace Bundy
Charlie Parr
Trace Bundy, a fingerstyle guitarist known by fans as the “Acoustic Ninja,” was born in Austin before moving to Buena Vista, Colorado. It was here, Bundy says, that he bought his first guitar, splitting the $10 cost with his brother. Unable to afford lessons, Bundy taught himself, eventually developing a unique style which uses loops, harmonics, and all ten fingers. His hard work paid off, it seems: he was named “Best Fingerstyle Guitarist” by Acoustic Guitar Magazine in 2008, and last summer performed at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Don’t miss Bundy’s virtuoso performance on our outdoor stage at 4pm on Saturday, August 23.
Charlie Parr grew up listening to Lightnin’ Hopkins and the Hormel factory whistles. He’s made a serious mark on the folk and blues scenes since getting his start in Duluth, touring in Ireland and Australia regularly. But Parr is still by all accounts a humble and authentic storyteller--according to biographer Wayne Robins, he records most of his songs not in studios but in warehouses and basements, and cooks most of his meals on the manifold of his van. Maybe it’s this creative self-reliance, or maybe his familiar lyrics, or maybe it’s just that he knows that four o’clock whistle as well any Austinian, but Charlie Parr’s music certainly feels like home. See this Piedmont-style bluesman on our outdoor stage at 4pm on Sunday, August 24.
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Longoria mural
Budding artists will have plenty to keep them busy at the Downtown Power Plant at this year’s Festival! Our Children’s Activities area will be bigger than ever, with new adventures joining returning favorites. Featured artists in this area include mosaicist Patrick Hansel and muralist Jimmy Longoria. Longoria’s signature style is recognized for its dazzling color, contrast, and the thousands of individual brushstrokes that underlie his murals. His organization, Mentoring Peace Through Art, is dedicated to passing on this knowledge of and love for painting to the next generation of aspiring artists. Little ones might also enjoy the following:
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u Storytime with authors Lydia Emma Niebuhr and Grant Blackwood u VW Beetle painting u The potter’s wheel with artist Kyra Bellrichard u Fabric weaving u Making a wish on our Wishing Web u Personalizing a tote bag bearing the ArtWorks Festival bubble logo Stop by, explore the joy of art with your young creators, and make some memories!
Photo provided by the Austin Daily Herald
Matchbox Children’s Theatre presents
Matchbox Children’s Theatre presents The Princess Who Had No Name in the Historic Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin in sync with the Austin ArtWorks Festival. MCT Director Angela Donovan said, “We’re hoping that people who come for the festival will walk down 4th Avenue and see the play too.” Performances are Friday, August 22 at 7 PM, Saturday and Sunday August 23 & 24 at 2 PM Tickets are available thru Paramount Theatre Box Office and at the door. Youth tickets
$5 for ages 14 and younger, Adults $7 and children age 2 and under admitted free. All seats are general admission. Donovan explains, “The Princess Who Had No Name” is about a princess who wakes up and doesn’t know who she is. Throughout the process of trying to find her identity, she meets many other fairytale characters: Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, the Seven Dwarfs, Hansel and Gretel, and more. It’s gonna be a great show; it’s a comedy with lots of different, fun themes.
Friday, August 22 at 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday August 23 & 24 at 2 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre
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Grant Blackwood
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 #1 NYT bestseller Dead or Alive with Tom Clancy, and recently partnered with James Rollins on an upcoming thriller, The Kill Switch. Blackwood lived in Austin from 1977 to 1984, when his father worked for Hormel Foods Corporation, before entering the U.S. Navy. He spent three years aboard a guided missile frigate as an Operations Specialist and a Pilot Rescue Swimmer. See Blackwood at the Author Stage on Sunday, August 24 at 1pm.
Randy Hilmer: Randy L. Hilmer, an Austin, Minnesota native who is close to retiring from the corporate business world in Las Vegas, has written two novels: Murder Amongst Friends and BFF Spells Murder. His distinctively folksy and familiar style of writing easily brings his characters to life and allows the reader to feel a part of the story. Saturday, August 23 at 11am.
Lydia Emma Niehuhr: Niebuhr has been writing children’s books for more than twenty years while actively engaged in a sciencebased career. Look for her in our Children’s Activities area! Sunday, August 24 at 2pm.
Sherri Hansen: Twenty-three years ago, Sherrie rescued a dilapidated Victorian house in St. Ansgar, Iowa from the bulldozer’s grips and turned it into the bed and breakfast and tea house you may know as the Blue Belle Inn. Her books are the result of many years of moonlighting as a romance novelist. Saturday, August 23 at 3pm.
Kristy Bina: Kristy Bina is a self-published Author currently at work on the third book of The Carly Harris Series, a supernatural trilogy about an average woman who is ready to give up on life when fate takes its turn. Saturday, August 23 at 4pm.
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P.S. Duffy: Duffy spent over thirty summers sailing in Nova Scotia, where much of her recent novel takes place. Following a career in neurologically based communication disorders, she now balances writing in the neurosciences for Mayo Clinic with her writing. Her novel, The Cartographer of No Man’s Land, was a 2013 Barnes and Noble Discover New Writers pick. Saturday, August 23 at 2pm. Chuck Keller: Chuck and her husband Cliff have five sons, ten grandchildren, and eleven great grandchildren. She’s collected her parenting experiences into a book called Why Not You and Why Not Me. Sunday, August 24 at 3pm.
Julie Kramer: Kramer has come a long way from her family farm south of Adams, where she showed the Grand Champion Beef Steer at the Mower County Fair in 1972. Before becoming a novelist, she worked as a journalist for WCCO-TV, CBS and NBC. Now the author of a series of thrillers set in the desperate world of TV news, Kramer’s books have won the Daphne du Maurier Award for Mystery/Suspense and the Minnesota Book Award. Saturday, August 23 at 12pm.
“The Secrets to Writing Bestselling Thrillers” characters that will engage readers and drive the story.” Registration is now open for an amazing opportunity made Blackwood will share secrets based on these elements possible by author Grant Blackwood and the Friends of the as well as various techniques he’s developed over his Library: “The Secrets of Writing Bestselling Thrillers” is 1-day 27-year career. This will be an expanded and in-depth seminar which runs from 9am to 5pm on Wednesday, August exploration of concepts from Grant’s popular “Seven 20 at the Austin Public Library, and it’s your shot to get an Elements of Big Thrillers” class, which he teaches each year inside scoop on how to become a bestselling author yourself. at ThrillerFest (the annual International Thriller “Getting published is a challenge and making it Writers conference). The cost for the Austin big is even a bigger challenge, but there are seminar is just $25 per person and secrets that can tilt the odds in your “The taut and complex includes snacks and lunch. It is favor,” Blackwood says of his class. story sprints across the globe from limited to 30 participants and “There are key elements most Russia to Istanbul to southern Africa to is open to high school students thrillers share: the mindset of the United States, and offers a diverse cast of well-developed characters and a tightly woven and adults. Register online at the bestselling author; your plot that intrigues, excites, and doesn’t let go. austinpubliclibrary.org or in novel’s blueprint; why a Highly recommended for thriller readers.” person at the Austin Public literary agent is a novelist’s — Library Journal. Library. You can also find a indispensable partner and link to regisitration online how to find the right one; A starred review for The Kill Switch, at austinareaarts.org. Don’t the difference between story “[An] exceptional military thriller... Rollins miss your shot to learn and plot and how to master and Blackwood succeed brilliantly...” from an industry veteran! both; and how to develop —Publishers Weekly.
Al Batt: Al Batt is a writer, speaker, storyteller and humorist out of rural Hartland, MN. Batt’s stories provide clean humor with a message. He’s written for a number of magazines and books, including the Chicken Soup For the Soul series. Sunday, August 24 at 12pm. Philip Formo: A former special education teacher and retired pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Formo is the author of Papa, A Life Remembered--a fictional memoir following a young man who immigrates to the United States from Norway in 1889. Saturday, August 23 at 10am. Carole Hyder: Carole Hyder has published three nonfiction books on feng shui, including Conversations with Your Home-- Guidance and Inspiration Beyond Feng Shui. Saturday, August 23 at 1pm
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Main Dishes Spam Fried Rice - an Austin twist on an Asian classic. Diced spam, carrots, peas, and green onion sautéed and tossed with egg, white rice, and Asian seasonings. Steak or Shrimp Kabobs - 4oz of juicy beef or jumbo shrimp on a skewer with fresh red onion, bell peppers, and mushrooms grilled to perfection. Hawaiian Kabobs - 4 oz chicken breast cut into pieces and placed on a skewers with chunks of fresh pineapple marinated and grilled in a pineapple curry glaze. Chicken & Strawberry Salad - Grilled chicken, fresh strawberries, and red onion sprinkled on top of baby spinach leaves and topped with feta cheese. Served with vinaigrette dressing.
Festival goers can expect a mix of traditional Austin fare and dishes inspired by Hawaiian cuisine. Stop by for a quick bite or a much-needed sip! Chelsey Walerak says, “Our goal in creating the menu for this event was to have something for everyone. We wanted some items to be light and fresh, and others to fill you up for a long day at the festival. We believe that no matter your appetite, we will have something to please you.”
Club Sandwich - Cold turkey, ham, bacon, and lettuce on wheat bread. Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps - Creamy chicken salad wrapped up in fresh romaine lettuce leaves. Pulled Pork Sandwich - Austin blues pulled pork piled high on a fresh bun Walking Tacos - everyone’s favorite taco in a bag with all the fixings to go with it Burgers/Brats - Hot and fresh off the grill Fruit Kabobs - Season’s best fresh fruit on a stick Cheese Platter - Featuring Brie & Gouda cheeses with Port wine Mediterranean Platter - Hummus, Pita Bread, Olives, Grapes
Dessert Ice Cream Items - Drumsticks, Bomb Pops, Ice Cream Sandwiches
Beverages Bottled Water Strawberry Lemonade Specialty Sodas Coffee Strawberry/Mango Smoothies
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Catering by the Holiday Inn of Austin
Tim Patrick and His Blue Eyes Band
Broadway Songbook
Saturday, September 20 at 7:30pm Tickets: $15 adv/$20 door
Thursday, October 9 at 7:30pm Tickets: $15 adv/$20 door
Caravan du Nord
Tonic Sol Fa
Featuring John Mark Nelson Friday, September 26 at 7pm Tickets: $10
Friday, October 24 at 7:30pm Tickets: $15 adv/$20 door
Paramount and Rotaract Present
Paramount Movie Night Friday, October 31st at 7:30pm Tickets: $5
Comedy Night Friday, October 3 at 7:30pm Tickets: $10 adv/$12 door
Ordway Theatre Presents
Night of the Living Dead
AACA, AHS Choir, and Music Boosters Present
VocalEssence Friday, November 14 at 7:30pm River Songs and Tales Tour Featuring Don Shelby as Mark Twain Performance at AHS Knowlton Auditorium Tickets $15 adv/$20 door Student Tickets $5
Michael Veldman and Friends Holiday 2014 Performance Friday, December 5 at 7:30pm Saturday, December 6 at 2pm and 7:30pm Friday, December 12 at 7:30pm Saturday, December 13 at 2pm and 7:30pm Tickets on sale Saturday, October 4 at 9am
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Exciting things are happening in Austin, and you can be a part of the action! Become a member of the Austin Area Commision for the Arts.
In 1990 a group of forward thinking citizens joined forces to create the Austin Area Commission for the Arts (AACA). Its mission was the promotion and development of the fine arts and ongoing preservation of the Historic Paramount Theatre. They spent over two decades restoring the Paramount to its original glory, dramatically enhancing the quality of life in Austin by offering a venue for the performing arts to flourish. Today our broader mission has become to identify, engage, and support the development and advancement of diverse arts, entertainment, and cultural activities that benefit people in Austin and the surrounding area. We have increased our programming to include the wildly successful Austin ArtWorks Festival, and now the Austin ArtWorks Center, a space for our creative community to gather, learn, display and appreciate the arts. You can make a difference in the sustainability of the arts in Austin by becoming a member of the Austin Area Commission for the Arts. Your membership will help support all the Commission’s programs. Not only will you become part of our family, but your membership will give you benefits at both the Historic Paramount Theatre and the new Austin ArtWorks Center. Individuals can become members for only $5 per month. Households of 2 or more can join for only $10 per month. If you prefer, we also offer opportunities to make one yearly membership payment of $60 or $120 respectively. Help us reach our goal in 2014 to recruit 250 members. Membership Benefits Include: • Free popcorn at Paramount events • $2 off on tickets at certain Paramount events • Invitation to member-only gallery openings • Discount on ArtWorks Center classes • Open studio times at the Austin ArtWorks Center Become a member today to help our community thrive by supporting arts and cultural activities. Your tax deductible donation will ensure the Austin Area Commission for the Arts remains in existence for years to come. Register for memberships online at austinareaarts. org or by calling 507-434-0934.
The Austin Area Commisssion for the Arts envisions a vibrant and successful community enriched by diverse arts, entertainment and cultural activities.