ARTon! Fundraiser Program by Eduardo Cortes

AN ARTSPACE FUNDRAISER S AT UR DAY, SE P T E MBE R 25, 20 21 | 27 P.M. Northside Artspace Lofts | 229 Irving Ave N. | Minneapolis, MN 55405

TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTER FROM COCHAIRS

ABOUT ARTSPACE

ABOUT NORTHSIDE ARTSPACE LOFTS

ARTon! GENERAL ADMISSION PROGRAM

ARTon! PATRON EXPERIENCE PROGRAM

OPEN ARTIST UNITS LIST

ARTon! AUCTION ITEMS

ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS BIOS

SPONSOR ADS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

LETTER FROM CO-CHAIRS Dear Artspace ARTon! Event Attendees, As Co-Chairs of the ARTon! Host Committee and on behalf of the rest of our Host Committee Members, we want to thank you for your participation in the launch of our 2021 Annual Campaign. This year we are pleased to have this wonderful event in our newest project, the Northside Artspace Lofts, located in North Minneapolis. We invite you to take full advantage of the opportunity to meet, encourage and support the artists who reside in this beautiful residence. Founded in 1979, the mission of Artspace has been to create, foster, and preserve affordable and sustainable space for artists and artist organizations. The organization now operates in 26 states with $814 million dollars in real estate assets. This celebration also recognizes our many partners, funders, and individuals who make all this possible and exemplifies the organization’s spirit of innovation, permanency, and assess it strives to achieve for all creatives who reside and work within our buildings. Lastly, please take the opportunity to thank our sponsors and supporters who are in attendance. Herman J. Milligan, Jr., Ph.D. Co-Chair/ARTon! Host Committee Board of Directors, Artspace Projects Lawrence Graves Co-chair/ARTon! Host Committee Northside Resident Artist

ABOUT ARTSPACE Artspace is a nonprofit organization that uses the tools of real estate development to create affordable places where artists can live and work. Artspace consistently develops these projects in ways that support stable, healthy communities, anchored in existing assets. Because Artspace owns each of the projects it develops, they can ensure that the spaces remain affordable and accessible to artists in perpetuity. With 50+ projects developed over the last four decades, Artspace has supported artist-led community transformation, representing a more than $800 million investment in America’s arts infrastructure. While embracing the value the arts bring to individual lives, Artspace has championed the once-radical idea that both artists living with financial hardship, and chronically underfunded arts organizations, can leverage fundamental social change. With headquarters in Minneapolis and offices in New York and Washington D.C., Artspace is America’s leading nonprofit developer of arts facilities; and has served as a consultant to hundreds of communities and arts organizations nationwide.

ABOUT NORTHSIDE ARTSPACE LOFTS This year, Artspace’s Annual Fundraising Kick-off event, ARTon! is hosted at our newest project, the Northside Artspace Lofts (NAL). Located in Minneapolis' Harrison Neighborhood, approximately one mile from the Minneapolis Central Business District, NAL is surrounded by the rich cultural heritage that supports the arts and creative sectors. The site is located in a remediated brownfield area that needed redevelopment to better serve the neighborhood and the environment. This development created a new, five-story, 100 apartments of live workspace for artists. All apartments are affordable for residents earning 60% or below the Area Median Income. Rich with amenities available to all residents, including a large gallery at the main entrance, community workspace, community gathering areas, outdoor arts engagement and child play areas, resident community, and pollinator gardens, NAL looks to foster a healthy creative community while preserving the values of North Minneapolis. *The Northside Artspace Lofts were designed by Twin Cities’ LHB Architects and built by General Contractor Watson Forsberg.

ARTon! GENERAL ADMISSION PROGRAM 2:00 P.M.  4:00 P.M. Join in the fun and enjoy seasonal favorite cookies baked with love from Cookie Cart, groovy sounds by DJ Cousin Chris, and a one-of-a-kind live painting experience with artist Ellen Sweetman.

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Guests Check-in + Opening Remarks

2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Afternoon Activities

3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Raffle Winners Announcement + Closing

AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES LIST: 2:15 P.M.  3:45 P.M. • Northside Artspace Lofts Artist Units Tours — Celebrate the artistic community of Northside and visit one or more of the open artists’ studios to Learn about the art, inspiration, and techniques from the artists themselves. • Creative Movement Workshop with Cowles Center Teaching Artist Djenane Saint Juste — Let loose and join Djenane for some fun and interactive Haitian traditional dancing. • Collage ART with JXTA artist Chris Harrison — Get crafty with Chris and partake in the “Where I Live” project to create a collage portrait of your neighborhood or city using pieces of found images as well as drawn, painted or written ideas. • Cartoon Me with Artist Papa Mbye — Bring a playful edge to your family portrait with a cartoon drawing. • Chalk ART with Artspace — Pick up a pack of chalk and decorate the sidewalk for a memorable ARTon! Mural.

ARTon! PATRON EXPERIENCE PROGRAM 4:30 P.M.  7:00 P.M. SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Patrons Check-in + Social Time Enjoy Award winning wine from Alexis Bailly Vinyard along with some delightful bites from Breaking Bread, a live painting experience by Artist Ellen Sweetman, sounds by DJ Cousin Christopher

5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Remarks and performances

5:45 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.

Evening Activities

6:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Closing/ Thank You Remarks

EVENING ACTIVITIES LIST: 5:45 P.M. - 6:45 P.M. • Northside Artspace Lofts Artist Units Tours — Celebrate the artistic community of Northside and visit one or more of the open artists’ studios to learn about the art, inspiration, and techniques from the artists themselves. • Latin Social Movement Workshop with Cowles Center Teaching Artists Renee Guittar & Rush Benson — Turn your shoes to ballroom dance shoes and get your groove on with Renee & Rush for some ballroom dancing. • Layered Collage with artist Chris Harrison — Get crafty with Chris and create a collage of positive things you want for your community, then create drawings on transparency paper, colored mylar, or vellum to layer on top of the collage. • Cartoon Me with Artist Papa Mbye — Bring a playful edge to your portrait with a cartoon drawing. • Silent Auction — Let the bidding begin! Auction proceeds directly supports Artspace’s mission to create, foster, and preserve affordable and sustainable spaces for the arts.

OPEN ARTIST UNITS LIST SARAH SAMPEDRO  PHOTOGRAPHER UNIT #501 Sarah Sampedro is a photographer interested in social systems, relationships, community, and belonging. Recent project themes include the 1862 Homestead Act, gentrification in her Minneapolis neighborhood, racially restrictive real estate contracts in Hennepin County, border walls in Europe, and the connection between power, agency, and waiting. Sarah was 2011/12 recipient of the MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, 2018 artist in residence at the Milchoff Atelier (Berlin, Germany), and 2019 recipient of the Picture Berlin Artist Residency (Berlin, Germany). She also chaired the Minneapolis Art Commission and sat on the Minneapolis Public Arts Advisory Panel. Sarah holds an MFA in Photography and Moving Images from the University of Minnesota and currently teaches at Upper Iowa University and the University of Minnesota.

LAWRENCE AND MICHELLE GRAVES  MULTIMEDIA & JEWELERY UNIT #520 Lawrence and Michelle are both inspired creative artists with a passion in expressing themselves through their various creative gifts. Lawrence’s form of expression shows up in his usage of multitude of mediums in painting, drawing, and coloring. Michelle is a gifted jewelry maker, she also explores various forms and dance and digital art making.

OPEN ARTIST UNITS LIST LAURA STAMPER  PAINTER & ILLUSTRATOR UNIT #418 Laura Stamper describes her work with one word, Evolution. Her background is in illustration and painting. She has explored a sculpture in ceramics. These skills are the foundation for her figurative jewelry pieces. For many years, Laura incorporated porcelain sculpture with metal work. These miniatures are easily recognizable and are in collections worldwide. Laura's progression into enamel work seemed inevitable. Her current body of work is a marriage of elegance and the unexpected. The contemporary movement of the metalwork is in sharp contrast to the primitive elements of rough stones and the elegance of enamels. She is always looking for new ways to express herself through her art. During the Covid quarantine, Laura returned to her roots of painting. Her focus is in portraiture and is currently taking commissions for pet portraits.

ARTon! SILENT AUCTION ITEMS 5:00 P.M.  6:45 P.M. Bidding will take place between 5:00-6:30pm. Each item will be awarded to the highest bidder. Proceeds directly support Artspace’s mission to create, foster, and preserve affordable and sustainable spaces for the arts.

AUCTION ITEMS: Three Nights Mountain Lake Lodge Getaway Enjoy a peaceful solitude in the New River Valley of the Appalachian Mountains in Southwest Virginia. This historic lodge was home to the iconic movie Dirty Dancing. • Valid until May 2022 • Value: $1,500 • Airfare can be arranged with Artspace

Heart 2 – Juanito Pascual’s Album by Marcelline Harrisonfields There is always room to participate in life and love. This piece was inspired by Boston Flamenco guitarist Juanito. Pascual’s album ‘Language of the Heart’. • Dimensions: W 17 1/8” X H 13” (framed) • Medium: Acrylic on paper • Value: $425

Tuition for one Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center (CAFAC) Class Spark your creativity with your choice of class in the industrial arts offered by CAFAC. CAFAC is a nonprofit arts organization in Minneapolis devoted to art forms produced by heat, spark, or flame. • To redeem email info@cafac.org with your name, address, phone, the class you wish to take, and the gift certificate number. • Value: $150

Graywolf Press Book Set Whether a collector or an avid reader, get cozy and expand your library with four 2021 first editions from Graywolf Press: Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri; The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernández; Abundance by Jakob Guanzon; Walking on Cowrie Shells by Nana Nkweti. The Twilight Zone and Abundance are both in the running for the National Book Award. • Value: $68

Custom Pet Portrait by Laura Stamper Looking for a new way to show off your perfect furry companion? Here’s your opportunity to get a fun picture of your pet. • Dimensions: 8”x8” • Value: $180 • Send a photo of your pet to laurastamperdesign@gmail.com

Two Tickets to a Cowles Center Show Enjoy a viewing of the best of Twin Cities dance in the Goodale Theatre at the Cowles Center. Choose from a variety of dance performances by leaders in the Minnesota dance community. • To redeem call the Cowles Center Box Office for two tickets to a performance of your choosing • Value: $ 60

Ceramic Serving Tray by Leila Denecke Fired at Northern Clay Center, this piece elicits a sense of strength and timelessness. Much like Denecke’s other work, the simplicity in this piece is influenced by her regard for the Japanese aesthetic. • Value $100

Infinity by Michelle Graves. Finely cut stained and plate glass make up this beautiful ‘Infinity’ mosaic by Michelle Graves. • Medium: Mosaic Art • Value: $300

My Dear Girl by Sonya Berlovitz Pulling from familial craft traditions such as machine and hand embroidery, applique, patchworking and quilting. Sonya beautifully crafts this mixture of vintage fabrics, fabric, embroidery thread, glass beads, antique collar, and buttons. • Dimensions: 14”x 20” • Value: $500

ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS BIOS ShaVunda Brown An internationally award-winning spoken word artist, an actress, organizer, and rap lyricist. Brown writes to empower and shed light on raw truths, with a sharp social consciousness. Using her knowledge of African diasporic spirituality, history, mythos and the southern folklore of her upbringing, she weaves stories and new visions of liberation. Brown’s voice has been heard on national campaigns for Sephora on racial bias, the adultification of black girls for Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality and a local campaign for Reproductive Justice for UnRestrict Minnesota. She has been seen in Art is Black Light a Mn. Original Series featured on PBS-TPT. She has originated a few roles in The World Premiere of stage plays produced by The History Theater (Mn), Children’s Theater (Mn) and The Arena Stage Theater (D.C.)t

The Dance People A community built to embrace living life to the fullest focusing on health & wellness, inspiration & education. The Dance People life studio is a space to experience theme-based workshops, dance & educational conferences, youth dance camps, group dance classes, parties, couple's dancing, & more. All available for the new and seasoned dancer. Their specially designed curriculums are supported with professionally, trained instructors who are fully committed to inspiring and bringing the best out of each student.

Ellen Sweetman A full-time creative, healer, visual artist, explorer, mentor, teacher and owner of livelybrush, LLC. Sweetman is currently integrating multiracial identity, trauma (individual and collective), and a variety of new modalities into her journey of learning and teaching art medicine. Her first language is line, texture, color, emotion, and movement. Art is medicine and sustenance which creates pathways to a liberated life. It is that path that calls her deep into the forest beyond what needs to be taught or learned from others. Tapping into her own wisdom and seeing how her natural gifts heartfully provide a trail to what she seeks and already knows as her truth opens a gateway into curiosity and trust. Sweetman enjoys the artful dance of creation and some of her work can be captured in a variety of media, movement, drumming, and writing. She loves drumming and dancing with her 4 children, connecting with nature and diving into soul-filled communities.

Djenane Saint Juste A native of Haiti, and is the Artistic Director of Afoutayi Haitian Dance, Music and Arts Company. Djenane has been a dance teacher working with k-12 students and adults for over 25 years, in French, Creole, Spanish and English. She is a professional choreographer, dancer, actress, vocalist, and writer specializing in Haitian traditional dance and folklore. Djenane has also been trained in Ballet, Hip Hop, Modern, Jazz, Ballroom, and Zumba at the Institut de Danse JAKA, Institut de Dance Vivianne Gauthier, Artcho Dance Company in Haiti, and in other prestigious dance companies in the U.S. She is the creator and instigator of the Annual Haitian Cultural Festival, and has brought exciting new themes and activities to engage participants in Haitian culture since the first Haitian Festival in 2009.

ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS BIOS Renee Guittar A performer, dance teacher, choreographer and lover of the MN arts community. Renee has performed at The Guthrie, The Ordway, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres and The Old Log Theater and has been a company member of Collide Theatrical Dance Company since its inception in 2013. Renee has presented choreography with nationally touring illusionist Jared Sherlock, Young Artists Initiative, Zenon Dance Zone, Gustavus Adolphus College, Patrick's Cabaret, and at theaters such as Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (Fireside Theater), Theatre in the Round, The Ritz Theater and numerous high schools and middle schools in the Twin Cities area. Renee produced MN Fringe Festival Productions “CLOCKED” and “CIRCULATE” as well as an interactive dinner theater, "COOKED" which were co-directed by Renee, Benjamin Kolis and Sarah Jabar. Renee teaches at numerous dance schools including Zenon Dance School and Ashley Ballet Arts Academy. Renee received a B.A. in Dance with Honors from Gustavus Adolphus College in 2012.

Rush Benoson An actor, dancer, teacher, musician, and choreographer originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2013, Benson graduated from Gustavus Adolphus and received degrees in Theater and Dance. Most recently seen in West Side Story at the Ordway in the role of Action, past projects have taken him to venues such as the Guthrie, Park Square Theatre, Artistry, Cowles Center, Southwest Theater Company, The Red Eye and across the globe. He also works as a dance teacher for The Guthrie’s education program, Zenon Dance Company, Washburn High School, and directs and choreographs for many schools in the area. His teaching style is focused on unlocking your own sense of internal rhythm and finding ways to be as expressive as humanly possible through that. Additionally, he is an avid fun lover and adventure enthusiast.

Chris Harrison Christopher E. Harrison (Ohio, 65) is a fine artist, public artist and graphic designer based in Minneapolis. He creates paintings and sculpture in his Northeast Minneapolis studio. Harrison has served as Arts Educator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and for Minneapolis College of Art & Design. He has shown locally, nationally and internationally, with group shows in Senegal, Ecuador and the United Kingdom. Harrison has created public art for North Minneapolis as well. His work has been supported with grant funding by The Jerome Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, the City of Minneapolis and MRAC Next Step. Christopher was the 2019 recipient of the Elizabeth Murray Artist Foundation Residency.

Papa MBye Visual artist, rapper, singer based in North Minneapolis. MBye began taking drawing seriously as a teenager, where he’d go to the park, set up shop, and draw caricatures for willing passerby. It was a hustle, but the mischievous exaggeration also provided a much-needed valve. He had been raised to be quiet and dutiful since his family had immigrated from The Gambia/Senegal to North Minneapolis when he was two years old. To push his work, he joined a creative collective called Young Vision led by his classmate Gabe Hostetler, who has produced videos for local hip-hop artists Drelli, Malik Augustus and Lux & Longley. Like the best caricature artists do, Papa Mbye pays homage to the source material, while showing us something we’ve never seen before.

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