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Mark your calendar! You don't want to miss, " Intricate Simplicities of the Spirit" by Ta-coumba Aiken

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Ta-coumba Tyrone AikenTa-coumba is an internationally recognized artist, arts administrator, public speaker and community activist. Aiken focuses on public art and collaborative projects. Aiken is a recipient of numerous awards and honors inclu…

Ta-coumba Tyrone Aiken

Ta-coumba is an internationally recognized artist, arts administrator, public speaker and community activist. Aiken focuses on public art and collaborative projects. 

Aiken is a recipient of numerous awards and honors including but not limited to the 2015 Knight Arts Challenge Winner with Walker West Music Academy, 2011 Sally Irvine Ordway Award, a Pollack-Krasner Foundation Fellowship and a Bush Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship. His works can be found in the collections of the Walker Art Center, Bush Foundation, RBC Dain Rauscher, General Mills, Herbie Hancock, Saint Paul Union Depot, and Maya Angelou

Ta-coumba Aiken once again is exploring and expressing his "Visual Voice". He is used for community engagement and social activism. Aiken lends his talents to draw people's attention to the big issues in, inequities in homelessness, health, education, race and gender. He also believes in love for his fellow human being and all living things most importantly our planet. 

This exhibition titled " Intricate Simplicities of the Spirit" is Mr Aiken's description of his art and his life. When ask what is his style of art, he says 

" Superlative Realism " and smiles. " I created my art to heal the hearts of people and their communities by evoking a positive spirit."

For more information go to: tacoumbaaiken.com, 

What Happens in Vegas?

LLC Member and Eva Beneke just returned from her trip to Las Vegas. She taught as a guest clinician at Las Vegas Arts Academy for 3 days, where she worked with kids from age 13 to 17. LVA is a 12-time Grammy-winning institution that has produced many current young talents.

Her visit culminated in a student concert, where the Junior and Senior students performed a concert of ensemble music, with Eva as a soloist. Here´s some video from the performance.

Concerto in D Major-Antonio Vilvaldi (1730), Movements 1 & 3. Featuring soloist Eva Beneke

Eva Beneke plays "Tiento Antiguo" by Joaquin Rodrigo

 

Visual Journaling Class Taught by Liz Carlson

Only a few spots left! Keep a beautiful record of life's meaningful moments and events. Whether you're a lifelong journal keeper or have always wanted to start, discover techniques, materials and journaling prompts.  
Location of this class is The Show Art Gallery in Lowertown St. Paul. The address is 253 East 4th Street, on 4th and Wacouta.
http://www.theshowartgallery.org/
Free street parking should be available after 5pm.

Here is the link to register!

Liz Carlson Arts and Illustration

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Waschering Maschine, the experimental band of LLC member Billy Franklin

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Wilhelmshaven is a new video by Dir. Tom Schroeder made to the music of Waschering Maschine, the experimental band of LLC member Billy Franklin. 8 rounds of musical engagement with Waschering Maschine. Ghent, Belgium plays Wilhelmshaven, Germany. With Brian Judd as Gregory Peck. 

Please accept the invitation to step OUT with Waschering Maschine.

Wilhelmshaven

https://vimeo.com/channels/wascheringmaschine/140517638

Waschering Maschine Vimeo Channel

https://vimeo.com/channels/wascheringmaschine

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Eva Beneke Featured in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press

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Lowertown Lofts Co-op member Eva Beneke was featured in the St Paul Pioneer Press recently. Eva is instrumental in making curricular changes as a guitar professor at McNallySmith College of Music and was portrayed with her classical guitar students in a two-page article about the college. You can read the full article online here. 

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LOWERTOWN CLASSICS Season 2015/16 - Opening Concert on October 2, 2015, 8pm At Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative

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Esteemed friends and fans of classical music in obscure spaces:

Sick of long summer nights, endless B.B.Q.´s, mosquito bites and all the outdoor sports you can handle? Fall comes, and St. Paul has its secret little classical concert series back. About time, we think. How else are your going tospend your first Fridays of the month?
Mark your calendars for those upcoming dates, and tell your friends about us. Not too loudly, since we ran out of chairs back in May, remember?

The OPENING CONCERT is held at our home base, the Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative and features some amazing local performers.

PAVIA WIND QUINTET

PAVIA WIND QUINTET

PAVIA WIND QUINTET - one of the Midwest's most exciting young chamber music ensembles, they will perform works by Nagle, Nielsen and selections of Richard Wagner's Siegfried Idyll. Check them out at http://paviawinds.com/
 

OLSON/BATES DUO

OLSON/BATES DUO

OLSON/BATES DUO - guitar and bass, extraordinary jazz skills, provided by Twin cities greats Chris Olson (guitar) and Chris Bates (bass), who we´d like to congratulate warmly for recently being awarded a McKnight fellowship!

HILDEBRAND- PETERSON DUO

HILDEBRAND- PETERSON DUO

HILDEBRAND- PETERSON DUO - these two young musicians come to us from the UofM across the river. Flute and guitar - a fine combination featuring works by Giuliani, Beaser and Ibert. With Jay Hildebrand, classical guitar and Hannah Peterson on flute.

Enjoy the special atmosphere, great company and musical excellence that has made this series a go-to for music lovers in the Twin-Cities!

With complementary wine tasting by our generous friends from Lowertown Revival Wine, Beer and Spirits.

Music, Art, Wine and Candy ...let´s celebrate!
Bring a friend, and see you then!

Eva Beneke - Artistic Director
www.evabeneke.com
www.lowertownlofts.org

FREE WINE AND CANDY
- donation by the door -
(suggested donation $10)
255 KELLOGG BLVD E
3rd FLOOR ATRIUM
St. PAUL MN 55101
ENTRANCE TO BUILDING VIA BACK ALLEY

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MetroSketchers Founded by Lowertown Lofts Co-op Members Liz Carlson and Tim Jennen

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Have you heard of MetroSketchers? As of today there are 465 members in the Minneapolis/St.Paul Metro area. What do MetroSketchers do? Keep scrolling to find out more!

Liz Carlson and Tim Jennen - Founders of MetroSketchers

Liz Carlson and Tim Jennen - Founders of MetroSketchers

Here is the group from the September Sketch at Raspberry Park in Saint Paul

Here is the group from the September Sketch at Raspberry Park in Saint Paul

MISSION

 

MetroSketchers is an open, inclusive group that was founded by Liz Carlson and administered by Liz and Tim Jennen. It has the simple mission to get out in the world and draw. We meet once a month, usually the first Sunday of the month from 12-3pm at locations that are of interest to the sketcher. If you are a person who has always wanted to draw, but has never picked up a pencil, this is a group for you. If you are a person who used to draw and wants to get back into it, this is a group for you. If you are a professional artist looking for new opportunities to draw, it's the group for you as well.

 

There are no fees to belong. We try to keep the group as free as possible. Most of our locations are chosen with the idea that costs are kept to around $10 or less, depending upon the location and parking. We do encourage members to make donations to organizations and galleries we visit, who have been very generous in allowing us to draw at their location.

 

The level of participation is entirely up to the individual. No one is required to share their work with other sketchers or even to announce that they are at the event. The important thing is to get out and draw. Those interested in sharing their work can meet up with others at the end of each sketch gathering at a designated location.

We'd love for you to join us! Get all the details and see many of the sketches here on our MetroSketchers Facebook page!

911 Remembered by Lowertown Lofts Artist Marla Gamble

Marla remembers, 

"I did these chalk drawings during the day of 9-11. Jim and I were on a remote Native American reservation in Wisconsin when we heard someone had bombed New York City. 

Everyone gathered around one television in the general store/bar and restaurant for the next two days. The camaraderie among these 20+ strangers from around the country was memorable." Marla Gamble. 

This is one of the series of three done that day. ©Marla Gamble

This is one of the series of three done that day. ©Marla Gamble

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Lowertown Lofts Co-op Author Gretchen Thompson Presents "The Artist's Way"

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“A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity” by Julie Cameron
Mondays, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, September 21 – December 7
$144 for 12 weekly sessions.
Registration required. No artistic experience necessary.
Bring your own copy of Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way.

The Artist’s Way offers an opportunity to spark the creative process or deepen your spiritual expression. Be prepared for the artistic synergy of the group to build community and help you develop a greater alignment with your creative energy. This 12-week ‘course’ follows the chapters of Julia Cameron’s book of the same title. It is appropriate both for those beginning on their creative path and as a refresher for established artists. Applicable to all art forms – visual, musical, theater, writing, etc.

To register or get more information on this and other workshops please visit this link.

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Patrick Clancy Featured at the Art Leadership Program, ‎Anniversary Exhibition OPENING Artists Reception

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Image: © Patrick Clancy

Image: © Patrick Clancy

  • Thursday, September 17, 2015, from 5 to 8 pm
  • Gallery One OST, 800 Washington Ave N, Suite 510, Mpls, MN 55401
  • 612.562.0889, ArtLeadershipProgram@gmail.com
  • Other times view by appointment only through November 2
  • Event is free and open to the public

All artists are alumni of the Emerging Artists Series, a partnership with the Art Leadership Program™ and Open Systems Technologies. Featured are new works by these talented artists:

Zac Adams-Bliss
Patrick Clancy
Brian Matthew Hart
Michael McGraw
Josh Meillier
Neal Perbix
Lindsay Splichal
Amber Tyrrell

For the past 3 years, Open Systems Technologies (OST) has opened their Minneapolis office as exhibition space for local artists, converting their unused wall space into a contemporary art gallery.

Gallery One OST
TractorWorks Building
800 Washington Ave N, Suite 510
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 562-0889

Art Leadership Program link

Image: © Patrick Clancy