Sand & Stones exhibit (April 29-May 24)
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Robbin
Gallery, 4915 42nd Ave. N. Robbinsdale, MN
www.robbingallery.org
Paintings & sculpture
by Susan Armington, photographs by Sylvia Horwitz
inspired by travels and reflections on places of the Torah and
Bible.
Events:
Opening Reception
: April 30
(Thurs) 6-8 pm.
The artists share their experiences and Leslie Ball adds music.
What makes a place holy?
May 6 (Wed) 7 pm:
Discussion led by Rabbi Alexander Davis
Song Circle
May 24 (Sat) 2- 4pm:
Songs & rounds from different traditions
Led by Leslie Ball
All
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Special FREE workshop:
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(Part of “mini_polis” Creative City
Challenge winning project with Niko)
How Green can you
get?
May
7th, 7-9pm @ Leonardo’s Basement
(the
basement of Anodyne Cafe,4301 Nicollet Ave S. Minneapolis, MN
55409)
Brainstorm and build
the greenest stuff a city could have... an apartment wreathed in
grapes? an underground cave and mushroom patch? a skateboard/
goat park?
We'll invent and build mini
green
structures and open spaces to add to
mini_polis.
Led by
Susan Armington & Liz Dengate
Free but
please RSVP at the
Leonardo's Basement site
Do you have an idea like this for
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Wa-ter-shed
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The
Phipps Center for the Arts,
Hudson, WI
April 10 - May 17, 2015
Reception
Friday, May 8, 5:30 -
7:00 p.m.
www.ThePhipps.org |
Art-a-Whirl
– Open Studio – 5/15 and 5/17 only (NOT
Saturday)
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(Fri)
5-9 pm &
(Sun) 12-6 pm
River art, Map art,
Talking Suitcases, & Tiny art in frames…
Enjoy some snacks,
drinks, and relaxed conversation…
Part of a larger event in the California Building, with many studios open.
Please stop by and visit!
Studio #501
(directions below)- 2205 California St. NE, Mpls 55418 |
November
30, 2014 – January 22, 2015
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Inspired by my stay in June 2013 in the Pine
Needles cabin right on the edge of the St. Croix
(in rain, rain, rain) & the stories of people I met
and talked to along the river….
“River
tales & dreams”
paintings and Talking Suitcases
by
Susan Armington
Exhibit in two
locations:
Marine Public
Library*
and
Christ Lutheran Church**
Nov. 30 – Jan.
22
Special
175th Anniversary of Marine on St. Croix PUBLIC EVENT:
“Tell your own River Stories”
Christ Lutheran Church**
Jan 11, Sunday 2-4 pm
* Marine Community Library, 121 Judd Street, Marine
on St. Croix, MN
651-433-2820
www.marinecommunitylibrary.org
**Christ Lutheran Church, 150 Fifth
Street, Marine on St. Croix, MN
651-433-3222
www.clcmarine.org |
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OPEN STUDIO – NOV 22
Join me for an afternoon & evening gathering -
Open
Studio,
Saturday NOV 22 from 2-8 pm.
It's part of a larger event in the California
Building, with many studios open.
Please stop by and visit!
River
art, Map art, Talking Suitcases, & Tiny art in frames…
enjoy some snacks, drinks, and relaxed conversation…
Studio #501
2205 California St. NE, Mpls 55418 (See below for
directions)
September 4 – October 11, 2014
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New series of river paintings –
images
of people's stories floating down the St. Croix River
Inspired by my
stay in June 2013 in the Pine Needles cabin right on the edge of the St.
Croix (in rain, rain, rain) & the stories of people I met and talked to
along the river. My work was supported by a 2013 MN State Arts
Board Artist Initiative Grant.
“A
Bend in the River”
Susan
Armington & Tom Maakestad
ArtReach St. Croix Gallery* in Stillwater
Opening Reception
is Thursday, Sept. 4 from 6- 8 pm.
“River Reading” event on Oct 2, 7:00 pm (to be confirmed)
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ArtReach
St. Croix Gallery,
224 North 4th St,
Stillwater (across from the library)
651-439-1465
www.ArtReachStCroix.org
Gallery Hours:
Wed-Fri 10 am
– 4 pm
Saturdays 12pm – 4 pm
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Ice-melt River Art Party!
March 29 (Saturday) 5-8 pm
At ART START Gallery
1459 St. Clair Ave, St. Paul Free!
SEE: Susan Armington’s River Art & Suitcase stories
WRITE: River haiku
MAKE: Origami boats
EAT: Spring Rolls
LAUNCH: A flying fish wish for spring
CELEBRATE:
Rivers & SPRING!
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*Susan
Armington is a fiscal year 2013 recipient of an Artist
Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This
activity is made possible by voters of Minnesota through a grant
from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative
appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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March 15
(Saturday) - Today!
Creating a Community Mandala
3:00-4:00 pm in the Rotunda of the
Target Wing of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
FREE! All are welcome.
part of the Sacred Salon Series,
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Inspired by the Tibetan sand mandala,
Susan Armington and Leslie Ball will lead a workshop to create a
transient community mandala that proceeds from the outer world inward,
marking each level by symbolic objects about participants lives and
hopes for the future. The resulting patterned circle will remain on
view for the remainder of the day, till its elements are swept up and
returned for reuse in the world. Music to inspire us by Leslie Ball.
If you wish, you may bring a small
object that fits in the palm of your hand to symbolize something you
want to let go.
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Open
Studio
Winter Escape!
(an art flu shot)
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DEC 14
(Saturday)
3:30pm
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Talking Suitcases & River Stories
4:30 pm
– Yuichi, Charles, Tomo in the
new TOCHYU Trio
– play BACH!
Studio #501 in the
California Building (See below for the direction)
Or just enjoy seeing new art, the Downtown
view, and catching up-
Susan Armington’s OPEN STUDIO * DEC 13-14
Friday:
5-9 pm
Saturday:
12-6pm
part of
California Dreamin’
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Fall
workshops with Susan Armington
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Nov. 3 (Sunday) 1:30- 3 pm
River Stories!
Along the Lac qui Parle and Beyond….
At the Lac qui Parle County Museum
Madison, MN
Free!
Celebrate
local rivers and creeks! Artist Susan Armington, , and the Lac
qui Parle County Museum invite you to an afternoon of art &
stories, music and refreshments.
Susan will exhibit new River Map Art about the Lac qui Parle
River*, and we’ll hear stories – past and present - about this
meandering river by local adventurers and storytellers. We then
invite you to share your own stories about a local river with a
partner and write up a page or two to give Susan for possible
inclusion in her new River Maps about the region.
For more information, contact
lqphistorycenter@lqpco.com>
*Susan
Armington is a fiscal year 2013 recipient of an Artist
Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This
activity is made possible by voters of Minnesota through a grant
from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative
appropiation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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Oct.19-20 (Sat-Sun)
and/or Oct. 26 (Sat)
Talking Suitcases workshops
at Earthrise Farm
Madison, MN
Talking Suitcases™ is an art-based
process for exploring life stories and what matters to us most, led by
artist Susan Armington. We make story objects from everyday materials
like fabric, boxes, papers, wire, beads, and hot glue and arrange them
in a suitcase. In the process of giving shape to our stories, we
reflect on our lives and listen deeply to others. At the end of the
workshops, all are invited to present their Talking Suitcases at
CORNSTOCK - a Community Celebration at with food, music, and stories
held at Earthrise Farm, Oct. 27, 4- 8 pm.
OCTOBER 19 -20 -
Saturday(9-4) and Sunday (1-4) - $90
includes both days
OCTOBER 26
Saturday (9-4) $60
(Lunch is provided: please bring a suitcase!)
erfarm@hotmail.com
www.farmstayus.com/farm/Minnesota/Earthrise_Farm |
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Oct 5-6 (Friday-Saturday)
Shelters of the Heart-
Portable Sanctuaries 6-9 pm, 9am-3pm
McCabe Retreat Center,
Duluth, MN
. We will create
portable sanctuaries for our inner selves, our
relationships with others, and a dwelling for the sacred using
mixed media. No art experience necessary!
Facilitators:
Susan Armington and Marilyn Mayry,
a writing instructor at Lake Superior College who has
facilitated numerous writing groups
Suggested Donation:
$90, includes lunch and materials. Register early –
open to first 15 registrations. Overnight stays at
McCabe are available for long distance travelers at $50 per
night (simple breakfast included).
http://duluthbenedictines.org/ministries/mccabe-renewal-center/program-offerings/ |
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Sept 14
(Saturday) Arcola Mills, 9am-noon
1905 Arcola Trail North,
Stillwater, MN 55082
These
Roots, This Stone: Finding a Sense of Place through Art
This
workshop focuses on deepening the sense of connection to the natural
world and to a particular place through outdoor art-making. Led by
artist Susan Armington and artist/biologist Bonnie Ploger, we will use
an intuitive process to gather natural objects and make outdoor art on the grounds. We will reflect on our creations
individually and as a group, searching out their different qualities and
seeing them as metaphors for our inner selves and what connects us most
deeply to nature. No art experience necessary! Ages 13 and older.
651-439-1652
Pre-registration required.
$25
Facilitators: Susan Armington & Bonnie Ploger,
Artists-in-Residence
at Pine Needles, June 2013
http://arcolamills.org/participate-in-special-programs
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Open Studio
part of
Art-a-Whirl
- May 17-19 2013
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Friday:
5-9 pm
Saturday:
12-8pm (no
Susan from 2 to 5) *
Sunday: 12-5pm
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Add your
stories to new River Maps:
the Mississippi, the St. Croix & Lac qui Parle
(Sunday
1-3pm with
Susan) |
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Map
art, tiny compass paintings and a beautiful view of Downtown!
Studio #501 in the
California Building
For
map and directions, see below.
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Shelters of the Heart
–part of Summer Institute in Spirituality and the Arts,UTS
In this workshop we will build small
shelters--for our inner selves, for our relationships with others and as
a dwelling for the sacred. We'll explore interiors and exteriors and the
ways in which different surfaces and materials can offer space for
dialogue and a space to build our visions. We will create "portable
sanctuaries" using mixed media, papers, fabrics, beads and imagination.
No art experience necessary!
1:15-3:45 pm, June 11-14, 2013 (Tuesday-Friday)
United Theological Seminary, 3000 Fifth St NW, New
Brighton, 55112
info@unitedseminary.edu
Creation of Community “Water Map” at the
Weisman Art Museum,
June 26, 2012.
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Weisguides, I created an 11' x7'
collaborative map of Water Stories with
visitors who cut out bodies of water that were special
to them, and wrote one-line stories about what they did
there. I added the water shapes and handwritten stories
to a mixed media map that was exhibited in the Fiterman
Gallery at the
Weisman Art Museum.
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Susan at work ... |
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Sabes Tychman
Shapiro Gallery at the Sabes JCCAugust 23-Oct.
18 2012 "From Parchment to Pages" Exhibit
Opening Reception, Sept 9. 6-8 pm
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The exhibit showcased old Hebrew prayer
books to contemporary book art, including my Jerusalem Stone
paintings. 3-D Mt. Sinai made out of the Ten Commandments, and
Geography of Home, the 6 ft. x 9 ft. map of the Twin Cities made
out of the words and languages of people who live there.
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Youth Employment Exhibit at ILO (May,
2012, Geneva,
Switzerland)
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