Events & Exhibits
Seen/Unseen: Laura Pereira & Emily Gray Koehler
March 12 – April 20, 2012
Opening Reception
Friday, March 16, 6-9pm
Free and open to the public
Minnesota Women’s Building 550 Rice Street, Saint Paul, MN 55103 (map)The Minnesota Women’s Building Partnership and WARM are pleased to invite you to an exhibition of works by WARM members Emily Gray Koehler and Laura Pereira.
From Emily Gray Koehler
After earning a B.F.A. in printmaking from Grand Valley State University, my work has largely focused on humanity’s place in the environment. Seeking to develop a dialogue between the viewer and the natural world, I investigate the places I call home: North Woods and Great Plains, Farm and City, Michigan and Minnesota.
To see more of Emily’s work, visit her website and Facebook artist page.
From Laura Pereira
I grew up amidst the hustle and bustle of Chicago and spent summers in the quiet of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Drawing from these disparate environments, my work explores conceptions of what is natural. Philosophical questions propel much of my art, particularly Thoreau’s ideas about the role of imagination in experience.
To see more of Laura’s work, visit her website and mnartists.org page.
To make an appointment to view the show outside of the reception hours, please call 612-567-9276 or email info@thewarm.org.
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Image: (l) Backswimmer, Laura Pereira, Encaustic and oil on paper, 2011; and (r) Zeal, Emily Gray Koehler, Color-reduction woodcut on paper, 2011.
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The WARM Mentor Program presents
Self Promotion for the Artist with Wendy Lane
This fun and interactive workshop will delve into possibilities for promoting yourself and your art, or promoting a group of artists. We’ll discuss developing your audience, and tools to market your work such as business cards, web pages, emails, social media, newsletters, artists’ statements, resumes, themed events, agreements for the sale of art, digital images, and more.
When: Sunday, March 4th 2012
Time: 1:00 – 3:30
Where: Textile Center
3000 University Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Telephone: 612-436-0464
Cost: Mentor Program $15.00
Warm Members $20.00
*MUST RECEIVE PAYMENT BY Feb. 17th TO RESERVE SPACE*
Limited to 35 participants
Instructor: Wendy Lane
Wendy Lane is an artist, human resources professional and certified creative life coach. Wendy has been both a protégé and mentor in the mentor program. She currently works part-time in human resources at the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts, and is self-employed as Artist Coach Wendy Lane, LLC. She is a plein-air landscape painter and has been the recipient of several grants, awards and residencies. Wendy works with creative individuals to achieve their life goals, and has promoted her own business and artwork successfully. For info: www.artistcoachwendylane.com, and www.mnartists.org/Wendy_Lane.
Please send payments to: Lynn Speaker/WARM, Studio 101, 79 13th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Questions lynncoordinator@gmail.com
WARM Coffees
Join WARM Members for monthly visits to area art shows. We view the show and then head to a nearby coffee shop to discuss our reactions to the exhibit. Carpooling is available with advance notice. For information about WARM Coffee, contact Jeanne Souldern at info@thewarm.org.
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WARM Evening Decaf Coffee
March 3rd at 4:30 – 7:30pm.
This is an early evening event which will start at 4:30pm at Clay Squared to Infinity with a short tour of Layl McDill’s studio. Then at about 5:00 we will head downstairs to Flow Art Space where Melissa Metzler will talk about starting this new gallery.
Clay Squared to Infinity: http://
Flow Art Space: http://
This event is free and open to the public. If you are interested in carpooling, contact Jeanne at info@thewarm.org.
WARM is always open to suggestions of woman-owned art studios and exhibitions featuring women artists to visit for WARM Coffees. Email info@thewarm.org with suggestions for our events.
SPECIAL SUMMER WARM EVENTS
This summer we gathered on the Walker Art Center’s Open Field for an exploration of current and some historical looks at the theories and writings on women’s role in the art movement. Some of the suggested readings we discussed are linked below. Plans are being made to continue these gatherings on 2012.
“The” seminal article:
Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? by Linda Nochlin
An overview of the feminist art movement:
TOGETHER, AGAIN Women’s Collaborative Art + Community, by Carey Lovelace
A contemporary blog post:
Why I’m Leaving Feminism on S. E. Smith’s “This Aint Livin’” Blog