Stolen Art in Paris
May 20 2010
Sad day for everyone, and slightly embarassing day for the Musée de l'Art Contemporain de la Ville de Paris. Five masterpieces were stolen, including works by Picasso, Léger, Modigliani, Matisse, and Braque. I guess that’s what happens when you don’t fix your broken alarm for two months . . .
I recommend the article from Le Monde, if you can hack it.
What Remains install begins!
May 17 2010
Update from Tim Granlund on his work on Margaret Pezalla-Granlund's piece for the Boiler Room space....
...and our volunteers continue to work hard on the Zip ties elements for Hog Seon's piece in Gallery 2.
The 10th Annual Marcy Arts Partnership Gala
Apr 22 2010
The Soap Factory was delighted to host the 10th Annual Marcy Arts Partnership Gala on Saturday 17th, an event to raise money foir arts progreams at our neighbourhood K12 school, Marcy Open School. A wonderful evening of art, food and entetainment with support from hundreds of local artists, as well as SE and NE bars and restaurants provding a amazing spread of food and drink. With over 500 people attending, the event raised $38,000 for Marcy Open School, as well as being a great showcase for our wonderful biulding for our friends amnd neighbours. Here's to 2011! (thanks to Dan Marshall for the photographs)
We're on MPR - Talking Image Connection
Mar 27 2010
Nice piece on MPR this week about performance and cross-discplinary work. Talking Image Connection has worked with The Soap Factory since 2005, and of course our new perforamnce instioatives, Workhorse and Artery 24 (since 2008) have provded a new outlet fpr perforamnce in the Twin Cities. Part of the mission of The Soap Factory is to demonstrate the breadth of work that artists can do; perhaps the widest example of our interdisciplinary work is The Haunted Basement....
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/03/24/artistic-barriers/
Our new interns for 2010
Mar 27 2010
Great new group on interns for The Soap Factory in 2010.
Building and Facilities Management
Matthew Van Dusen: Matt Graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter in 2008 with a studio art degree. He has worked for the past year at the Northern Clay Center and in Collegeville MN as an artist’s apprentice. He has a large breadth of knowledge related to ceramic production and firing techniques.
Installation Team Leads
Gina Hunt: Gina graduated from MSU in Mankato in 2009. She has worked independently towards her own progress as an artist and received an undergraduate research grant.
Brian Kehoe: Brian graduated from St. Olaf college in Northfield in 2007. He continued for 1 year as an undergraduate apprentice through St. Olaf to serve as a teaching assistant.
Jordan Kocak: Jordan graduated from the U of M Twin Cities in 2008. He has been volunteering with The Soap Factory since 2008. He currently works for Habitat for Humanity in the twin cities managing construction projects and volunteers.
Lisa Jurgens: Lisa graduated from MCAD with a BFA in 1996 and has completed several other technical degrees recently. She has worked with the Walker Art Center, MIA and currently the Science Museum. She has been a volunteer at The Soap Factory since 2009.
Christina Croll: Christina is currently a student at Macalester College. She is focusing on Art History and Chinese Language. Christina is originally from New York where she had the opportunity to intern for an artist on several large scale installations.
SFG4 Associate Producer
Siddarth Saikia: Sid is currently a student at Macalester College. He was originally born in New Delhi and after living in different places around the world he never expected to live in Minneapolis. He is committed to becoming a part of the Twin Cities Arts community and first came to The Soap Factory through Workhorse as an artist in November 2009.
Research and Data Analysis
Danielle Hans: Dani is graduating from the U of M Twin Cities in Spring 2010 with a degree in Art History and Global Studies. She has been a volunteer at The Soap Factory since 2009.