Christmas Drive

Snowed in

We got one of the top 5 worst blizzards on record here in Minneapolis so I decided not to leave the house for a couple of days.   Instead, I took pictures of reflections that looked like other things around the apartment.

Christmas Tree time

Embracing the weather in Wisconsin

My husband Dave

me

Moving the studio

Right now I'm in the middle of moving my studio out of my apartment.  So I'm becoming nostalgic.

Weekend Shopping

BlackBlue is an amazing store in St Paul (it reminds me of my apartment).  

Making up for lost time

I've been busy busy busy this month making up for all of that lost time this summer. 

MCAD Art Sale 2010

This is my final year at the MCAD Art Sale.  I will be there during the new Thursday Preview Party (where you can get first dibs on my work) as well as Friday night.  

 For more information please visit: www.mcad.edu

Art Sale: the weekend before Thanksgiving

Now in its 13th year, the MCAD Art Sale is a Minnesota tradition annually held the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Eye-catching, one-of-a-kind art created by MCAD students and recent graduates at unbeatable prices. Thousands of pieces. Every piece less than $1000. Average price less than $100.

Since its inception the sale has generated more than $1,000,000 for emerging artists. All Art Sale proceeds go to support individual artists or the MCAD Art Sale Scholarship Fund.

New for 2010: more times, more art

The Art Sale has expanded with an additional evening and more access to work from in-demand artists.

For the second and third days of the sale, in-demand artists will be able to restock their work.

The 2010 MCAD Art Sale hours are:

Thursday, Nov. 18, 6-9 p.m.

Preview Party

Tickets $150

Complimentary drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and valet parking

Friday, Nov. 19, 6-9 p.m.

Opening Night

Tickets $35 in advance or $40 at the door

Cash bar. Valet parking $5

Saturday, Nov. 20, 9-5.

Free admission and free art studio for kids

Art is available for sale during each of the three events

Behind-the-scenes photos and video

If you want a sneak-peek at the work earlier in the week, don't come to campus, don't come to the gallery--we'll be covering the walls. Check out behind-the-scenes photos and video exclusively on Facebook.

Become a fan of the MCAD Art Sale on Facebook and browse video and photos of the stacks and crew hanging the work.

The MCAD Annual Art Sale has gained a tremendous reputation as the metro's top destination for affordable, appreciable artwork by leading-edge artists who are creating not only what's new, but also what's next, with praise and exposure pouring in from the Star Tribune, Mpls.St.Paul, FOX News, MinnPost, Minnesota Monthly, METRO, City Pages, and KARE 11. Check out what they're saying about the sale.

Where We're At:

• MCAD Main Building, first and second floors (can't miss it!)
• 2501 Stevens Avenue, Minneapolis
• Adjacent to The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and The Children's Theatre Company
• View/download a campus map (PDF)

Check me out in New American Paintings!

My photos of the magazine are terrible but you get the idea.  Also in this issue is my friend and fellow Minneapolis artist Kirstin Peterson.

Chicago Trip

From inside the installation

Throwaway Utopia

A couple installations shots of my Throwaway Utopia installation at Art of This Gallery

throwaway Utopia

For part of my Art of This residency I am creating a throwaway utopia environment in the gallery on August 10th

Iowa

My month in Iowa

Another painting

This is a painting that I finished last week.  I love all of the imperfections.

Thought of the day

"Many of the most challenging painters working today—Dana Schutz, Daniel Dove, Lisa Sanditz, and Tom McGrath, for example—are disparately engaged with one central (albeit multifaceted) question: What is at stake in negating intelligible mimetic imagery with passages of pure facture and, inversely, in undermining the autonomy of materials and process with overt images? And how can mining this dialectic through the act of painting help illuminate and analyze the human and material conditions of contemporary life? " -Christopher Bedford in Art Forum

Top: Lisa Sanditz

Bottom: Jules de balincourt

 

These are detail shots of a painting I started last week.  The windows on this building took some planning since it was a process of painting, then covering with tape, and then repeating. So I had no idea what it really looked like until all of the tape is taken off.  I find it more exciting that way and the process allows for more happy accidents. 

I'm going to be published!

I was chosen from over 1000 applicants to be part of the catalog New American Paintings.  I spent the last two weeks trying to make sure everything was ready for it.  Look for me in issue #89.