Exhibition catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. Variant titles: Work of the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art, Collection of China enamels by Mrs. Dorothy Warren O'Hara of New York. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts". Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (6 unnumbered pages).
Third issue of the first volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for spring of 1983, and containing descriptions of upcoming workshops and exhibits; reports on the Peter Collingwood workshop, the Fiber Source and Educations Committees, the Ely Guild, and the Midwest 84 conference; and the articles "Design", "On Design", "Symmetry as an Element of Design", A Perspective on Rug Design", "Design Process: Pursuing Design Ideas", "Design in Spinning: An Overview", "Handknitting with Handspun", and "Intellectual vs. Reactionary Design".
Variant title: Work of local artists, October 1922. Title from cover. Prices included with some items. The eighth annual exhibition of the work of Minneapolis and St. Paul Artists will be held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art from September 30 to October 30, 1922"--The eighth annual exhibition of the work of local artists: October 1922 [rules], 1922, page 2. Includes a list of the jury for awards. 16 unnumbered pages; 16 cm.
Variant titles: Special exhibition of watercolors by members of the New York Water Color Club, February 16 to March 1, 1912; Water colors by members of the New York Water Color Club, February 16 to March 1, 1912. Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts". Exhibition checklist from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. Typescript (mimeographed). 4 unnumbered leaves.
Contents: Present officers and trustees -- Foreword -- The Minneapolis Institute of Art [plans, donors, and collections] -- Plan of exhibits -- General information [location, hours of opening, lunch room, membership, etc.] -- Miscellaneous statistics -- The Minneapolis School of Art -- Articles of Incorporation -- By-Laws -- Enabling Act -- Deed of Gift [between Clinton Morrison and the City of Minneapolis] -- Agreement [between the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, acting through the Board of Park Commissioners and the Minneapolis Society of Fines Arts] -- Acceptance by city [of Minneapolis at the meeting of the Board of Park Commissioners for the deed of gift from Clinton Morrison to the city hereafter known as Dorilus Morrison Park] -- Officers and trustees 1883 to 1922 -- Membership -- Classes of membership -- Names of members: Benefactors; Patrons; Fellows in Perpetuity; Fellows for life; Life members; Annual members; Educators; Associate members; Clubs. 63 pages: illustrations, plans.
Variant titles: Second International Watercolor Exhibition, April 15-May 21, 1922; Martin A. Ryerson Collection; Desmond FitzGerald Collection. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. "Eighty-five water colors have been selected from the Second International Water Color Exhibition ... and are now on exhibition at the [Minneapolis] Institute [of Arts] ... shown in Gallery C10 on the second floor where they will remain until July 5."--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volume XI, number 6 (June 1922), page 47. "It is the purpose of the Art Institute of Chicago to do honor each year to one or two of the great masters of water color painting by a comprehensive showing of their works. In the present exhibition individual rooms have been given to the Martin A. Ryerson Collection of water colors by Winslow Homer, and to the Desmond FitzGerald Collection of water colors by Dodge Macknight."--Page 5. 32 unnumbered pages: illustrations.
Catalog from the fourth exhibition organized by the Industrial Exposition Association, Minneapolis. Catalogue of paintings and casts from the antique, etc., 1889 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition. "Designed & engraved by the Ramsdell Eng. Co., Ches. F. Brisky"--Page 1 and 4 of cover. "Exhibits of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts" (pages 23-30). Prices included with some items. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. "Other local artists were included among the exhibitors at the Industrial Expositions, and in 1900 the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts began holding its own annual exhibitions of American artists' works."--Conforti, Michael, editor. Minnesota 1900: art and life on the Upper Mississippi 1890-1915, 1994, page 98. 30, xxxii pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations.
Volume 6, number 2 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the second quarter of 1980. The theme of this issue is tools. Contents include a change in format and goals of Craft Connection; new directions at the Minnesota Museum of Art led by new President Jim Toscano; profile of wood carver Harry Hitchner; modern technology and the spiritual experience of crafting; finding the right rope for a hammock making kit; weaver M. Susan Brock's relationship with looms; woodworker Doug McEneany's reflection on tools; blacksmithing and reproducing tools of the past; the functions and beginnings of tools; the relocation of Captain Ceramics Artworks, including photos of products sold; and a profile of rug maker Dorothy Sauber.
Volume 9, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the first quarter of 1983. The story on the front page is about woodworking in Minnesota and the Minnesota Woodworkers Guild. Other contents include messages from MCC's retiring President Nann Miller and new President Ken Davenport; summary of the MCC Annual Meeting; rug maker Dorothy Sauber's exhibition in Washington, D.C.'s Textile Museum; selling art through consignments; summary of a glass workshop at Semi Automatic Glass with Richard Marquis; Wayne Crim, woodworker Ray Kyler, and their redwood furniture shop Waynecraft Industries; the beginnings of the Fine Woodworking Company custom shop; Ojibwa art and woodcarver, beadworker, and jewelry maker Duane Goodwin; and a review of Roy Strassberg's 'Demolition Vessels' exhibition.
Fifth issue of the second volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in February 1977 and containing descriptions of the upcoming February Guild meeting, workshops and spin-ins, classes, and exhibits; reports on the November board meeting and treasurer's report, the January Guild meeting, Fiber Fair; a calendar; and library news; articles on "From Woods & Fields", "Of Fiber", and "The Rigid Heddle"; and a draft of a sixteen harness point twill.
Volume 3, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in August 1977 and is centered around traditional crafts. Contents include a report 1977 Minnesota Crafts Festival, including award winners and statistics; profile of blacksmith Dan Kral; an extensive list of upcoming art fairs across the midwest; crafts at Gibbs Farm Museum; Columbia College's Ethnic and American Folk Arts Project to preserve traditional craft skills; and a show of American pottery dated from the colonial period to 1910.
Minnesota Library Association; Panzer Morris, Adele (co-editor); Harpole, Patricia (co-editor)
Date Created:
1982-06 - 1982-07
Description:
Volume 9, number 6-7 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in summer of 1982. Contents include an announcement of the recipients of the Minnesota Library Association annual awards, the President's Column, minutes of the General Membership Meeting held at the annual conference, a report from the MLA Board, reports from the Minnesota Library Trustees and the Public Library Divisions, a report from the Media Round Table on the potential for libraries to become satellite teleconference centers, a master calendar of meetings and deadlines, and a list of educational events.
Volume 3, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in February 1977. Contents include a note from the editor about the publication's new tabloid format and subscription price; news about the MCC membership meeting and standing committees; profile of ceramic artist Dr. Paul S. Donhauser, the first American to receive first place honors in the International Competition of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy; the Craft Alliance Gallery in Missouri; level of support for crafts in Minnesota's art institutions; photographs of artworks from an MCC juried exhibition and statement from judge Martha Benson; the Wisconsin Designer-Craftsmen organization; the Rochester Art Center; the recent opening of Kichang Cho's Mano Galleries in Illinois; the challenges of running an ultimately unsuccessful gallery; review of the 'Craft Multiples' exhibit at the Octagon Center for the Arts; and a national conference about marketing crafts.
Volume 5, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the first quarter of 1979 and is centered around wholesaling and retailing. Contents include Craft Connection's new subscription price and production schedule; pet peeves of working with artists and galleries; profiles of Minnesota quilters; using computer programs in quilt design; fundraising efforts in Ohio to build art and craft spaces; profile of fiber craftsman Jay Gage; profile of stained glass artist Gabriel Cartwright; tips on selling work; experiences in wholesaling and retailing; Fibrecations, Inc., a corporation providing a showroom for fiber artists; laws regarding artist-gallery transactions and how they affect an artist's business; travelling juries; The Octogon Center for the Arts; reflections on an apprenticeship with fiber artist Muriel Nezhnie Helfman; and a brief biography of artist and teacher Edna Dittus.
The 1943 annual meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science took place at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on April 24, 1943. This program shows 30+ scientific talks, ranging from "Nutrition in the Emergency" to "Limnological Notes on Lake Superior" to "Our Post War Domestic Economy. Full-text of the published papers is available in the digitized Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science.
Volume 2, Number 7, Issue 59. Focus Point was published and edited by Craig Lindahl-Urben. It included articles of interest to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) communities of Minnesota, especially the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Topics included news, events, politics, entertainment, and the arts. Many of these stories were not covered by the mainstream press in Minnesota.
The 1940 annual meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science took place at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on April 19-20, 1940. This program shows 40+ scientific talks, ranging from "Minnesota Lake Surveys and Fish Management" to the geology of the Duluth region. The program for the Junior Academy included talks by high school students, including reports from Science Clubs. Full-text of the published papers is available in the digitized Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science.
Fourteenth issue of the "Threadbenders" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in December 1971 and containing descriptions of a demonstration day at the Guild, local and national press coverage of the Guild, upcoming workshops in inkle loom weaving and TENT needlepoint stitch, and a weaving draft and sample for a seven-harness Finnish design.
Eleventh issue of the sixth volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in July of 1981 and containing descriptions of upcoming workshops, shows, and local museum exhibits; a reminder of the upcoming State Fair; and the columns "Lamb's Korner" and "Of Fiber".
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for August 1992 containing an article on creative activities at the State Fair; descriptions of upcoming workshops, exhibits, and tours; an update from the presidents; a book review; Guild news; and a list of membership dues.
The July-September 1990 edition of the Geological Society of Minnesota (GSM) newsletter included society notices, and news of an award to Professor Herb Wright.
Second issue of the seventh volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in October of 1981 and containing descriptions of upcoming workshops, exhibits, an author autograph party, and a studio tour; a summary of the August board meeting; reports from the co-presidents, the treasurer, the editor, and the Outreach, Fiber Fair, Fiber Source, and State Fair committees; a guest artist schedule and a list of classes at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; school news; an article on Florence Titus; the column "On Tapestry" and "From Woods & Fields"; and a draft for double corduroy.
A newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for July 1992 containing a list of the new board members; an update from the Rag Rug group; a letter from the presidents; Guild news; an update from the library; a biography of Lucy Brusic; a membership update; a descriptions of upcoming workshops; and a calendar of July classes.