News from the Northside Arts Collective
By: Jeanne Fish 04/01/2012
“Impressions—Northside” is a juried exhibition of Northside Arts Collective (NAC) members’ work at University of Minnesota Urban Research & Outreach/Engagement Center, 2001 Plymouth Ave. The show features two and three dimensional visual art work of select members. The show opened on March 12 and runs thru Thursday, April 26; the artists’ reception is Wednesday, April 11 from 5-8 p.m., program at 6:30 p.m. The reception will include a variety of performances by NAC members—mark your calendars for this event!
NAC member among finalists for literary award: Visual artist and novelist Christine Stark is among the finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards, announced recently by the Lambda Literary Foundation in Los Angeles. Books from major mainstream publishers and from academic presses, from both long-established and new LGBT publishers, as well as from emerging publish-on-demand technologies, make up the 119 finalists for the “Lammys.” The finalists were selected from a record number of nominations. The awards, now in their 24th year, celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) writing for books published in 2011. Winners will be announced at a June 4 ceremony in New York at the CUNY Graduate Centeri.
NAC members selected for exhibition: “Black & White: The Absence of Color,” Mpls Photo Center, 2400 N. 2nd St., 2nd Floor Galleries. Long-time members Pat Carney and Steve Zimmerman have had their photographic submissions selected as part of this 70-piece show featuring work from photographers from around the country. Carney, also NAC’s board chair, will show the photo entitled Smoke – it’s a photo he took while working for the Devils Lake Daily Journal in 1968. Zimmerman’s photo is a silver gelatin print from negative, entitled Combine and Corn Lily.