Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
New board positions open at Altered Esthetics!
Board Positions
Do you have a passion for the arts? Are you interested in serving on the board of a community based arts organization? Altered Esthetics is actively seeking and accepting applications for new board members with variety of experiences in arts, fundraising, nonprofit governance, finance and more.Board members at Ae serve 3-year terms and as a working board, have a direct hand in shaping the way the organization affects and works with the arts community.
Ae is currently accepting applications for the following board positions:
Volunteer and Intern Coordinator
The function of the Volunteer and Intern Coordinator is to recruit and place new Volunteers and Interns, facilitate their orientation and training, and schedule and/or coordinate their participation.
Download complete description.(pdf)
Education Director
The function of the Education Director will be to develop and maintain a workshops schedule for
the organization.
Download complete description. (pdf)
IT/New Media Director
The function of the Information Technology / New Media Director is to continue the functionality, usability and relevance of any new media or computer-based tools of the organization. The IT/New Media director also coordinates the organization Wiki as well as the website and e-mail services.
Download complete description. (pdf)
To apply
Please email your completed application (pdf) along with a resume and cover letter to contact@alteredesthetics.org
or mail a hard copy to:
Altered Esthetics
1224 Quincy Street NE
Minneapolis MN 55413
Applications must be received by December 15, 2009.
any questions? email contact@alteredesthetics.org.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Now accepting applications for 2010 internships
Altered Esthetics' active programs and annual exhibition schedule provides many opportunities for active learning in a dynamic environment.
Assistant Gallery Director Internship
Current trends in the Gallery and Museum Exhibitions job market show that new directors are expected to have not only a background in the arts, but also a background in business, fundraising, and marketing. To provide opportunities for learning and experience in this area, Altered Esthetics has developed a new internship program. Our Assistant Gallery Director internship program offers interns training, mentorship, and hands-on experience in fundraising, grant writing, and nonprofit management as well as curating high-quality multiple-medium group shows.
Now Accepting Applications for 2010 terms.
Information and Application Form (pdf)
Deadline for Applications: October 31, 2009
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Curatorial Internship
Altered Esthetics curatorial internship program offers interns training, mentorship, and hands-on experience in curating high-quality multiple medium group shows.
Curatorial Internships follow the course of four or five consecutive shows over approximately a 6 month period.
Now Accepting Applications for 2010 terms.
Information and Application Form (pdf)
Deadline for Applications: October 31, 2009
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Assistant Gallery Director Internship
Current trends in the Gallery and Museum Exhibitions job market show that new directors are expected to have not only a background in the arts, but also a background in business, fundraising, and marketing. To provide opportunities for learning and experience in this area, Altered Esthetics has developed a new internship program. Our Assistant Gallery Director internship program offers interns training, mentorship, and hands-on experience in fundraising, grant writing, and nonprofit management as well as curating high-quality multiple-medium group shows.
Now Accepting Applications for 2010 terms.
Information and Application Form (pdf)
Deadline for Applications: October 31, 2009
_________________
Curatorial Internship
Altered Esthetics curatorial internship program offers interns training, mentorship, and hands-on experience in curating high-quality multiple medium group shows.
Curatorial Internships follow the course of four or five consecutive shows over approximately a 6 month period.
Now Accepting Applications for 2010 terms.
Information and Application Form (pdf)
Deadline for Applications: October 31, 2009
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
Big Funny: Things You Should Know
About Big Funny
(Things about the project you may not know that we think are cool.)
- Big Funny, at 48 ginormous pages, features the work of 47 contributing artists.
- Only 2,000 copies were printed!
- The project was coordinated entirely by volunteers, who have contributed 1,000 hours to the project to date.
- Big Funny was printed locally in Minnesota.
- The newspaper size, (16" wide by 22-3/4" tall with an image area of 15" wide by 21-1/2"), is true to an original newspaper from the 1910-30's eras.
- Proceeds earned from Big Funny benefit two affiliated groups: Altered Esthetics, a nonprofit arts organization that works to support artists and The International Cartoonist Conspiracy, a community of comic artists.
- Artist submissions were open to all and chosen democratically by the editorial review panel.
- The original Big Funny Logo was designed by editor Steven Stwalley. The Big Funny Logo featured on the cover of the paper was hand drawn by editor Zander Cannon, and features all the characters from inside the paper itself.
- Even the ads in Big Funny are cool! The ads for sponsors on the back of the paper were hand-drawn by editor Kevin Cannon, with the words for "the Source" ad penned by editor Steven Stwalley. The classifieds feature a mix of original limericks, artist bios, vintage ads from old comics and more.
- Big Funny arrived to the gallery on two ginormous pallets and copies were hand-loaded by the editors to a super secret location to be stored until the day of the opening. Copies of Big Funny narrowly avert both floods and theft while they wait to be released this Friday, August 7th.
Big Funny: A celebration of the Newspaper Comic Strip!
The 48-page oversized newspaper will premiere at Altered Esthetics this Friday featuring poster-sized comic artwork from 47 artists.
In addition to having copies of BIG FUNNY for sale ($5 each), the opening reception will include:
- Original artwork from the publication,
- examples of historic comics pages (some over a century old),
- a retrospective of unseen comic artwork by William Ede,
- live music from The Roe Family Singers and
- the little funny sideshow- a vintage cigarette machine repurposed to vend mini-comics and comic art!
Friday August 7, 2009 7pm-11pm
Show runs August 7-29, 2009
Gallery Hours
Saturdays 1pm-5pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays 1pm-7pm
Altered Esthetics
1224 Quincy Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413.
612.378.8888
cartoonistconspiracy.com/bigfunny
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Call for Art - 2010 Featured Artist Contest
Altered Esthetics 2010 Featured Artist Contest
Altered Esthetics is now accepting submissions for artists to be featured in our 2010 Exhibition Season. Artists can submit with any of the below exhibition themes using the online submission system, email, or through the mail.
Full contest guidelines can be viewed here: 2010 Featured Artist guidelines (pdf)
2010 Exhibition Season Themes
Adverti$ing
Artistic perspectives on consumerism, branding, and advertising.
Bike Art V
The fifth annual Bicycle Art exhibit will feature photography, sculpture, spoke-card art and more.
Burning Books
Artwork using the words, letters and altered pages of burned, banned, and censored books.
Cities vs. Suburbs
Peaceful pastorals or raw energetic street scenes? Artists duke it out in Suburbs vs. Cities.
Comic Art
Need we say more?
Gender
An artistic exploration on how creative manifestations, gender,
and how gender may or may not affect an artists' creative vision.
HITCHCOCK
Artwork inspired by the movies of director Alfred Hitchcock.
Just So Stories
From creation to the afterlife, evolution to the flood, artists explore the stories of how things were, have been and will be.
Level_13: Classic Video Game Art
Celebrate an epic era with the fourth installment of Altered Esthetics classic video game art exhibit. Artwork about classic video games and anything 80's/nostalgia themed is welcome.
O.C.D.
How artists have creatively responded to and dealt with the struggles associated with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Resident Artists VI: Creative Collaboration
This show will be open to ALL past artists of Altered Esthetics.
Works must be a collaborative project between two or more artists.
Street Art
Guerrilla art, post-graffiti, spoken word, hip-hop, muralism and more, the Street Art show will take a look at modern Street Art as it occurs in music, method and form beyond the gallery walls.
Día de los Muertos
Day of the Dead - a 1 day celebration. Entries for the Día show are free.
Coloring Outside the Lines III: Children's Art
A 1- day celebration. Entries for children are free.
Altered Esthetics is now accepting submissions for artists to be featured in our 2010 Exhibition Season. Artists can submit with any of the below exhibition themes using the online submission system, email, or through the mail.
Full contest guidelines can be viewed here: 2010 Featured Artist guidelines (pdf)
2010 Exhibition Season Themes
Adverti$ing
Artistic perspectives on consumerism, branding, and advertising.
Bike Art V
The fifth annual Bicycle Art exhibit will feature photography, sculpture, spoke-card art and more.
Burning Books
Artwork using the words, letters and altered pages of burned, banned, and censored books.
Cities vs. Suburbs
Peaceful pastorals or raw energetic street scenes? Artists duke it out in Suburbs vs. Cities.
Comic Art
Need we say more?
Gender
An artistic exploration on how creative manifestations, gender,
and how gender may or may not affect an artists' creative vision.
HITCHCOCK
Artwork inspired by the movies of director Alfred Hitchcock.
Just So Stories
From creation to the afterlife, evolution to the flood, artists explore the stories of how things were, have been and will be.
Level_13: Classic Video Game Art
Celebrate an epic era with the fourth installment of Altered Esthetics classic video game art exhibit. Artwork about classic video games and anything 80's/nostalgia themed is welcome.
O.C.D.
How artists have creatively responded to and dealt with the struggles associated with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Resident Artists VI: Creative Collaboration
This show will be open to ALL past artists of Altered Esthetics.
Works must be a collaborative project between two or more artists.
Street Art
Guerrilla art, post-graffiti, spoken word, hip-hop, muralism and more, the Street Art show will take a look at modern Street Art as it occurs in music, method and form beyond the gallery walls.
Día de los Muertos
Day of the Dead - a 1 day celebration. Entries for the Día show are free.
Coloring Outside the Lines III: Children's Art
A 1- day celebration. Entries for children are free.
Monday, June 29, 2009
EXTRA! EXTRA!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!
Unique comic publication set to premiere at gallery exhibition August 7th.
The International Cartoonist Conspiracy, Big Time Attic, and Altered Esthetics gallery have collaborated to produce an oversized newspaper comics section like they would do it today if they still did it like they did it in the old days.
It is called BIG FUNNY, and it is both.
The 48-page oversized newspaper will premiere at Altered Esthetics this August featuring poster-sized comic artwork from 45 artists. Please join us as we celebrate!
In addition to having copies of BIG FUNNY for sale, the opening reception will include: Original artwork from the publication, examples of historic comics pages (some over a century old), a retrospective of unseen comic artwork by William Ede, live music from The Roe Family Singers and the little funny sideshow - a vintage cigarette machine re-purposed to vend mini-comics and comic art!
A celebration of the Newspaper Comic Strip!
Opening Reception
Friday August 7, 2009 7:00pm-11:00pm
Altered Esthetics
1224 Quincy Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612.378.8888
Website: cartoonistconspiracy.com/bigfunny
About the organizers
Altered Esthetics is a community-based art gallery and arts advocacy organization located in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. We believe artists represent a true voice of society and our mission is to support and expand a vibrant arts community. alteredesthetics.com.
The International Cartoonist Conspiracy is a loose international organization of professional and amateur cartoonists, united by a passion for cartooning. Any cartoonist anywhere can join simply by declaring themselves a member, and can start their own local cell if inclined. Our feats have been many; we have been responsible for numerous publications, a variety of gallery shows and other events, and have organized open comic jams every month since December 2002. CartoonistConspiracy.com
Big Time Attic is the cartooning studio of Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon (no relation). The Cannon Brothers specialize in nonfiction graphic novels like the recently published T-Minus: The Race to the Moon. bigtimeattic.com
Join Big Funny on any of the following online communities:
The International Cartoonist Conspiracy, Big Time Attic, and Altered Esthetics gallery have collaborated to produce an oversized newspaper comics section like they would do it today if they still did it like they did it in the old days.
It is called BIG FUNNY, and it is both.
The 48-page oversized newspaper will premiere at Altered Esthetics this August featuring poster-sized comic artwork from 45 artists. Please join us as we celebrate!
In addition to having copies of BIG FUNNY for sale, the opening reception will include: Original artwork from the publication, examples of historic comics pages (some over a century old), a retrospective of unseen comic artwork by William Ede, live music from The Roe Family Singers and the little funny sideshow - a vintage cigarette machine re-purposed to vend mini-comics and comic art!
A celebration of the Newspaper Comic Strip!
Opening Reception
Friday August 7, 2009 7:00pm-11:00pm
Altered Esthetics
1224 Quincy Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612.378.8888
Website: cartoonistconspiracy.com/bigfunny
About the organizers
Altered Esthetics is a community-based art gallery and arts advocacy organization located in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. We believe artists represent a true voice of society and our mission is to support and expand a vibrant arts community. alteredesthetics.com.
The International Cartoonist Conspiracy is a loose international organization of professional and amateur cartoonists, united by a passion for cartooning. Any cartoonist anywhere can join simply by declaring themselves a member, and can start their own local cell if inclined. Our feats have been many; we have been responsible for numerous publications, a variety of gallery shows and other events, and have organized open comic jams every month since December 2002. CartoonistConspiracy.com
Big Time Attic is the cartooning studio of Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon (no relation). The Cannon Brothers specialize in nonfiction graphic novels like the recently published T-Minus: The Race to the Moon. bigtimeattic.com
Join Big Funny on any of the following online communities:
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