Open Calls for 2010 Exhibitions

Would you like to exhibit your work at Altered Esthetics? Whether you are a first-time exhibiting artist or have exhibited in numerous galleries worldwide, we want you to submit your work to us. Ae Gallery hosts monthly group shows, each with a varying theme.

Upcoming Open Calls:

F.R.E.S.H. - May, 2010
Guerrilla art, hip-hop, punk rock, murals and more, F.R.E.S.H. will take a look at the origins, expressions and effects of street art as it has occurred in and beyond the gallery walls.
Deadline for submission: March 15, 2010

Bike Art V - June, 2010
The fifth annual Bicycle Art exhibit will feature photography, sculpture, spoke-art, and more.
Deadline for submission: April 15, 2010

Suburbs v. Cities - July, 2010
Artists creatively examine the pros and cons of life in the metropolis versus life in the burbs.
Deadline for submission: May 15, 2010

Please check out our Open Calls page for a full list of upcoming exhibits and details:
http://www.alteredesthetics.com/events/open_calls

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Iron and Candy - Ae's Sixth Anniversary

Announcing our 6th Year Anniversary Celebration

Altered Esthetics celebrates six years of serving artists with a party at our gallery in the Q'arma building in Northeast Minneapolis.


Call For Art:

We will be holding our annual fundraiser & silent art auction in conjunction with our anniversary celebration, and we would love to have your participation! We need artists to be a part of the show and submit artwork for the silent auction. Since it is our 6th year anniversary, we have chosen the theme Iron & Candy (as something made of Iron or Candy is traditionally the 6th year anniversary gift), and so we are seeking artwork that coincides with this theme.

To submit work, please send an image with the following info to contact@alteredesthetics.org Artist Name:
Artist Website:
Title:
Value of work:
Preferred split (50/50 split with Ae, or 100% donation to Ae):
Reserve price (minimum bid, if any):
Visit the Ae Events page: Iron and Candy for more info


Save the date!

April 30, 2010, 7pm.
Please join us for the celebration!

On the evening of Friday, April 30th, 2010 Ae will host a night of fun featuring: an Iron and Candy themed exhibit & silent auction, raffle & prizes, refreshments, libations, live music and more!


Businesses
Interested in sponsoring? Donate a gift certificate, goods or services and not only will you get the warm fuzzy feeling of supporting Northeast's awesome art community, but you'll also get a link on the Ae site and your business name in the Iron and Candy brochure!
For more info call 612.378.8888 or email contact@alteredesthetics.org
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Do You Like Facebook?

So, even though some people thing social networking sites are The Ultimate Evil (in various forms), we like them!. Especially facebook, because it allows us to keep in touch with our friends, families, artists and community better. We can update folks about events and happenings with minimal costs, and Scrabble also really helps get us through the winter, doncha kno'?

So - if you've already joined the social networking bandwagon, connect with us, too!

Be our friend: http://www.facebook.com/altered.esthetic#!/altered.esthetics?ref=ts

Check out our page: http://www.facebook.com/altered.esthetics?ref=ts#!/pages/Altered-Esthetics/59182309127

Or here's our causes page, if you do those kind of apps:
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/165299/32983695?m=71bb3202

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Ae Art Vending Machine!

Ae's art vending machine helps us fulfill our mission by making art accessible, and features original artwork at an affordable, compact & perfectly collectible size, only $5 a piece!

You can purchase original artwork from local artists and Ae resident artists at our next opening, or during open gallery hours.

Interested in submitting artwork of your own for the Ae Art Vending Machine? Visit the Ae Vending Machine page for details and samples of work: http://www.alteredesthetics.org/vendingmachine


We're lucky to have our own vending machine on location, but we're not the first ones to do it. Interested in the history behind Art Vending? Visit The Original Art-O-Mat site!
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2010 Calendars are In!

The winners of this past fall's Featured Artist Contest have been officially published, displayed proudly in the Altered Esthetics 2010 Calendar, designed by Ae's own Tony Tudisco.

Calendars are available at Altered Esthetics during regular open hours and during monthly opening receptions:

Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1pm-7pm
Saturdays, 1pm-5pm
First Fridays (receptions), 7pm-10pm

All proceeds benefit Altered Esthetics.

March 2010 Featured Artist: Megan Frauenhoffer, "Birdsnest (pink)"

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Ae awarded MRAC management grant!

Behind the Scenes

In addition to hosting awesome exhibits, we try to keep the infrastructure of our organization running smoothly. Altered Esthetics was recently awarded an MRAC Management and Consulting Grant to update our accounting system and review our accounting procedures. Yay!

Over the next few months we'll be working with MAP for Nonprofits to install Quickbooks for Nonprofits, look over our accounting manual and establish additional guidelines for solid and transparent accounting procedures. As soon as we can, we'll be making our budgets available online for those that are interested.

Wish us luck!

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Solo Exhibitions Director - Board Member opening at Ae

Altered Esthetics will be adding another program to our services: solo artist exhibitions! To help facilitate this process and make sure it is a smooth and productive implementation, we'll be adding another board member to our motley crew. If you or anybody you know is interested, please pass this information along.

Solo Exhibitions Director
The function of the Solo Exhibitions Director will be to develop and maintain a schedule of solo-artist exhibitions for the organization, partnering with other organizations and artists in the community.

A complete description can be found by clicking here (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

Position open until filled.

any questions? email contact@alteredesthetics.org.
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