Jamestown  (CSi)  the Jamestown Arts Center, invites the community to visit to view the new exhibit, and take part in classes, Arts After School and the next Open Mic Night.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Director, Mindi Schmitz said, the new exhibit is, Of The Place” by Avis Veikley & Nicole Gagner

Two artists take two approaches to capture the landscape they love.  This collection of paintings is about the quiet “empty” spaces of North Dakota—the land and sky—and indirectly, its people. There are no humans in these images, but we see them in the working of the land, the occasional building, the rowed trees, a fence line. They, too, have been slow, patient shapers of the landscape, like the glaciers, the wind, the rain, and the frost cycles.

The Arts Center gallery is open Monday – Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturdays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

This exhibit is sponsored by the ND Art Gallery Association with support from the ND Council on the Arts, which receives funding from the State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

New Arts After School sessions have been announced.

Arts After School Program is designed for students in grades 3, 4, 5 and 6.

It is held every school day from 3:30 – 5:00 pm. It includes an after school snack and bus transportation (in town only).

Pre-registration is required at www.jamesownarts.com

 

Upcoming Sessions:

The Art of Mandala with Dina Laskowski • March 22 – April 1. Transform your Easter holiday with these beautifully designed Mandala patterns. Varying mandala sizes, colors and forms will decorate prepared eggs. Students will be ready for the Easter egg hunt with this new way of designing their eggs using acrylic paints. These eggs dare not be cracked, but last as masterpieces of art.

Abstract Art with Kathleen Roehm • April 6 – 16. Join Education Coordinator Kathleen and dive into the art of abstract pieces. Students in this session will learn the history of abstract art along with learning about some well-known abstract artists such as, Picasso, Pollock, Kandinsky, etc. They will use many different kinds of art mediums to create colorful pieces of art to bring home!

Drama! with Tori Goodale • April 19 – May 7. In this 3-week acting session, the students will be working toward being able to put on a short play. UJ student and theatre savant, Tori, will introduce fun acting techniques and games that will boost the students’ confidence and give them a general idea of what all goes into putting together a theatre performance.

Call to Artists: “Put A Mask On It!” In the past year, the surgical-style face mask has been a powerful tool for combating the corona virus but it has also become a powerful political symbol and an accessory for personal expression. Whatever your view, “the mask” has touched our lives and will be forever part of our personal history. Many artists have created works that include mask imagery. These pieces are sometimes serious, sometimes humorous. This is a call to artists to create an artwork that includes at least one “mask” (or visual image of masks in photography or digital art). The art can take any form, mixed media, sculpture, painting, textile, video whatever your creative mind can conceive. Selected artwork will be included in an exhibition for Summer 2021 with a possible future touring component.

Please email digital images with identification details by May 1st to Sally Jeppson, Gallery Manager at The Arts Center.  sjeppson@jamestownarts.com

 

Open Mic Night:

March 25 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm on The Arts Center stage in the gallery.

Poets, writers, musicians, comedians, solos, duos, and any and all performers are welcome to share your talent with the community at our monthly open mic night. There will be a sign up sheet at the door. Please limit your piece to 10 minutes. A P.A. system, bass amp, guitar amp and music stands will be provided and facilitated by local musician Steve Kuykendall.

 

The Jamestown Arts Center, along with the Jamestown Downtown Association is bringing a nationally known chalk artist, for the two and a half day event, June 24-26, 2021, at the Jamestown Art Park in Downtown Jamestown.  Shawn McCann is the artist coordinating the eight artists in attendance.  Also to entertain, will be Jesse Vedder.

Also partnering is the Anne Carlsen Center, and Ave Maria Village.

Jamestown Tourism has funded a grant request for the event, and activities.

The Arts Center recently announced that it is among 12 recipients of the North Dakota Department of Commerce’s Main Street Initiative Vibrancy Grant.

The Arts Center is open M-F 9-a.m. to 5-p.m., Saturday’s 10-a.m. to 2-p.m.

Call 701-251-2496.

On line jamestownarts.com