Jamestown  (CSi)  Plans are moving forward with this summer’s Chalkfest, kicking off the Arts in the Park, Arts Market.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Arts Center Director, Mindi Schmitz said, the activities kickoff the Summer Arts Market at the Arts Park in Downtown Jamestown.

The event starts on Thursday June 24 at 5-p.m. and continues on Friday June 25 and Saturday June 26, from 10-a.m. to 5-p.m.

She said, eight nationally know chalk artists will be at the event, to take place at the Arts Park, and on the street, in front of the Arts Center.

Entertainment will be by singer Jesse Veeder returning to Jamestown.

 

Of This Place” is artworks by Avis Veikley & Nicole Gagner

This exhibit is in its final days at The Arts Center. The show runs through April 17th. So, if you haven’t had a chance to see these amazing paintings that showcase the ND landscape, stop in before Saturday!

It is truly a beautiful show depicting the ND landscape from multiple points of view. From homesteads, the Badlands and big skies in acrylic and oil paintings.

Next week we will be installing the next exhibit, “North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival Exhibition,” which will open April 22.

 

In activities coming up:

An Afternoon of Watercolors with Linda Roesch, April 17, 2-p.m., to 5-p.m.

Back by popular demand, our Artist-in-Residence, Linda, is going to teach about her watercolor technique! Beginning with your composition, she will help you consider fundamentals such as space, size, layout, positive and negative space. Join us for a relaxing spring afternoon at the Arts Center. Small class sizes and Linda’s one-on-one attention make this class enjoyable for experienced artists and those just beginning to learn.

Mindi said an Exhibit Opportunity is, “Put a Mask On It.”

Entries are due by May 1

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, The Arts Center, Jamestown, ND
sjeppson@jamestownarts.com.

 

The next Perfectly Paired, Wine and Cheese Tasting is April  22, at 7-p.m., at the Arts Center Gallery.  This program is first-come-first-served. To sign up for participation give the office a call at 701-251-2496. soon to reserve your spot,  limiting attendance to 25 guests.  Cost is $25 per person.

The pandemic has given the Arts center the opportunity to creatively change some of the signature Arts Center programs to safely enjoy all that culture and the arts have to offer. Over the next five months, in association with the opening of each new exhibition we will be offering an “exclusive” wine and cheese tasting for up to 25 participants aptly named Perfectly Paired, because what’s better than curated wine and cheese parings coupled with art. Sommelier Karla Sandness will be choosing each exhibition’s pairings which may be inspired by the art or other common theme. To be sure, the wine and cheeses will delight your palate.