Jamestown  (Arts Center)  As part of Jamestown’s Buffalo Days Celebration, the Jamestown Arts Center, announces that, the Mini Art Hunt begins: Saturday, July 24 and ends when all 12 art works are found!  You can find clues at during the Buffalo Days on The Arts Center’s Facebook page.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show of CSi Cable 2, Arts Center Direcotor Mindi Schmitz said, 12 unique mini-artworks, hand carved wooden gnomes  by artist Cindi Psychos, will be roaming throughout the Jamestown parks and Historic Sites.

Mindi Schmitz also explained how the Mini Art Hunt works.

CLUES: Three Sets of Visual Clues (photos) to each artwork’s hiding place will be made public on Saturday, July 24th at 10:00 am, 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm. The first clues will be the most challenging with the final clues being the most revealing.

HUNTING: All artwork will be hidden in PLAIN SIGHT—You will not have to move, dig, or otherwise damage anything. Visual clues to the artwork hiding places will be posted on our Facebook page and available at The Arts Center’s booth in McElroy park during White Cloud Days.
FOUND: Finders keepers! This original piece of miniature artwork is yours to keep.

Be sure to REPORT YOUR FIND. No one wants to be hunting for a piece that has already been found. Post a photo of yourself and your found treasure to our Facebook or Instagram page. Or contact the Arts Center office (701-251-2496 / info@jamestownarts.com) to report your find.

LIMIT: Please only one artwork per family (you are welcome to locate them all, but claim only one). So, get out to the parks and good luck on the hunt!

Mindi also said, now on exhibit at the Arts Center, through August 12 is the Put a Mask On It, exhibition.

Over the past year, people worldwide shared in the pandemic experience. It changed our lives in such a way that the years 2020 and 2021 will live on in our collective psyche. Everything changed and humanity reacted in extraordinary ways.

This exhibition was inspired by what we were seeing artists create in reaction to the accoutrements of Covid19––particularly the surgical-style face mask. We’ve all had a love-hate relationship with the mask, whatever your view, “the mask” has touched our lives.

Many artists have created works that include mask imagery. The exhibition includes ceramics, photographs, mixed media, assemblages, drawings and paintings. Currently twelve artists are included in this group show.

 

Special Project: If you have cloth masks that you would now like to get rid of, please recycle them by dropping them off at The Arts Center anytime. Please wash them. The masks will be repurposed into a textile project during the Downtown Arts Market.

 

Mindi also said that entries are still be accepted for the 57th Annual JFAA Annual Art Show Exhibit that runs August 26- October 9.

 

She said, anyone that would like to receive a prospectus to participate in one of the region’s longest running exhibitions, please give the Arts Center a call at 701-251-2496 or email sjeppson@jamestownarts.com or go to the Arts Center website,  website to download the entry forms. Once again, they are waiving the entry fees and offering shipping assistance.

This exhibition is open to all artists, no matter your age or skill level—accessible to all. All mediums are acceptable provided they meet installation requirements. This is an excellent opportunity for artists to share a few new pieces. Entries requested ASAP.

The 2020 Best of show winner: Martins Bug, mosaic by Bonnie Tressler