About Art Attack
Art Attack is an annual open studio and gallery crawl at the Northrup King Building, in the heart of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. The weekend-long event features hundreds of artists working in ceramics, glass, jewelry, mixed media, mosaics, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, wood, textiles, and more.
Art Attack is the perfect foray into the holiday season, where visitors can find creative, one-of-a-kind gifts, meet the artists, learn about the creative processes, watch demonstrations and performance paintings and support the arts during this festive event.
Art Attack Celebrates its 11th Year!
The artist at the Northrup King Building celebrate the 11th year of Art Attack with a fashion show, live music, demonstrations and a chance to win $500 in Art Bucks.
Live Music - Friday, November 7th
Dance, sway or just sit back and relax while listening to an intoxicating tapestry of elegant Bossa Nova, groovy Brazilian jazz and hot Samba. Ticket To Brasil will be performing as a trio Pavel Jany-guitar, Rose Rinder-flute and Dan Weston- Bass.
Friday, November 7th from 6:30 - 9:30 PM in the Third Floor Gallery (332).
An All Glass Gallery Show - November 8th and 9th
The third floor gallery (#332) will feature an all-glass gallery show on Saturday, November 8th and Sunday, November 9th. Glass blowers include Michael Boyd, Todd Cameron, Andrew Thompson, David Royce, Andrew Shea, Jalai Laiel, Mark Hall, John Logan, Craig Campbell and Peter Zelle.
Demonstrations
Original Tintype Photography - Studio 438 - Jorg Rochitzer will photograph visitors in front of a trompe l'oeil backdrop, painted by local artist Timothy Schlamp, at the studio of Trompefaux Art and Design.
Letterpress Printing - Studio 410 Watch Angel Bomb Design print goodies on a 96-year-old C&P letterpress. Come learn about the process and take home a piece of hand-printed letterpress wonderment.
Live Painting Jam - Gallery 332 - Sandra Dowd will paint portraiture in oil and pastels while grooving to music and the energy of her audience. This performance painting features the story of Ray Charles. Sandra will be accompanied by musicians Linda Muehlbauer and Shannon Pierce.
Tapestry Weaving - Studio 285 - Internationally renowned master weaver Maximo Laura will be here from Peru to demonstrate the tapestry weave at Art Andes studio.
Painting Demonstrations - Dock 5 - Demonstrations in watercolor, acrylic, water-miscible oil and pastel by Susan Fryer Voigt, Erica Eberspacher and Sue Pavlatos.
Dates & Times
Friday, November 7th
5:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 8th
12:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 9th
12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Location
The Northrup King Building
1500 Jackson Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
directions
Contact Information
(612) 363-5612
info@northrupkingbuilding.com
Press Information
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