Art-a-Whirl & Local Jewelry Artists
It's Art-a-Whirl weekend! The biggest and best party in Minneapolis, happening right here in Northeast from Friday to Sunday. Grab a map at one of many Art-a-Whirl featured locations or click here and print your own. NEMAA has their list of special events you won't want to miss (as if it's even possible to attend everything that's going on) and vita.mn has a map, staff picks and a couple of interesting exhibition profiles from Gregory J. Scott.
Don't miss the Art-a-Whirl Musicfest on Saturday at the 331 Club, where Matt and I will be introducing the bands and giving away prizes. Also at the 331 Club on Saturday will be a vendor fair, featuring fantastic art, clothing and gifts from local artists. Two fabulous girls I know will be selling jewelry during the event, so make sure you stop and say hi to Kara:
Photos courtesy of Antonio. I own a couple of pieces of jewelry by Kara, namely my favorite pair of earrings (so cute my older sister tried to steal them).
Jen will also have a booth at Art-a-Whirl, so make sure you say hi to her:
Photos courtesy of Rich. The V State/Atmosfere store in Calhoun Square has also started selling Jen's jewelry, so if you can't make it to Northeast this weekend--for shame!--then you can check it out there.
And blame me for the lousy pics of Jen's jewelry. My photo skills do not pay the bills.
Posted by:Rich Goldsmith | May 16, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Neither do mine, my friend.
Posted by:Alexis | May 16, 2008 at 12:23 PM
I'm already a proud owner of one of Jen's pieces. It's lovely.
Posted by:Jason DeRusha | May 16, 2008 at 02:47 PM
Just FYI. The 331 is also the kick-off point for the semi-annual Nordeast Pub Crawl at 3:31 PM. More info at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TCPubCrawlers/
Posted by:Jim | May 16, 2008 at 03:12 PM
Are you hosting at 331 Club from 2:00pm to 5:30pm only? The main web page seems to suggest that.
Posted by:Jeff | May 16, 2008 at 06:21 PM
I love the ones on the top left, so pretty, even if it's just (for me) to look at.
Posted by:Rachel Kramer Bussel | May 17, 2008 at 05:52 PM
Did Kara used to sell her jewelry in the Northrup King Building? The jewelry looks familiar. There was a girl (I think maybe she was a roller girl or some how associated with the roller derby) who used to sell at NK in one of the corner spaces (with a photographer) - I bought of few of her rings over the years (moonstone, butter amber, carneilian) but I've lost her. Any idea who she is or where to find her stuff? Anyone?
Posted by:TH | May 18, 2008 at 08:07 PM
But I didn't have to steal them because Kara made me an identical pair... hope the show went well for you girls.
Posted by:Sister | May 18, 2008 at 09:17 PM
I have never seen so many bikes outside Nordeast bars!!!! It was wild.
Posted by:Matthew Hegge | May 19, 2008 at 02:20 PM