How to get your film out there: Ali Selim on mnartists.org
The arts website mnartists.org has an article by Ali Selim, the acclaimed director of "Sweet Land," on how you as a filmmaker can get your film seen. It's stellar, and comes with a host of links to useful sites for filmmakers. See it here. 
Posted by: ann klefstad on 7/01/2008 at 9:04 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Call for poems: Deadline July 11
The Lake Superior Writers group is doing another book in collaboration with the Northern Printmakers Alliance (they have done a couple previous ones). The title of this one will be "Trail Guide." How can you participate? Check out the prints on the website of Lake Superior Writers under the "Contest" heading (there are many, and they're really lovely and diverse--only a few are represented here).
Write a poem in response to one or more of the prints. Or if you have one that suits, use that. Then join Lake Superior Writers (how? check the website).
Posted by: ann klefstad on 6/23/2008 at 12:13 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Sneak Peek! and a call for talent
The Duluth Playhouse has released a list of productions for next season: "Don't Dress for Dinner" by Marc Camoletti; "It's a Wonderful Life" by James W. Rodgers; "Steel Magnolias" by Robert Harling; "The Full Monty" by Terrance McNally/David Yazbek; "Doubt, A Parable" by John Patrick Shanley; "Beauty and the Beast" by Wolverton/Menken/Ashman/Rice.
Sound like fun? They also need directors and set, sound, lighting, and costume designers for these shows.
Contact Christine Seitz at 733-7551.
Posted by: ann klefstad on 6/19/2008 at 5:01 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
MnSpin: a contest for musicians: deadline July 7
glorious monster
mnartists.org sponsors MnSpin, a quarterly music contest for Minnesota musicians. Winning tracks from each round of the contest are selected by a different panel of judges from within the music industry, and each week a three-song playlist from the winning submissions will be featured on the mnartists.org and Summit Brewery websites. Quarterly live music showcases will take place at area venues and a compilation CD of music from the yearlong contest is planned. 
ben connolly
The current three winners--Round Two victors-- are all TC-area players: Glorious Monster, Ben Connelly, and Josiah Wordsworth. These diverse folks put out sounds ranging from electronica to grunge. But hey--they're all from the Twin Cities, and they're all guys. How about Duluth women do something about this? 
josiah wordsworth
For the current round--round 3--the judges are all women: Andrea Myers, music editor at "City Pages", Pushkar Ohja, music director at Radio K, Melisa Riviere, a hip-hop producer and talent manager who's studying for her PhD in anthropology at the U of M, and Rachel Joyce, aka DJ Nite Nurse on KFAI radio and assistant director of public relations for the Walker Art Center.
So get yer music to these women by July 7: any and all types of music accepted; only three tracks per musician will be accepted for review. Tracks can be uploaded onto your artist page on mnartists.org (and this will get you to make that page, right?) and then you send a URL of the page by email to mnspin@mnartists.org You must be a member of mnartists to submit your work; it's easy to join. Go to mnartists.org and click on "join." For assistance with registration or uploading tracks, email info@walkerart.org or call 612-375-7611.
Posted by: ann klefstad on 6/17/2008 at 5:21 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
An art fair looks for artists
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VENDORS: Still time to enter!
Featuring
Original Art, Fine Crafts, and Garden Merchandise
Posted by: ann klefstad on 6/17/2008 at 5:01 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
