Unless
otherwise indicated, all events are free and open to anyone wishing
to attend, and no signup is necessary.
Vote YES! Poster Contest
Deadline: September 26st 5pm
Calling All Artists! The Vote Yes! Minnesota campaign wants to raise awareness about the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment, which will be on the ballot next November. If passed, the Amendment will raise $300 million dollars a year for clean water projects, environmental conservation, parks, trails and the arts. As part of this effort, Vote Yes! is sponsoring a poster design contest, the winners of which will receive a Wet Paint gift certificate.
For details, click on these links:
General Details / Guidelines / Official Rules / Entry Form
You can learn more about Vote Yes! by visiting the website www.yesformn.org.
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OPEN Acrylic & GOLDEN Digital with Bonnie Cutts
Saturday August 16th 11am-2pm
With all of the exciting announcements from Golden Artist Colors, we’ve asked our good friend Bonnie Cutts of Golden’s Working Artists Program to help us sort them out. Bonnie will discuss the particulars & implications of the new OPEN Acrylics & the new digital mediums we've been discussing.
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SHRINK & CLING FILM with Justin Terlecki & Ann Snowbeck
Saturday September 13th 11am-2pm
Fun with plastics! Join Wet Paint’s own Justin Terlecki and Ann Snowbeck as they demonstrate creative projects made with Cling Vinyl & Shrink Film. Cut & apply Cling Vinyl to any smooth surface without adhesive! Draw & cut Shrink Film…when you bake it, it reduces to 50% of it’s original size! Both can be die cut & both are available in lots of colors.
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KONNYAKU! with Mary Lee
Friday September 19th 5:30-7:30pm
Konnyaku is a Japanese starch with a special versatility. Used most often as a food source, it can be added to paper to increase strength & flexibility, resulting in paper that can be sewn & dyed like cloth. To explain & demonstrate the process, we’ve invited in Japanese paper expert Mary Lee. Mary teaches contemporary book structures at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and blogs on book arts and other subjects of interest at riverlark.blogspot.com.
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Wet Paint Staff Art Show
2008 Mad Hatter’s Coffee Café & Tea House/The St. Paul Gallery of Art
943 West 7th Street Saint Paul MN 55102
Saturday September 27th 6:30-9pm
Join us as we celebrate the opening of the 2008 Wet Paint Staff Show. If you can’t attend the opening, please take a moment to see the show later; it will be on view through the month of October. Call Kelly at the Gallery at 651.398.4380, or Wet Paint with any questions.
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M. GRAHAM & Co. with Art Graham
Wednesday October 1st 6-8pm
IMPORTANT: Pre-registration required: registration fee is $5, redeemable to participants attending the event in store credit toward the purchase of M. Graham products.
Wet Paint is very pleased to welcome Art Graham, one of America’s foremost paintmakers & founder of M. Graham & Co., for an evening of discussion, questions & answers, drawing from a lifetime experience in colormaking. Call Wet Paint at 651.698.6431 to reserve your place!
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Basics of Conservation with Bob Herskovitz
Friday October 3rd 5:30-7:30pm
Bob Herskovitz (Outreach Conservator for the State Historic Preservation Office of the MN Historical Society) will discuss techniques and materials for storing, displaying and repairing paper, such as vintage letters and documents. He will also discuss the preservation of vintage and modern photos, & explain what the terms acid-free & archival mean!
WET PAINT BACK TO SCHOOL SALE 2008
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