2009 ALL CITY YOUTH VIDEO SHOWCASE
Saturday, November 21, 3 PM
Walker Art Center Cinema
Free Admission
Co-presented by the Twin Cities Youth Media Network

Check out this entertaining afternoon of films made by directors under the age 18. Ranging from a story about a man’s journey in the world of drag racing and rock and roll (Drag Racing Life) to an animated film depicting the crushing stress of life (Humpty Dumpty), the All City Youth Video Showcase is a inspiring look into the future of filmmaking. The videos are selected and curated by a panel of young filmmakers and is presented by TCYMN, a collective of 18 organizations and schools that creates programs, events and opportunities that support young filmmakers. For more information call 612.375.7683.

Featuring films by Krist Chinanader, Rory Coleman, Conner Keefe, Tamar Myers, Saada Satho, David Hoh, April Nunez, Hannah Ezzell, Jack Gorman, Leah Gossman, Aaron Hathaway, Houa Vang, Chris Traxler, Breanna Leigh EagleFeather, Mainyoua Lor, Brady Lorenzen, Maxx Appel, Alec Demgen, Murphy Johnson, Dylan Leavitt-Phibbs, Taylor McCall Landry, Allison Morse, Winonah Ojanen, Savannah Parisian, Sam Parker, Raphael Anderson, Christopher Kirkwood Jr., Ger Lor, Kathy Vang, Bao Vue, Tyler Schow, Maddy Shaw, Cindy Vue, Tiffany Lee Anne Walls, and Bao Xiong

Images (Left to Right): Noise by Sam Parker, Existence by Winonah Ojanen, and I Am Bird by Cindy Vue

Image:
Paul Chan Score for 7th Light , 2007
ink, collage on paper (15 sheets) 15 sheets, 14 x 11 in. Collection Walker Art Center Miriam and Erwin Kelen Acquisition Fund for Drawings and the T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 2008

Paul Chan is no stranger to the Walker – his film Baghdad in No Particular Order is playing daily in the Lecture Room and his piece Score for 7th Light (above) is being displayed in the galleries as a part of The Quick and the Dead. Chan is coming Walker for an Artist Talk (Sept 17) and WACTAC asked him if he would be willing to meet up and chat.  Yesterday, we took a look at some of his past projects and thought we would share the links with you.

Great New York Times article about Paul Chan’s Waiting For Godot production in New Orleans

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/arts/design/02cott.html

A portion of Chan’s Happiness (Finally) After 35,000 Years

http://www.nationalphilistine.com/happiness

Short descriptions and small clips of Chan’s videos

http://www.vdb.org/smackn.acgi$artistdetail?CHANP

Chan’s website

http://www.nationalphilistine.com

Back in 2005, WACTAC had the opportunity to hang out with Ed Templeton before his Artist Talk. Unfortunately, it isn’t posted on channel.walkerart.org. but we’ll try to get the video up sometime soon. Skateboarding and art has always been intertwined and Ed has been at the center of it for 20 years. Although I have a moral objection to skateboarding being featured as a “sport,” I’ll be the first to admit that ESPN.com did an incredible highlighting the life of Ed. Check out the video and interview.

I can’t believe we made it through this madness.

Last month WACTAC was ready to present 13 Most Beautiful Young Artists, a multimedia performance featuring original music performed live by 8 groups of young Twin Cities’ musicians. Unfortunately, on the day of the show we had 6″ of snow dumped on us and had to postpone the performance for a later date. Fortunately, we snuck in a tech check before the snow fell. Check out the photos.

Blizzard, sleet, or snow, we hope to present the performance on Thursday night!

Here are some artists that we are looking to for inspiration for the Polaroids, Prints, and Projection class.

Robin Rhode

Animations

Robin Rhode. Still from “Untitled, Harvest”. 2005.

William Kentridge

Animations

William Kentridge The Doctors

Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests

Cathy Opie

Catherine Opie, “Bo” (1991), from the series “Being and Having” © 2008 Catherine Opie, courtesy the artist and Regen Projects

Cindy Sherman

Unititled Film Still #14, 1978 Cindy Sherman © Metro Picture Gallery & Cindy Sherman

Bill Viola

Bill Viola, The Quintet of the Astonished, 2000. Colour video rear projection on screen mounted on wall in dark room. Projected image size: 140 x 240 cm. Bill Viola Studio, Long Beach, CA © Bill Viola. Photo: Kira Perov

Tony Oursler

Tony Oursler (American, b. 1957)
Keep Going, 1995
Projector, VCR, tripod, cloth dummy, videotape, 1995
Museum purchase, Kathryn Hurd Fund

Rineke Dijkstra

Kolobrzeg, Poland, 1992
Rineke Dijkstra (Dutch, born 1959)
Chromogenic print; 47 5/8 x 39 3/4 in. (121 x 101 cm)
Purchase, Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation Inc., Jennifer and Joseph Duke, Gary and Sarah Wolkowitz and Anne Marie MacDonald Gifts, 2001 (2001.307)
© Rineke Dijkstra

WACTAC alumna Erica Qualy’s band The Vignettes will play at Stevens Square Center for the Arts on Saturday, February 28 for the opening of an art exhibit called Minimum Wage. The event is from 6:30-11pm. Oh, and it’s also FREE!

1905 3rd Avenue South Minneapolis

Click on the image for the application.

This is at 3 am (10 hours after the event started)!

Deadline for Submissions: Friday, May 29

The Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) is looking for young photographers (ages 13 – 19) to participate in a photo contest examining the many faces of the Twin Cities and surrounding suburbs. One photographer will be awarded Top Prize by WACTAC. Top prize will receive a $1500 gift card and 25 runners up will receive $25 gift cards from Best Buy.

Guidelines:

• Email your submission(s), name, age, phone number, and email address to WACTACPhotoContest@gmail.com
• No more than 5 photos will be accepted per photographer.
• Submissions must be titled by last name (example: smith_1.jpg).
• Images should be saved in JPG format, at a high level of quality, 72 dpi, no more than eleven inches (or 792 pixels) along the image’s longest dimension.

Prizes:

• Top Prize: One photographer will be awarded a $1500 @15 Scholarship.
• Finalist Prize: 5 photographers will each receive a $100 Best Buy Gift Card.
• Runner Ups: 15 photographers will each receive a $25 Best Buy Gift Card.

Criteria:

• Top Prize and Runner Ups will be selected by the Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) based on three equally weighted categories – technical quality, originality, and overall strength of portfolio.

Rules:

• Photographers must be 13-19 years old.
• Submissions must prominently feature faces of people who reflect the diversity found in the Twin Cities.
• All photos submitted by Friday, May 8 will be displayed during Northeast Minneapolis’ Art-A-Whirl from Friday, May 15, 6 PM through Sunday, May 17, 5 PM at the California Building (2205 California Building, Minneapolis).
• All photos submitted by Friday, May 29 will be featured in a scrolling projection at the Minneapolis MOSAIC Kick Off Event on Saturday, June 6, from 6 – 10pm on 8th Street between Hennepin Avenue and First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.
• By submitting photos to the WACTAC @15 Photo Contest, the photographer warrants that he/she has control of and/or has obtained the rights to exhibit the photo(s), the photo(s) do not infringe upon copyright or licenses held by any other artist, estate, publisher or other entity; the photographer will be responsible for any charges or legal action brought by the exhibition of the photo(s) or the infringement of any rights held by others and will hold the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MOSAIC, and mnartists.org harmless against such claims.

Co-presented by:

• mnartists.org
• Minneapolis MOSAIC www.minneapolismosaic.com
• Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) teens.walkerart.org
• The WACTAC Photo Contest is sponsored by Best Buy

http://www.at15.com
Email teenprograms@walkerart.org
Phone 612.375.7683

Here’s a quick exercise that we did with Xavier’s friends La Changa, a rock and roll musician/entertainer, and Anselmo, professional clown.

Anselmo the Clown

Thursday, March 26, 6:30 pm
Walker Art Center McGuire Theater
Free Admission

Inspired by Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests and Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips’ 13 Most Beautiful . . ., the Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (WACTAC) created 13 original films and commissioned young musicians to compose accompanying soundtracks. Join us for the resulting collaboration—a raucous night of live performance and film. Musical performances by Nakami Green, Daudi Long, MMMs, Henry Misa, Dylan Perese, Jon Mitchell and Denis Terzic, and Shallow Creek. For more info call 612.375.7683 or check out teens.walkerart.org

This a great opportunity for any student that is interested in drawing from live models!

Tuesdays, 7 – 9 pm, Sept 18 , 2009 – April 20, 2010

Drawing from the nude figure model in a pleasing comfortable environment with serious students and adults that want to enhance and improve their skills in various media (no photography). This co-op series of open studio sessions is held at The Blake School on the Northrop Campus. Session are held in the Wet Paint Studio room 115.

Enter building through West Entrance . Bring participation/permission form to first session.

This is a non-Walker class. Please contact  Bob Teslow at rteslow@blakeschool.org or call 952-988-3712 for more info.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, November 23, 2009

Young women directors, ages 12 to 18 years old, are invited to submit videos for possible inclusion in the 2010 Girls in the Director’s Chair Film. This showcase celebrates the works of young female filmmakers and will be screened as a part of the Walker Art Center’s Women with Vision Film Festival in March 2010.

Click on the image below to obtain an application.

1. Witt Siasoco, is a really inspirational guy but he is nothing compared to Xavier Tavera.
2. I loved the session that dealt with the models because it was challenging. Why? I don’t know but I found it hard to stand in one position for like 1 minute. Lol.
3. The snacks were really…um….you can say…decent.

4. I loved how I got a hold of Meng and had to hold him like a statue for like 10 minutes. Even though my arms of buffness was going to break, I still hold on to him.
5. Animation is a great focus on photography and video because it is like a blending of both. The thought of doing a shot of me break dancing could be fantastic using animation. Lol.

Yeeleng Yue

Music Instructor/ Producer/ Rapper lol its for real

Here’s some photos from the second Polaroids, Prints, Projections class taught by Xavier Tavera. We started off the workshop by playing with the idea of a video portrait.

If you would like to see more photos check our flickr site by clicking here.

Salt, Vinegar and Sugar: Paintings by Louis N. LaPierre
Nicademus Art
March 14th 2009 at 7:00pm
w/ special performance by Face Candy

This show is a collection of work by Louis N. LaPierre. Louis’s works with many different mediums including, acrylic and mixed media pieces on paper and wood. His work is a depiction of contemporary waistlands mixed with the mundane human existence that fosters our surrounding’s continuous state of flux. Salt, Vinegar, and Sugar is an exploration into bitter happiness and sweet despair, diving into utter realities and the joys of being left in the dark. In the end, it is a search into finding comfort in the uncomfortable, and a constant struggle to search out truth when there is no clear truth in sight.

Face Candy
Face Candy is the brain child of E&A frontman, Eyedea. It is an improvisation based quartet melding free-jazz and freestyle rap into an unchartered amalgamation of the two, with roots in jazz, rap, comedy and theater. The line up includes local legends, J.T. bates, Casey O’brien, Eyedea and new found local favorite Kristoff Krane. Come see them as never before in this gallery setting, as they support friend and contributor Louis N. Lapierre. Performance begins around 9:00pm.