Dani Roach - Painter

North Shore Rocks 1

Dani Roach

Name:             Dani L. Roach
City/State:     Minneapolis, MN
Email:             art@daniroachart.com
Website:         www.daniroachart.com
MNartist.org profile:   http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=8920

Tell me about your work? What are you currently working on? How is this different from past projects?
I just finished a group of paintings for an upcoming solo show around the theme Pairings/Parings. I realized that I was creating twos – a pair of paintings of the same subject matter, or a pair in different mediums, or one horizontal and one vertical, etc.  I became more intentional about it after I noticed. The paring part, stripping away details or changing them, is pretty common to my previous work. At this point, I’m finishing up an interactive piece with a friend I’ve collaborated with for years, Roxann Reisdorf.  For the last twelve years I’ve included a piece that people can touch and play with, for my solo shows. My inspiration for the interactive pieces is an older sister that became blind later in life. I still wanted to be able to share my work with her.

How did you decide to become an artist?
I don’t remember it as a decision, but I was always creating things, drawing, and painting from early childhood. Given a choice, it was the one thing that always made sense to study and do.

What was the best advice given to you as an artist?
Don’t expect to make your living from your art. Somewhere along the line in college that message crept in. It was a very practical idea – get trained in a trade you enjoy. Then, if you could work seasonally or take breaks when you needed them for the studio, you could still make a living. I didn’t end up pursuing a trade, but I ended up working in libraries – for as long as I’ve been making art.

Many artists struggle to find ways to sell their art.  How do you sell your work?  How do you market yourself?
I’m very fortunate to be represented by Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis, http://www.grovelandgallery.com/ for over 25 years now. I have a website http://www.daniroachart.com/ and maintain mailing lists. I also make sure that I participate in occasional juried and invitational exhibitions. The Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition is one venue where the volume of viewers is high.

Who are some of the Minnesota artists you enjoy?
In addition to the other artists at Groveland Gallery, there are artists and friends whose work I’ve enjoyed seeing over the years.
Roxann Reisdorf http://rockdorf.zenfolio.com/
Marty Nash http://marthanash.wordpress.com/
Jody Williams http://www.flyingpaperpress.com/
Petronella Ytsma http://petronellaytsma.com/

If I were to follow you around to see art in Minnesota, which places would we go? What would we see?
You could follow me to the major local museums like the MIA, Walker and Weisman, but I’d rather you follow me to some smaller venues. We’d see a good sampling of local and regional artists (as well as some big names) and some well-organized exhibitions around interesting themes. To name just a few:

Groveland Gallery www.grovelandgallery.com/
Form + Content   http://www.formandcontent.org/index.htm
Marine Art Museum in Winona www.minnesotamarineart.org/
Katherine E. Nash Gallery https://art.umn.edu/nash
Minnesota Museum of American Art  http://mmaa.org/
Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Building http://www.mnstatefair.org/

In addition to www.Local-Artist-Interviews.com, where do you go online for good art resources, whether to find a new artist or to see what is going on in the art world locally and otherwise?
Mnartists.org  http://www.mnartists.org/
Springboard for the Arts http://springboardforthearts.org/
MN Original http://www.mnoriginal.org/
WARM http://www.thewarm.org/
Wet Paint’s site http://www.wetpaintart.com/ is chock full of information and I enjoy Beth Bergman’s blog.

Do you have any exhibits to promote in the near future? 

Yes. Pairings/Parings opens at Groveland Gallery on 10/25/13 through 11/30/13.  Reception: Friday 10/25/13 5-8 PM.

Groveland Gallery - Gallery Profile

Image List:
1.      North Shore Rocks 1
2.      North Shore Rocks 2
3.      Tumbling Prams
4.      Hovering Prams
5.      Red Reflection
6.      Woven
7.      Image of artist

Jodi Reeb - Mixed Media

At the Horizon - Encaustic and collage on wood - 24"x24"

Jodi Reeb

Name: Jodi Reeb

City/State: Minneapolis, MN

Email: jodi@jodireeb.com

Website: www.jodireeb.com

MNartist.org profile

Facebook page

Twitter: @https://twitter.com/JodiReeb

Bio~ 

Reeb lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has been creating art full-time for over 18 years.  Her artwork has been shown nationally receiving numerous awards and is in many private and corporate collections nationally.  She received a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design where she instructed printmaking in the Continuing Studies program for over 9 years.  She currently teaches encaustic (beeswax) painting at the Minnetonka Center for Art. Jodi creates her mixed-media paintings from her studio at the Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art in Minneapolis, but travels to receive her inspiration, combining contrasting landscapes and environments in her work.

Pathway - Encaustic on wood - 12"x12"

Tell me about your work? What are you currently working on? How is this different from past projects?

As a mixed-media painter, I work with acrylic paint, encaustic (wax) and collage on various substrates such as canvas, wood and paper. Primarily working on commission, I enjoy collaborating with clients to create artwork that leads me to the next step in the progression of my process and development while complementing an existing space.   The focus of my artwork has always been about the magnificence and beauty of nature and finding inspiration from nature’s extraordinary colors & light. As I explore this idea, I have been  intrigued with nature’s ever-changing seasons . I often contemplate how nature relates to our own cycles of existence.

Urban Composition - Encaustic, collage on found book - 8"x10"

How did you decide to become an artist?

When I was five years old, I created drawings of animals on large sheets of newsprint paper using crayons.  I rolled them up and pulled the drawings around my neighborhood to sell for a dollar. I went door-to-door and a few people bought the drawings and one person gave me a $1.00 donation. It started to rain before I got home and the remaining drawings got wet, but i didn't really care.  It was in that moment I knew I wanted to be an artist and thought that it was possible.

Enclosed - Encaustic and shellac on wood - 8"x8"

What was the best advice given to you as an artist? 

The best advice was given to me when I started college at MCAD by a local collector that hadn't bought any work from me yet.  He told me to keep working and making art no matter what and that I would create my future that way.

Many artists struggle to find ways to sell their art.  How do you sell your work?  How do you market yourself?

I sell my artwork primarily through art consultants and work on commission for healthcare, corporate and residential clients. I enjoy the challenge of creating work for specific spaces. I market myself through a careful mailing list I've compiled over the years and periodically send images of available artwork to those contacts.  Facebook is a tool I use to publicize events and art openings as well as new artwork created. Recently, I created a marketing brochure that is like a book with tabs highlighting my different styles to introduce my work to art consultants and galleries nationally.

www.jodireebmyers.com

www.jodireeb.com

Sustainable Currents - Encaustic on wood - 30"x30"

Who are some of the Minnesota artists you enjoy? 

Lisa Nankivil www.nankivil.com

Patrick Kemal Pryor www.patrickpryor.com

Jody Williams www.flyingpaperpress.com

Vesna Kittelson www.vesnakittelson.com

Harriet Bart www.harrietbart.com

Betsy Ruth Byers www.betsyruthbyers.com

Jil Evans www.jilevanssite.com

If I were to follow you around to see art in Minnesota, which places would we go? What would we see?

I tend to like contemporary, alternative and abstract art.

Traffic Zone Gallery www.trafficzoneart.com

Anita Sue Kolman Gallery www.askanita.com

Kolman Pryor Gallery   www.kolmanpryor.com

Walker Art Center  www.walkerartcenter.org

Form + Content Gallery www.formandcontent.org

Rogue Buddha Gallery  www.roguebuddha.com

Burnet Gallery www.burnetgallery.com

Minneapolis Institute of Arts www.artsmia.org

Minneapolis College of Art & Design www.mcad.edu

Minnetonka Center for Art www.minnetonkaarts.org

Index - Encaustic, collage, image transfers and copper foil on wood - 30x30"

In addition to www.Local-Artist-Interviews.com, where do you go online for good art resources, whether to find a new artist, or to see what is going on in the art world locally and otherwise? 

Art 21  www.pbs.org/art21/

MN Original www.mnoriginal.org

Art News www.artnews.com

Do you have any exhibits to promote in the near future?

Yes, over 25 artists will be showing their art.

Traffic Zone Spring Open Studios

May 4, 2013 at 5:30-9:30 pm

Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art

250 - 3rd Ave N. #220

Minneapolis, MN 55401

www.trafficzoneart.com

Traffic Zone Artists welcome visitors into their studios for an evening to share conversation about their work in a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, photography, installation, printmaking and drawing.

What can we expect to see from you in the future? 

Large collage works on canvas or wood using acrylic paint and mediums and encaustic paint.

Jodi Reeb

Abigail Anderson - Painter - Printmaker - Multimedia

Deciduous Composition VII (tyloses)

Abigail Anderson

Name: Abigail Woods Anderson
City/State: Minneapolis area, Minnesota
Website: abigailwoods.com
MNartists.org Profile
Groveland Gallery Profile


Bio~
Abigail Woods Anderson is a Minneapolis-based artist. She received her BA from St. Olaf College where she studied fine art and biology. In her art career, science continues to inform her work. This transdisciplinary ethos is exemplified by Open Phenology, a series of nature walks and online documentation that turn our attention to biological phenomena and the ecology we inhabit. In addition to Open Phenology's action- and inquiry-based creative practice, Anderson works as a fine artist producing letterpress prints and ephemera, paintings, and drawings. Anderson currently works at the Walker Art Center in the department of education and community programs. 

Across town, the other "Center" in Anderson's life is Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) where she volunteers, occasionally teaches, and puts in productive studio hours as a member of the artist cooperative. Anderson had her curatorial debut in 2011 with What Follows What Came Before, a group show examining the theme of sequence, installed in MCBA's Lerner Bindery Gallery. Goals on Anderson's horizon include: editioning an artist book about tardigrades (water bears); authoring a section on letterpress for Wikipedia’s printmaking article; and pursuing an artist residency experience to shadow research biologists in the field.

Tell me about your work? What are you currently working on? How is this different from past projects?
I've just completed a body of work titled The Deciduous Series. This work grew out of a reverence for the urban forest---specifically the lost grandeur of elm-lined boulevards. The work is also a meditation on how time alters the places we know. This notion of change led me to the word "Deciduous," a term intentionally chosen for its connection to trees. My process has always hybridized direct observation of the natural world with intense imaginative revision in the studio. For Deciduous Series, the starting point was a tree stump. I started looking closely at tree stumps, their convoluted contours that that resemble maps or continents, their growth rings that physically mark the passing of time. My specific interest in elm trees and Dutch elm disease came from a snapshot my mom took of me at one year of age, seated on an enormous elm tree stump outside my childhood home. Reading about elms, (http://bit.ly/N7FVht) I learned that the year of my birth, 1977, coincided with the peak loss of elm trees in Minneapolis. I thought some interesting work could come from considering these overlapping histories.

The Deciduous Series began by placing a call to the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board requesting data on Dutch elm diseased trees close to my childhood home. They generously supplied information on 30 tree stumps, listing each specimen's location and diameter. To me, this sampling served as a cross-section of recent changes to our urban forest, a tangible, specific way to visualize a place changing with time. With the tree stump list in hand, a large roll of vellum secured to my bike, and markers in my backpack, by boyfriend and I biked around south Minneapolis locating the stumps. When we found each subject, we tacked the vellum in place and traced what we saw. I took a keen interest in the specificity of this raw linear information, found drawings that through the act of translation, were recorded and archived. 

I took these large field drawings back to my studio to contemplate my next steps. Next, I segmented and translated the linear information for a final iteration, resulting in seven small compositions. I took care to maintain the veracity of the found drawing, so that each painting functioned like a map to the actual object in the world. I then undertook the task of embellishing the surface with gouache, using source imagery I gleaned from my readings on urban forest management and the pathology of Dutch elm disease. This process brought additional layers of meaning to the work. I gave a lot of thought to the ecological links between the tree, the fungal disease agent, the insect vector, and the human role in managing the epidemic. This work differs from my past projects in that it is more abstract and conceptual. Because it was research-heavy and serial in nature, it could have taken form as an artist book.

Deciduous Composition V (florescence)

How did you decide to become an artist? 
I'm often reminded by others, "you must be an artist," when they are struck by how I notice things. And it is true that energetic noticing is a quality I have when I am most awake, most present. But as for deciding to be an artist, this is something I consciously do every time I sit down to work. Sometimes it's not so much deciding to be artist as it is deciding I don't want not to be an artist. And so what follows is to do the work that is art. The instant I begin making, my mind becomes engaged in the ideas and decisions at hand, so the self-conscious concerns of self-identification ("Am I an artist?" and so-forth) are quieted.

What was the best advice given to you as an artist? 
Don't wait for lightning bolts. Just start working. This paraphrased advice from Wendell Arneson dispells the commonly held myth that artistic inspiration strikes like lightning. Great ideas don't tumble out of the blue, fully formed and impatient for you to actualize them. That's not to say that inspiration and intuition don't play a roll in creativity, because they do. But ideas don't take purchase in a lazy mind, and they don't gain momentum in idle hands. So to have ideas, begin with work. Work, mind you, can often take the form of play. Play with materials. Play with formal elements and principles of design. While making studies or even doodles, ideas (or even dozens of them) are likely to get tangled in one's consciousness and take root. Meaning-making emerges during the process of making. "Making" is more than a means of manufacture. It is a method of discovery and an opportunity to dwell in ideas. The challenge is not finding inspiration, but rather taking grip of its reigns.

Deciduous Composition I (dendrochronology)

Many artists struggle to find ways to sell their art.  How do you sell your work?  How do you market yourself?

The work of an artist doesn't end when the paint dries. A lot of effort goes into verbal and written communications. By this I mean authoring artist statements and other kinds of information to contextualize one's practice, intents, and production. It might sound base, but the reality is that artists put care into marketing or "packaging" their identity. Even works of art need to be "packaged" by adding titles. I'm grateful to have Groveland Gallery's involvement as artworks are ushered from my studio into the hands of art patrons.

Open Phenology broadside

Who are some of the Minnesota artists you enjoy?
I've had several stellar teachers who were also artists. My high school pottery teacher Nancy Hanily-Dolan http://lakeminnetonka.patch.com/articles/wayzata-honors-career-teachers is one such person. She taught us about wabi sabi. She managed to make me, a humorless, sullen teenager, laugh and get through it.

Not only do Tom and Jeff Larkin of Featherstone Pottery http://featherstonepottery.com/ make beautiful, functional wares, but they are immensely generous with their process, expertise, and friendship. When it's time to fire their wood kiln, an assortment of hard working friends flock to their farm to partake in the ritual and share a long evening of good company.
Since I first spotted it, I have enjoyed work by Jody Williams http://flyingpaperpress.com/. I feel she and I have an alliance. An alliance of telescoping inward and tiny archives. A simpatico based on silica, calcium carbonate, and chitinous substances.

I admire the ever-evolving practice and prolific work of artist Sean Connaughty http://seanconnaughty.com/. I especially appreciate the way he experiments with materials and sets his mind to learn by doing.

My Uncle Roy repeatedly advised me to become a "duck artist" and get rich by winning the Federal Duck Stamp Contest. I was a bit too young to discern the humor in his delivery. Roy McBride (1943-2011) http://youtu.be/DJVSWHWwVcU

I have the privilege of working with artist, educator, and fellow Taurus Ilene Krug Mojsilov http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=235829. In addition to being a skilled and sensitive artist, she touches hundreds of lives every month with her creative influence in the Walker Art Center's Art Lab.

I enjoy the politically-conscious, shape-shifting, "reality art" sculpture installation by Andrew Moore http://minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2009/08/11_lawn_art/. I like that his art is defiant and that he persists. I'm intrigued by the ongoing processes of construction and decay --- not only as they apply to the sculpture's physical form, but also to Moore's messages as they surface and recede.

I enjoy Alison Nguyen's http://mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=285124 ability to blend styles and influences (for example, fantasy art, graffiti, scientific illustration, comics). She's also a brilliant colorist and has a quirky sense of humor!

Re-embroidered Composition II

I've got to put a word in for Joan Vorderbruggen, project lead for Artists in Storefronts http://www.artistsinstorefronts.com/. I admire Joan for her unrivaled enthusiasm, charismatic energy, and socially-engaged actions.

If I were to follow you around to see art in Minnesota, which places would we go? What would we see?
I frequent the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. But to be perfectly honest, I'm so busy keeping up with my Open Phenology project (@openphenology) that wildlife is in the foreground for me. However, if I'm in the Garden on a windy day, I like to pause by Pierre Huyghe's Untitled (after Dream). Next, I'm likely to be found at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. If you haven't been there before, I recommend going on a Tuesday evening when the studios are bustling with productivity. And every time I visit the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, I set aside some quiet time to pore over the Persian paintings and calligraphy.

In addition to www.Local-Artist-Interviews.com, where do you go online for good art resources, whether to find a new artist, or to see what is going on in the art world locally and otherwise? 

mnartists.org, a one-stop shop for arts writing, calls and opportunities, and a virtual artist directory.

ArtsConnectEd, http://artsconnected.org/, for free, interactive access to the collections and resources of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center.

Deciduous Composition VI (dissemination)

Do you have any exhibits to promote in the near future?

Saturday, July 14, 2012: For the final day of The Clearest Way, Groveland Gallery has invited me to spend the afternoon onsite demonstrating my process. This informal, drop-in event will include me proofing prints on a small platen press (courtesy MCBA). 

Saturday, July 28, 2012: Minnesota Center for Book Arts is throwing a party---an Unabashedly Bookish Bash! With the feel of a backyard get-together, the evening will include refreshments, music, a raffle, and exclusive shopping for art patrons. I'm making a few small works which will be available for sale. This benefit is all about supporting Artist Programs at MCBA, so naturally I'm an enthusiastic advocate! Please join us. Buy tickets here: http://mnbookarts.org/events/bookishbash.html 

Monday, August 27: I'll be a featured artist at 12'12'12', an art exhibition at the Minnesota State Fair. Presented alongside the annual juried show in the Fine Arts Building, this eclectic group show will give fair goers a window into the work of an artist. Each of the twelve artists will spend an entire day inhabiting the gallery space as a studio, producing work, and demonstrating their practice. My "in-gallery residence" is Monday, August 27, from 9 am to 9 pm.

Abigail Anderson

Groveland Gallery 

Featured Interview

Danielle Feliciano - Book Artist

Nightsong - Digitally Printed, Graphite, Watercolor, Metal Powder

 Danielle Feliciano

 Altered Esthetics 

Featured Artist 

for

"Belle Lettres"

3/1/12 - 3/29/12

Opening Reception: 3/2/12   7pm-10pm

Artist Discussion Saturday 3/17 1pm - 3pm

Name: Danielle Feliciano

City/State: St Louis Park, MN

Email: danielle@daniellefeliciano.com

Website: http://www.daniellefleiciano.com/

MNartist.org profile: http://www.mnartists.org/Danielle_Feliciano

Twitter: @RightBrainBook

Etsy Page: http://www.etsy.com/shop/PantheraPress

Bio~ 

I hold a BFA in illustration from the Savannah College of art and Design and have practiced art making all of my life. I am currently pursuing a design MFA from the Minneapolis

College of Art and Design.

I have a fondness for collecting antiques, old books, and mysterious, discarded objects. A love of history and tradition inspires a classical, romantic style in my image making. My design aesthetic also takes root in traditional ideologies. My interest lies in preserving the technical skills and long held beliefs in both design and image making through reinvetion. I am both fascinated by science and captivated by religion and find that both practices play powerfully in my work. I have always faced duality in my life and find that many of my interests are counterpoint to one another. I love historical techniques such as gilding, and hand setting type but use digital printers and InDesign with equal reverence. I am an image maker with one hand in the past and one in the future. I am someone who strives to be passionate but meticulous, technically traditional and conceptually progressive.

Conditions of Content - Gilding on a raised base

Tell me about your work? What are you currently working on? How is this different from past projects?

I'm currently working on a book about visual thinking called Unlocking the Right Brain. I've written, illustrated, and designed it myself. I'm in the process of printing it now using a combination of digital and letterpress techniques. It's one of the biggest projects I've ever undertaken on my own so it's been a bit daunting. I've also been working on synthesizing traditional media with digital media as a way of mixing old and new. It is part of my thesis work and will be on display in May. For now you can learn a bit more about it by going to the blog RightBrainBook.tumblr.com

This project has been a real technical and conceptual stepping stone for me because I designed it with an actual audience in mind. Much of my work is introspective and so my book works tell a personal story that doesn't necessarily need outside input. I try to make works that are beautiful but I've never felt compelled to make the work truly interactive in the way Unlocking the Right Brain will be.

Nakusa - Letterpress

"What is Art?" is certainly too big of a question to ask here, but what do you hope your audience takes away from your art? What statement do you hope to make?

I believe art is the transcendence of craft. Where craft is the skillful execution of a particular medium, art springs to life when that medium is used to say something meaningful. 'Meaningful' content can be anything, it simply has to matter enough to the artist that they were compelled to give it physical form. The medium of letterpress is actually a prime example of my point. Fine printing is a craft, there is essentially a 'right' way to do it. Creating a crisp, perfectly inked print is a technical skill that anyone with some patience could learn. Letterpress only becomes art when the artist takes hold of the medium and imbues it with a part of themselves. 'Art' is the artifact of the artist in the object. It is that quality which can never be reproduced - the breath of love, aesthetic sensibility, and intent the artist breathes into the work.

Blind Love - Letterpress & Gold leaf

What was the best advice given to you as an artist? 

My first letterpress mentor Barry Moser told me something once (maybe twice) that I won't forget. He essentially said that we are swimming through life like fish in a river. We are going to hear so much and people are going to say so many things to try and teach us. What we chose to accept 'becomes blood and bone' and we'll just 'shit out the rest'. Sounds a bit funny, but it always helps me remember that we have the power to choose who we become as artists. We actively absorb the knowledge that will most benefit our practice. Sometimes something strikes us so powerfully it literally becomes a part of us - our blood and bone. What we reject simply returns to the river.

Antediluvian - Digitally Printed, Graphite & Ink

Tell me about your work space and your creative process.

My work space is usually meticulously organized. I love to sort my materials into boxes and categories. I have so many plastic containers it's unnatural. If I didn't stay organized and make hundreds of sticky note lists I'd never get anything done. I'm actually a really efficient worker because of how orderly I keep things. Every project gets its own file and label so I never lose things. I know for many people this would be oppressive, but for me it's liberating and comforting. Books are such an undertaking that if you don't stay clean and neat you'll lose pages, or get glue dots all over the place.

My process is just as organized as my space. I make schedules, and gather tons of visual research before I even put pen to paper. I work in a lot of media and for each technique my process is a bit different. In any case I do a lot of prep work and then move into production with (hopefully) a smooth glide to the finish. With books you have to be thinking pretty far ahead. You need to consider the final format before you can really begin making anything. You have to think about things how to cut a sheet of paper down so you don't have waste, or how many yards of book cloth you'll need to order. There are so many things to consider, but in the end that's what makes it interesting because there are so many places to play with technique and express your aesthetic.

Image of workspace

Who are some of the Minnesota artists you enjoy?

Chip Schilling: http://indulgencepress.com/

My letterpress mentor in town. Tons of really cool book work.

Studio on Fire: http://www.studioonfire.com/

A fabulous letterpress studio. Try and hit one of their open houses and see all their wonderful presses!

Jody Williams: http://mnartists.org/artistHome.do?action=info&rid=4724

A professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design with a thriving book arts practice.

Lauren Thorson: http://www.laurenthorson.com/

An artist working in the fascinating field of Data Visualization.

Molly May: http://6peaks.com/

Her current project deals with inspiring social change through humor.

If I were to follow you around to see art in Minnesota, which places would we go? What would we see?

Well, I'd certainly take you Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art http://www.trafficzoneart.com/ on one of their open studio nights. They always put up a fabulous event, and graciously open up their studios for everyone to see. To be honest, I'm really in love with the Minneapolis Institute of Artshttp://www.artsmia.org//. They have such extensive collections, and for a free museum you really can't find anything better. I could visit the MIA a hundred times and always see something I missed the last time. As a bonus it's right next to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design http://www.mcad.edu/. There are usually quite a few shows going on at MCAD at any one time - a different one on each of the first three floors and usually a fourth in their back gallery (Gallery 148, which is curated by students). Northeast Minneapolis also has a lot of cool smaller galleries. If you keep an eye out there is always something to see in the twin cities.  

Where do you go online for good art resources, whether to find a new artist, or to see what is going on in the art world locally and otherwise?

I like to cycle through artists at random and so I enjoy perusing Tumblr (http://www.tumblr.com/) and just following links through other people's pages at random. In addition Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/), a mass funding site, is a great way to connect with ambitious artists and support projects that interest you or watch how they unfold. You can look for artists working locally or abroad and get connected within the community.

Do you have any exhibits to promote in the near future?

I do, I'm going to be the featured artist at Altered Esthetics for their Belles Lettres Exhibition on March 2nd, starting at 7pm. Altered Esthetics is one of this great little galleries in Northeast Minneapolis and you can find it at 1224 Quincy Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55413.

Also, this May I'll be part of MCAD's amazing thesis exhibition at the Northrup King Building on May 11th. Keep an eye out for it because we hope to make it  major event. Work will range from book arts and projection mapping to conceptual installation and animation. A bit of everything for every taste.

I'll be both of these events. Hope to see you there!

Danielle Feliciano