Rochester Arts and Culture Collaborative October Update

****Art4Trails call for Artists**** 

Please follow this link (and pass it on) for details about the call for artists for this cool project for 2016. Deadline is November 30. Five artists will be chosen to create installations along the river/bike trail and will receive a $2,000 stipend to do so.  Would you enjoy being a part of planning the public capstone event - a festive, fun, community-oriented opening parade along the trail from installation to installation? Please let us know. The hard-working public art/programming team would welcome your participation! raccnews@gmail.com

Other news from the RACC teams:

Dave Beal and Mary Ellen Landwehr area part of the 25 member steering committee for the Public Art Master Plan project that the Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust is coordinating with Jack Becker from Forecast Public Art in St. Paul. Their first meeting was October 8 with three more meetings between now and May 2016.  The group was introduced to Jake Becker and his process and did some preliminary visioning exercises. Between meetings of the whole will be smaller fact-finding activities, such as focus groups comprised of representatives from various sectors such as education, art, business, tourism, etc. We will pass along any further information we get about these activities.

Debi Neville and the Spaces team are meeting to strategize about and get to work on a submission in response to the city's RFP for re-use of the Senior Center/Armory. If you would like to be a part of this project, please get in touch. Whether it turns out to be this particular building or not, there is a need for a dedicated arts and cultural space for not only various possible performance uses but for shared administrative space, meeting space, event space, rehearsal space, gallery space, studio space, and so on. This is an important vision for our community, and we welcome input and participation in presenting this opportunity to the city and our fellow citizens.

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Art4Trails open call for artists

The Art4Trails project is officially underway with an open call for artists. The information and submission form is on the MNartists.org website Please pass along to your friends and fellow artists!

This is going to be a fabulous addition to the riverfront next spring. Amidst all the talk about "activating the river", this Public Art/Programming team that grew out of initial RACC meetings is doing it!  They have been working hard and meeting regularly to get this project off the ground.  Now we need some of our talented artists to take the next step and create the installations.  We can hardly wait until June 2016 to see what they all come with!

A hearty thank you to the Art4Trails committee: Mary Ellen Landwehr, Tom Erickson, Jon Allen, Tony Rostvold, Kelly Corbin, Seamus Kolb, and Alison Good.  Also,  we recognize on their behalf Mike Nigbur of the Rochester Parks Department who has contributed valuable advice and assistance and will continue to do so.