The Nemeth Art Center is thrilled to present two exhibitions:

E.V. Day Feral Park & Emma Beatrez Device of Love

E.V. Day is a New York based artist whose work explores themes of sexuality and humor while employing gravity-defying suspension techniques. By manipulating iconic imagery from popular culture, Day re-animates the recognizable into new forms that illuminate contradictions in gender roles and stretch the confines of social stereotypes. Recently awarded the prestigious Rome Prize for Visual Arts by the American Academy in Rome, Day worked for a year in the Eternal City where she continued a twenty-year practice of creating sculptures that interact with, and respond to renowned architectural spaces.

The first work in her Exploding Couture series, Bombshell, included in the 2000 Biennial of The Whitney Museum of American Art, was suspended in the lobby of The Breuer Building, and is now in the Museum’s permanent collection. Day has had numerous solo exhibitions, including the installation G-Force at The Whitney Museum at Altria in 2001, in which she suspended hundreds of thongs from the ceiling in fighter-jet formations, and a survey exhibition at the I.M. Pei-designed Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University in 2004. Bride Fight, a high-tension string-up of two dueling bridal gowns, was exhibited at Lever House as part of their collection in 2006. In 2010, she exhibited Divas Ascending, a 14-sculpture installation at Lincoln Center created from costumes from the archives of the New York City Opera—an exhibition that traveled to The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in 2011, to The Houston Grand Opera in 2012, to The Memphis Brooks Museum in 2019, and will be exhibited at The Taubman Museum from 2021-2023.

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Emma K. Beatrez (b. 1995, MN ) is an artist based out of Minneapolis, MN and represented by Hair+Nails Gallery. They received their BFA from North Dakota State University in 2018, and an MFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2020. Beatrez co-runs Night Club gallery in St. Paul, MN.

Drawing on a range of influences including psychoanalysis, contemporary fashion, and human belief systems, my work, which encompasses sculpture, figurative and abstract painting, and installation, involves ritual, the recontextualization of materials, archive, surface, and aspects of 'the body'. My recent paintings and multimedia installations explore core psychoanalytic notions of the symbolic, and the real, and the emergence of new meanings through distortion of established iconography.

Please join us in celebrating Brad Kahlhamer’s newest collection at the Nemeth Art Center. The artist will be on-site for an artist talk and to answer questions. This event is free and open to the public.

Please join us in celebrating Waverly Bergwin’s phantasmagorical creations at the Nemeth Art Center. The artist will be on-site for an artist talk and to answer questions. This event is free and open to the public.

Please join us in celebrating Mary Ann Papanek-Miller’s exhibition at the Nemeth Art Center. Mary Ann will be on-site for an artist talk and to answer questions. This event is free and open to the public.

Please join us in celebrating Pao Houa Her’s Attention Series at the Nemeth Art Center. Her will be on-site for an artist talk and to answer questions. This event is free and open to the public.

The Nemeth Art Center, in collaboration with the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, look forward to celebrating the immense talent of our regional youth artists. Join us from 3:00-5:00 p.m. for the public reception and awards ceremony.

CLASS DESCRIPTION
Participants can look forward to learning the fabric collaging techniques of Bemidji-based textile artist, Blair Treuer, for the Nemeth Art Center’s April youth workshop. Using a combination of fabric adhesives and/or hand sewing, students will be granted a small-scale glimpse into the process of making the collaged portraits and landscapes for which Treuer is known.

DETAILS
Students ages 7-18 are welcome to participate in this class free of charge, though sign-up via Eventbrite is required. The cost of the class and materials are covered by our generous business sponsors, grants from the Region 2 Arts Council, 3M, and the Mary Pohlad Foundation.

The class will take place at the Armory Art & Events Center in Park Rapids, in Studio 1. Attendance is limited to 20 participants, and we will keep a 5 person waitlist if necessary. Contact Tessa at director@nemethartcenter.org if tickets are sold out, and you'd like to be added to the waitlist.

Please provide your name, the participant's name and age, and your email and phone number in case there are any logistical issues we need to contact you about. Please register by April 8. Pre-register here

CLASS DESCRIPTION

Mixed-media collage artist, Amber Fletschock, will guide students through the process of making cut paper collages that celebrate the flora and fauna of the upcoming spring season.

Participants will make their own “gardens” using found imagery, and other drawing and collaging materials. Students can also add their contributions to a collaborative group garden – with each “plot” woven together and hung in our open studio space to be added on to when our doors open for the 2022 season.

DETAILS

Students ages 7-18 are welcome to participate in this class free of charge, though sign-up via Eventbrite is required. The cost of the class and materials are covered by our generous business sponsors, grants from the Region 2 Arts Council, and 3M.

The class will take place at the Armory Art & Events Center in Park Rapids, in Studio 1. Attendance is limited to 20 participants, and we will keep a 5 person waitlist if necessary. Contact Tessa at director@nemethartcenter.org if tickets are sold out, and you'd like to be added to the waitlist.

Please provide your name, the participant's name and age, and your email and phone number in case there are any logistical issues we need to contact you about. Please register by March 25. Pre-register here

CLASS DESCRIPTION
Local weaver and artist, Bruce Engebretson, along with his neighbors and collaborators Ross Karvonen, Connie Kovala, and Winona LaDuke are guiding students through the process of Baltic-style belt weaving for the Nemeth Art Center's February youth workshop.

Participants can expect to learn the basic technique of back strap weaving, and make a length of tape to take home with them, which could be finished and used in a number of ways around the home.

DETAILS
Students ages 7-18 are welcome to participate in this class free of charge, though sign-up via Eventbrite is required. The cost of the class and materials are covered by our generous business sponsors, grants from the Region 2 Arts Council, and 3M.

The class will take place at the Armory Art & Events Center in Park Rapids, in Studio 1. Attendance is limited to 12 participants, and we will keep a 5 person waitlist if necessary. Please register by February 18. Pre-register here

ARTIST / INSTRUCTOR BIO
Bruce Engebretson has the good fortune to have a wealth of knowledge regarding hand spinning and weaving transmitted to him from people who themselves learned in a family or ethnic tradition. Some of the people he has in turn shared this knowledge with will be there to assist during the workshop.

The project he is guiding was taught to him by a lady from Latvia, Inara Porietis, who learned it as a child in the displaced persons camp they were sheltered in during World War II.

The first edition in our off-season youth workshops: a hands-on painting workshop led by Park Rapids area artist, Nate Luetgers.

CLASS DESCRIPTION:
Students can look forward to learning how to paint with acrylic on canvas in this off-season winter course taught by Park Rapids area artist, Nate Luetgers, in collaboration with the Armory Arts & Events Center.

DETAILS:
Students ages 7-17 are welcome to participate in this class free of charge, though sign-up via Eventbrite is required. The cost of the class and materials are covered by our generous business sponsors and grants from the Region 2 Arts Council and 3M.

The class will take place at the Armory Art & Events Center in Park Rapids, in Studio 1. Attendance is limited to 15 participants, and we will keep a 5 person waitlist if necessary. Please provide your name, the participant's name and age, and your email and phone number in case there are any logistical issues we need to contact you about. Please register by January 28. Pre-register here

Itasca Biological Station & Nemeth Art Center collaboration for a youth workshop centered around nature and mycological photography.

CLASS DESCRIPTION:
Microbial Scientist Jonathan Schilling, and Photographer Joseph Allen from White Earth area will lead a hands-on workshop about the wonderful world of Fungi. All participants will learn how to make and utilize a “Tiny Hall/museum” as well as how to photograph small things using their camera phone.

Please dress in warmer clothes as this will be an outside workshop and we will do a short mushroom walk.

DETAILS:
The class is for youth ages fourth grade and up, and a parent or guardian must be present. This class is free of charge, though sign-up via Eventbrite is required.

This workshop is held at the University of Minnesota, Itasca Biological Field Station in Itasca State Park. Please plan to meet at the Biome Center at the start of the workshop to check in. Directions: https://cbs.umn.edu/itasca/visiting/map

This class will take place on Saturday, October 2, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Snacks and refreshments will be provided. To get the most out of this family workshop, please bring an iOS or Android-based camera phone or tablet. The class is limited to 12 total individuals; we will keep a 10 person waitlist. Please register by October 1, 2021. Sign up here

A hands-on workshop led by current NAC artist, Rachel Collier. Students will learn the process of making a painting using wool roving.

CLASS DESCRIPTION:
Paintings can be painted with anything that leaves a mark. Learn how to use wool roving as an alternative to paint. Blend colors, draw lines and build textures using a felting needle as your brush and pre felted wool as your canvas. Discover ideas for how to put your felted piece to work as functional art. Leave class with a finished painting!

The class is for youth ages 7 to 17. This class is free of charge, though sign-up via Eventbrite is required. The cost of the class and materials are covered by our generous business sponsors and grants from the Region 2 Arts Council and 3M.

The class will take place in our main gallery at the historic Hubbard County Court House in Park Rapids. Attendance is limited to 20 participants, and we will keep a 10 person waitlist if necessary. Please provide your name, the participant's name and age, and your email and phone number in case there are any logistical snags we need to contact you about. Please register by September 24.

SIGN UP:
This class is for youth ages 7-17. The event is free of charge, but registration via Eventbrite is required. Sign up here

Please join us in celebrating Alec Soth’s Paris / Minnesota exhibition. Soth and catalogue essayist, Brad Zellar, will be on-site for an artist talk and to answer questions. This event is free and open to the public.

Please join us in celebrating Rachel Collier’s Soft Landing exhibition at the Nemeth Art Center. Collier will be on-site for an artist talk and to answer questions. This event is free and open to the public.

Join us for the closing reception for T.L. Solien’s mid-career survey, See the Sky.

The artist and guest curator, Christopher Atkins, will be on-site for an artist talk and to answer questions. This event is free and open to the public.

Event Details:
Students can look forward to creating self-portraits under Solien's instruction. The Nemeth will provide paper, acrylic paint, color pencils, crayons, and other mixed media materials to contribute to this process, and students are encouraged to bring magazine cut-outs or other types of found imagery that they feel adds to their ability to depict themselves.

The class will take place in our main gallery at the historic Hubbard County Court House in Park Rapids. Attendance is limited to 20 participants, and we will keep a 10 person waitlist if necessary. Please provide your name, the participant's name and age, and your email and phone number in case there are any logistical snags we need to contact you about. Please register by July 5.

Sign Up:
The class is for youth ages 7 to 17. This event is free of charge, but please sign-up here via our Eventbrite link.