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Fifteenth Annual Art at Ramsey

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ART AT RAMSEY

Fif­teenth Annual Art Fair at Ram­sey Junior High in con­junc­tion with Grand Mean­der in Saint Paul Decem­ber 5, 2009

What:

ART AT RAMSEY: A Juried Hol­i­day Art Fair of qual­ity fine crafts and fine art, is spon­sored by Highland/Macalester/Groveland Com­mu­nity Edu­ca­tion in coop­er­a­tion with Artists’ Cir­cle, a non-profit art orga­ni­za­tion pro­mot­ing fine crafts. This is the art fair’s four­teenth anniver­sary show. Free event.

When:

Sat­ur­day, Decem­ber 5, 2009 10 a.m. — 5 p.m.

Where:

Ram­sey Junior High Gym­na­si­ums, 1700 Sum­mit Avenue, St. Paul

What:

Sale of qual­ity work by over 60 juried local artists from the upper Mid­west who cre­ate fine crafts includ­ing bas­ketry, clay, fiber, glass, leather, jew­elry (gold, sil­ver, pewter, stone, beaded), metal, paper, wood, mixed media, as well as fine arts includ­ing paint­ing, water­color, pho­tog­ra­phy, print­mak­ing, and sculp­ture. There will be every­thing from leather hand­bags and belts, water­color paint­ings, sil­ver and gold jew­elry, bas­kets, pressed flower art and hand-forged iron to woven scarves, stone sculp­ture ves­sels, dolls, fused glass pen­dants, wood­cut prints, unique hand-dyed silk apparel, hand-carved wooden birds, mosaics, hand-woven rugs, hats, turned wood, orig­i­nal cards, hand-blown glass bowls, plus pot­tery tiles, vases, bowls, teapots and cups, and also Hmong nee­dle work and hol­i­day orna­ments.

The 15th Annual Youth Art Fair, with more than a dozen local young artists, ages 12–18, returns to Ramsey’s cafe­te­ria for the third year. 10 a.m. — 4 p.m.

Why:

Pro­mote Artists, Ram­sey School, and Grand Avenue. ART AT RAMSEY is the pre­mier Decem­ber art fair in the metro; it pro­vides artists, both juried and youth, with a well-known, acces­si­ble com­mu­nity facil­ity (Ram­sey Junior High) in which to mar­ket their orig­i­nal art works. This pop­u­lar hol­i­day event gives local St. Paulites, as well as the many metro res­i­dents who visit pop­u­lar Grand Avenue in St. Paul, an oppor­tu­nity to meet and to pur­chase from artists, dur­ing Grand Mean­der, the spe­cial hol­i­day pro­mo­tion of Grand Avenue (spon­sored by the Grand Avenue Busi­ness Asso­ci­a­tion). Art at Ram­sey is proud to be part of the Cam­paign to Buy Local, buy­ing art from local artists.

2009 Accepted Artists

2-D

Clay

Fiber Dec­o­ra­tive

  • Linda Nel­son Bryan, hand-dyed tex­tiles http://www.bryanica.com
  • Mary Ellen Man­ning, bas­ketry & nee­dle felting
  • San­dra Moen, hand­made paper
  • Martha Mon­son Lowe, basketry
  • Karen Monson-Thompson, handweav­ing http://www.summerwinterstudio.com
  • Clau­dia Nacht­sheim Speak, bas­ketry
  • Colleen Tabaika, hand-woven rugs
  • Bao Yang, bags & toys

Fiber Wear­able

Glass

  • Ken Pat­zoldt & Jo Man­beck, stained glass  http://www.timberwind.com
  • Yoko Jufer, burner-worked glass
  • Thomas Maras, hand-blown glass

Jew­elry

Mixed Media

Wood

Other

  • Paul Bond­hus, stone
  • Dean Shafer, hand-forged iron
 
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Comments

  1. Mark AndersonNo Gravatar says:
    December 6, 2009 at 10:28 am

    WOW! Where did you find Car­rin Rosetti and Richard Gruchalla? What won­der­ful pot­tery … so col­or­ful and well exe­cuted! Thanks for bring­ing them to this fair.

    Reply
  2. Mark AndersonNo Gravatar says:
    December 6, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    WOW! Where did you find Car­rin Rosetti and Richard Gruchalla? What won­der­ful pot­tery … so col­or­ful and well exe­cuted! Thanks for bring­ing them to this fair.

    Reply

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