Minot State University
09/13/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/13/2024 13:47
NOTSTOCK takes over newly renovated Hartnett Hallitle
By Michael Linnell
University Communications Director
MINOT, N.D. - NOTSTOCK returns for its 17th year. For three days, guest artists will share their creativity, energy, knowledge, and artistic talents with the community inside and outside the newly renovated Hartnett Hall.
All events are free and open to the public and take place on the Minot State University campus or in downtown Minot Sept. 19-21.
"We are excited that the epicenter of NOTSTOCK is in our new Hartnett Hall. We will spotlight printmaking, ceramics, poetry, theatre, and much more in the newly updated building," shared Bill Harbort, MSU art professor and NOTSTOCK co-organizer.
Hours on Saturday are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hartnett Hall. Artists will also have an array of affordable artwork and books for purchase. Area groups and organizations will provide cultural activities.
The NOTSTOCK closing reception wraps up the event Saturday, Sept. 21 from 6-9 p.m. at Prairie Sky Breads, downtown Minot. Hear from the artists, see their work, enjoy food and drink, and celebrate the arts with live music from Good Doom, Disappear Forever, and Helko Spillovey. The event is free and open to the public.
This year's guests include three designers and printers, a ceramic artist, a poet and literary artist, and regional bands. Faculty and area organizations will lead new cultural activities.
Mike Tallman specializes in creative work for the music industry with an emphasis on gig posters and album covers/packaging. He is a native of Iowa and has been a professional musician and graphic artist since graduating from the University of Iowa in 2006. He currently resides in southern California where he works with talented clients like Paul McCartney, The Allman Brothers Band, Phish, Billy Strings, Widespread Panic, Pretty Lights, Umphrey's McGee, Goose, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Dashboard Confessional, Thievery Corporation, Greensky Bluegrass, and many more.
Carolyn Adkins is a graphic designer, screen printer and illustrator based out of Milwaukee, WI. She has been creating art since she was able to hold a crayon. As Schnitzel Bear Studios she offers marketing, art and graphic design, event planning and promotion, and web design. Some of her music clients include Billy Strings, Goose, Lotus, Umphrey's McGee, Armchair Boogie, Them Coulee Boys, and Railroad Earth.
Chris Gray currently operates as a partner and graphic designer at Half Hazard Press (HHP). Rooted in the heart of the Midwest in the Bloomington/Normal area of Central Illinois, Gray and his HHP co-creators enrich the local art and music community with full-service graphic design, illustration, print, and marketing for some of the biggest bands and properties in the market. Most notable clients include: Ram Trucks, Summer Camp Music Festival, Red Light Management, Jerry Garcia Estate, Jay Goldberg and Events, and countless touring bands such as Moe, Primus, Billy Strings, Eric Church, Slightly Stoopid, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and more.
Tallman, Adkins, and Gray will print live on the second floor of Hartnett Hall Sept. 19-20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each artist will each give a presentation in Aleshire Theater, Hartnett Hall-Gray at 11 a.m. on Sept. 19; Adkins at 11 a.m. and Tallman at 12 p.m. on Sept. 20. Their work is on display and for sale Sept. 5-21 in MSU's Northwest Arts Center.
WORDSTOCK returns with guest Erin Dorney. Dorney is a conceptual poet and artist based in upstate New York. She is the author of Yes I Am Human I Know You Were Wondering (forthcoming in March 2025); The Usual Arteries; Grating, Darling, Full of Dirt; I Am Not Famous Anymore: Poems After Shia LaBeouf; and many zines, artist's books, and articles in literary journals. Her literary artwork and installations have been featured at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Hennepin Theatre Trust, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and Susquehanna Art Museum.
Dorney will share her work Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Northwest Arts Center. She will also host workshops at 11 a.m. on Sept. 19 and 20 as well as live poeming each day until 2:30 p.m. in Hartnett Hall.
Krissy Ramirez is the POTSTOCK guest ceramic artist. Ramirez grew up in the border town of Douglas, AZ and uses her personal border experiences in her artwork. She currently works as a long-term resident artist at The Clay Studio of Missoula, as co-founder and resident artist at Wildfire Ceramic Studio, and as a teaching artist with the Missoula Art Museum.
Ramirez, along with MSU faculty and students, will provide ceramics demonstrations outside the Hartnett Hall Sept. 19-20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. She will give a presentation of her work at 12 p.m. on Sept. 19 in Aleshire Theater, Hartnett Hall. Ramirez's work will be on display and for sale in Northwest Arts Center during the event.
ROCKSTOCK is a new activity that connects our arts community with the arts of North Dakota's past as participants discover and document artifacts. Students and guest scholars will have the chance to sift through soil samples from an ancient Native American quarry of Knife River flint in search of ancient artifacts, such as pottery shards, stone tool fragments, and beads, using wet screening. ROCKSTOCK activities will be held from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sept 19-20 in the parking lot north of the MSU Dome. Come prepared to get dirty and wet.
Amanda Watts, assistant professor of humanities, said, "ROCKSTOCK highlights historic art and culture and demonstrates how discovery of archaeological artifacts can bring our local past to life." She added, "Imagine making ceramics at POTSTOCK, then finding ceramic fragments from ND's prehistoric past at ROCKSTOCK. It's possible this year at NOTSTOCK!"
Those who love theater can take part in the workshop Improv & Movement led by Sarah Honerman, MSU assistant professor of theater, at 10 a.m. on Sept. 19 and 20 in Aleshire Theater, Hartnett Hall. This workshop is the perfect opportunity to learn improv tools and techniques in a fun, risk-free environment.
Daily do-it-yourself screen printing and hands-on pottery activities will be inside and outside Hartnett Hall Sept. 19-20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring a T-shirt, hoodie, tote bag, or other item for printing, or buy a T-shirt from MSU Art Club at the event and personalize it with one of the many available designs. Sit at a pottery wheel or hand-build a clay vessel.
"Saturday (Sept. 21) is community day at NOTSTOCK. It is the perfect way to spend part of a Saturday with friends and family seeing and making art," said Laurie Geller, MSU vice president for academic affairs and NOTSTOCK co-organizer. "Print a T-shirt, listen to music, create a clay vessel on a pottery wheel, see the artists in action, and view their work."
"We are honored to host so many talented artists and share them with the community," said Geller. "The arts are for everyone, and everyone is invited to NOTSTOCK."
For more information, visit MinotStateU.edu/notstock/ or @msunotstock on social media.
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Published: 09/13/24