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August 6 & 7, 2016 • Saturday 10-6, Sunday 10-5Powderhorn Park • 3400 15th Ave S • www.powderhornartfair.org

FINE ARTS & FINE CRAFTS ON BEAUTIFUL POWDERHORN LAKE

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

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MetroTransit Info

All ARTPASS buses take people from the Uptown Art Fair to the Powderhorn Art Fair, to the 38th Street Station, back to Powderhorn and onto Uptown.

The ARTPASS bus is a detoured route added by MetroTransit to support the Powderhorn Art Fair. Buses leave every 20 minutes and will drop off and pick up on East 35th St. by Powderhorn Park between 13th Ave S and 14th Ave S.

Art fair transit passes are available at the art fairs and on the Metro Transit and art fair websites.

Each summer white tents dot the landscape around Pow-derhorn Park bringing individuals from all over the country together to enjoy an abundance of creativity and skill that

flows through the artists participating in the Powderhorn Art Fair. The real beauty of the Powderhorn Art Fair is that the event’s impact is felt throughout the year and not just on event days. The Powderhorn Art Fair is a unique collaboration with the Pow-derhorn Park Neighborhood Association (PPNA) and the Minneap-olis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB). Proceeds from the Art Fair help fund park programs such as theatre arts, computer lab, teen center, music recording studio, the pottery studio and team sports

– giving neighborhood residents of all ages a safe environment in which to play, learn and grow. As you enjoy this year’s Art Fair, please take a mo-ment to reflect on your importance to Powder-horn Park and our community. We appreciate you taking time to experience the uniqueness of the Powderhorn Park neighborhood and hope you will visit us regularly.

Powderhorn Art Fair CommitteeChris Berry, Laura Burlis, Mary Ila Duntemann,Florence Hill, Liz Kraus, Mac McNamara,Tabitha Montgomery, Dixie Treichel, Josiah Waderich

Art Fair StaffTabitha Montgomery – PPNA Executive DirectorDixie Treichel – Artistic DirectorChris Berry, Florence Hill – Community Showcase/

Group Exhibitor CoordinatorsCyndi Fraedrich – Information & Volunteer CoordinatorDave Garmany – Food Vendor Coordinator Susan Hagler – Ad SalesHannah Kamath – PPNA Program Coordinator, Artist

Lounge CoordinatorNick Lethert – WebsiteKelly Newcomer – Program Layout & DesignDan Rein – Entertainment CoordinatorTraffic Coordinators – Sarah Anton, Dawn Dunkel-

berger, Scott Dunkelberger, Adam Lares, Luke Stultz

Minneapolis Park & Recreation StaffLiz Kraus – Powderhorn Recreation SupervisorAvram Leierwood – Waste Station Coordinator

Emergency Medical Technicians: Tony Oker, Andres Rodriquez

Special Thanks To...Powderhorn Art Fair VolunteersPowderhorn Park Staff & Maintenance Workers

Powderhorn Art Fair 2016 Main Exhibitor Jurors & AwardsCaron Bell, Sandy Gillespie, Armando Gutierrez G.

2016 Community Showcase Juror & Awards, Spirit of Powderhorn AwardJane Wunrow

Artist Lounge Food Contributors:MayDay Cafe Tiny Diner

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Cover Art

PPNA abides by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Reasonable accommodation will be provided to allow individuals with disabilities to participate in all PPNA services, programs and activities. Any of our in-formation will be made available in alternative formats such as Braille, large print, audio tape and/or electronic file. All requests must be made at a minimum of three business days prior to the event of use of materials - contact PPNA at (612) 722-4817 or [email protected].

This year’s cover art is by Laura Burlis, polymer clay artist

(See story on page 6)

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Kristen’s gourd art is inspired by the sense of movement in the shapes and forms of the gourds themselves, and include the themes of water, leaves, trees, animals and flowers. Her favor-ite gourds are more abstract in na-ture and capture the essence of the subject matter while retaining the

earthiness of the gourd. She grows her own gourds and uses a variety of techniques including wood burning, carving, staining, weaving, marbling and often embellishes them with natural objects and fibers.

www.kristensgourdcreations.com

Second PlaceAdam Costello Photography

Steve’s work focuses on stripping away the veneer of commercialized packaging that disguises the stresses put upon the planetary environ-ment. Using a blend of new and traditional printmaking techniques, in-cluding stone lithographs, zinc etchings, monoprints and drawings, he hand prints all of his work on archival paper. His zinc plates are ground down and reused after completing the edition run; the lithographs are drawn and printed on reusable stones; and he recycles old cotton clothes into his hand made paper.

www.stevenowatzki.com

Adam makes his photo graphs the old-fashioned way, with film and pa-per. His work conveys the beauty of landscapes and nature settings, in both black and white and the Van-dyke brown print. His equipment con sists of various 35mm, medium and large format systems, including a

5x7 Seneca City View camera made in the late 1800’s. His favorite cam-era is his Speed Graphic Pacemaker that he has been experi menting with making soft focus lens es adapted to fit to the front of it.

www.adamcostellophotography.com

Each year four top awards (Best In Show, Second Place, Third Place, Merit) and invitational awards are given to Main Exhibitors and one top award to the Community Showcase. All artists are eligible for The Spirit of Powderhorn award. A panel of three judges, of varying art

backgrounds (one of whom is a Powderhorn Park Neighborhood resident), is chosen by the Art Fair Committee to jury the Main Exhibitors and select award winners. One judge is chosen by the Community Showcase Committee to select “Best In” for the Community Showcase and the Spirit of Powderhorn award winner (the artist whose work best represents the unique qualities found in the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood).

2015 BEST IN SHOWSteve Nowatzki Printmaking

Merit awardBrenna Busse Mixed MediaBrenna’s work has a sense of place and healing. She is reclaiming and transforming the doll tradition that was a large part of her girlhood. As a feminist, her figures all begin as female, reflecting the strength and complexity of the feminine. The head, hands, and feet are formed

with clay and the body with fabric or clay. She then incorporates recycled and found materials along with many earth elements such as sticks, mud, rags, seedpods and others to com-plete the piece.

www.brennabusse.com

third PlaceKristen Treuting Mixed Media

SPirit of PowderhornRhiannon Fiskradatz Beaded-Jewelry

Rhiannon imbues her whimsical bead-woven creations with her experiences of playing characters, singing stories, and constructing enchanted environments on stages. A love of the abstract, combined with a colorful aesthetic that relies heavily on collage and utilizes unusual resources, gives her work

its signature appeal. Jewelry is a natural playground for her experimentations, but sculptural pieces - like wall hangings or vessels - and even public art are all realms to which she has increasingly traveled

with her beaded imagination.

www.backstagecrafts.com

2015 Award Winners


This year’s Powderhorn Art Fair image is by polymer clay artist Laura Burlis. “Powderhorn Art

Fair” is an original piece created especially for this year’s art fair.

An image of the clay piece is seen in this year’s PR and on the 2016 t-shirts that are for sale at the Powderhorn Art Fair. The original polymer clay art can be seen in Laura’s booth (177) during the art fair.

“The 25th Anniversary of the Powderhorn Art Fair has a special meaning to me because it began the same year I first moved into the Powderhorn neighborhood of Minneapolis. Four houses and twenty-five years later, I’ve circled the park- living on the west, north, and southeast sides- and still live just half a mile away. This Art Fair holds a special place in my heart, from first visiting it as a neighbor and seeing my local artist friends exhibit their work, to participating in the Community Showcase for six years, and now being a Main Exhibitor Artist for the third time this year. For 25 years, the Powderhorn Art Fair has provided a high quality juried Art show

featuring local & regional artists in an extremely diverse urban environment, set in an incredibly beautiful natural setting with a little lake with its own bird sanctuary island.

I created my 25th Anniversary commemorative piece to illustrate that “Aha” moment I’ve experienced so many times- entering the park from its leafy, green rim high on the hillside, where you can gaze down to the lake with its circle of tents preparing for an all-weekend festival. You can choose to go down & participate in all the excitement, or you can just hang out on a quiet bench under huge shade trees. The natural bowl shape of the park seems to enhance a sense of community and foster creative exchanges. I included the island with one of its resident birds- a great blue heron- and the urban canoers- because these are some of the things that make this city park really special to me.

My image is created with polymer clay- a medium I’ve been enchanted by for the last eight years. This clay is not from the earth- it’s made of liquid plastic and pigments- a magical,

colorful substance that lends itself to making intricate patterns and detailed miniature scenes and objects. The repeating patterns are created by making logs of clay that when sliced, reveal a hidden pattern- similar to cutting slices of sushi. I then assemble all the slices and pieces of cut-out clay together into a flat sheet to make my design, and “cure” the plastic clay in a home oven. Once it’s been baked, the clay becomes similar to PVC piping in strength and consistency.

The colors are so bright and the surprises inherent in the techniques are so delightful that working with the clay often feels like I’m playing with candy. Yet my work is informed by a lifetime of observing the natural world- especially plants. I’m an avid gardener & volunteer as a Master Gardener- so I try to bring the essence of nature together with the playful, happy feel of the clay in my switchplates and sculptures. My aim is to provide a sense of delight and an “aha!” moment to everyone who views my work.”

Laura Burlis

Kristi Abbott – Mixed Media

Bradley Bachmeier – Clay

Karen Berglund – Fiber

Lori Biwer-Stewart – Printmaking

Deborah Bushinski – Jewelry

Mary Foster – Photography

Heather Friedli – Painting

Lindsey Kahn – Drawing

Bill Lillibridge – Sculpture Pam Manthei – Leather

Andrea Martin – Paper

Jon Offutt – Glass

Barry Reithmeier – Digital Art

Cheryl Shohet – Metal

Richard Sollie – Wood

Main Exhibitor Jury & Awards 2015:Christopher Harrison

Brandon Kuehn Judy Cooper Lyle

2015 Community ShowcaseBEST IN SHOW

2015 AWARDSINVITATIONAL AWARD WINNERS

Laura Burlis’ Polymer Clay Art Celebrating 25 Years of the Powderhorn Art Fair

Laura Burlis Photo by Mike Wright

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IN MEMORIAMRon Cordell, Jewelry Artist

It is with great sadness that this year’s Powderhorn Art Fair will not have the bright presence and innovative art of Ron Cordell. He passed away

earlier this year in his home state of Texas. Ron exhibited his work for many years at the

Powderhorn Art Fair and will be greatly missed, along with his creativity and open personality.


ArtiCulture offers interactive opportunities for art-making. www.articulture.org

Dim MediaLeague of Longfellow Artists (LOLA)Plymouth Avenue Art StudioPolymer Clay Guild of MNRogue PottersSomali Museum Traditional WeaversThe Art Shoppe at Midtown Global MarketUptown ClayVine Arts Center

COMMUNITY ARTS

Saturday 10am - 5pm:

Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Featuring the work of Mia’s Powderhorn Artist and Resident Gaea Dill-D’Ascoli, group project and hands on experience.

J. Arthur Anderson · photographyMary-Lydia Anderson · clayCristine Basina · jewelryCasey DePasquale · clayMegan Erke · mixed mediaEmily Floyd · jewelryJovan Gorman-Carter · paintingLuci Haas · clayRachael Hartzler · drawingJeremy Irvin and Alex · fiberEllie Kingsbury · photographyDamond Kyllo · fiberMichelle Lee Lagerroos · printmakingDavid Logsdon · mixed mediaLaura Lund · fiberEmily Madland · jewelryJeanne Malec · jewelryJuliann McDermott · jewelryGeorge Moore · clayCatherine Palmer · paintingElizabeth Plambeck · fiberSandra Rosebear · mixed mediaJessi Sando · mixed mediaMegan Quick · glassJohanna Smith · paintingSherrie Stockton · metalShelly Thrall · jewelry

ArtiCultureFree hands-on art for kids

Sunday, August 7th 11:00 Adam Kiesling & Mikkel Beckmen Old Time American12:00 Tom Klein Irish Uileann Pipes1:00 Ensemble Limousin French Hurdy Gurdy Music2:00 Paddy O’Brien Irish Accordion music3:00 Dreamland Faces Modern nostalgia4:00 Dan Rein Iranian & Kurdish Music

WORLD MUSIC STAGE

ARTS ACTIVITIES

PUPPET SHOWS & THEATER

Chicago Avenue Fire Arts CenterMolly Van Avery

Poetry MobileOpen Eye Figure Theatre

Puppet ShowsPowderhorn Empty Bowls

Potter’s wheel demonstrationsPowderhorn Park Pottery Program

Pottery saleStevenBe

Spinning & weaving demos; learn to knit

Saturday, August 6th 11:00 Adam Kiesling & Mikkel Beckmen Old Time American12:00 Tom Klein Irish Uileann Pipes1:00 Ensemble Limousin French Hurdy Gurdy Music2:00 Paddy O’Brien Irish Accordion music3:00 Dreamland Faces Modern nostalgia4:00 Dan Rein Iranian & Kurdish Music

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Open Eye Figure Theatre, puppet shows Saturday Aug. 6Juan Bobo 11:00am, 12:30pm, 2:00pm

Sunday Aug. 7Katie Tomatie 11:00am, 12:30pm, 2:00pm

Powderhorn Theatre Arts, directed by Kayte NoriniSaturday Aug. 6 1:00 - 2:00 pmThe Last Election: A Musical By Zoe Fasching and Anya Naylor. Full performances will be outdoors at Powderhorn Park on Wed. Aug. 10 and Thurs. Aug. 11 at 3:30 and 6:30 pm.

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COMMUNITY SHOWCASEARTISTS GROUP EXHIBITORS

Bagriy CreativeStudios

Saturday & Sunday 11am-5pm

“Contributism”: collective canvas painting with Bagriy Creative Studios

entertainment

Community Showcase

Adventures of Katie Tomatie

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Saturday & Sunday all day

2015 Community Showcase Juror and Award, Spirit of Powderhorn Award

Steve King

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http://www.openeyetheatre.org/


Artists & Booth Numbers Artists & Booth NumbersSee map page 13 See map page 13

NAME BOOTH NUMBER

CLAY

Ryan Archibald 58Bradley Bachmeier 32Robert Brocken 122Greg Cheesebro 47Bridget Donahue 67Bill Gossman 91Evan Hestekin 132Carla Kennedy 170Nicholas Kosack 98Glynnis Lessing 103Abby Lingle 85Kevin Matthews 149Eileen McDaniel 14Cynthia & William Mosedale/Kaufman 19Deanne Nash 73Carolina Niebres 5Gail Rosenquist 165Joel Sampson 138Nate Saunders 113Stephen Schroeder 78Adama Sow 38Laura Thyne 155Paul Zoldahn 160

DIGITAL ART

Bradley Bauer 109 Giesla Hoelscher 90Carol Hoyem 77Edie Karras 137

DRAWING

Samuel Fleming 68Lindsey Kahn 180Sue Rowe 89John Terwilliger 25

FIBER

Karen Berglund 6Sharlene Bohr 176Avril Clindinin 64Mary DesCombaz 81Parvaneh Eshghieh 28Janie Esposito 15Barbara Geurink 75Gayle Hallin 54Margaret Koop 37Marie Mahan 120Debb Morgen 147Jo Nelson 87Miranda Rosa 157Kate Schneider 93Lee Ann Schutz Wahi 100Jeanne Weymouth 164True Yang 112

GLASS

Steve Claypatch 55Mary Ila Duntemann 49Nicole Fierce 79Cecelia Hoffman 30Jeanine Huot 18Rose-Marie James 140Benjamin Johnson 174Heather Kremen 9Cecil & Lisa McKenzie 97Robin Mueller 154Jon Offutt 43Sara Rezin 117Teresa Soriano 134Greg Wagner 104Meredith Wenzel 63

JEWELRY

William Bailey 4Linda Banning 135

Linda Bonine 151Deborah Bushinski 65Lyn Chevrier 80Drew Curtright 119Susan Field 86Rhiannon Fiskradatz 167Robert Hale 42Sue Hammes-Knopf 72Judy Hurd 108Ginny Jenson 171Marti Johnson 39Candy Mcfall 124Marcie Mix 161Kerri Norman 21Jennifer Nunnelee 60Amy Palmer 53Kate Qualley Peterson 11Joshua Samuels 92Suzanne Schmid 114Kathrin Schmidt 27Laurie Shovers 33Kaitlyn Stock 101Amy Taylor 156Patty Tiry 142Candyce Westfield 179Shauna Zeck 129

LEATHER

Alejandra Avila 84Sharon Cherney 62Faye Fisher-Ward 130Rose Gianlorenzi 169Pam Manthei 23Dave Piper 152

METAL

Stephen Fairchild 16Robert Lyall 29

Kim Reinardy 181Demetra Saloutos 56Cheryl Shohet 148 MIXED MEDIA

Janet Ahrens 57Nicole Aufderhar 107Clayton Bell 69Kaitlyn Birk 121Nicole Brin 3Laura Burlis 177Brenna Busse 44Lynn & Steve Cebula 1B.J. Christofferson 52Dianne & Chuck Geier 125Mary Hager 48Judy Hurd 108Paul Larson 10Emily Lavalier 153Thomas Miller 94John Rajtar 145Peter Ross 17Scot Schmidt 166Kristen Treuting 22Ying Zhang 183

PAINTING

Karen Bakke 133Michael Bellotti 83Kat Corrigan 46Russel Dittmar 141Kevin Eslinger 88Heather Friedli 175Deda Happel 118Marina Kontorina 150Meredith Larsen 59Armik Malekian 128Melvin McGee 31Terry Meyer 2

Drew Mounce 99Jennifer Patnaude 24Kathryn Ranweiler 40Susan Rupp 66Vincent Traver 162Chun Wang 74Byron Wells 13William Western 110

PAPER

Lou Hii 127Andrea Martin 34Lynn Schultz 146

PHOTOGRAPHY

James Benda 116John Caughlan 159Adam Costello 61Sharon Draeger 106Mary Foster 35Allen Gray 12Alan Hairsine 71Dan Leisen 20Kristen Macauley 50Gene Pembroke 172Vince Quast 178Jay Rasmussen 136Joan Schulte 143

PRINTMAKING

Lori Biwer-Stewart 8Betsy Bowen 105Michelle Fuller 158Bradley Hall 36Eric Johnson 76Emily Koehler 131Steve Nowatzki 96

SCULPTURE

Charles Adams 184Paul Bondhus 115Alice Delaney 144Francis Keys 41William Lange 168Yvette Monstad 82David Montague 182Crysten Nesseth 95Steve Nugent 26Alex Zaves 126

WOOD

John Berglund 7Bruce Blaisdell 173Chris Christenson 45Jerome Haakonson 123Aryn Kern 139Clay Lyford 111Bill Neff 70Shawn Olmstead 102Craig Richardson 51

2016 JURORS

Caron BellSandy GillespieArmando Gutierrez G.

Free Massages offered by:

Dr. Jonathan Olson, DCNokomis Chiropractic

Dr. Kaye B Otter PAWellness Associates


HomeTown Creamery: Homemade Ice Cream, Floats and Funnel CakeSimply Nuts & More: Cashews, Peanuts & Chocolate Covered NutsMiddendorf’s Old Fashioned Kettle: Kettle Corn, Corn Dogs & FriesTatanka Truck: Native American Tacos, Salads & Corn on the CobAsase Yaa: Jerk chicken, chicken curry, ribs & beans9YumYum: Prepacked ice cream in over 40 flavorsBest Way: Gyros, chicken & vegetables

Mad Max Steak Bites: Steak & Onion RingsNaturally Delicious: Homemade ice creamFiner Meats and Eats: Hamburgers & FriesChicks on Wheels: Crabcakes, Barbeque Beef, Jerk Chicken Taco, Sweet Potato FriesCalvit’s Shrubs: Artisanal drinking mixturesBest Way: Gyros, chicken & vegetablesMister Lemonade: Fresh Squeezed Lemonade, Taco in A Bag, Sno ConesWide World Of Foods: Gyros, Steak-n-Salad, Chicken-n-Salad, Chicken BasketGRK: Mini donuts, funnel cakes & nachos

La Loma: Authentic tamales, tortillas & tacosGroveland Confections: Handmade Chocolates

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Entertainment (see page 8)

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By Dan Rein

It was sunny August Saturday at that first Powderhorn Art Fair. I was walking around searching for my wife’s art booth, when I suddenly heard some music. Turning

around, I eyed someone sitting on a park bench playing accordion. The music was Irish, I looked closer at the gentleman playing, then it dawned me that this was Paddy O’Brien the renowned Irish musician. Friends had introduced me to his music, mostly in noisy pub settings. That day he played for the art buyers and artists in the pastoral park setting. This acoustic music was a great idea, and began the tradition of music at the art festival.

I did not know Paddy at that time, but through the years of many interviews, concerts, parties, pubs, and birthday cakes, we have become close friends. For sixty years he has been working the musical fields of his homeland. His encyclopedic knowledge of Irish music continues to grow. His passion for learning and understanding the music never seems to wane. In this day and age, much of the music and many of the musicians are in a rush, in hurry to get somewhere. With Paddy, his search is

for something that speed and flash will not attain…his quest is for the heart, the feeling, the soul of the music. His ultimate goal is to express the joy, the pain, and beauty of being human.

Hear our local treasure, Paddy O’Brien at 2 PM Saturday and Sunday on the music stage. www.paddyobrien.net

Accordionist Paddy O’Brien performs Irish traditional musicFrom the 1st to the 25th Powderhorn Art Fair:

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Proud sponsor of the Powderhorn Art Fair

By Shari Albers

VISION

One man’s vision, a $300 loan, and a host of neighborhood volunteers created the first Powderhorn art fair in 1991. Subsequent art fairs would follow, but not without a bit of drama worthy of a soap opera.

A “perfect storm” was gaining momentum in 1990, as neighborhood activists secured four new playgrounds, hosted a park centennial celebration, and lobbied to elect one of their own to the Minneapolis Park Board. Around that time, Michael Kehoe and I joined the long-established Powderhorn Activities Council (PAC), seeking to re-introduce soccer and increase arts programming. Formed in the 1960s, PAC had successfully won major park capital improvements and established strong football, baseball, and wrestling programs.

Michael introduced his idea of creating a regional art fair at a PAC meeting. He said a juried art fair would offer local artists wider exposure and introduce a larger audience to our inner city community. Art fair profits would fuel arts programming. PAC voted that $300 be granted to produce the art fair. Michael asked me to join the effort. We hoped to solicit enough artists and not lose money.

Around the same time, several long-time Uptown Art Fair artists, juried out and seeking a new venue, met with our homegrown park commissioner. They joined our committee. The eighty-five quality artists goal was met. Publications and publicity were modest, but the outpouring of enthusiastic community volunteers was phenomenal.

OPENING DAY

At 10 a.m. starting time, Michael and I walked the loop. Arts patrons were already streaming into the park. Noisy geese commanded everyone’s attention as the squawking V circled over park greenery and slid onto the lake’s surface. A good omen.

Musicians, jugglers, magicians, and local poets performed at designated stages. Uninvited Ecuadorian musicians arrived, but Michael welcomed them to new “stages” where their pan flutes added magic. Artists, volunteers, and patrons from places like Minnetonka, Woodbury, and Eagan raved about the new art fair—“It’s peaceful here.” “The

quality of art is wonderful.” “I didn’t know this park was here!” Just what we hoped to hear.

I booth-sat for an artist whose entire pressed-flower compositions sold out the first day. She drove home to Mankato and stayed up all night to make more for Sunday. Even artists without sales reported they would apply next year.

LEGACYOn Sunday evening, when all artists, food vendors, volunteers, musicians, face-painters, magicians, park staff and police officers were gone, Michael, Eric Hanson, and I collapsed on the curb in front of the park building. “How much money did we lose?” I asked Michael. He pulled a bundle of cash and checks from his pocket (food vendor fees). We counted the money. Calculating expenses, we estimated a $3000 profit! Icing on this incredible cake of a perfect weekend.

Remarkably, there was start-up money for the next year, plus funding for arts programming. Theater, pottery, photo, and music programs would benefit from art fair funding. And, after three years of wrangling, sports programs would be supported too.

The Powderhorn Art Fair’s twenty-five-year story twists and turns, soars, and dives, and is fraught with a cast of passionate and well-intentioned characters. Contentious accusations, a gambling junket, kidnapped football uniforms, and voodoo dolls add fodder to this art fair’s tale.

Who could have predicted that a neighbor’s vision and $300 would grow into an acclaimed regional arts event? For a quarter of a century, the Powderhorn Art Fair has provided a low-key, nature-infused art sales environment. The fair is an incubator for emerging community artists and is a marketing tool that showcases our inner-city neighborhood’s fine qualities. As a member of the cast of passionate and well-intentioned characters, I am proud to have played my role.

Shari Albers helped create and develop the first three Powderhorn art fairs. Her 1992/1993 art fair illustration was updated for the 20th anniversary, and she created the 2008 graphic. Albers and Marcia Foutch established the first Community Showcase in 2001.

Twenty-five Years Ago

Photos provided by Michael KehoeTop: From left to right: Eric Hanson, Michael Kehoe, Shari Albers; Powderhorn Art Fair Founders 1991.


By Tabitha Montgomery

I’m excited for this year’s art fair. Not only because it’s a notable and community inspired Powderhorn event; but this year also marks the fair’s 25th Anniversary. We’ve come to this milestone by support from thousands of amazing artists, vendors, volunteers and loyal attendees over the years.

The Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association (PPNA) is fortunate to have an on-going partnership with the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB); an enthusiastic supporter and partner of this event. Each year, we’re lucky to host the fair in one of the most picturesque parks in Minneapolis.

In my first year as the Executive Director for PPNA, it’s been easy to see that a key reason for the event’s success comes from the contributions of the planning committee. I’m especially appreciative of Dixie Treichel, the fair’s Artistic Director, who in her fourteen years of supporting this event continues to help curate a memorable arts experience.

As I think about the importance and power that art has in creating a sense of place in our communities, it’s my belief that the power of the arts will also play a role in how we reveal, discuss and heal many of the social, political and economic problems of our time.

On behalf of the staff and boards of PPNA & MPRB; welcome to the 25th Anniversary Powderhorn Art Fair.

Tabitha Montgomery is the Executive Director of the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association.

...the power of the arts will also play a role in how we reveal, discuss and heal many of the social, political and economic

problems of our time.

The Neighborhood Perspective

Photo by Heidi Marie Photography

Tabitha Montgomery, Executive Director, Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association

Proudly celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Powderhorn Art Fair.

Proceeds from the Fair help fund community park programs.

A PLACE TO LIVE AND THRIVEThe Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association (PPNA) seeks to support and strengthen the Powderhorn Park community and enable it to continue to be a diverse, vibrant, family-oriented neighborhood.

www.ppna.org

We arebuildingblocks.

Minneapolis Institute of Art and Powderhorn artist and resident Gaea Dill-D’AscolI

present: “Rethink trash as a topography of place”Saturday, August 6

In July, Dill-D’Ascoli and a group of Powderhorn youth worked together on a mixed-media landscape project. This residency was part of a series of workshops in Minneapolis Parks that offered local artists the chance to interpret the theme of “landscape” as inspired by “Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection,” on view at Mia through September 18. Check out their artwork and try your hand at creating your own mixed-media landscape. www.artsmia.org

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Saturday and Sunday Bagriy Creative Studios will have a canvas, easel, oil paints, brushes, and other painting essentials to have interested individuals add their creative work to a collective canvas. Every individual imagines the end result differently so what they paint adds to the final vision of the piece. This produces a painting that contains the collective vision of many individuals. Bagriy Creative Studios’ mission is to help people consciously live life knowing that their actions affect humanities’ story. They believe that Contributism will spark the subconscious mind into living a more sustainable and conscious life.

HANDS ON ART MAKING

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By Liz Kraus, Recreation Supervisor, Powderhorn Park

I’d like to extend a warm welcome to all of you visiting Powderhorn Park for this year’s Powderhorn

Art Fair. This event is truly amazing! Whether this is your first time or you have been here many times, you’ll find that the event is al-ways fresh and new, with many excit-ing artists displaying their creations and food vendors that represent all corners of the world.

While thousands of people enjoy this event every year, it has traditionally produced a lot of waste that we have started to think about differently. A major commitment that we’ve made, as event organizers, is to work to-wards becoming a truly green event.

As our ability to compost and recycle more items evolves within our com-munities, so will the ability at our events.

Last year, we composted or recycled about 70-80% more waste than the previous year. To put this in perspec-tive, that’s the equivalent of roughly seven green trash dumpsters that remained empty, due to participants taking the time to dispose of items

p r o p e r l y . That’s quite impressive! We’d like to continue on

our quest, so as you enjoy the Art Fair, please join us in our efforts by disposing of compostable and recy-clable materials into appropriate con-tainers located throughout the park.

Powderhorn Art Fair: A Green Event

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The Powderhorn Art Fair works hard at keeping it green, providing fresh tap water, composting, and recycling.

Recycling,Compost and Trash

Where am I supposed to put my garbage?

Look for the green flags. There will be five strategi-cally placed waste stations positioned throughout the event. Each waste station includes a 10 x 10 tent, green flag marker, waste stations banners, and three types of waste receptacles (organic waste, recyclable waste and trash waste).

Volunteers will be at each waste station assisting and educating art fair goers about the proper way to dispose of their waste.

Our volunteers have been known to dig down deep

and remove compost from gar-bage, but every year our audience

gets better at the garbage separation.

We are proud to be a green event.

“Please join us in our efforts by disposing of compostable/recyclable materials into appropriate containers located throughout the park.”

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The Powderhorn Art Fair sends a special thanks to all of this year’s volunteers for

their supportive contributions. We couldn’t do it without you!

To get involved and volunteer this year or in the future email:

[email protected]

Thank You Volunteers

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