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MAEP Katelyn Farstad and David Frohlich "Isohyet; Isopleth" and Gregory Fitz "Seven Billion"

Friday, April 20, 2012—Sunday, July 1, 2012
MAEP Galleries
Free Exhibition

"Seven Billion" is the debut of Fitz's ambitious three-part installation, comprising DayGlo gestural landscapes, paintings made after Ansel Adams photographs, and cinder-block table sculptures. The artist?s work is made from economical materials such as insulation foam and chipboard, and he works quickly. By doing so, he intends to reveal his decision-making process as a counterpoint to the legacy left by modern painters and sculptors. This leaves his work wide open for questions about the sacred value given to art, the environmental concerns of art-making, and the emphasis placed on craft and presentation.

"Isohyet, Isopleth" is the second collaborative installation by Farstad and Frohlich. The title of the exhibition is borrowed from meteorological terms for lines drawn on a map to connect two or more points that share similar data. For these two artists, working together on a single exhibition, the words allude to what might happen when different work styles merge in a single space. This show comprises new paintings, prints, and sculptures, in various media. Through these works, audiences will have access to the artists' expanded practices and will learn how they use concepts of idle time and desperation in their work.

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 19, at 7 p.m.
Artists' Talk: May 17, at 7 p.m.
Special Guests: June 21, at 7 p.m.

Generous support for the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) is provided by The McKnight Foundation and Jerome Foundation.

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MAEP Exhibition featuring Luke Aleckson and Justin Quinn

Friday, July 20, 2012—Sunday, September 30, 2012
MAEP Galleries
Free Exhibition

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MAEP: Blegen & Shrestha

Friday, October 19, 2012—Sunday, December 30, 2012
MAEP Galleries
Free Exhibition

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MAEP Special Guests

MAEP Galleries

Gregory Fitz: "Seven Billion"

Katelyn Farstad & David Frohlich: "Isohyet; Isopleth"

April 20-July 1

MAEP Galleries; free.

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 19, at 7 p.m.

Artists' Talk: May 17, at 7 p.m.

Special Guests: June 21, at 7 p.m.

Free.

Generous support for the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) is provided by The McKnight Foundation and Jerome Foundation.

MAEP Opening Reception for Luke Aleckson and Justin Quinn

MAEP Galleries

Luke Aleckson presents "UNPAC (Uniform Non-Coding Parallax Autostereogrammic Cyclopti-Cryptograms)"

Justin Quinn presents "Deeper Wonders than the Waves"

Generous support for the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) is provided by The McKnight Foundation and Jerome Foundation.

To reserve tickets, call (612) 870-6323 or reserve tickets online »

MAEP Artists' Talk

MAEP Galleries

Luke Aleckson on "UNPAC (Uniform Non-Coding Parallax Autostereogrammatic Cyclopti-Cryptograms)"

Justin Quinn on "Deeper Wonders than the Waves"

Generous support for the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) is provided by The McKnight Foundation and Jerome Foundation.

MAEP Special Guests

MAEP Galleries

Luke Aleckson on "UNPAC (Uniform Non-Coding Parallax Autostereogrammatic Cyclopti-Cryptograms)"

Justin Quinn on "Deeper Wonders than the Waves"

Generous support for the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) is provided by The McKnight Foundation and Jerome Foundation.

The MAEP Annual Meeting is Saturday, November 5, 2011. Come to catch up on the year's events and elect new panel members.
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The 2009-2010 MAEP Annual Report is now complete and available for review online. Follow the link for information on the past year’s exhibitions and budget.

The Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) is a curatorial department of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) dedicated to exhibiting and supporting artists living and working in the state of Minnesota. Begun in 1975 as a creative partnership with the MIA, the MAEP was founded by a group of regional artists interested in creating an innovative exhibition and programming space. What began as a year-long agreement has been extended into an ongoing relationship between the Minnesota artist community and the MIA. Generous support for MAEP is provided by The McKnight Foundation and Jerome Foundation.

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