Sponsors: Johnson, Moody, Schmidt and Kleinhausen
Jennie-O, and Rice Memorial Hospital
Again this year we will have the following artists demonstrating throughout the day:
Whitney Music 10:00-4:00pm ~ Whitney Music will be providing both wind and string instruments for the public to test their musical skills on under supervised and sanitary conditions.
DEMOinc 10:00-2:00pm~ Monica Villars and Pauline Donahue will again be providing free face painting.
Shakun Maheshwari, Henna Painting 10:00-4:00pm ~ Shakun Maheshwari from Orono, MN, has participated in Celebrate Art! Celebrate Coffee! for several years and her henna painting continues to be very popular with the public.
Willis Chase, Caricatures 10:00-4:00pm ~ Willis Chase will be back this year to provide free caricatures.
Jim Tiede, The Baloon Man 10:00-4:00pm
Michele Steffen -Spicer 9:30-11:30 Pen & Ink Drawings
Michele will be demonstrating Scratch Board and Pen and Ink drawings. Since 1994, she has also enjoyed painting with watercolor and acrylics, painting on glass, painting portraits, drawing and also making found object jewelry.
Suzanne Napgezek - Willmar 9:30-10:30 Watercolor Painting
Suzanne has been painting for about a dozen years and will talk about how she started watercolor painting and how you can too…. What materials you need, how to handle them, what surprises you might find in the world of painting with watercolors
Jerry Deuschle, Tile Cutting and Texturing- Luverne 11:30- 1:30
Jerry has spent the last 20 years exploring various stoneware firing methods with a concentration on raku and alternative firing methods. When he discovered an assortment of metal framing scraps, he started using them up by making and framing tiles. He textures a slab, cuts the tile, decorates and textures then raku with a firing of feric chloride. He will be demonstrating the tile cutting and texturing at Celebrate Art! Celebrate Coffee!
Joan Ruchti, Willow Art- Kerkhoven 12:00-3:00
Joan has been working with willow for about ten years and makes a variety of objects, from willow chairs, trellises and baskets to wheelbarrows and wagons. She also works with sand-cast leaves as decorative art.
Dona Larkin, Acrylic Painting & Etching- Renville 2:00-4:00
Dona started drawing and painting in watercolor like all little kids, but never stopped! Her parents bought her first oil paints for her when she was 12. Dona attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design for two years, 1972-1974, and she has been painting full time ever since then, primarily doing commission work. Dona has also done some tutoring in art and her work has been sold throughout the U.S. and Europe.
In
case of rain events will be held at Kennedy Elementary,
7th St SW. Info on KWLM 1340 after 7am.
In
case of rain events will be held at Kennedy Elementary,
7th St SW. Info on KWLM 1340 after 7am.