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Mental Contagion
Arts & Literature Journal
www.mentalcontagion.com
Arts & literature online journal Mental Contagion was founded
in 2000 by Design for the Arts designer Karen Kopacz. The journal
published 90 issues of compelling work by emerging and established
artists and writers to an international community of artists, writers
and enthusiasts. Hundreds of people have contributed
and collaborators who share a love of the arts, enjoy writing columns
or finding new work from artists and writers from all over the world.
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Rock & Roll Minneapolis
Art Curation / Collectable Booklet
Design for the Arts curated the kick-off art exhibit Rock & Roll
Minneapolis for Sauce Spirits & Soundbar. The exhibition focused
on local artists who were also musicians. Limited-edition booklets were printed
for the openinspg. Booklets included biographies about participating artists
and images of the artist and artwork.
Visual Artists
Richard Barlow
Jaron Childs
Matthew Friesen
Jeff Kearns
Ben Weaver |
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Photographers
Daniel Corrigan
Stacy Schwartz
Installation Assistant
William Sattler
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mobile art gallery
/ SPACE
Building Connections in the Community
Mobile Art Gallery exhibits take place at various venues in the Minneapolis-St.
Paul area to help build connections between local artists, business owners and
the community. Reconnect with Your Space was a Mobile Art
Gallery exhibit hosted
at Stix & Stones Realty in Uptown.
Visual Artists
Michael Sweere
Matthew Plumbstead
Jacob Honer
Furniture Designer
Thomas Oliphant |
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Guest Speaker
Interior designer Susan Shehata
Installation Assistants
Katie Bratsch
Carol Sjoquist |
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MOBILE ART GALLERY
/ Reconnect
Building Connections in the Community
This multi-media
event supported visual artists, writers, musicians
and filmmakers. Featured work focused on local Twin Cities artists with out-of-town
spotlights, including an Italian painter and London-based filmmaker. Informative
magazine-like articles were designed to accompany each artists' work.
Reconnect was
co-curated with Brian Dehler of DV Cinema, hosted by
Creative Electric Studios and sponsored by Mental Contagion and HowWasTheShow.com.
Visual Artists
Jennifer Davis
Mauro De Martino (Italy)
Gregory Euclide
Adam Marx
Joshua Norton
Matthew Plumstead
Catherine Ryan (CA)
Rebecca Silus
Kathryn Stemwedel |
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Video Readings
Gene Dillon (CO)
Karen Kopacz
Wendy Lewis
Dean Pajevic (CO)
Juliet Patterson |
Film
onedotzero (London)
Peripheral Produce
DV Cinema Show Reel Antispot.com |
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Music
The Deaths
Spaghetti Western
Maria May
Christopher Danforth
Kasi |
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Art Curation
Contemporary Art in Your Space
Exhibits curated by Design for the Arts feature work by dynamic visual artists
and are hosted by businesses in the community. This is a fun, high-energy marketing
initiative that supports the arts and the mission of your business or organization.
Curation and event-planning projects start at costs less than design of a quarter-page
grayscale ad and one-time printing in a local media publication.
Increase visibility of your business or organization by hosting an art exhibit.
Design for the Arts selects artists that fit you space and manages events from
curation and installation to promotion and removal. |
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How the Shows are
Promoted
• Design for the Arts Website
• Online newsletter campaign
• Postcards
• Press releases
• Social media (Facebook / Twitter)
Collectable Booklets
Limited-edition booklets with minimal-advertisement are printed for opening receptions.
Booklets feature well-written bios or articles about participating artists and
images of the artist and key work. Designed to increase awareness about artists
and their work, collectable booklets are available for free at openings. The
host's venue or business name, Website URL, address and short description are
included.
Host an Exhibit
To learn more about hosting an event, exhibiting
your work or other ways that you can participate, contact
Karen at Design for the Arts.
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