Saturday, Sept 10th, 9:00-?pm — Trendy Trendy Space Vegans CD Release + 500 Miles to Memphis at 400 Bar

Friday, Sept 16th, 6:30-8:30pm — deadline for “A Sense of Place” – this is a juried landscape show. Don’t wait on this one, because you’ll have to burn a CD and mail it in. Only $10 to submit 5 images.

Thursday, Sept 15th, 6:30-?pm — St. Paul conspiracy jam at Cahoots

Wednesday, Sept 21st, 6:30-8:30pm — Suit Up Ae! Costumed figure drawing. Suggested donation $3

Thursday, Oct 6th, 6:00pm — Nordeast Comics Summit featuring Adrean Clark and “The Secret Language of People” – a look at body language & more in comics. Immediately following will be a comics jam with the Minneapolis ICC.

Saturday, Oct 29th — deadline for the Cannon River Winery label contest.

Ongoing:

Do you have something you need to practice drawing? Submit work to Things I Hate to Draw: a self-help blog for artists.

Check out the Ae Open Calls page for info on group exhibitions!

Wenesday, Aug 17th, 6:30-8:30pm — “Love from MN” Suit Up – costumed figure drawing! Practice drawing the human figure in a variety of poses, with a variety of fabrics. Draw or be drawn! Suggested donation $3.

Wednesday, Aug 31st — deadline for the 2012 Featured Artist Contest. Enter for the chance to have your artwork displayed in the Altered Esthetics 2012 Calendar and on promotional materials for a show in the 2012 show schedule.

Thursday, Sept 1st — new deadline for 2012 Solo Exhibitions Program. For the second year of the program, Altered Esthetics invites emerging artists to propose a solo exhibition in any media. We consider emerging artists as those individuals with some artistic experience but whom have not had a substantial opportunity to exhibit a developed body of work, and whom have not had a previous solo exhibition.

Check out the Open Calls page for info on group exhibitions!

Altered Esthetics is a nonprofit 501(c)3 community gallery run by artists, for artists. Bringing together dimensional art, music, poetry, performance art, and film, we are one of the most creatively diverse galleries in the Twin Cities. Altered Esthetics holds group-shows so that multiple artists of all backgrounds can display their perspectives on a given theme, and works to sustain the historical role of artists as a true voice of society through exhibits, events, services, workshops, and programs.

Hey Kids! It’s a special Dank! edition of the Geek Report! Special guest and co-host Danno Klonowski joins Lance at Slinging Ink Art Studios for a candid conversation about Star Trek, Harry Potter, and Danno’s latest graphic novel! Enjoy this beat-the-heat special!

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye… thinking of Ted leaving makes us want to cry! We send off Ted with some roasting and boasting as this season comes to a close. Even Ryan Dow and David Steinlicht makes some cameos!

Fret not though dear listener as we shall return in the fall. And we haven’t heard the last from Ted. We will keep our tabs on him and hopefully we can have him back on the show from time to time! Check out his blog Librariantics!

If you need a fix of more episodes, check our archive postings! Here’s the very first episode/test show. So, until this fall — be well, stay safe, wear sun block and for cripes sake read a comic!

Updates! Events! Opportunities! (links open in new window)

Vote! Vote! Vote! — See all the art that was submitted the the Northeast Calendar Project in these image galleries and vote for your favorites using this online submission form

July 15 — deadline to submit to “Home” group exhibit at AE. See open calls page for more opportunities.

July 16th — Deadline to submit work for SooVAC’s 2012 exhibition season

Thursday, July 21st — St. Paul Cartoonist Conspiracy jam at Cahoots coffee shop.

Wednesday, July 27th — Framing 101 workshop at AE. Suggested donation $5.

Wednesday, July 27th — Deadline to submit comics for City Pages’ next comix issue. Click here for more info

Thursday, August 4th, 6pm — Nordeast Comics Summit with Rob Stenzinger, followed by Minneapolis Conspiracy jam.

Friday, August 5th, 7-10pm — opening reception for Just Add Ink: A Comic Cookbook! Pick up a copy and see original artwork from the book on display all month at AE.

Satuday, August 13th, 12-4pm — open studio at MN Center for Book Arts

Saturday, August 20th, 1-3pm — Just Add Ink artists’ discussion and potluck.

August 31, 2011 — Deadline for Altered Esthetics 2012 Featured Artist Contest

Submit work to FANZINE show

Do you have work eligible for Best American Comics? Click here to read the submission guidelines.

It’s 4th of July weekend and how do we celebrate? By going Tedless, sadly.
However, he will be back for the next episode, which will be our last for
this season and quite possibly Ted’s last ever…?

Also, we speak with special guests, dun dun dun, ourselves! It’s a little
summertime Geek Report schmooze. Get some updates from us on, well, us!

As the Producer to The Geek Report I have to say that Ted Anderson is a stand up guy and some of the things that I found researching for this page from some national commentators to be seriously broad brushed and ignorant.

I have placed the links that Ted cites in his statement below.

This is from the show NPR show Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, from the 6/19/2011 episode.

The following two links are from Fox radio and the other is from an episode of ‘Red Eye’ on Fox (which comes on at 3 in the morning) with Grag Guttfeld who was not there for this taping.

Where all this stemmed from is this article below….

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/06/bronies-my-little-ponys/

Episode 18 MP3

It’s PRIDE weekend here in the Twin Cities and we here at The Geek Report celebrate that with every episode by being able to think and discuss all topics with a fair amount of like, dislike, humor and taste. To have pride in oneself shouldn’t be relegated to a weekend, it should be every day.

This week on The Geek Report we talk to Joe Juba Senior Associate Editor of Game Informer Magazine and we really get into it with him. We also have a brief chat about Green Lantern with special co-host Ryan Dow and David. Finally we speak of My Little Pony and a discussion that will definitely get the national conversation going…..there is a special message from Ted Anderson on a solo page regarding this so please go to it after listening today.

Updates! Events! Opportunities! (links open in new window)

June 30 — deadline to apply to Altered Esthetics 2012 Solo Exhibition Program

June 30 — deadline to submit art for the Northeast Calendar Project– “a calendar for 2012 to celebrate the awesomeness of Northeast Minneapolis!”

July 1 — Hope of the Union opening reception

July 16th — Deadline to submit work for SooVAC’s 2012 exhibition season

Wednesday, July 27th — Framing 101 workshop at AE. Suggested donation $5.

Wednesday, July 27th — Deadline to submit comics for City Pages’ next comix issue. Click here for more info

August 31, 2011 — Deadline for Altered Esthetics 2012 Featured Artist Contest

Submit work to FANZINE show

Do you have work eligible for Best American Comics? Click here to read the submission guidelines.

We Talk to David Steinleicht….and somehow I can’t seem to get Lance and Lupi to stop cursing…annndd I didn’t bleep. You are advised….on The Geek Report!

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Updates! Events! Opportunities! (links open in new window)

June 30 — deadline to apply to Altered Esthetics 2012 Solo Exhibition Program

June 30 — deadline to submit art for the Northeast Calendar Project–”a calendar for 2012 to celebrate the awesomeness of Northeast Minneapolis!”

July 1 — Hope of the Union opening reception

Wednesday, July 27th — Deadline to submit comics for City Pages’ next comix issue. Click here for more info

August 31, 2011 — Deadline for Altered Esthetics 2012 Featured Artist Contest

Submit work to FANZINE show

Do you have work eligible for Best American Comics? Click here to read the submission guidelines.
Here is that cartoon for the caption contest:

Disonance music from today and yesterday as The Geek Report talks a little raw classical music background with…

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This week’s Geek Report we talk to Barb Schulz

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Updates! Events! Opportunities! (links open in new window)

Friday, June 10th — John Waters: This Filthy World lecture at The Walker. Also, Waters is curating an exhibit called “Absentee Landlord” that will open at the Walker on Sat. June 11.

Saturday, June 11th, 7-11pm — Moments Extended:A Father and Daughter Collaboration in Mixed Media by Joe Hendershot and Kara Hendershot opens at SSCA. “Through combining photography and painting, Joe Hendershot and Kara Hendershot create a surreal world beyond what is merely captured on film.” Opening reception to feature live music by baschyn.

Wednesday June 15th — Deadline to submit work to Just Add Ink (Protip: don’t wait until the last minute–you need to allow time for printing, so you can turn in 305 copies of your page by the deadline)

Thursday June 16 — Deadline to submit short films to be showcased on TPT

Saturday, June 18th — A day of Bike Art VI festivities at AE, including the Arty Garage Sale, Artists’ Discussion, and Bikini Bike Wash. (follow the link for more details on times of events)

June 30 — deadline to submit art for the Northeast Calendar Project–”a calendar for 2012 to celebrate the awesomeness of Northeast Minneapolis!”

Wednesday, July 27th — Deadline to submit comics for City Pages’ next comix issue. Click here for more info

Do you have work eligible for Best American Comics? Click here to read the submission guidelines.
Here is that cartoon for the caption contest: