Flood Diversion: A Call for Creative Artistic Interventions
Mid-April through Mid-May, 2012
Are you interested in utilizing your creative ideas to make a difference in our community? In collaboration with local arts organizations and art departments at NDSU, MSUM, and Concordia, PAM is organizing a series of brief interruptions, art initiatives and modes of in-terventions responding to flooding in the Red River Valley. In similar projects in New Orleans; New York; Washington, D.C.; and Tokyo; as well as previous projects in Fargo, artists working through a variety of media—visual, performance, music, and others—have created spontaneous and organized responses to areas affected by environ-mental disasters.
The intention of this Creative Artistic Intervention Series is to explore whether artistic involvement can transform, disrupt or subvert current environmental, urban, political and social conditions in critical ways. A crucial question is how such interventions can propose ideas while at the same time respecting the trauma our community undertakes during the flood season. The project will be curated by PAM Director of Curatorial Affairs and Interpretation Megan Johnston and NDSU Art Department Chair Michael Strand. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2012. For full details contact Megan at mjonhston@plainsart.org.
Plains Inside Out
This outdoor series takes art, artists, art-making, and audiences outside the Museum, returning for summer 2011 after its debut last summer. This year, we offer a new roster of events, artists, sites, and participatory opportunities. Enjoy the season by taking part in awesome art-making for all ages. Get up, get out and get involved with this summer’s slate of exciting events:
Noon Holiday Concerts
Our Noon Holiday Concerts will provide an excellent accompaniment to your lunch as you’re getting into the holiday mood.
Annual Spring Gala
Our Annual Spring Gala is an evening of wine, food and music that benefits Museum education programs. Set against our spectacular interior, the Gala is an evening of magic with a great cause.
