Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art

Tonight, Phil Rosenbloom, What Happened To My Music Collection? Thursday, June 7, 2024, 6-8:30pm.

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9 free things to do in the Twin Cities this week, May 8-14. Art, fashion and creativity highlight this weeks' events.

Cheers to the wonderful artist member exhibition titled Festschrift on view this Saturday, May 11 from 5:30 to 9 PM during the north loop art walk. All of our studios will be open and we hope you can join us! 250 3rd Avenue north, Minneapolis.

According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, a Festschrift is:
A volume compiled as a tribute, especially to a scholar, consisting of articles or essays relating to the honoree's work or interests.
A tribute or memorial volume filled with essays and articles by admirers in memory of a colleague.
In recognition of this, the Traffic Zone artists assembled a volume of artwork rather than writings. Come view this work and more at the annual open studio, Saturday, May 11 from 5:30-9pm.

Now in the gallery. Festschrift. Work by the Traffic Zone artists. Save the date, Saturday May 11 for Traffic Zone 's open studio and the North Loop Art Walk. https://northloop.org/event/art-studios-open-at-traffic-zone-center-for-visual-arts/

Installation day! Upcoming group exhibition “Festschrift” by Traffic Zone artists for the North Loop Art Walk, Saturday May 11 at 5:30-9:00 pm. We hope you can join us!

Mark your calendar for the second Annual North Loop Art walk on Saturday, May 11 from 5 to 9 PM. Several galleries will be included in this art-filled evening such as Veronique Wantz Gallery, Form+Content Gallery and TractorWorks Building.

Now in the gallery "because the wind is high it blows my mind", paintings by Howard Oransky. November 6 - December 8, 2023

Now in the gallery. Jodi Reeb, A Different View. Through October 20, 2023.

What:
An exhibition of mixed-media paintings by Jodi Reeb.

Where:
Traffic Zone Gallery at Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art
250 3rd Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401

Public Reception
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 6:00 - 8:00 pm (revised date)
Light refreshments will be served.
Free and open to the public.

Parking
Metered parking on Washington Avenue, and public parking in Ramp C

When:
September 18 - October 20, 2023
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Free and open to the public.

Information
http://www.trafficzoneart.com/
[email protected]

Description
Traffic Zone Gallery presents A Different View, an exhibition of mixed-media paintings using photographs of pollinator-friendly plants taken at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum “from the bee’s perspective”. These paintings are created by embedding photographs printed on tissue paper in the wax as collage. Artist Jodi Reeb developed this new body of artwork after researching how to support the pollinator/bee species in Minnesota.
Reeb has been painting with encaustic paint (molten beeswax, pigment and resin) for over 15 years. These mixed-media works have the luminosity of beeswax while maintaining the graphic nature of photography. It was natural for Reeb to partner with the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum as a sanctuary for bees with several hives, acres of diverse pollinator habitat and an outreach education program partnered with the University of Minnesota.
To expand on this series, the artist has also included landscape images that are a superimposition of double exposures taken on film to create a single image and printed on tissue paper. These photos were taken at the Prairie Wetlands Center near Fergus Falls, Minnesota, during a Hinge Arts Residency awarded through Springboard for the Arts.

Artist Statement
Working with beeswax as my primary painting medium has me very concerned about the recent decline of the pollinator population. Modern encaustic is primarily composed of 85% natural wax, produced by honeybees. There are over 400 species of native bees in Minnesota and pollinators are declining at alarming rates due to lack of habitat and pesticide use. This installation of paintings is a way to celebrate our region’s unique pollinator diversity and our individual and collective responsibility to ensure that future generations get to experience fields of wildflowers abuzz with pollinators.

Artist Biography
Jodi Reeb lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota creating art for over 27 years as a full-time artist. She is the recipient of the 2021 Artist’s Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. In 2021, she was chosen for the Hinge Arts Residency program through Springboard for the Arts in Minnesota. Her work has been shown nationally, receiving numerous awards and is in many private and corporate collections nationally. She received a Bachelor’s degree from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design where she instructed printmaking in the Continuing Studies program for over 9 years. Reeb creates her mixed-media paintings and sculptures in the co-op studio at the Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art. She is a Golden Paint Artist Educator as well as an R & F Paint Core Artist teaching monthly workshops in acrylic and encaustic paint.
Mission Statement
Traffic Zone Gallery is operated by Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art. TZCVA supports the work of mid-career professional artists with high-quality, affordable studios and the engagement of audiences with gallery exhibitions, open studio events, art classes and workshops.
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Traffic Zone Gallery
Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art
250 3rd Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401
http://www.trafficzoneart.com
[email protected]

Drusilla Tanaka's story in the Hawaii Herald on Seiki Oshiro. Seiki is featured in the documentary film The Registry, by Bill Kubota and Steve Ozone.

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Lost in the Rabbit Hole: New work from the Screen Time Series, June 27 through July 30.
Opening Reception
Wednesday, June 28
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art
250 Third Avenue North
Minneapolis MN 55401

Join us Saturday, May 6th at 5:30-9:00 p.m. for our annual Spring Open Studio. There will be over 28 local artists showing artworks in painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography and book arts.

Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art
250 - 3rd Avenue North
Minneapolis,MN 55401

Google the address for directions!
It's construction season and 3rd Avenue North is currently a 2-way street. We recommend parking in Ramp C a half block away.

Steve Ozone: Forty Years of Portraits
Traffic Zone Gallery
January 16 - February 16, 2023
Gallery Hours: Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm
Artist Reception, February 4, 5:30 - 7

Harriet Bart at New Studio Gallery through December 3, 2022

Next up in the gallery. C=2πR by Jim Dryden. Opens Monday October 24, artist reception Thursday, October 27, 2022.

Ends Tomorrow, October 14! Perci Chester's Othering Mothering: Detonation of a Notion, an exhibition of new sculpture and works on paper by Perci Chester.