Sunday, August 27, 2017

Introducing Oompa - WordStock 2017 Guest


We are thrilled to have Oompa share her amazing talents with Minot State and the community during NOTSTOCK 2017! While at WordStock, Oompa will host a poetry slam, conduct workshops with students and guests, and give a performance of her work.

Oompa is a nationally-acclaimed, Boston-born, poet, rapper, and educator, who is forever representing the queer, black, orphaned, hood kids and them. Oompa is the winner of the 2017 Women of the World Poetry Slam, and a finalist at the 2017 National Poetry Slam. She has been featured in Huffington Post, Allston Pudding, Mass Apparel, and KillerBoomBox among others. Oompa's debut album, Nov. 3, was named one of Dig Boston's Top 30 Local Albums of 2016, one of Allston Pudding’s Favorite albums of 2016, and her sound has compared to that of Lauryn Hill, J.Cole, and Talib Kweli....Currently based in Boston, MA, Oompa is an organizer, mentor, and coach, as well as a member of media brand and collective Hipstory, and co-slam master of the House Slam. (from oompaofficial)

Check out @oompoutloud and her poetry and music HERE, and don't miss these opportunities to see and work with Oompa.
  • Performance: Thursday, Oct. 5 at 7:00 p.m. in Aleshire Theatre, Hartnett Hall
  • Workshops: Thur. Oct. 5 from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00-2:00 p.m.; Fri. Oct. 6
  • from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in 104 Old Main
  • Poetry slam: Fri. Oct. 6 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. in the Beaver Dam, Student Center 

Saturday, August 26, 2017

Ryan Duggan and Elizabeth Kovach at NOTSTOCK 2017

We are super excited to announce that Ryan Duggan and Elizabeth Kovach are the guest artists and printers for NOTSTOCK 2017. They live and work in Chicago, Illinois and are married...to teach other. While at NOTSTOCK, Elizabeth and Ryan will share their talents, work, and stories while making a print on site. Images, artists' info, and schedule are below.

For the last eleven years, Ryan has made concert posters and art prints under the name Drug Factory Press while also making “fine” art under his given name. Known for his use of hand-drawn type, economic line work, and tacit humor, Ryan’s work has graced many fine surfaces of Chicago, as well as in Austin, Portland, Toronto, Berlin, France, London, the Netherlands, and Japan.











































Where to find Ryan and Elizabeth and their work at NOTSTOCK:
  • They will print live in the MSU Beaver Dam October 5-7.
  • They will  speak about their work at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5 and at noon on Friday, Oct. 6 in Aleshire Theatre, Hartnett Hall, Minot State University
  • Ryan's work will be on display in the Northwest Art Center, Hartnett Hall Gallery Oct. 4 through Oct. 26 with an artists’ reception on Oct. 4, 6:30-8:00. His work will also be displayed at 62 Doors Gallery & Studios, downtown Minot, where a closing reception with the artists will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7.
  • Ryan's work will be for sale during NOTSTOCK. Come get something for your walls!