NOTSTOCK 2018 Guest Artists

We are SUPER DUPER excited to announce this year's NOTSTOCK guests. Check them out below and in person October 4-6, 2018 at Minot State University.

Printmaker and illustrator - Dave Kloc of Los Angeles

 

Printmaker and illustrator - Ben Chlapek of Chicago

Potter - Robin Reynolds or Hebron, North Dakota

Poet - Anders Carlson-Wee of Minneapolis

Theatre/Improv - Chris Stroschein and crew

Music - TBA

And more! 

Stay tuned. 

CRAFTSTOCK at NOTSTOCK October 5-7

Pick up a gift for you or a friend while supporting local crafters and artists. 

Participating local crafters/artists:

Kaylyn Vadell (Thursday-Saturday)

Minot State Ceramics Department (Thursday-Saturday)

Monica Edmundson (Thursday-Saturday)

Suite 1 (Thursday-Saturday)

Dan and Alyssa Sharbono (Thursday and Friday only)

Charlie Lee and Little Max  (Friday only)

Prairie Fairy (Friday only)

Jazmine (Friday only)

Roxi Mathis (Friday and Saturday only)

Brittany Dewey (Friday and Saturday only)

Taube Museum (Saturday only)

Amanda Francis - It's Lovely Here (Saturday only)

Sydney Pahel (Friday and Saturday)

NOTSTOCK Closing Reception with Screaming Females and Street Eaters

We are super excited to announce that Screaming Females with Street Eaters will be playing the NOTSTOCK closing reception at 62 Doors Gallery & Studios on Oct 7 at 7 p.m. Also playing Mineral Rights, Zebra Zebra, and Duffy and the Beer Slayers. Come join us for music, art, food, and fun.

Photo credit: Christopher Patrick Ernst

Schedule

NOTSTOCK day-by-day schedule and schedule of events by artistic area are posted. A music schedule is yet to come. Check it out!

Day-by-day schedule
 
Schedule by artistic area

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 

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.

Elizabeth Kovach is a screen printer working in Chicago under the name Salty Broad Press. She produces high quality screen printed editions for artists. Notorious for her sarcasm, she earned the nickname Salty from her fellow screen printers. An obsession with process-based arts led her to work at a number of print shops before starting her own business in 2015. 

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!

NOTSTOCK 2017 Dates

NOTSTOCK 2017 will be here before you know it. Save these dates, and we hope to see you there!

Another NOTSTOCK in the Books

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Ordinary,
This
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Transforms
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Creative
Kids

Some photos from the event--thanks, Micah! Thanks to all of you who attended. See you next year!

 

Shout-Out to Our Sponsors

Huge thanks to The Grand Hotel, Speedball Art Products, and Verendrye Electric Cooperative for contributing to this year's MSU NOTSTOCK. Your support helped make NOTSTOCK 2016 possible!

NOTSTOCK Planning Meeting Wed. Sept. 14

Come to the NOTSTOCK planning meeting this week...because NOTSTOCK starts in 10 days!

10-Year NOTSTOCK Retrospective Exhibit

A comprehensive 10-Year NOTSTOCK Retrospective exhibit will be on display Sept. 19 - Nov. 10 in MSU’s new Flat Tail Press Gallery located in the west stairwell landing of the Administration Building. Prints, quotes, and photos from previous NOTSTOCK artists will be on display. A closing reception will be held Wednesday, Nov. 9 from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Join us to celebrate 10 years of printmaking at MSU NOTSTOCK.

Volunteers Needed - Please Sign Up

Sign up to help make NOTSTOCK possible. Just add your info at the link below. We need people to work at the DIY tables, at the NDMOA art exhibit, at PotStock, and to help set up and tear down the event.

NOTSTOCK Volunteer Sign-Up

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NOTSTOCK Closing Reception at 62 Doors

NOTSTOCK closes with a reception at 62 Doors Gallery & Studios on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. Attendees will enjoy art, food, and music with this year’s guests.  Please join us to celebrate a decade of opportunities for hands-in, hands-on interaction and participation in the arts.

Tennessee Jet with Vanity Plate

We are super excited to host musician Tennessee Jet as NOTSTOCK 2016's music guest. TN Jet is a one-man Americana-rock band from Nashville influenced by the hard-core honky-tonk of Dwight Yoakam, the writings of John Steinbeck, and the raw minimalism of The White Stripes. He just recently released a self-titled full-length album.

TN Jet will perform Sept. 23 in the MSU Amphitheater. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., and Vanity Plate opens the show at 8 p.m. Be prepared to clap, stomp, and chant along as TN Jet engages the crowd in an experience TOGETHER, blurring the line between performer and audience. The concert is free; donations accepted.

Tennessee Jet - Photo by Shawn Wilson

Tennessee Jet - Photo by Joshua Black Wilkens

Vanity Plate

Vanity Plate

Check out the music of TN Jet and Vanity Plate below.