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

NDstrong back for round two!

Matt and Eric of NDstrong will provide one-hour filmmaking workshops during the event: Thur. Oct. 5 9:00-10:00 a.m. and Fri.Oct. 6 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in the Broadcasting studio on the first floor of Hartnett Hall. Email to sign up.

Improv Returns with None Other than Chris Stroschein

Chris Stroschein returns to lead improv workshops at NOTSTOCK 2017. Workshops are Thursday and Friday, October 5 and 6 from 10-11 a.m. in the Black Box Theatre, first floor of Hartnett Hall. Come have fun! And Chris will be singing some tunes Thursday morning in the Beaver Dam too. Make sure you come listen.

PotStock 2017 with Guillermo Guardia

PotStock opens its eighth year with guest ceramicist Guillermo Guardia. Guardia was born in Lima, Peru. He earned his MFA in Ceramics and MS in Industrial Technology at the University of North Dakota and has since participated in exhibitions throughout the country. From 2010 to 2015, Guardia held the position of artist-in-residence for the ND Museum of Art in Grand Forks, ND, and traveled across the state teaching one-week ceramics workshops in small communities. Guillermo recently moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. Check out some of his work and learn more about his passion for puzzle pieces, baby devils, mad llamas, and fat coyotes here. Images of some of his more recent work are below.

"Selfportrait," ceramics, underglazes, cone 3, wall piece, 2017

"Todd," ceramics, underglazes, cone 3, wall piece, 2017

"Sara," ceramics, underglazes, cone 3, wall piece, 2017

"Ocllo Nikei," ceramics, underglazes, aluminum blades, cone 3, 2016

"Coricancha III," ceramics, underglazes, artificial flowers, cone 3, 2017

Guardia and MSU faculty and students will give ceramics demonstrations Thursday through Saturday, October 5-7 in the atrium of the MSU Student Center. Anyone can sit at a potter’s wheel and attempt to throw a vessel with direction from PotStock guests. Guardia will give a presentation of his work Thursday, October 5 at 12 p.m. in Aleshire Theatre, Hartnett Hall. Come check out his work and try your hand at ceramics!