UPCOMING EVENTS
Free! Starting at 2PM, the public is invited to a sale of Jim's new artwork and fine Mayan crafts from southern Mexico, and to hear brilliant music from P.J.'s renovated sound studio. After 8pm stay for a cultural gathering of some of the Twin Cities most creative people, sharing food, drink, music and conversation until the wee hours.
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Autumn 2008
Day of the Dead / Dia de los Muertos 2008 at El Colegio Charter School and at Altered Esthetics Gallery in Minneapolis - Jim and friends participated in artistic and traditional celebrations of this important Mexican holiday honoring our loved ones and heroes who have passed on.
Jim "Gûerejo" Grafsgaard participated in the 24-hour Comic Day on October 18-19, 2008, at MN Center for Book Arts for the 2nd year in a row. You can view his (adult-themed) comic "The True Misadventures of AMERICO JUAN online here @ BrightBlueEarth.
Saturday October 11, 2008 - Open Studio day at BrightBlueEarth Studio was a great success, with more than 50 friends, family and art lovers joining us for conversation, creativity, and delicious food and drink. Thanks to all!
P.J. Tracy's NEW website debut - www.pjtracymusic.com features full-length musical compositions and audio samples of P.J.'s incredibly versatile vocal and instrumental talent, including streams of several high-profile videos he recently scored for WCCO-TV and Marquette University.
P.J. Tracy joined the rest of the Sonic State team for the historic 100th SONIC TALK Podcast presented LIVE on www.sonicstate.com on WEDNESDAY September 24 2008 at 10AM USA Central Standard Time !
Jim Grafsgaard's article "Planting: A Post-Protest Alternative" is included in the Fall 2008 edition of ARP! Art Review and Preview - the website archives include a wide-range of stimulating cultural reporting and criticism, focused on visual art in general, and Minnesota art specifically.
Summer 2008
P.J. and Jody Tracy, after celebrating their wedding in May, oversaw the remodeling of our BrightBlueEarth Studio at 1620 Central Av NE, Suite 155 in Minneapolis!
Jim spent Spring and Summer (March-August 2008) in Mexico painting and collaborating on art projects from his studio in Merida, Yucatan.
Thru Spring 2008
ANIMA - a Bright Blue Earth Studio video was featured during the February FREE First Saturday at the internationally-renowned Walker Art Center.
P.J. Tracy attended the Winter NAMM 2008 show in Anaheim CA, January 17-20. The NAMM Show is the largest music products trade show in United States. More than 80,000 NAMM Members and guests attended the January 2007 show. The NAMM Show is not open to the general public.
Jim Grafsgaard's Geo-Expressionist paintings were on exhibit at Salsa a la Salsa Restaurant at 1420 Nicollet Av in Minneapolis
...and Jim Grafsgaard's Flamenco paintings were showing at Art Trujillo Gallery at 349 13th Av NE in Minneapolis
Jim Grafsgaard's article Notes on Progress parts 1 and 2 is published in the Winter 2008 edition of Art Review and Preview.
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Hear P.J. Tracy on the Sonic Talk Podcast on www.sonicstate.com
Other Notable Events
The film ANIMA has been inducted into the permanent collection at the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples Italy.
December 2007 - January 2008. Jim Grafsgaard participates in the Nuestra Frida art exhibit organized by Grupo Soap del Corazòn in Minneapolis, exploring the legacy of painter Frida Kahlo.
Fall 2007. Jim Grafsgaard´s article History of Latino and Chicano artists in the Twin Cities 1947-2007 is published in Art Review and Preview.
May 2007. BrightBlueEarth organizes Tu Casa es Mi Casa benefit at Gallery 13 in NorthEast Minneapolis, raising over $1000 for the Casa de Cultura of Santiago Tejupan, Oaxaca Mexico
March 2007. BBE videos are shown as part of AV nite at the Centro Cultural in Oaxaca, Mexico, and also are seen earlier in the month at the Traktor Bar's Movie Night in Puerto Escondido.
April 2007. The film ANIMA appears in the Visual Music Marathon. Egan Research Center, 120 Forsyth Street, Boston, MA 02115
February - March, 2007. Jim Grafsgaard designs and helps paint a community mural in Oaxaca Mexico. see video of the project here!
February, 2007. The film ANIMA is featured in the Magma Art film festival at the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples Italy.
February, 2007. The film ANIMA is included in the Finger Lakes Film Festival in Ithaca NY.
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