Manual Transmission | Fourth Gear

 

Get a glimpse of the brain-workings of 30 of the Twin Cities’ brightest artists as they share their summer sketchbooks.

 

How do artists observe and reflect on their inner and outer world, and how does it nourish and feed the creative process? The sketchbook is a basic tool of the trade for most artists, but the form it takes is unique to each. For some it is a work of art itself, for others it is a series of lists, a way to process thoughts and emotions, or a pile of scrap papers and napkins with jottings of sudden ideas and inspirations. In all cases, it is a method of casual exploration that nourishes and feeds the creative process, either directly or indirectly.

 

Thirty artists, working in all different types of media and at all stages in their career, are now willing to share this process with you.

 

Lamia Abukhadra • Rachel Bruyar • Chris Cinque • Sean Connaughty • Pete Driessen, • Kyle Fokken • Toni Gallo • Frank Gaard • Mary Gibney • Martin Gonzales • Carmen Gutierrez-Bolger • Lindsy Halleckson • Christopher E. Harrison, • Jeremy Jones • Mari Mansfield • Joshua McGarvey • Olivia Novotny • Britt Omann • alex m. petersen • Hillary Price • Nancy Robinson • Nina Martine Robinson • Jenny Schmid • Jennifer Schultz • John Schuerman • Maria Cristina Tavera • Molly Uravitch • Derek Van Gieson • Joshua Wilichowski • Jacob Yeates

 

 

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This year’s theme: Escape. Open to anyone! Postcards, artist stamps, artist trading cards, decorated envelopes, pop-ups, collages, whatever has gotten here through USPS is in the show! See what folks come up with! Submissions have been received from across the US and around the world, including France, Brazil, Finland, and Japan!

 

Everyone participating in the show has the option of being mailed someone else’s submission when the show is over, a fun way to trade and receive original artworks! The deadline for submission is/was August 24. This will likely become an annual event.

 

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