Northside Arts Collective members are invited to exhibit their visual art in a juried show at UROC in March. Electronic submissions are due January 27.

UROC is the University of Minnesota’s Urban Outreach/Engagement Center, where hundreds of community and regional movers and shakers meet, on Plymouth near Penn (across from Urban League). Work in the main gallery also gets exposure to the many academic professionals who office or meet at the facility. Hawona Sullivan Janzen, curator, reports that some sales have resulted from past exhibits.

NAC is also seeking music (non-amplified) and other performance art for short programs during the opening which might also be captured in some form to be included in the March exhibit.

Early visual submissions will have the best chance of being used in the printed, media, and on-line promotion of the show.

The gallery can accommodate small items such as jewelry, and large sculptural items, as well as anything that can hang from a rod system. Work is insured while at UROC.

To submit your work: Send email with images (no larger than 1 MB), or with a link to your online gallery identifying the images you’re submitting. Label the email with your name and “UROC” in the subject line. Provide the dimensions, medium, and price, and your contact information. Up to six submissions per member. Deadline: January 27. Email: connect@nacarts.org.

Work will be juried from electronic images and ultimately, in person during installation, by Hawona Sullivan Janzen. Work chosen will need to be on site in late February; artists are responsible for delivering. Receiving dates and times will be announced later.

FAQ’s:

Q: Do I have to be a current NAC member to submit work?
A: Yes. You may join or renew and pay the $35 individual membership with your submission by mailing to: Northside Arts Collective, P.O. Box 11995, Minneapolis, MN 55411. Household memberships are $55 and cover all members of the household. Students are $25, businesses and organizations $85.

Q: I’m not sure if I’m a member already, who can I check with?
A: Send an email to jeanne.fish@nacarts.org.

Q: Is this a themed show?
A: Only in that if a piece makes an obvious geographic reference, the scene should be in North Minneapolis (Camden and Near North as defined by City of Minneapolis). Subjects can be abstract or concrete, simply the art of people living, working, or otherwise connected with this area and members of Northside Arts Collective).

Q: What are the framing requirements?
A: Framing must be serviceable, glass is not required. Canvases may be self-finished (the image wraps around). Photos may be mounted frameless on foamcore. No sawtooth hooks.

Q: Are there minimum or maximum size limitations?
A: Not at this time.

Q: I don’t have photos of my work, can I still submit?
A: Other NAC members have offered to photograph work for current members. A place and schedule will be posted; sign up ahead. If you cannot make one of those times, have a friend bring your work to one of the posted times.

Q: I have a triptych. Does that count as one submission?
A: Yes. Other linked but separate works, such as poetry that accompanies a painting, can be considered a single submission. If the jury has any questions or challenges, you will be contacted.

Q: How many artists will be chosen?
A: It depends on the number of submissions. Our goal is to show multiple works from each artist, and would like to have several artists showing.

Q: Is there anything else I have to do?
A: Artists chosen are expected to forward UROC’s promotional materials for the show, to their email lists, to attend the opening, and to pick up after the show ends.

Q: Is this a one-time thing or will there be other opportunities at UROC?
A: It depends on how this show goes. NAC may be able to hang on a few walls in the interior office area after the March show is done. UROC has offered this opportunity as a way to give experience to emerging artists, curators, teachers and leaders.

Q: What if someone wants to buy my artwork, does NAC expect a percentage of the sale?
A: Yes, 15 percent of the sale of artwork goes to NAC to defray operating expenses.

Now Showing @ Papa’s Deli Gallery

Robert Johnson — Oil pastel drawings

Papa’s Deli at 4159 Thomas Ave N. in Minneapolis. All are welcome to attend. Find them on the web: www.eatatpapas.com.

Robert Johnson has a fine art degree from St. Cloud State University with an emphasis in painting. He never really did much painting after he was introduced to the medium of oil pastel… Robert’s method for using oil pastels involves, as he calls, “smearing” the colors together and building up layer on layer. He will sometimes scratch thru the layers to reveal buried color. Robert’s color use ranges from candied to ancient earth-tones that compliment the unnamed, yet familiar anthropomorphic shapes.