MCAD art sale leads the Twin Cities' 5 must-do art events this week

ART SALE

MCAD's 20^th Anniversary Art Sale

Opening reception: Thurs., Nov 16, 6-9 p.m. ($150 admission)

Art sale: Fri., Nov 17, 6-9 p.m. ($20 advance, $25 at the door)

Art sale: Sat., Nov 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (free)

MCAD Galleries (2501 Stevens Ave, Mpls)

https://mcad.edu/about-mcad/events/art-sale

If you want to give the gift of art this holiday season, MCAD's Art Sale is the place to shop. With more than 7,000 works of art by 500 students and recent graduate artists, basically you can get stocked up. And maybe you'll find the next hot artist to know. Case in point, MCAD president Jay Coogan bought a few of Bobby Rogers' prints (he currently has a show up at Public Functionary, running through November 25). Artworks range in price from $100 to $1,500. All proceeds go to the individual artists or MCAD Art Sale Scholarship funds.

OPENING

Julie Buffalohead

Bockley Gallery (2123 W 21^st St., Mpls 55405)

Opening reception: Sat., Nov 18 from 5-8 p.m.

Bockleygallery.com

Twin Cities-based artist Julie Buffalohead presents a new series of mixed-media drawings on Lokta paper, which is handmade in Nepal. Buffalohead's work explores the relationship between Native American and mainstream American culture, and between humans, animals and the environment. She also creates responses to current events such as the dismantling of Sam Durant's "Scaffold" at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Exhibition runs through December 23.

Above: Charles Chamblis, "Champagne, formerly Grand Central (left to right): Morris Day, William Doughty, Linda Renee Anderson, André Cymone"

BOOK LAUNCH AND EXHIBIT OPENING

Sights, Sounds and Soul: Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis

Mill City Museum (704 S. 2nd St, Mpls 55407)

Wed., Nov 15, 6:30-9 p.m.

http://www.mnhs.org/mnhspress/books/sights-sounds-soul

Known to many as the "Pictureman," Charles Chamblis documented the Twin Cities black community in the 1970s and 1980s. A new book of his work, "Sights, Sounds, Soul: The Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis," was just published by the Minnesota Historical Society, with an accompanying exhibit at the Mill City Museum in downtown Minneapolis that opened Wednesday. Photos by Chamblis are like a time capsule and a memory come to life. He documented people dancing and jamming out at clubs, gathering in parks, enjoying sunny afternoons at lakes, working at grocery stores, hanging out at beauty salons, gathering at activist meetings, or celebrating at weddings. There was no type of social gathering that Chamblis didn't capture. Exhibition is on view through January 4, 2018.

Above: Teo Nguyen, "Untitled 14," 2017, acrylic on vellum, 63" x 125"

OPENING

Teo Nguyen: "Habitue"

Opening reception: Wed., Nov 15, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Burnet Fine Art & Advisory (775 Lake St. E, Wayzata 55931)

http://burnetart.com/in-the-gallery

A native of Vietnam, Minneapolis painter Teo Nguyen says of his new exhibition at Burnet. "As an immigrant and an artist, I have learned to embrace the American spirit of freedom that says if you see a road that interests you, go ahead: venture down it." This makes sense, considering that many of his paintings are of landscapes that can only be found by driving down a random road . . . somewhere in Minnesota . . . Exhibition runs through January 13.

OPENING

Made in Cuba! Recycling Memory and Culture, Part II

Opening Nov 18, 3-11 p.m.

Squirrel Haus Arts (3450 Snelling Ave., Mpls 55406)

http://www.squirrelhausarts.com/current-events

The Walker Art Center recently opened "Adiós, Utopia," [http://www.startribune.com/walker-art-center-show-presents-cuba-as-the-land-of-disenchantment/456410913/], but it is not the only Cuba art show in town. "Made in Cuba! Recycling Memory and Culture, Part II," curated by the Center for Cuban Studies (CSS) in New York. Work in this show ranges from photography and posters to prints, drawings, and even wearable art. The exhibition runs through January 14, 2018. Sandra Levinson from the Center for Cuban Studies in New York will give a talk at the Walker on November 30^th at 6:30 p.m. about Cuban poster art.