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Exhibition Titles and Descriptions:
Uta Barth: 2006
Franklin Art Works will present the national premiere of a new series of 43 mounted photographs by the internationally acclaimed Los Angeles artist Uta Barth. The series, comprised of sub-grouping of diptychs, triptychs, four and five panel sequences, depicts a series of modest vases of flowers placed on a desk in her home.
Barth's previous bodies of work have premiered at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago) and SITE Santa Fe, among others. This will be her first one-person exhibition in Minnesota.
The exhibition is made possible by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts & the Peter Norton Family Foundation.
Oliver Herring: Spit Reverse
The New York-based artist will present his critically acclaimed video, Spit Reverse (2002), which depicts small groups of men and women spitting endless streams of water in the air, in playfully choreographed sequences.
Christian Nielsen: New Paintings
The Minneapolis artist will present a new series of abstract
paintings on panel in FAW's Project Space.
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 16, 6 to 8pm
Admission to Opening Benefit: Admission is free
Exhibition Dates For all three shows: September 16 - November 4, 2006
Regular Gallery Hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays, 12 - 5pm
Regular Gallery Admission: Free.
The Phillips Community Energy Coop got its beginnings when electric utilities were considering deregulating in the late 1990s. Realizing that many small enerygy users, such as the residents of Phillips, may get sidelined by this shift, Phillips community members decided that they would have more collective bargaining power by working together.
When deregulation failed to gain a foothold, the Coop kept its goal of empowering low income residents on issues of energy and added the goal of providing energy-efficient products and lowering hte energy bills of Phillips residents. In 2002, the PCEC received a Low-Income Conservation Improvement Program grant from the Department of Commerce which allowed it to begin hiring staff and expand its distribution of energy-efficiency products in Phillips.
In Fall of 2004, the PCEC experienced incredible growth, expanding its membership base from 700 to nearly 2,500. A massive organizing effort resulted in over 5,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs being distributed and members saving on their winter heating bills with PCEC distributed window insulation kits. The Coop also began investigating the possibility of being a joint developer in the Phillips Biomass Community Energy Project, a wood-fired heat and power plant, that if successful would provide long term funding for Coop activities.
The Coop now has a partnership with area business, Welna Hardware, which has become a valuable partner for distribution of its energy-efficient products for Coop members. In January of 2005, the PCEC became its own entity and organization, independent from the Green Institute (612.278.7120)
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