July Clay Squared Newsletter

This month we have a spotlight on kitchen inspiration featuring border designs, Cosmic Flares, and a sale on house numbers! Click here to read the news!

Nada Presents: New Works For Unorthodox Loudspeaker Arrangements

Nada Presents: New Works For Unorthodox Loudspeaker Arrangements
Friday, July 26 7pm
Flux Arts Building in the HUB

2505 Howard St NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418
$7

“New Works For Unorthodox Loudspeaker Arrangements” re-examines the traditional model of stereo sound through an unusual loudspeaker configuration and new sound pieces by artists Michael M. Flora and Pooch Karton. NWULA attempts to create an environment where sound is the primary focus of the experience and the focus is on the act of listening. Whereas the dominant consensus regarding stereo sound recommends a fixed and central “sweet spot,” NWULA encourages the auditor to move about the room and examine their relationship to space in regards to what they are hearing.

Art A Whirl

The Flux Arts Building will host its first ever Art A Whirl. We will have 12 artists showcasing their work.

Starts on Friday May 17th 5 – 9pm

Saturday 12 – 8pm

Sunday 12 – 5pm

Get Acquainted Breakfast: Art-A-Whirl Preview at Flux Arts Building

On Wednesday May 15th enjoy a complimentary breakfast, introduce yourself and network with other members through “one-minute commercials.” The recently opened Flux Arts Building is owned and occupied by Potekglass, Clay Squared to Infinity and others. Learn about the building, its artists and help kick off Art-A-Whirl®. This free event fills up fast – get your name on the guestlist today!

Wednesday, May 15
7:30 – 9:00 a.m.

FREE ADMISSION

Flux Arts Building
2505 Howard Street NE | Minneapolis, MN 55418 | View Map

Minneapolis / St. Paul Home Tour Coming to Flux Arts Building

When you are a newborn baby people love to check you out. We were approached the the Minneapolis – St. Paul Home tour to showcase the new the Flux Arts Building with all of the remodeling we did. While they don’t typically have commercial buildings on the tour coordinator Margo Ashmore wanted to highlight how similar it is for commercial spaces and residential to be built out. She loved our new experiential tile bathrooms. Also how we took an old building in the city and gave it new life instead of tearing it down and putting up a unremarkable new buildings. That is what the home tour is all about underscoring how to reuse and breathing new life into old buildings and show case their character.

The Flux Arts Building is Officially Open!

Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting

Kara Van Wyk of Potek Glass, Kevin Reich, Council Member, Ward 1, Josh Blanc and Layl McDill (via FaceTime), Jennifer Young and John Kraemer, Developers, Tim Gates, Architect and Malcom Potek cut the Grand Opening ribbon to start the festivities on February 15th.

The Grand Opening was a smashing success! Over 400 people stopped by to check out the new studios and the Flux Arts Building. It was great to be able to talk to so many people about the remodeling of the building. We put up a display of photos in the “hub” (our communal hallway space), which is currently still up, showing several stages of the remodel.

Want to know more? Check out Layl’s blog of our journey to purchase the Flux Arts Bldg.

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Small but Mighty

Our new gallery space the HUB in the Flux Arts Building is featuring the Small but Mighty Show for NCECA conference.

Dates: March 4th -30th
Reception: March 29th, 5pm-9pm

Artists: Shane Harris, CJ Jilek,
Linda Lopez, Matt Mitros,Nathan Prouty Shoki Satake, Max Seinfeild

Highlights a conceptually diverse sampling of contemporary ceramic sculptors working in small-scale ceramics to create a big impact.
Inspired by the Dr. Seuss quote, “fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”
In conjunction with nceca.

January 2019 Clay Squared Newsletter

Clay Squared’s studios are open and available to tour!Join us in celebrating a sustainable, artist-owned building in the NE Minneapolis Arts District!2505 Howard St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418 (on the corner of Lowry & Howard)Friday, February 15th, from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm.Saturday, February 16th, from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm.