Kidnapped Spider

Have you seen this spider around?



Yesterday, Rabi found this ransom note attached to a can of Raid: Wasp & Hornet Killer.



Although he abided by the directions yesterday, we still don't have the spider back on the wall of the Q.arma Building. Rabi stopped at the Diamonds Coffee Shoppe after noon today and saw that the ransom money was still taped to the trashcan lid. The folks at Diamonds didn't know why they were the drop spot.

Give us a buzz if you see the spider around. Obviously we're hoping the Wasp & Hornet Killer doesn't work on spiders and that this prank ends well with the safe return of the sculpture.

3-Minute Egg

Rabi was featured on the Twin Cities' Art Seen 3 Minute Egg during Art-A-Whirl.

Bronze Casting at Art-A-Whirl 2009

Rabi demonstrates bronze casting during Art-A-Whirl at the Q.arma Building.

Excelsior Art on the Lake

We just got our postcards in the mail today for Excelsior Art on the Lake and what a surprise! Rabi's "Femme de Baam" is featured on the postcard! Yeah. Hope you can join us for the 29th annual exhibit.

Excelsior Commons
Lake Minnetonka
Booth #191
Located 10 minutes west of I-494 on Hwy 7

Saturday, June 13 at 10am-6pm
Sunday, June 14 at 10am-4pm

Art-A-Whirl 2009

Check out Rabi's studio and his work in progress at the Q.arma Bldg during this year's Art-A-Whirl!

Q.arma Building
1224 Quincy St NE
Minneapolis, MN

May 15 @ 5-10pm
May 16 @ 12-8pm
May 17 @ 12-5pm

Art-A-Whirl is an open-studio and gallery tour of NE Minneapolis. It is an enticing event that calls and welcomes local and regional visitors who want to see the art being produced in the NE. Need a map? Click here.

More than 500 artists participate in AAW, including potters, tile makers, painters, sculptors, musicians, photographers, glass blowers, printmakers, and textile designers. They showcase their art in warehouses, galleries, homes, storefronts and cafes.

Beyond featuring over 30 artists for the upcoming Art-A-Whirl, the Q.arma Building will be hosting the following on Saturday, May 16:

Music
12pm: Fields of Green
1.15pm: Clear Skies
2pm: The Poor Nobodys
3.15pm: Bankrupt in Panama
4.30pm: Telepathos
5.45pm: Nightinghales
7pm: Chastity Brown

Events
1-2pm and 3-4pm: Bronze Pour Demonstrations by Rabi
2-3pm: Chain Saw Carving Demonstrations by fellow artist Kevin
All day: Pottery Demonstrations by fellow artists Anthony and Nick
All day: Youth Poetry Reading by Tru Ruts Studio

Movies, Brats and a Bonfire
Weather permitting. The lights go down, the film starts up. We’ll of course be showing Barnstormers, a delightful short film showing many artists painting on the side of an old barn, and a few others!

Rabi will also have work at the Frank Stone Gallery all weekend long, and a piece at the NEMAA Silent Auction.