Stone Arch Interview

Thanks everyone for the great weekend at the Stone Arch Festival! Be sure to check out Rabi's interview on Channel 5 KSTP. The hits of the weekend were his larger pieces including the Neanderthal, Spinny Bird and Spider.

Great Mississippi Riverboat Cleanup

Here are some pics from yesterday's Adopt-a-River cleanup. Rabi has an idea in mind for the sculpture but you'll just have to come to the State Fair to see!

Stone Arch Festival of the Arts 2008

Hope you can join us at the Stone Arch Festival! It will feature 250+ juried artists' booths; 5 performance stages for music; Culinary Arts Quarter; Art of the Car Display; Youth Arts Quarter.

Father Hennepin Park
Minneapolis Riverfront District
St. Anthony Main
Booth #180

Saturday & Sunday, June 14-15

10am-6pm

Adopt-a-River Sculpture

Although not officially confirmed, it looks like the Adopt-a-River program will commission Rabi to create an outdoor sculpture to be displayed at the MN State Fair this year. This is the 15th year that a sculpture will be located at the DNR's State Fair Building.

Rabi will therefore be participating in the 17th Annual Great Mississippi Riverboat Cleanup. It is during this cleanup that he will select the materials for this sculpture.

You're invited to join as well!

Thursday, June 12th, 2008
8:30am - 1:00pm

Boarding of the Anson Northrup

Padelford Landing

Harriet Island

St. Paul

8:30am- 8:45am

Participants will be disbursed along the river banks for the cleanup. Volunteers should remember to dress appropriately for hard work along the river in rain or shine. This cleanup is recommended for children over age 11 with proper adult supervision. Bags and gloves will be supplied. This is a free event with live music, lunch, and door prizes!

To receive registration materials or additional information contact Paul Nordell at (651) 259-5630 or Megan Godbold at (651) 259-5620 or e-mail adoptariver@dnr.state.mn.us.

Photo from 2000 cleanup.

Revisions of the American Dream

In our nation today, the desire to live the "American dream" means something much different, and fundamentally more diverse than ever for the average citizen. The once highly-held values of a white picket fence, a nuclear family, a stay-at-home Mom and a get-it-done Dad are now vestigial if not irrelevant in the contemporary pursuit of Freedom and Happiness.

"Revisions of the American Dream" is a one-month exhibition of artists from all over the nation that will explore these concepts. We invite you to join us in our visual investigation.

Susan Hensel Gallery

3441 Cedar Ave. S.

Minneapolis , MN 55407

Opening Reception
June 6 at 7pm

Exhibition Open
June 6 – July 7

Art on the Lake 2008

We hope to see you at the 28th annual Excelsior Art on the Lake this coming weekend. This is our first time participating in this art fair. It will showcase 198 juried artists in 14 mediums.

Excelsior Commons

Lake Minnetonka
Booth #181

Located 10 minutes west of I-494 on Hwy 7

Saturday, June 7 at 10am-6pm
Sunday, June 8 at 10am-4pm