Minneapolis Photographic Studio & Gallery Cooperative

Join MPLS PHOTO COOP Director and Photograher
Orin Rutchick and Chris Welsch, Star Tribune Senior Travel Writer, in the new and expanded galleries of the MPLS PHOTO COOP, from June 13th through August 31
for an exhibit with sights and sounds from Elvis
Presley's Graceland. This preview exhibit of their soon to be completed documentary is in support of the their collaborative work, The Wall-to-Wall Project.

The Wall-to-Wall Project begins with a simple
contention: Pilgrims — whether they are Jews
traveling to the Western Wall, or Elvis fans going to
Graceland — share a profound link through their
devotion and their choice to express that devotion
through a journey.

For the past year, Rutchick and Welsch have been
gathering a visual and verbal exploration of modern
pilgrimage at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and at
the wall of Graceland in Memphis. The evening’s
exhibit and readings are a benefit and fundraiser
for the artists to complete their documentation
by traveling to Jerusalem in September 2008.

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ART-A-WHIRL WEEKEND AT THE MPLS PHOTO COOP BEGINS THIS WEEK WITH ELEVEN EXHIBITING PHOTOGRAPHERS. Join Orin Rutchick and members of the Minneapolis Photographic Studio & Gallery Cooperative, and new Photo Center, for Art-A-Whirl Weekend, May 16-18. We will be hosting tours of our new galleries and campus of the MPLS PHOTO CENTER for learning.

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EXHIBIT OPENING MAY 2, 7:00 PM-11:00 PM

The Nude in Minnesota: Seven photographers will present their visions of the artistic nude in a group show at the MPLS PHOTO COOP, 2400 North Second Street, in Minneapolis, from Friday, May 2, until Sunday, May 4. All photographers work in Minnesota, from Mankato to Marcell in the far north. They share a common and long-time association with photographing the female nude. Their current and best work yet will be displayed at “The Nude in Minnesota” , an exhibit including approximately seventy-five color, black & white, and toned black & white photographs.
Opening Reception - Friday, May 2, from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday the Gallery will be open 12 noon to 5 p.m., with an Artists’ Talk at 2 p.m. each day. Please join us for this first time Minnesota event and exhibit.

PANORAMICS: The Wide View represents seven years of panoramic work by Orin Rutchick and is on exhibit throughout the three MPLS PHOTO COOP's Galleries. The exhibit of seventy 24"x 60" color and black and white images on varnished canvas will be on view, March 14th thru April 30, 2008. Please join us in the Galleries for this very special exhibit. Download an exhibit card by clicking this link.

Join Orin Rutchick and the MPLS PHOTO COOP, hosts SLIDELUCK POTSHOW MPLS II, in our beautiful and spacious Studio and Gallery, March 8th, 2008 at 7:00PM for a POTLUCK dinner. Submit work (deadline has been extended to 2.25.08) for review and consideration in this years SLIDESHOW at 9:00PM. Details for both are in PDF form, are available here, or at the the SLIDELUCK POSTSHOW MPLS II site.

Join MPLS PHOTO COOP member Orin Rutchick for the Opening Reception for an exhibit of images from Heart In Hands, a book published in 2000. Mercy Seat Luthern Church, 697 13th Avenue Northeast through January 31, 2007.

Chuck Koosman n, member of the MPLS PHOTO COOP is one of 22 photographers from around the world to exhibit at The Minnesota Center for Photography . Three Gorges, curated by George Slade and Jameson Chen documents the construction of the world's largest hydroelectric dam and its impact on the surrounding land and people. The MCP exhibit, 165 13th Street NE. runs through February 10, 2008. Koosmann is exhibiting additional work from Three Gorges in the MPLS PHOTO COOP's East Gallery, which runs through February 10, 2008 as well.Directions to the COOP are available at the bottom of this page. Chuck and the MPLS PHOTO COOP invite you to view both of these exciting photographic exhibits.

Minnesota Monthly's November issue features the MPLS PHOTO COOP. There's an interview with Orin Rutchick and four images of members work including Beth Lehman, Alejandra Pena, Emily Nelson and Rutchick. You can get more information about the MPLS PHOTO COOP and read Orin Rutchick's vision for it's future.

Erin Johnson : Three Collections of Photography;
Rustic Minnesota, Norway and A Nerd's View Though. Over 100 images on exhibit in the main Gallery of the MPLS PHOTO COOP. Opening receptions, Friday October 25th, 6:00 PM to Midnight and Saturday October 26th, 3:00PM to 10:00 PM

2006/07 McKnight Photographic Fellowship recipient, Orin Rutchick, founding photographer and director of MPLS PHOTO COOP, exhibits his new Push Button Memories project work series; These United Memories: 50 States 50 Landmarks with fellows, Kristine Heykants, Mickey Smith and Angela Strassheim at the Minnesota Center for Photography. Opening reception August 4th. Exhibits run through October 7th, 2007.

Kennedy Space Center, Florida; December 2006; Visitor Complex Entrance
Printed June 2006; 6cm x17cm Ilford Delta 100 Film; Neutral K7 Ink Set; 100% Cotton Canvas; Multi-Layer Varnish Glaze

Kennedy Space Center, Florida; December 2006; Man and Saturn Rocket
Printed June 2006; 35mm Digital Raw Capture; Digital C-Print; Kodak Endura^® Media

Thank you! Orin Rutchick and all the MPLS PHOTO COOP Members want to thank the over 300 guests that visited the first group exhibit during Art-A-Whirl Weekend, Art-A-Whirl Map Location

Read what the Downtown Journal, Metro Magazine and Minnesota Monthly have to say about the MPLS PHOTO COOP.

Just one view of the MPLS PHOTO COOP Group Exhibit featuring the work of all 15 member photographers

BETH LEHMAN; AT THE MPLS PHOTO COOP

“Works by Beth Lehman were featured in the first solo show at the Mpls Photo Coop. Her lush color images contemplate the sensuous rhythms and elegant line within botanical forms. For more information, visit her web site www.bethlehman.com