2011 Year in Review

It has been a great year for Dim thanks to all of our wonderful supports and the great city we live in. We helped raise over $3000 for charity, were featured in the city pages twice, had our 2 biggest shows to date, were featured in a documentary that made the festival circuit, and made a ton of new work! In 2012, we expect to wrap up a new series, publish a book, and

Paparazzi @ 280 Dunn Brothers – Feb/March, June/July

The year started off with the Paparazzi series being hung at the Dunn Bros on 280. This is a great spot to show and our work was well received. So much so in fact, we were asked to hang Steve during the summer.

Paparazzi @ Fanboi – Altered Aesthetics – March

All Over the Walls Documentary Premier – April

@ Minneapolis/St.Paul International Film Fest

Live Painting at Big Brothers/Big Sisters Serengeti Fundraiser – April

Live Painting at Hellraiser 2 : First Ave Record Room – April

Spring Con – May

Birthmarks @ Hopkins Center for the Arts – June

Live Painting @ Night Breed June 10th

Red Hot Art Festival -August

We had a both agin for the 4th year in a row for the Red Hot Art festival at Stevens Square Park. We were blessed again for the second year in a row with gorgeous weather – albeit a bit hot. We primarily sold wallpaper prints this year around and they were well received, which was awesome.

Zine Fest – September 24th

We tabled at our second ‘zine fest. This time around we plugged the Magic 15 book we made last year with our intern Dan. It was a bit of a collaborative visual story telling experiment. We also ate burritos.

Live Painting @ Jungle Boogie – October 9th

Disobey @ Tarnish and Gold – December

After a year and a half in the works, we finally showed our “Corrosion Maintained” series at the new Tarnish&Gold gallery space. The series featured our latest work – stencil work and painting on upcycled bricks.
All photos by Dave Eckblad except for the last 3.