MARK S. GARRIGAN:
An Inventory of His Art Gallery Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Garrigan, Mark S., 1963-2013, creator. | |
| Title: | Mark S. Garrigan art gallery papers. | |
| Dates: | 1986-1990. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Postcards, information about gallery shows, local arts organizations' event postcards, invitations, and flyers, two calendars and accompanying digital audio recordings, and other materials reflecting a Minnesota artist's involvement with the Rifle Sport Alternative Art Gallery in Minneapolis. The collection includes some material relating to the Speedboat Gallery, Saint Paul, and photographs taken at the gallery by Garrigan depicting art installations, participating artists, and exhibition openings. | |
| Quantity: | 0.3 cubic feet (11 folders in 1 partial box and 1 oversize folder in 1 partial box); 79 image files: JPEG (401.91 MB); and 2 audio files: MP3 (65.01 MB). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Mark Stephen Garrigan was an artist based in the Twin Cities when he managed and served on the board of Rifle Sport Alternative Art Gallery in Minneapolis. He married MaryBeth Hoover in 1992, with whom he had two children, Rebecca and Rowan. Garrigan was living in Wabasha, Minnesota at the time of his sudden death at the age of 49 in 2013.
Rifle Sport was a non-mainstream art gallery opened in 1985 by Colleen Barnett. It was located at 602 Hennepin Avenue in a space formerly occupied by a pinball arcade and shooting gallery in a rundown part of downtown Minneapolis. The city demolished the block where the gallery was located in 1988 and, after a short-lived move to a new space at 1633 Hennepin Avenue near Loring Park, the gallery closed in 1989.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Mark S. Garrigan art gallery papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 17,235
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of the image and audio files are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original Calendar sound recording audiocassette, asociated with the 1988 Gallery calendar, was disposed after being digitally reformatted into two MP3 files.
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 008955865
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 143.C.1.2F | 1 | Postcards and Christmas card, 1987-1988. | |||||||||
| Gallery shows, undated. | |||||||||||
| Speedboat Gallery artist reception cards, 1988-1990. | |||||||||||
| Local arts organizations' event postcards, invitations, and flyers, undated, 1987-1989. | |||||||||||
| It is unclear in what regard Garrigan was associated with the represented events. It is possible that many of the flyers, postcards, etc., were created by Garrigan or they are for events that included Garrigan's work. | |||||||||||
| Rifle Sport Alternative Art Gallery: | |||||||||||
| "Call O' Block E" by Joe Hoppe; Rifle Sport business card, undated, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Mailing list artists, undated. | |||||||||||
| Gallery postcards and invitations, 1987-1989. | |||||||||||
| Black Mat collection artist guidelines and samples of work, circa 1988. | |||||||||||
| Gallery calendars: | |||||||||||
| 1988. | |||||||||||
| Internet | Calendar sound recording, circa 1987-1988. 2 audio files: digital; MP3. | ||||||||||
| These digital files were created from an audiocassette associated with the 1988 calendar. They consist of music, stories, and other spoken word, reflecting the gallery's involvement in live music and performance art. | |||||||||||
 Side 1 | |||||||||||
| Side 2 | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 143.C.1.2F | 1 | 1989. | |||||||||
| 142.G.13.2F-2 | Gallery posters, flyers, and invites, 1988-1989. | ||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 143.C.1.2F | 1 | Photographs: | |||||||||
| Gallery photographs, circa 1988-1989. | |||||||||||
| Internet | JAO-RuthAnn-Mary, undated: | ||||||||||
| Photographs by Mark Garrigan. All images taken at the second Rifle Sport location, 1633 Hennepin Avenue. | |||||||||||
| Painter and performance artist Julie An O'Baoighill was known professionally as JAO. | |||||||||||
| Julie An O'Baoighill (JAO) setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-010.jpg | |||||||||||
| Ruthann Godollei setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-011.jpg | |||||||||||
| Ruthann Godollei setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-012.jpg | |||||||||||
| Mary Kerr setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-013.jpg | |||||||||||
| Mary Kerr setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-014.jpg | |||||||||||
| Rifle Sport Alternative Art Gallery back office, Ruthann Godollei, far left, Joe Hoppe is the man wearing cap. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-015.jpg | |||||||||||
| Joe Hoppe (?) left, Julie O'Baoighill, right, setting up show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-016.jpg | |||||||||||
| Julie An O'Baoighill, front left, Ruthann Godollei, front right, setting up show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-017.jpg | |||||||||||
| Mary Kerr, front, setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-018.jpg | |||||||||||
| Julie An O'Baoighill, back left, Ruthann Godollei, center, setting up show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-019.jpg | |||||||||||
| Julie An O'Baoighill (JAO) sitting on stairs in the Rifle Sport gift shop. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-021.jpg | |||||||||||
| Mary Kerr setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-023.jpg | |||||||||||
| Julie An O'Baoighill (JAO) holding a beer while setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-024.jpg | |||||||||||
| Mary Kerr, left, Julie O'Baoighill (JAO), center, Ruthann Godollei, right in hat. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-025.jpg | |||||||||||
| Mary Kerr, left, Ruthann Godollei, center in hat, Julie O'Baoighill (JAO), right. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-027.jpg | |||||||||||
| Internet | JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-part2, undated: | ||||||||||
| Photographs by Mark Garrigan. All images taken at the second Rifle Sport location, 1633 Hennepin Avenue. While the images are labeled as part 2, these images actually precede the first set. | |||||||||||
| Mary Kerr, standing, setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-part2-003.jpg | |||||||||||
| Mary Kerr, setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-part2-005.jpg | |||||||||||
| Ruthann Godollei, right, setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-part2-007.jpg | |||||||||||
| Ruthann Godollei, left, setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-part2-008.jpg | |||||||||||
| Julie An O'Baoighill (JAO), left, setting up her show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-part2-011.jpg | |||||||||||
| Mary Kerr, left, Julie O'Baoighill (JAO), right, setting up their show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-part2-012.jpg | |||||||||||
| Julie An O'Baoighill (JAO), left holding coat, Mary Kerr, right, setting up their show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-part2-013.jpg | |||||||||||
| Ruthann Godollei. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-part2-014.jpg | |||||||||||
| Julie An O'Baoighill (JAO), setting up their show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-part2-016.jpg | |||||||||||
| Julie An O'Baoighill (JAO), setting up their show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-part2-018.jpg | |||||||||||
| Ruthann Godollei, left in hat, Julie O'Baoighill (JAO), right, setting up their show. | |||||||||||
 JAO-RuthAnn-Mary-part2-019.jpg | |||||||||||
| Internet | Rifle Sport Alternative Art Gallery - 1st location, undated: | ||||||||||
| Photographs by Mark Garrigan. | |||||||||||
| Bill Taylor (owner), left, Matthew Gerhard, center, Chris Strouth, right. | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-001.jpg | |||||||||||
| Matthew Gerhard, left, Chris Strouth, right. | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-002.jpg | |||||||||||
| Matthew Gerhard, left, Chris Strouth, center. Bill Taylor (owner) right. | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-003.jpg | |||||||||||
| Artist Mark Garrigan's stairwell installation: How do you make Creamy Pudding into a Chewy Snack Roll?, undated, January 16, 1988: | |||||||||||
| Sculptural work featured in images riflesport01-004.jpg and riflesport01-005.jpg were created by Janet M. Rolfer and were part of a larger room-sized show titled "Terms of Venery: a Sculptural Installation." | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-004.jpg | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-005.jpg | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-007.jpg | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-008.jpg | |||||||||||
| Group Show: Artists Melanie Keeling, Ruthann Godollei, Tim Fox, January 16-February 20, 1988: | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-011.jpg | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-012.jpg | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-013.jpg | |||||||||||
| Art Opening Group Show: Artists Melanie Keeling, Ruthann Godollei, Tim Fox, January 16-February 20, 1988. | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-014.jpg | |||||||||||
| Chris Strouth. | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-015.jpg | |||||||||||
| Chris Strouth at cafe possibly in Downtown Minneapolis skyway food court, undated: | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-016.jpg | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-017.jpg | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-019.jpg | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-020.jpg | |||||||||||
| 57 5th Street NE Minneapolis: | |||||||||||
| Unknown person. | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-022.jpg | |||||||||||
| Mary Kerr. | |||||||||||
 riflesport01-023.jpg | |||||||||||
| Riflesport-exterior shots, undated: | |||||||||||
| Eight photographs scanned to form three digital images: Seven gallery opening scenes photographed from the neighboring City Center parking ramp, and one image showing gallery interior looking out a window towards the City Center parking ramp. | |||||||||||
 Riflesport-exteriorshots01.jpg | |||||||||||
 Riflesport-exteriorshots02.jpg | |||||||||||
 Riflesport-exteriorshots03.jpg | |||||||||||
| Internet | Rifle Sport Alternative Art Gallery goes to Apache Plaza Shopping Center with other photos, 1988: | ||||||||||
| Mary Kerr and Dan Havel at 57 5th Street NE Minneapolis. | |||||||||||
 RS-mall001.jpg | |||||||||||
| Uptown Theater, undated: | |||||||||||
 RS-mall004.jpg | |||||||||||
 RS-mall005.jpg | |||||||||||
| Mark Garrigan's inflatable toaster sculpture being tested on apartment fire escape at 57 5th Street NE Minneapolis: | |||||||||||
 RS-mall007.jpg | |||||||||||
 RS-mall008.jpg | |||||||||||
 RS-mall010.jpg | |||||||||||
| Parking lot of 57 5th Street NE Minneapolis, undated: | |||||||||||
 RS-mall013.jpg | |||||||||||
 RS-mall014.jpg | |||||||||||
 RS-mall015.jpg | |||||||||||
| Joe Hoover setting up his sculpture at Apache Plaza Shopping Center. | |||||||||||
 RS-mall016.jpg | |||||||||||
| Steve (Venus) Grandell setting up video sculpture installation at Apache Plaza Shopping Center. | |||||||||||
 RS-mall017.jpg | |||||||||||
| Steve (Venus) Grandell and Lynette Reini-Grandell setting up video sculpture installation at Apache Plaza Shopping Center. | |||||||||||
 RS-mall018.jpg | |||||||||||
| Joe Hoover, dead center, Mark Trelstad far left, at Apache Plaza Shopping Center. | |||||||||||
 RS-mall019.jpg | |||||||||||
| Art installations at Apache Plaza Shopping Center. | |||||||||||
 RS-mall020.jpg | |||||||||||
| Lynette Reini-Grandell, Steve (Venus) Grandell, Bill Taylor and Julie O'Baoighill (JAO) sitting on stage relaxing at Apache Plaza Shopping Center. | |||||||||||
 RS-mall021.jpg | |||||||||||
| Art installation at Apache Plaza Shopping Center. | |||||||||||
 RS-mall022.jpg | |||||||||||
| Mark Garrigan's inflatable toaster sculpture at Apache Plaza Shopping Center. | |||||||||||
 RS-mall023.jpg | |||||||||||
| Art Car at Apache Plaza Shopping Center. | |||||||||||
 RS-mall024.jpg | |||||||||||
| Internet | Marksfamily-riflesport: | ||||||||||
| Mark Garrigan at 57 5th Street NE Minneapolis, MN, | |||||||||||
 marksfamily-riflesport005-mod.jpg | |||||||||||
| Interior of Mark Garrigan's apartment at 57 5th Street NE, Minneapolis, showing toaster installation that later went into Rifle Sport, 1988. | |||||||||||
 marksfamily-riflesport015.jpg | |||||||||||
| Group Show of artists Melanie Keeling, Ruthann Godollei, Tim Fox, undated, circa 1988. | |||||||||||
 marksfamily-riflesport016.jpg | |||||||||||
| Group show of artists Melanie Keeling, Ruthann Godollei, Tim Fox; (Ruthann's prints), undated, circa 1988. | |||||||||||
 marksfamily-riflesport017.jpg | |||||||||||
| Matthew Gerhard, left, Bill Taylor playing guitar, undated, circa 1988. | |||||||||||
 marksfamily-riflesport018.jpg | |||||||||||
| Artist Mark Garrigan's stairwell installation: How do you make Creamy Pudding into a Chewy Snack Roll?, undated, January 16, 1988: | |||||||||||
| Sculpture featured in the image marksfamily-riflesport022.jpg was created by Janet M. Rolfer and was part of the larger room-sized show titled "Terms of Venery: A Sculptural Installation." | |||||||||||
 marksfamily-riflesport019.jpg | |||||||||||
 marksfamily-riflesport020.jpg | |||||||||||
 marksfamily-riflesport021.jpg | |||||||||||
 marksfamily-riflesport022.jpg | |||||||||||
 marksfamily-riflesport023.jpg | |||||||||||
 marksfamily-riflesport024.jpg | |||||||||||
 marksfamily-riflesport025.jpg | |||||||||||
| Internet | mark-apartment001, undated | ||||||||||
 mark-apartment001.jpg | |||||||||||
| Internet | Riflesport-logo, undated | ||||||||||
 Riflesport-logo.jpg | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Art museums -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Artist-run galleries -- Minnesota.
- Artists -- Minnesota.
- Arts -- Minnesota.
- Arts publicity -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Garrigan, MaryBeth.
- Godollei, Ruthann.
- Kerr, Mary.
- O'Baoighill, Julie An.
- Organizations:
- Apache Plaza (Saint Anthony (Hennepin County, Minn. : 1945- )).
- Rifle Sport Alternative Art Gallery (Minneapolis, Minn.)--author.
- Speedboat Gallery (Saint Paul, Minn.)--author.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
- Postcards.
- Sound recordings.
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