Join us at the KAAP [Love Art] Gala Saturday, February 3rd @ The Pines BLACK starting at 6:30 pm!  

A three part evening for just $75 a ticket - delicious food, lovely entertainment, and the opportunity to meet local artisans with proceeds funding scholarships for arts students and supporting rural arts in the Kindred area.  Sponsorships at various levels are available - all include complimentary tickets.

SCHEDULE

6:30 pm cocktail hour

7 pm welcome

9 pm closing

Gala highlight video here!

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

• We welcome Artist in Residence Do Art Productions to Kindred Public Schools.  Do Art Productions "aims to inspire creativity within everybody."  They support the idea that we are ALL born artists, and ALL of us have an unlimited amount of creativity harbored within us.   Jerry Moffitt is an artist, performer, and successful public speaker nationwide and Chet Roush is a writer and performance artist from Hampshire, IL who received a degree in Creative Writing from Loyola University Chicago, and specializes in writing, poetry, and digital artwork. Thank you to the Kindred Area Community Foundation for their generous grant this year supporting this Artist in Residence programming.
• We welcome Artist in Residence Eric A. Johnson, Big Oak Press to Kindred High School.  Eric is an artist/printmaker and who set a goal in September 2012 of having Big Oak Press, his studio space and printmaking studio set up in a location other than his home!  He has met that goal over and above and will be joining us with Mr. Morin in the art room at the high school to talk to the students and demo printmaking.  Eric is a visual art and art history instructor at Minnesota State Community and Technical College (M-State) and joined us last year at the gala as well.
• We welcome back Artist in Residence Derek Arnaud, Kindred Kustom Metal Fabrication to the Kindred High School ag room. We are excited to invite Derek to come into the classroom for a few days in March to teach TIG welding to the two welding classes!  Derek lives in Kindred and opened his own shop in 2016 filled with vintage machinery and tools to tackle any sort of metal, welding, or machining project.  He started his career in Kindred in 2009 restoring and rebuilding parts for WWII aircraft such as P-51 Mustangs and F4U Corsairs repairing any salvageable parts and scratch building the rest.  Thank you to the Kindred FFA Alumni for partnering on this endeavor with us.

FOOD

• Enjoy visiting with local chefs and tasting their delicious creations.  We continue with our "Food as Art" theme as we celebrate our agricultural roots in this community in regards to the food we eat.  We are honored to have a  variety of area chefs join us to feature their culinary specialty, many using use locally sourced ingredients to honor our community's agricultural roots at the arts table.  

MUSIC

• Featuring a local musician King Sage!

ART

• Visit with and support local artists, many who will be doing a live demo at the event and some will be selling their products!

EMCEE

• Kindred's guitar guro Steve Stine who teaches lessons to youth and adults in the community

OTHER INFO

• Gala is a fancy name but dress is business casual
• The event is made for mingling with chefs, artists, musicians and each other
• UBER is available at The Pines
• Must be 18+ to attend
• All ticket sales final 

 

TICKETS

•  $75/each
•  [EARLYBIRD] $65 price available through January 17, 2024!

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

• NOW available - sponsorship levels below.
• Email us at kindred.kaap@gmail.com with questions or to customize your donation amount!  Or contact one of the Gala chairpersons Beth Odegaard, Erin Westby or Jen Swenson.  Print cut off date is January 30.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 EVENT SPONSORS 

GALA |  sponsor  $5000+

CHEF |  sponsor  $2500+

CHS - Dakota AG

VISIONBank

Dr. John V. Vinych - honoring Chef Nancy Olson

Kindred State Bank & Insurance Agency

ARTIST | sponsor $1000+

Cass County Electric Cooperative

Matthys Orthopedic Center

Superior Grain Equipment 

LOVE ART | sponsor $500+

MJ Nipstad Management Solutions Inc

Allfab

Bryce & Dana Andrisen

Mark & Kia Richard

Mike & Anne Keller

Tyler & Beth Odegaard

Swenson Stock Farms LLC

Peterson Farms Seed

Derek Swenson Farms Inc

Chris & Kelly McDonald Family

Brandon & Erin Kub Family

Toppen Family Farm

AgriFinancial

Todd & Kim Wold

Clothes Mentor

KayJay Ag Services

FRIEND OF KAAP | sponsor $250+

Dean & Arielle Lesmeister

Interact Therapy

Maximum Roofing

M&M Lynnes Seed

Senior Helpers Home Care

Karl Swenson Photography

RDO Equipment Co in Kindred

Thrivent

Strand & Marcy Insurance

Michelle Borud - Beyond Realty

Iverson Family

Craig Olson

Podolak & Associates

Heinrich Farms

Dakota Tallow Skin Care

Anytime Fun

Andrea Travnicek

IN KIND | sponsor $priceless$

Connecting Point

Alsager Meats