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New Article: Learn more about Southside Photo Night and the current exhibition of work from both amateur photographers and photojournalists documenting Operation Metro Surge, with a special artist reception Friday August 28th 6-9pm at RESOURCE Read more: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
Southside Photo Night Hosts Group Exhibition
Creating a Physical, Visual Record of the Federal Surge and its Impacts Last Winter
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In our latest article, Joe Pulliam (Oglala Lakota) talks about ledger art, his journey as an artist, and his first solo exhibition "What Could Not Be Erased" on view at Two Rivers Gallery thru Oct 9th www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #tworiversgallery #ledgerart #OglalaLakota #minneapolis
What Could Not Be Erased
Joe Pulliam subverts land deeds, maps, and antique ledger paper into an archive of Indigenous life at the Minneapolis American Indian Center’s Two Rivers Gallery
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New Article: In the Dark Times, There Will Be Singing. Get the inside scoop on Bienvenidos Dystopia happening Saturday at The Museum of Russian Art. Snag your tickets now. Read More: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
In the Dark Times, There Will Be Singing: Bienvenidos Dystopia
Returning for a third year, Bienvenidos Dystopia brings together Twin Cities artists across disciplines to confront the political moment—and celebrate the community that keeps creating through it
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New Article: In this interview, Jerome Fellow CRICE gives insight into his creative process, ideas on time, and how he sees his practice as is a continuum of ancestral stories and image making. Re-published in partnership with MCAD. Read on: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
2025/26 MCAD–Jerome Fellow Interview: Connor Rice (CRICE)
In this interview, CRICE gives insight into his creative process, ideas on time, and how he sees his practice as is a continuum of ancestral stories and image making.
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New Article: Writer Josephine Carson stops by Fresh Eye Gallery to check out the latest installment of their Eye to Eye series that pairs artists of all abilities in a collaborative exhibition - on view through Aug 16th. www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
Seeing Eye to Eye
Fresh Eye Gallery's 12th annual show pairs artists of all abilities in a collaborative exhibition.
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We're two weeks away from this arts and culture party inside a soviet era poster exhibition. Grab tix at eventbrite and thanks to @mplsart.com for helping us spread the word! bit.ly/bienvenidosd...
Bienvenidos Dystopia 2026
Part variety show, part dance party, part salon ... all dystopia. Celebrate Minneapolis Arts & Culture before it's all gone.
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Today's newsletter preview. "Why is Art Criticism so Complicated? Horn retrospective, EWOK @ Southside" Are you subscribed? mailchi.mp/d09fe97e5a91...
New Article: "Not Forgotten: Contemporary Art with Rural Roots". Curator Aaron Spangler brings together five artists with rural roots for an exhibition on place, identity, and storytelling at Park Rapids' Nemeth Art Center. Article by Lindsey Scharold: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
Not Forgotten: Contemporary Art with Rural Roots
Curator Aaron Spangler brings together five artists with rural roots for an exhibition on place, identity, and storytelling at Park Rapids' Nemeth Art Center.
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Do you have your tickets yet to Bienvenidos Dystopia Aug 15th? A variety show, dance party, and salon featuring rapid-fire presentations from Minneapolis-St. Paul artists at The Museum of Russian Art. Celebrate Minneapolis Arts & Culture before it's all gone Tickets: tmora.org/programs/bie...
New Article: La Lucha Sigue - The Struggle Continues: An exhibition by Luis Fitch and Xavier Tavera exploring identity, culture, and community as Mexican-born artists living in Minnesota opens Friday at the Bloomington Center for the Arts. Get the scoop: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
Fitch and Tavera, LA LUCHA SIGUE / The Struggle Continues
A new exhibition by Luis Fitch and Xavier Tavera opens July 17 at the Inez Greenberg Gallery.
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Taylor Carik@taylorcarik.bsky.social · 2mo ago#BienvenidosDystopia is back! An arts and culture variety show/ presentation series/ discussion/ closing dance party, and we're running it back on Saturday, August 15th. This year it's at the wonderful TMORA during their Poster Art of the Soviet Era exhibition: tmora.org/programs/bie...
New Article! @catiyas.bsky.social stopped by After Hours Gallery to check out their latest exhibition. In GUEST, artist Dylan Chazin-Bowman transforms paintings using collaged fabric at After Hours Gallery. Give it a look: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #contemporarycollage #stpaulmn
Dylan Chazin-Bowman at After Hours Gallery
In GUEST, Dylan Chazin-Bowman transforms paintings using collaged fabric.
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We stopped by The Collected Gallery in NE to check out their latest exhibition. Get the scoop on this new addition to the TC gallery scene and see a few of the standout works: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #collectedGallery #mcad #NEArtsDistrict
Highlights from the Collected Gallery Staff Show
Northeast Minneapolis’s newest gallery highlights standout work from four MCAD alumni and students
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Article: Erica Spitzer Rasmussen’s sculptural retrospective and farewell At Metropolitan State University, Erica Spitzer Rasmussen’s farewell retrospective looks forward as it reflects on 29 years - on view through June 25th. Read the full article: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
Erica Spitzer Rasmussen’s sculptural retrospective and farewell
At Metropolitan State University, Erica Spitzer Rasmussen’s farewell retrospective looks forward as it reflects on 29 years.
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This summer, Minneapolis gallerist David Petersen and Brooklyn-based painter Jesse Willenbring will transform the David Petersen Gallery on 41st and Cedar into their own version of the city rec center, the DPG Rec. mspmag.com/arts-and-cul... #mplsart
David Petersen Gallery Transforms Into a City Rec Center
Taking recreation as seriously as their art, Minneapolis gallerist David Petersen and Brooklyn-based painter Jesse Willenbring are turning the 41st and Cedar gallery into the DPG Rec.
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New Article: ArT@967 Payne Presents BLACKNIFICENT VOL. 3, Opening on Juneteenth. Artist Ron Brown reflects on 20 years of Afrocentric vision, experimentation, & community-building in a retrospective opening 6/19, 5-9pm www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #juneteenth #ronbrown #blacknificent
ArT @ 967 Payne Presents BLACKNIFICENT VOL. 3, Opening on Juneteenth
Minneapolis artist Ron Brown reflects on twenty years of Afrocentric vision, experimentation, and community-building in a new retrospective.
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On a Portishead binge these last few rainy days. What are you listening to?
This week's newsletter preview. We remember Melodee Strong and showcase a new puppetry group. Plus a bunch of great exhibitions opening this week. Check it out. Sign up and help us get to 1700 subscribers. mailchi.mp/962dfab6c202...
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AM Craft Fest preview, Alonso Sierralta, Beyond Walls, Fieldwork and more
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New Article: Chilean born Minneapolis-based artist Alonso Sierralta brings organic sculptures to @lanesboroarts Read the full article by William Gustavo Franklin Torres: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #LanesboroMN #contemporarysculpture #AlonsoSierralta
Sierralta: Visual Tension that Never Ceases
Alonso Sierralta brings organic sculptures to Lanesboro Arts.
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New Article: Highpoint Center For Printmaking launches Print Fest: A Community Celebration of Printmaking will take place on May 30 & 31, 2026, 11–5 each day. www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
A New Community Celebration of Printmaking at Highpoint
Highpoint celebrates the collaborative, accessible, and social nature of printmaking in new Print Fest
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A preview of our 439th (!!!) newsletter: mailchi.mp/03817fe2354e... Sign up to get the TC art scene in your inbox. ~xoxo
Rachel Breen McKnight Profile, SooVAC's Spring Fling party!
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Latest Article: "The Intimacy of Care" takes a look at Justine Di Fiore's latest exhibition "Urgent Care" currently on view at Dreamsong in NE Minneapolis through May 2nd. Read the full article by Zakiah Goff: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #contemporaryPainting #minneapolis
The Intimacy of Care
Justine Di Fiore’s Urgent Care teaches us what it means to touch, hold, and care for a body.
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New Article: "To Hear, To Belong to a Place: The Concept of Gullat". Tia Keobounpheng explores her Sámi heritage and cultural concepts through her fiber art at the Weinstein Hammons Gallery - opening reception this Thursday, March 26 6-8PM www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
To Hear, To Belong to a Place: The Concept of Gullat | MPLSART.COM
Tia Keobounpheng explores her Sámi heritage and cultural concepts through her fiber art at the Weinstein Hammons Gallery
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New Article: "Where We Come From" by Zakiah Goff The 2024/2025 MCAD–Jerome Fellowship Exhibition considers family, fracture, and what it means to find home. On view at MCAD through March 7th. Featuring: Namir Fearce, Ger Xiong, Nik Nerbern & Amy Usdin www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
Where We Come From | MPLSART.COM
The 2024/2025 MCAD–Jerome Fellowship Exhibition considers family, fracture, and what it means to find home.
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In our latest article, Cory Eull reflects on how artists, neighbors, and everyday acts of care become tools of survival and solidarity amid state violence in Minneapolis. Forward by @catiyas.bsky.social Read it: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #iceoutmpls #minneapolis
Creative Resistance in the Eye of the Storm | MPLSART.COM
How artists, neighbors, and everyday acts of care become tools of survival and solidarity amid state violence in Minneapolis.
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