Sloshing in from an unseasonably wintry spring night, revelers gathered amidst the rich fabrics and assorted tableaux of gaudy and embellished items that Chicago-based artist Dzine has brought together for Public Functionary‘s first-ever exhibition. The opening of this non-profit gallery and social space has been much anticipated, and the opening was heralded through the night with pulsating…

mnartists.org and Springboard for the Arts are pleased to co-present the new season of Community Supported Art, a popular initiative to bring a variety of Minnesota artworks to collectors and patrons. Throughout the summer, recipients of the CSA will receive shares filled with locally-designed and produced artwork. As the CSA launches today, we acquaint you with the […] mnartists.org and Springboard…

Stop right now if you haven’t heard of Marr and Morrissey before this, and pick up The Queen is Dead, Louder Than Bombs, Hatful of Hollow, The Singles… and more or less anything made by the Smiths. So, the story goes like this: Steven Patrick Morrissey and Johnny Marr, two handsome young music devotees in the formative years […] Stop right now if you haven’t heard of Marr and Morrissey before this, and pick…

Minnesota artists: What would you do with $5,000, 400,000 people and an entire bridge to work with? This year, the Walker Art Center is teaming up with ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan to sweeten the pot for Minnesota artists interested in participating in the prestigious annual international art competition. If you think you might have some […] Minnesota artists: What would you do with $5,000, 400,000…

Duluth-based artist Kristina Estell’s recent exhibition Posture Is Everything currently occupies the north gallery of the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA). Composed of cool, pale blue sheets of silicone elegantly draped atop triangular wooden armature, Posture Is Everything calls to mind winding river beds, fallen skies and couch-fort mountain…

  For this year’s Artist-Designed Mini Golf course we invited the University of Minnesota Art Department to design and build two of the holes. The course, led by professor Chris Larson, was tasked with developing several designs to present  to a panel of Walker curators.  The class was asked to document their process leading up to the […] For this year’s Artist-Designed Mini Golf course we invited the…

Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota House of Representatives have recommended that the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden receive $7 million for a much-needed renovation, and now we need to make certain that all legislators strongly support a bonding bill that includes these critical funds for the Garden. Please reach out to your state legislators and House […] Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota House of…

Brett and Erin Smith are a brother and sister collaborating artist duo, who are working with us for the Where Art Thou? event this upcoming Thursday,  April 25th from 5-9 PM. Both having backgrounds in industrial design, product design and visual arts, they are helping us make our dream of building a giant fort in the Cargill Lounge come true. Gearing up towards this event, we’ve brought up a few…