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Dressed by Nature: Textiles of Japan at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) featured traditional textiles from Japan made from natural materials. That includes clothing made from a variety of plant fibers, paper, fish skins, Read More …
If you’ve seen the American Swedish Institute (ASI) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but never stopped to visit (or haven’t visited in a decade), you might be surprised to discover what you are missing.
The Saint John’s Bible brings the ancient art of handwritten and illuminated manuscripts into the 21st century, as both a religious text and work of art. See it at Saint John’s University in Minnesota, at Read More …
Fargo, North Dakota, may seem far from the center of the art world, but the Plains Art Museum presents a wide range of contemporary artwork filled with meaning and beauty. It’s a museum deeply connected Read More …
January 2019 was your last chance to see Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit, a stunning exhibit of historic Alaskan Yup’ik masks and Matisse drawings influenced by them, at the Heard Museum in Read More …
Homage: Inspired by Outstanding Canadian Women features stunning art necklaces by Canadian jeweler Donald Stuart. I saw this exhibit at the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City, Michigan, in 2018. At that time there were Read More …
While it might surprise visitors, Phoenix, Arizona, is filled with art. In a region with so many galleries, art fairs, studios, and museums, it can be hard to know where to look! To help you Read More …
The exuberant street art in Ajo, Arizona, is a bold and colorful sign of this old mining town’s artistic rebirth.
Western Spirit, Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, highlighted masterworks by Native American artists of the past and present in 2018 exhibits featuring Hopi pottery and a few katsina dolls.
David Hamlow’s Mirror Stage was presented at the M (Minnesota Museum of American Art) in downtown Saint Paul in 2017. In psychology, the “mirror stage” is that period when an infant first recognizes their reflected Read More …