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The Mobile Metal Lab at Hanson's World UFO Day party on July 2nd. Hanson tries to make art more accessible for the community through the metal lab.

Metal foundry on wheels casts art into local communities

by Maya Marchel Hoff
Published August 5, 2022
University of Minnesota alum Sara Hanson’s W.O.W. Mobile Metal Lab makes art and metal pouring more accessible to local communities.
The "Plastic Rapt: A History of Designing Forever" exhibit located in the Goldstein Gallery, captured on Tuesday, July 26. This exhibit explores the origins, uses and impacts—both environmental and social—of this versatile and permanent material.

Design museum exhibit examines our relationship with plastic

by Sophia Zimmerman
Published August 5, 2022
The Goldstein Museum of Design’s new exhibit, which is on display until Sept. 25, highlights the omnipresence of plastic in modern life and analyzes its duality as a useful yet damaging material.
The "Reflections on Reality: Drawings and Paintings from the Weisberg Collection" exhibit is currently on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The exhibit runs from May 14, 2022 to December 10, 2023 and is free to the public.

UMN professor discusses personal collection at MIA

by Sophia Zimmerman
Published August 2, 2022
“Look and you will find”: a simple motto for aspiring art collectors, as explained by Gabriel Weisberg.
The Minneapolis Institute of Art on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020.

New MIA exhibits show relationships among art, nature

by Sophia Zimmerman
Published June 29, 2022
“Dressed by Nature: Textiles of Japan” and “Van Gogh and the Olive Groves” respectively provide an in-depth look at Japanese textiles and a glimpse into the end of the renowned painter's life.
The Museum of Russian Art on Wednesday, June 22.

New anti-war exhibit unifies amid war in Ukraine

by Maya Marchel Hoff
Published June 23, 2022
The Museum of Russian Art’s exhibit displays the institution’s support for Ukraine by combining the work of Russian and Ukrainian artists.
A meme reposted by @joan.of.arca made by @nice.2.mitya

In conversation with UMN student and meme account legend @joan.of.arca

by Nina Raemont
Published May 1, 2022
A meme account owner walks among us.
20 events to welcome the sun this May

20 events to welcome the sun this May

by Bel Moran
Published May 1, 2022
The beginning of May brings farmers markets, flower shows and the start of outdoor concert season.
Author Jennifer Egan sits down for an interview about her novel "The Candy House," in Coffman Union Theater on Wednesday, April 13.

Jennifer Egan creates fictional worlds that explore time and space

by Sarah Horner
Published April 19, 2022
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author visited the University of Minnesota for a reading and discussion on her recently published book “The Candy House.”
Holly Kilander’s “The Waste and the Method” hangs on the wall of the Paul Whitney Larson Art Gallery in the St. Paul Student Center on Monday, April 11. The piece is part of the gallery’s current collection, “Stratified Silhouettes.”

At “Stratified Silhouettes,” collaging grows up

by Leo Witzke
Published April 12, 2022
Explore silhouettes composed by the subconscious and non-traditional collaging at the Larson Gallery’s latest exhibit.
Some of the pieces included in the "Transformation: Art From the Inside" exhibition hung next to a sign honoring Joseph Gomm. Courtesy of Art From the Inside.

Art From the Inside brings a voice to local incarcerated artists

by Carly Quast
Published April 12, 2022
The Weisman Art Museum’s most recent pop-up exhibition featured Art From the Inside – a Twin Cities based organization that highlights local incarcerated visual artists’ work.

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