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Nur Jibran stands in front of a closet door with a mirror on the Washington Avenue Bridge. The mirror is meant to reflect being inside the closet seeing the true reflection of who you are.

‘Life Around the Closets’ exhibit shown on the Washington Avenue Bridge

by Maddy Folstein
Published October 5, 2017
The two-day art installation highlighted the struggles and triumphs of the coming out experience for LGBT individuals.
Artist Beth Lipman puts the finishing touches on her new work in Weisman Art Museum on Friday, Sept. 29.  The glass sculpture's height reaches more than halfway up the museum's wall.

History through the looking glass

by Kate Drakulic
Published October 5, 2017
Internationally acclaimed glass artist, Beth Lipman, spoke at the WAM Wednesday night about her newly commissioned installation.
Hannah Doyle and Lindsey Bronson pose for a photo at the Wizard Camp-In on Friday, Sept. 29 at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul.

Fantastic geeks and where to find them

by Haley Bennett
Published October 5, 2017
This past Friday, you would have found them at the Science Museum of Minnesota, decked out in their blackest robes and pointiest hats, wandering among different wizarding world-themed activities at the museum's first adult Wizard Camp-In.
Bohemian Press co-president Olivia Novotny demonstrates print making in the print making studio at Regis West on Wednesday, Oct. 4.

UMN student group Bohemian Press to host resistance-themed printmaking exhibit

by Maddy Folstein
Published October 5, 2017
The campus printmaking collective encourages student art and political activism.
Laura Bidegain posts her doodles on the wall during the Doodle Jam workshop at the Minneapolis Zine Fest on Saturday, Sept. 30.

Any zine you like

by Haley Bennett
Published October 2, 2017
A zine is exactly what it sounds like: a mini magazine. They're published by the creators, who're sometimes cartoonists or other artists, sometimes just people compiling doodles.
Alma Sanchez holds a photo of her and her mom in front of the Ofrenda that Sanchez helped create at Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis on Thursday, Sept. 28.

Prayers for ancestors passed and Intermedia Arts

by Kate Drakulic
Published October 2, 2017
Intermedia Arts cuts staff amid the opening reception of Festival de las Calaveras Arts.
Larsen Husby talks with Naomi Crocker about his art on display at the Smallest Museum St. Paul on Sunday at Workhouse Coffee. The Museum rotates different exhibits and is located inside a vintage fire-hose cabinet.

Art and history… on the tiny side

by Maddy Folstein
Published September 28, 2017
The Smallest Museum in St. Paul occupies an antique fire hose cabinet and fills the space with local art.
Blood Stripe to open in wide release on Sept. 29

Blood Stripe to open in wide release on Sept. 29

by Maddy Folstein
Published September 28, 2017
The film, created by actors Kate Nowlin and Remy Auberjonois, portrays the often-overlooked story of a female veteran returning from combat.
Saeide Mirzaei stands beside her oil paintings exploring the experiences of immigrant women in the U.S. on the garden level of Appleby Hall on Sept. 20, 2017.

Communicating “otherness” through art

by Kate Drakulic
Published September 28, 2017
Selected for her moving work that reflects her personal experience of being a woman and an immigrant, Saeide Mirzaei's paintings hang in Appleby Hall through December.

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