Category: Museums and galleries

  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2 of 2: Art in Bloom

    Yesterday, I attended Art in Bloom at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. At Art in Bloom, more than 150 floral artists have their work on view next to the works of art that inspired them. Below are a few of my favorites; click on any image for a larger picture. I have blogged about this…

  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1 of 2

    I have been fortunate to been to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts twice in the last few weeks. Here are just a few pictures from my first visit. The first set of pictures are from “Layered Abstraction: Quilting and Contemporary Fiber Art.” This first image is one of 28 quilted wall hangings that were in…

  • Jerry Ingram: Storytelling through beads and regalia

    Jerry Ingram is an award-winning artist of Cherokee and Choctaw descent, who started doing beadwork to improve the accuracy of his paintings. His work is on display from April 20th to July 21st at the Pueblo of Pojoaque Poeh Museum Gallery in Santa Fe. Read more about Jerry on the museum’s Facebook page. Jerry is…

  • Joyce Melander-Dayton at the Textile Center of Minnesota

    Joyce Melander-Dayton currently has a solo show, Constructions in Concert, at the Textile Center of Minnesota, on now through April 14th. Above is a partial view of the gallery; there is much more of her work to be seen. Joyce is an accomplished painter, and is now exploring textile techniques using silks, cottons and beads.…

  • Installation at the Weisman

    As you enter the Weisman Art Museum on campus of the University of Minnesota, this is what is directly to the left of the main desk: Walk around the wall and look straight right, and you see this: Back up and get a wider view, and this is what you see: Still further back: And…