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Uncommon Visions: Jewish Textile Artists
At the Tychman Shapiro Gallery at the Sabes Jewish Community Center is Uncommon Visions. The exhibit attempts to answer how artistic vision mingles with spiritual identity. The works chosen explore how artistic identities and spiritual beliefs intersect in the artists’ lives and art. I took a sampling of photographs from the exhibit. The artwork shown…
Focus on Fiber on display on at the American Craft Council
If you’re in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area, you have another opportunity to see Focus on Fiber, which I saw two years ago at the McKnight Foundation. I blogged about it here, with a few pictures. It’s at the American Craft Council in Nordeast, a great arts district. Then you can also check out the…
Annuraat: Inuit Clothing
Annuraat: Inuit Clothing is at the Winnipeg Art Gallery until October 9th. The centerpiece of the exhibition is three amautiit (parkas) made by Ulayok Lucy Kaviok in the 1970s, which feature beadwork and coins. More than 50 pieces total are on display. The exhibition continues through October 9th.
Ornamental Invasion: Liz Miller at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Liz Miller uses industrial felt to create this installation at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. She researched MIA’s collections of weapons and armor, extracting portions from images of specific objects, and then folding them into the patterns found in this installation. I was there while this was being installed, and I enjoyed seeing it completed.…
Minneapolis Institute of Arts – Art in Bloom 2011
Last weekend was Art in Bloom at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Florists take works of arts, and interpret them in floral arrangements. It lasts a weekend, and is immensely popular (it was work to get photographs without too many people in them.) Below are some of my pictures; click on any of them to…