Art

A-Mill Artist Lofts, 315 Main Street SE, will be open during Art-A-Whirl 2024, May 17-19.  Hours are Friday, May 17, 5-10 pm ; Saturday, May 18, 10 am-8 pm; and Sunday, May 19, 10-5 pm.  The building will be open on multiple floors with 60 artist vendors conducting demos such as jewelry, ceramics, screen printing, painting and photography. Live music throughout the weekend from  Guytano, Jeff James, Elliott Graber, Dylan Boehmer, Adam Marx and Phil Daniels. Food trucks will also…

The Flux Arts Building, 2505 Howard St. NE, will offer several participatory art experiences during Art-A-Whirl: Clay sculptures, weaving, suncatchers, fused glass, watercolors, card making and more. Activities are either free or for a small fee.  For more information on all the activities, check the Flux Arts Building listings on the NEMAA website: https://nemaa.org/art-a-whirl/activities/?filter-site=flux-arts-building. Friday, May 17, 5-10 pm; Saturday, May 18, 12-8 pm; Sunday, May 19, 12-5 pm.

Marc Norberg is well known as one of the most successful and influential Twin Cities commercial photographers of the 1980s and ’90s. Out of the limelight, Marc also created a large body of innovative personal work that has never been properly shown to the public. “Inside Looking Out,” Marc Norberg’s personal photography, will be open three days during Art-A-Whirl, May 17-19,  Friday, 5-10 pm; Saturday, 12-8 pm; Sunday, 12-5 pm. It will also be open during Art Attack, November 8-10,…

"Of the Earth: Climate Change, a Future with Hope" returns to Studio 332, Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson St NE, during Art-A-Whirl, May 17-19.  The exhibit will be showing artwork by 11 mature artists plus art from students at Hill Murray High School and Perpich High school for the Arts and art by young children, all focusing on the healing properties of healthy Earth practices. Pollinator, flower, herbal and Indigenous gardens will be featured. Six teaching tables will include Mother…

Liz Sexton's "Watershed," a collection of paper mâché sculptures of wildlife that inhabit waterways from the source of the Mississippi to the seas, will be on display at Silverwood Park  June 6-July 31. Images of animal masks worn in a human-shaped world invite the viewer to explore our connection to nature and consider the far-reaching impact we have on aquatic ecosystems. Opening Reception: Thursday, June 6, 6-8 pm, 2500 Co. Rd. E.

"Echo Trail" reflects Laura Ahola-Young’s investigation of Critical Plant Theory, a new inquiry in the humanities that examines the human/plant relationship. Her paintings celebrate plants found in her homeland, the Boundary Waters of Minnesota, and look closer at algae, the study of photosynthesis, microscopic details and the role of oxygen and carbon in climate change. This exhibition asks viewers to consider their own relationship with plants. June 6-July 31, Silverwood Park, 2500 Co. Rd. E. Opening Reception: Thursday, June 6,…