The centerpiece of this historic Minneapolis building’s lobby is the atrium art installation. It is a sculpture designed to evoke the image of flour falling from a sifter in homage to one of the local historic industries. This delicate installation consists of nearly 200 strands that are 100 feet in length with a series of bronzed and stainless metallic square elements within the Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis, a conversion of the historic Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton building from office to hotel by DLR Group.
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Mill City Times: A public art installation in the Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis Mill District is among the top 100 finalists for a prestigious CODAaward; given to those who successfully integrate commissioned art into interior, architectural or public spaces. The two artworks that receive the most votes will receive a People’s Choice CODAaward.
Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis, a conversion of the historic Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton building from office to hotel by DLR Group. Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis, a conversion of the historic Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton building from office to hotel by DLR Group.
Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis, a conversion of the historic Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton buildfing from office to hotel by DLR Group. Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis, a conversion of the historic Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton building from office to hotel by DLR Group.
CODAworx is a creative online platform that connects artists, designers, and fabricators with municipalities and developers who commission artwork. The organization continues an active presence in shaping public arts in the U.S. and around the world. Their annual CODAawards is an international competition given to those to excel in integrating commissioned artwork into interior, architecture, and/or public spaces. Design categories include Landscape, Residential, Healthcare, Commercial, Institutional, Liturgical, Public Spaces, Transportation, Hospitality, and Education. Cindy Allen (EIC, Interior Design), Malene Barnett (Founder, Black Artists + Designers Guild), and Frances Bronet (President, Pratt Institute in New York City), are among the eighteen jurors, who have spent weeks reviewing and scoring all 374 entries to narrow down the Top 100. They will agree on one winner in each category to create the 2021 CODAawards winners circle, in addition to the two People’s Choice CODAawardees that the general public will select.
Exhibition: “STRUCTURE + CONNECTION: ENCAUSTIC PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES BY JODI REEB AND DIETLIND VANDER SCHAAF” just opened at @kolmanpryorgallery featuring NEMAA member @jodireeb.
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“Continuing our exploration of encaustic (beeswax) as an exciting and intriguing medium, Kolman & Pryor Gallery is pleased to present new encaustic artwork by gallery artist, Jodi Reeb, and guest artist, Dietlind Vander Schaaf, of Portland, Maine, in our summer show, Structure + Connection.
Viewers familiar with Jodi’s artwork will see that she is combining painting and sculpture in new ways in the work she has created for the exhibition. Dietlind’s work is highly sought after and extremely popular with collectors. She hopes visitors to the show will find quietness and calm in her paintings.”
In 2002, members of NEMAA, along with the City of Minneapolis, McKnight Foundation, and local businesses worked together to establish the formal geographical area that is today known as the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.Today, NEMAA has over one thousand members (artists, students, galleries, businesses, nonprofits, and community friends), and produces the annual Art-A-Whirl open studio tour and the NEMAA 10×10 Member Art Show and Fundraiser. We also promote our members and year-round open studio events in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, and foster connections and opportunities between artists and businesses, individuals, and organizations.
The Guthrie Theater plans to reopen its doors to the public on July 8 and welcomes show-goers to enjoy its public spaces as it marks 15 years in the Minneapolis Mill District this summer. The Guthrie houses three state-of-the-art stages, production facilities, classrooms, restaurants, and dramatic public spaces!
The plays include “What the Constitution Means to Me,” “A Christmas Carol,” “A Raisin in the Sun,” “The Tempest,” “Emma,” “Sweat,” and a seventh title to be announced.
In-person performances are said to resume on the Wurtele Thrust Stage and McGuire Proscenium Stage this fall, while programming in the Dowling Studio will remain paused until fall 2022.
Guthrie’s Artistic Director Joseph Haj expressed his gratitude to guests and shared the theater’s struggles over the past year.
“We’re grateful for the opportunity to respond to the losses and challenges of the past year through theater, allowing us to both experience joy and entertainment while grappling with matters of great significance together. My hope is that this season will celebrate all that the theater is meant to be while extending hope and healing to everyone in our community,” said Haj.
Our 2021–2022 Season offers an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary works that present forever-relevant themes and shared human experiences. Along the way, hope shows up in unexpected places and reminds us that healing is possible — especially when we seek it together. Whether you’re returning to the Guthrie or joining us for the first time, there’s a seat at the theater waiting for you.
Artist Perci Chester celebrates the arrival of her newest creation, “Film Noir Ensemble,” at the Red Wing arts destination!
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Minnesota Monthly: Created by artist Perci Chester, this whopping 22-foot-tall sculpture consists of two abstract figures that appear to be in motion. Both pieces were created from the repurposed steel of an old water tower, and painted with their own bright and unique hues. Due to its bright pink and lime green colors, the sculpture has been an eye-catching spot in the garden since its installation back in October 2020. “These colors just somehow animated the sculptures in a way that resonated with me, but also because they’re my favorite colors,” says Chester.
With a name inspired by a previous creation named Coupled Dancing, Chester drew her inspiration for Film Noir Ensemble from her fascination with relationships. Like many art pieces, the goal was to allow different interpretations depending on how you look at it. Chester says the name is also open to interpretation.
Built with such massive pieces of metal, Film Noir Ensemble took nearly 15 years to complete. In 2006, Chester began building her sculpture by molding various sheets of metal to create different angles and shapes to form the humanoid figures. “I loved the rivets, which are a big element on the pieces,” says Chester. “They just had a kind of energy that excited me when I began working on them.”
Developed by the Center in 1996, with assistance from the Red Wing Environmental Learning Center and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, this 15 acre park is one of Minnesota’s largest sculpture gardens and includes works by nationally and internationally acclaimed sculptors, including Charles Biederman, Siah Armajani, and Zoran Mojsilov. Complete with observation deck, walking trails, benches, picnic areas, interpretive signs, mesic prairie areas, and stunning vistas of the Cannon River valley, this spacious open-air gallery serves as an artistic and educational resource, a natural habitat, and a quiet place where one can glimpse a sampling of the region’s original native ecosystem. There are currently over 30 sculptures in the garden and on Anderson Center grounds.
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The Anderson Center, in its historic setting of Tower View, offers residencies in the arts and humanities; provides a dynamic environment for the exchange of ideas; encourages the pursuit of creative endeavors; and serves as a source of significant contributions to society.
Walker Art Center: Every Thursday night, enjoy free admission and programs, funded by our generous sponsor Target. The local company, headquartered just a stone’s throw away in downtown Minneapolis, is dedicated to supporting arts and cultural experiences for all audiences. Heads up, all visitors need a ticket—even for free admission. Target Free Thursday Nights look a little different right now. No more packed galleries with live programs or meet-ups with dozens of friends—but you can still count on spontaneous encounters with art and people, it’ll just be physically distanced. Since we can’t gather together on Thursday nights like we used to, we’ve created weekly suggestions on how to engage with the galleries and free notebooks to get your art on. One thing is for sure: galleries are still free and open late until 9 pm.
Open Air Art for All
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Upcoming Dates:
Thursday, June 17
Thursday, June 24
Thursday, July 1
The Victorian style design was inspired by the palm house at London’s Kew Gardens!
Mission: “To inspire our public to value the presence of living things in our lives.”
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In 2002 The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory gets a new name and a generous endowment fund created by the McNeely family. In her lifetime, Marjorie McNeely was a president of the St. Paul Garden Club and a long-time supporter of the historic Como Conservatory.
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In 2020 If it’s been awhile since your last visit to Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, you’ll be amazed by the transformation that’s taken place on Como Harbor in the heart of Como Zoo. This long-awaited improvement made fast progress in 2020, with a new amphitheater, year-round salt water pools and a naturalistic Pacific Northwest feel that’s nearly complete. “If there’s a silver lining to this time of uncertainty at Como, it would be that it gave construction crews a chance to make great progress on Como Harbor without inconveniencing our guests as much as we’d expected it to in 2020,” says Sticha.
Contributions from Como Friends also enabled Como to move ahead on a floor to ceiling renovation of the Aquatic Animals building, removing the historic fish tanks, and replacing them with more engaging microhabitats for lion fish and even a giant Pacific octopus. The steady pace of progress on both projects turned out to be an unexpected attraction for Como’s reservation-only visitors this summer. “Visitors were very excited to see how far construction on Como Harbor has come, and told us how much they are looking forward to seeing and experiencing these improvements in 2021,” Sticha says. “During a challenging year, it was wonderful to see such a visible sign of what Como’s future will be.”
One of the last FREE zoos in the United States, Como is home to a wide array of animals and plants and welcomes visitors 365 days a year. Located right next to Como Town Amusement Park, Cafesjian’s historic carousel, and Como Park, the Zoo and Conservatory are great fun for visitors of all ages.
Some of Como’s main attractions include a world-class polar bear exhibit, Polar Bear Odyssey, which opened to the public in 2010. The exhibit is home to the zoo’s twin polar bears Buzz and Neil and features over 13,000 square feet of outdoor habitat. The zoo is also home to a collection of large cats, hoofstock, wolves, birds, primates, gorillas, orangutans, seals and sea lions, and several other aquatic animals. The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory features six indoor gardens and several outdoor spaces, displaying thousands of beautiful plants each year. For more information about our attractions and to plan your visit, view our visitor guide at http://www.comozooconservatory.org/plan/#/visitor-guide.
Saint Paul Police Historical Society: “Como Park, which bears the just distinction of being the most beautiful public summer resort of its size and kind in America, embraces 402 acres. It is under the direct control of the Board of Park Commissioners and the immediate supervision of Frederick Nussbaumer, the superintendent of parks. Besides being city property, available for park purposes, Lake Como did not figure largely in the scenic and social annals of St. Paul until 1891, when the park commissioners assumed entire charge of parks. Before this, from 1873, to 1891, the city council had directed all park improvements and little had been done toward enhancing the natural beauty of Como. In 1891, however, with Mr. Nussbaumer in charge, the little lake and its shores experienced a wonderful change. And never since that time has the hand of improvement halted until today Como stands unrivalled, a spot as nearly perfect as an earthly Adam and Eve could wish it.”
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For over one hundred years, Como Park has played a vital role in meeting the recreational needs of residents of Saint Paul and surrounding communities. Inspired in part by the landscape designs of H.W.S. Cleveland, Frederick Nussbaumer, Superintendent of Parks from 1891 to 1922, worked tirelessly to create an outdoor haven for the area’s urban population. Nussbaumer strongly advocated for a wide variety of free or reasonably priced recreational activities, services, and educational opportunities for all park visitors. The park as we know it today continues to carry out this original vision.
Like all treasures, Como Park Zoo and Conservatory requires a special kind of care—a constant presence committed to safeguarding its history and securing its future.
Every year, community contributions to Como Friends’ annual fund make it possible to invest more than $1.5 million in improvements and general operations of the historic Como Zoo and the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, providing the extra care and feeding that keeps this natural wonder growing strong.
Como Friends is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation that makes sure Como Park Zoo and Conservatory gets the extra care it needs to grow stronger, live on, and remain available to all.
The centerpiece of this historic Minneapolis building’s lobby is the atrium art installation. It is a sculpture designed to evoke the image of flour falling from a sifter in homage to one of the local historic industries. This delicate installation consists of nearly 200 strands that are 100 feet in length with a series of bronzed and stainless metallic square elements within the Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis, a conversion of the historic Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton building from office to hotel by DLR Group.
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