Artistry and the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge are excited to announce Perspective Memories by Jade Lent and Billy Thao. Both Jade and Billy grew up in Minnesota and have been creating illustrations since they were children. Their process and perspectives grew with them creating the artist they are today. We are excited to bring them together in the Confluence Gallery to share their perspectives of the Minnesota River Valley and how nature has influenced their lives.

Artistry is excited to exhibit Dan Tran’s exhibition Precarious Equilibrium of Ambivalent States in the Atrium Gallery September 7th through November 3rd, 2024. Tran intertwines his experience as a bioengineer and artist to interpret the world at a molecular level. His geometric abstraction body of works paints a world of dynamic shapes and colors – mirroring the diversity of humankind and the fluidity of the human condition. We look forward to our audiences taking the time to observe his work and find the deeper connections within it.

Artistry is thrilled to announce the forthcoming exhibition, "An Anthological Journey: The Art of Luis Fitch," which will feature the extraordinary works of Mexican artist Luis Fitch from 2014 to 2024. 

Opening Reception:    Friday, July 12, 2024, from 6:00-8:00 pm

Closing Reception:      Sunday, September 15, 2024, from 2:00-4:00 pm to celebrate the start of Hispanic Heritage Month)

Artistry is excited to present artists MaryBeth Garrigan and Petra Johnita Lommen’s work that immerse you in the celestial wonder of their "Avian Night Sky" exhibition. This captivating display celebrates the fading beauty of our night skies, threatened by light pollution. Through ethereal paintings, the artists explore the transformative power of darkness. As birds soar through starlit heavens, they become metaphors for our own journeys through the subconscious realms of life. Garrigan's environmental activism echoes in the celestial backdrop, while Lommen's narrative weaves threads of the LGBTQ experience into the cosmic tapestry. Enhancing the multi-sensory experience is poetry by Stephen Wilbers. You can experience music by Jerry Kosak inspired by the artwork, at the closing reception and Star Party. Garrigan and Lommen have partnered with Starry Skies North to share resources on light pollution.

June 7th - August 18th, 2024

Opening Reception/Artist Talk: Wednesday, July 17th from 6 - 8pm

Lou Ferreri’s exhibition, INTERNAL AFFAIRS in our Atrium Gallery will be filled with his extravagant mixed-media drawings on the editorial pages of The New York Times. Initiated in 2010 as a continuing series, they elaborate on ordinary and extraordinary phenomena, physical preoccupations, anxieties, and observations regarding the details of everyday living. Influences for these daily drawings derive from news stories, op-eds, personal interactions, memory, history, intuition, or a previous night’s dream. Interspersed between the mixed-media drawings will be large charcoal drawings. Lou would work on four to five charcoal drawings at time allowing the music he would listen to drive him from one to another. In this exhibition you will not just see how his mind operates, but be able to dig into his thoughts by reading the many poems that will go along with his pieces.

Opening Reception: Thursday, June 6, 2024 from 6:00-8:00 pm

Artistry is excited to bring the work of Klaire Lockheart and Laura Wennstrom together, telling two stories of how women are seen in society, in our Inez Greenberg Gallery.

The Bloomington Elementary Schools Art Show, featuring work from K-5 students, is put on every year by Bloomington elementary art specialists in collaboration with Artistry Theater and Visual Arts. This show is one of Artistry's most popular exhibits and a favorite for so many in the community!

 The exhibition, Used, brings together sculptural and wall installations by Rachel Breen, Heather M. Cole, and Shana Kaplow. Made from reclaimed and new materials, their works speak to how we use materials and how they also “use” us. This exhibition offers space for reflection and introspection about our relationship to what we consume, and its personal and collective impact.  

Artistry presents A Delicate Society: Minnesota’s Wild Plants & Vertebrates in Watercolor & Pencil by Tanya Beyer in the Confluence Gallery located in the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge’s Education March 14, 2024 through April 28, 2024.

Gallery Hours: Thursday-Sunday: 10:00am-4:00pm; Closed on Federal Holidays

Free Painting Clouds using Watercolor Workshop: Friday, April 5, 2024 from 1:00-2:00pm. CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR THE WORKSHOP.

Opening Reception: Friday, April 5, 2024 from 2:30-4:00pm

Upon Closer Examination by JOHN PEARSON is an exhibition of polymer photogravure prints that invites exploration of our beautiful and mysterious natural surroundings. Rooted in locations from the Saint Croix River Valley to the shores of Mille Lacs Lake to his Saint Paul backyard, John seeks to expand upon traditional nature photography—which emphasizes portrayal of an idealized, untouched world—by giving attention to subjects in ways that further reveal their visual and narrative possibilities.

Artistry presents Endemic by Fawzia Khan and The Culturing of Guns by Jane Powers in the Inez Greenberg Gallery January 19, 2024 through March 7, 2024.

Opening Reception: Friday, January 26, 2024 from 6:00-8:00pm

Artist Talk: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 from 6:30-7:30pm

“Endemic” and “The Culturing of Guns” are two separate exhibitions by Fawzia Khan and Jane Powers, intertwined in our Inez Greenberg Gallery at the Bloomington Center for the Arts.

In “Loud Joy,” Leeya Jackson’s work is equally multi-modal, noisy, and curious, exploring themes related to her own neurodivergence, blackness, femininity, shame, and joy. Her interests lie in the complexity and strange beauty of Black neurodivergent girlhood, memory, and things in our shadows that others struggle to see. She is also inspired by and references the works of Afro-futuristic writer Octavia Butler, the story quilts of Faith Ringgold, the self-portraits of Frida Kahlo, and the heroic portraiture of Kehinde Wiley. She uses various mediums, such as painting, printmaking, design/typography, film, and animation, to create vibrant, lush, layered, and scattered imagery.

Stephanie Hunder’s mixed media works on paper are inspired by memories of growing up in Minnesota’s woodlands and prairies, intersected with scientific interpretation of natural phenomena. Using printmaking and antique photography, she mingles theoretical diagrams exploring the growth of complexity with documentary traces of trees and plants, building a synergistic vision of the environment.

Each year this exciting competition and exhibition brings together Artistry’s talented members. It is always a varied and eclectic collection, selected by prominent members of the local arts community, showcasing many different mediums, styles and techniques.

IDENTITY

Blair Treuer

Artist Talk: Thursday, October 26th, 2023 from 6 - 7pm

www.blairtreuer.com

The Audacity to be Asian in Rural America: we owe you no apologies is a series of 12 watercolor and Chinese ink scroll paintings on rice paper that visually tells the story of the Hao family’s Chinese American immigrant experience in rural west central Minnesota.

Chromatic Dialogue by Kathleen Kvern and Dodie Logue

Opening Reception: Friday, August 18th from 6-8pm. Free and open to the public.

Artist Talk: Tuesday, September 12th from 6:30-7:30pm. Free and open to the public.

Many old buildings and neighborhoods have a lot of memories and history, yet they are being torn down to make way for the new.  My recent drawings and paintings are an attempt to pay tribute to these artifacts from an earlier time.  I have been painting outdoors for over thirty years. I frequently paint in northern Minnesota and various locations while traveling, but most of my work has focused on the Twin Cities. I often paint in the older parts of the city, trying to capture the distinct character of each area before it vanishes.  When painting I work on site and try to create a spontaneous impression of the scene, the light, and the feeling of the subject while looking at it.  Although I spent several years studying and painting in the classical realist style, my goal now is not to create photorealistic representations, but rather capture the immediate essence of the places that resonate with me. I am inspired by the work of the early impressionists, the Camden Town group painters, and the Group of Seven.

Opening Night Reception: Thursday, June 29th from 6-7:30pm. The reception is free and open to the public.

Artist Talk: Tuesday, July 25th from 6:30-7:30pm. The Artist Talk is free and open to the public.

ARTIST
Gordon Coons

RECEPTION
TBD
The reception is free and open to the public.

Every year, Mall of America® is a proud and loud supporter of Pride Month, and invites everyone to join in. Check out the Love with Pride art showcase on Level 1, North (N184)—which features pieces from local LGBTQ+ artists from June 10 – July 31. And don't forget to stop by the numerous stores, attractions + restaurants that have committed to creating a culture and space where everyone is welcome. We look forward to elevating and celebrating all month long.

Join us in the Atrium Gallery for a look into Beth Peck’s creative process illustrating Angela Johnson’s “Just Like Josh Gibson.”

“Visual Conversations” is a two-person exhibition featuring sculptural works by Dennis Kalow and wall art installations by Jodi Reeb at the Inez Greenberg Gallery at Artistry in Bloomington, MN.

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, May 25th from 6 - 8pm. The reception is free and open to the public.

ARTIST TALK: Wednesday, May 31st from 6:30 - 7:30pm. The Artist Talk is free and open to the public.

The Bloomington Elementary Schools Art Show, featuring work from K-5 students, is put on every year by Bloomington elementary art specialists in collaboration with Artistry Theater and Visual Arts. This show is one of Artistry's most popular exhibits and a favorite for so many in the community!

OPENING RECEPTION

Friday, April 14 from 6:30-8:30pm.

The reception is free and open to the public.

ARTIST
Susan Feigenbaum

RECEPTION
Sunday, April 16th from 2:00 to 4:00pm.
The reception is free and open to the public.

LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY by Marc Ye captures the calm simplicity and the dynamic flow of a scene in nature, stimulating an emotional response that keeps the viewer in the image while communicating and creating a personal reaction. OPENING MARCH 2ND and running through APRIL 23, 2023 IN THE ATRIUM GALLERY.

OPENING RECEPTION

Thursday, March 2nd from 6 - 8pm.

The reception is free and open to the public.