Ames Center
Main/Member Gallery:
12600 Nicollet Ave, Burnsville | ames-center.com 952/895-4685 | M-F 9am-5pm, Sa 10am-2pm Children’s Art Festival – through Apr. 29
Crossings at Carnegie
320 East Ave., Zumbrota | 507/732-7616 crossingsatcarnegie.com M/T/W/F 10am-5pm, Th 10am-8pm, Sa 10am-4pm, Su 11am-3pm Poet Artist Collaboration – through May 4 – Fifty poets and visual artists collaborated to create works of art inspired the poems. Poems and the works they inspired are displayed together. Wendy Westlake/Courtney Armstrong – May 6-June 15
FiftyNorth Gallery, Northfield
1651 Jefferson Pkwy. | 507/664-3700 fiftynorth.org | M-F 7am-8pm, Sa 7am5pm, Su 10am-5pm Bob Nyvall (paintings), Toni Easterson (fiber art) – May 13-June 14. Opening Reception: May 21, 4-5:30pm
Bob Nyvall
Flaten Art Museum
Center for Art and Dance, St. Olaf | wp.stolaf.edu/flaten/ 507/786-3556 | M-W, F 10am-5pm, Th 10am-8pm, Sa/Su 2-5pm Exhibit Dates: May 3-19 Opening Reception: May 5, 12-2pm Senior Show – An annual exhibit and culminating event in the curriculum of St. Olaf College studio art majors.Twenty-four artists’ works span two galleries, the central corridor and installation spaces within the Center for Art and Dance. A variety of themes are explored. Center for Art and Design 205: Perception, Perspective & Power – An exhibit curated by the Class of 2019 Art History majors where relationships between artist, viewer, subject and medium are investigated. Diving into questions of identity, power differences and positionality, see how visual culture is shaped as well as how it shapes us.
Artists of the Cannon River Clay Tour: Place – through May 11 – Eleven artists, linked through geography and love of material, exhibit 10 place settings and sculptures that highlight the influences of place on the varied ceramic work they make. Featuring Barbara Zaveruha, Chris and Sue Holmquist, Colleen Riley, Donovan Palmquist, Glynnis Lessing, James LaChance, Joel Froehle, Juliane Shibata, Kelly Connole and Kip O’Krongly. To the Top! A Cup Show – through May 11 – An eclectic mix of drinking vessels created by regional ceramic artists Marion Angelica, Christie Clarke, Rafael Estrella, Sonja Hillestad, Judy Kutulas, Caroline Mecklin, Sue Pariseau, Elizabeth Pechacek, Katie Teesdale, Sarah Titus and Johnnie Walker. NHS Honors Art Show: Tied Together – May 15-June 8 – An annual spring exhibit of Northfield High School Honors Art Students featuring 20 junior and senior artists who have worked tirelessly to prepare cohesive and professional bodies of thematic work. This year’s group includes illustrators, painters, potters, sculptors, mixed-media specialists and computer illustrators. Artist Reception: May 17, 7-9pm with artist talks at 7:30pm. Refreshments will be served.
Up Gallery:
Cell Persona: Incarceration’s Impact on Black Lives – through May 11 – Artist Statement: “Cell Persona is about the far psychological and civic reach of incarceration into the lives of persons and their families’ [and their] ability to participate in democratic life even after incarceration. My cells discover the fact that disproportionately black persons populate our prisons and the cell reaches beyond its interior.” Whyldflhours – May 15-June 8 – New floral paintings by Benson Ramsey.
Allina Clinic Gallery:
Benson Ramsey
Journeys – through May 27 – Oil paintings by Rebecca Tolle, experiences that have imprinted on her mind, forming emotions on canvas.
Lakeville Area Arts Center
Archer House Gallery:
20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville | 952/985-4640 LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com | M-F 8am-4:30pm
Tranquility – through Aug. 31 – Felted wall hangings by Jean Manrique using naturally-colored wool embellished with the subtle tones of other fibers, plant dyes and materials found in nature.
Northfield Arts Guild
Northfield Business and Tourism Center
304 Division St. | 507/645-8877 | northfieldartsguild.org T-F 12-6pm, Sa 11am-3pmm One-Day Exhibition: Paintings by Max Lyonga – Apr. 27 11am-4pm. Open house and reception. Lyonga is a Cameroonian contemporary artist and a current visiting Artist-in-Residence at Carleton. Artist talk at 1pm. Enjoy this rare opportunity to meet this international artist and experience his “mokwe” style paintings – a mixture of abstraction with impressionism. Refreshments will be provided.
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19 Bridge Sq. | 507/645-5604 northfieldchamber.com An Illustrated Look at Downtown Northfield, 1976-2018 – through Aug. 31 – Drawings of Northfield landmarks and streetscapes by Jim Bohnhoff.
Tandem Bagels:
Crosswords – through July 28 – Drawings about conversations in the spaces between handwritten words by Gwen Partin.
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