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8+ hour, 41+ min ago (249+ words) Arts Center of Saint Peter Works on Paper by Brad Widness Friday through July 25 at 315 S. Minnesota Ave. Reception 3-5 p. m Saturday. Hours: 1-5 p. m. Wednesday-Saturday and 10 a. m. -5 p. m. Saturday. Blue Earth County Historical Society History Center Works by Shelley Caldwell and Al Steinberg through June;…...
Twin Cities artist completes a residency in New Ulm
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (784+ words) Artist Nancy Ariza just finished a two-week residency at The Grand Center for Arts & Culture's Cellar Press in New Ulm. Ariza uses oil-based inks for the prints, which means they need to spend time in the drying rack. NEW ULM…...
Free Press is the next Twin Rivers Creative Connection
1+ week, 1+ day ago (271+ words) MANKATO " Twin Rivers Council for the Arts will hold the next of its "Creative Connections," which exposes local artists" art in natural settings and highlights arts-supported businesses, when it visits The Free Press offices 5: 30-6: 30 p. m. Tuesday. The micro gallery series has…...
First of City Art activities has Mexican and hometown flair
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (864+ words) Local artist Justin Ek, in conjunction with the Latino Minnesota Museum of Art, will help participants create alebrije pieces for temporary display in North Mankato and then at Old Town Mankato's Day of the Dead festival in October. Pieces like…...
26 sculptures installed for 16th Mankato tour
3+ week, 4+ day ago (268+ words) Repeat sculptors Lee Leuning and Sherri Treeby help volunteers place their work, Guy in the Mirror, outside the Intergovernmental Center. The "guy" of the title was placed in front of the mirror later. City Art Walking Sculpture Tour volunteers loaded…...
Fewer sculptures due to construction, but more events
3+ week, 6+ day ago (648+ words) This new piece of art for the City Art Walking Sculpture Tour was towed into Mankato last weekend. It and 25 others will be installed by volunteers Saturday. Animal sculptures are often a part of the City Art Walking Sculpture Tour…...
Collector donates her works to benefit Carnegie Center
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (946+ words) Charlie Leftridge, Carnegie Art Center executive director, sets out some of the unique pieces donated by the late Mary Topp to benefit the organization. It will be a part of the 2026 Art Brunch Fundraiser on Saturday. Many tabletop art pieces…...
Church murals reflect searing social commentary
1+ year, 1+ week ago (1519+ words) A mural by Croatian-American artist Maxo Vanka titled "Christ on the Battlefield" is seen inside St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale, Pa. , March 18, 2025. MILLVALE, Pa. " When the scaffolding came down inside the unassuming hilltop church near Pittsburgh, it revealed…...
From tackling food insecurity to supporting the arts, area philanthropy thrives
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (1039+ words) Tim Huebsch stands next to a mural on the outside of the My Place building along Stadium Road in Mankato. Huebsch is a trustee for the Marion Anderson Fund, which secured funding to paint the mural on the building in…...
College seniors displaying their art, projects
2+ mon, 12+ hour ago (848+ words) Gustavus Adolphus College student Lindsey Johnson arranges one of her fiber pieces included in the "Surface Tension" senior group exhibition the Hillstrom Museum. The show opens today on campus. Gustavus student Chloe Rossow works in the Hillstrom Museum of Art…...