Announcing the 2026 Wakpá Triennial In 2023 we accomplished something big: our first The Wakpá Triennial. This multi-site, network of public space projects and gallery-based installations featured exhibitions by Minnesota-based Artists, with the majority of artwork created by artists of color living in the Twin Cities. It was also a finalist for the Top Ten…
At the outset of the construction season, in late spring, Public Art Saint Paul brought on Justin Barisonek as our Sidewalk Poetry Field Coordinator, to work alongside the City’s Public Works pour team and he’s been hard at work all season stamping poems. We thought to share more about Justin with our followers and supporters….
It’s been a little over a year since Katayoun Amjadi joined Public Art Saint Paul’s team as City Artist. We sat down with her to catch readers up to what she’s been working on in her role as the City Artist: Tell me a little bit about where you’re from and what brought…
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The world that we leave young people says a great deal about a culture’s values. What will that say about us? At the moment, so much shows that we are not doing all we can to make the world a better place. What can older generations do to set younger generations and future generations up…
Intro: Public Art Saint Paul is looking for teaching artists working in public art, to think outside the box and imagine innovative activities, to engage youth in arts experiences centered on the theme of stewardship of our natural environment. About eARTh Lab: eARTh Lab is an eco-friendly youth arts education program of eight weekly workshops, located…
Public Art Saint Paul regrettably announces its cancellation of its Critical Conversation event scheduled for 6 PM tonight at the Minneapolis American Indian Center. We do so out of respect for the local Indigenous community and in commiseration with them over the alarming and tragic violent acts of yesterday and today that have left four…
For many people language is culture. More than grammar, vocabulary, and communication, language carries the history of its people, lives and land, a worldview and a feeling about humanity. Language contains and reveals our values and lives in the body. This is especially true of indigenous languages – those threatened through colonialism but seeing a…
Mohannad Ghawanmeh is an experienced arts leader with a strong commitment to art that lifts up communities and share stories and histories. He is published scholar, with a dozen recognitions and distinctions, who has developed public art in multiple cities. He is returning to the Twin Cities and Minnesota, where he attended college and worked…