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…
Wakpa Triennial was voted among the Best New Festivals! Nominated by a panel of experts at USA Today, the Wakpa Triennial was among 19 new festivals nominated to be in the Top Ten Best New Festivals in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers Poll. You voted us into the No. 5 spot in the top 10!…
Interview with Xavier Tavera by Sheila Regan Photographer, sculptor and public artist Xavier Tavera pays homage to El Nuevo Rodeo, the Latinx nightclub destroyed by fair in the unrest following the murder of George Floyd with an installation constructed at the site the club once stood. The piece juxtaposes silhouetted images of the community who…
Interview with Alexa Horochowski by Marianne Combs Minneapolis-based artist Alexa Horochowski is deeply aware of systems, both natural and man-made. Her work often investigates how those systems intersect and impact one another, often unintentionally. She wrestles with the consequences of human action on the planet, and seeks to inspire viewers to reflect on their own…
How did you know when you were an artist? I was in art school before kindergarten. To Help me socialize, my parents signed me up for T-ball. I got there, and it was a game as there was no practice; I had never seen baseball in my life. My team was in the field, and…
PRESENTED BY OYATE HOTANIN WITH PUBLIC ART SAINT PAUL Saturday, June 24 11 AM – 12:30 PM FREE Raspberry Island, Saint Paul Schubert Club Bandshell On this first day that Triennial art projects and installations will be open to the public, we launch the Wakpa Triennial with an event in the heart of Wakpa…
Tickets Here! From all of us at Public Art Saint Paul, we hope you will join us for a fabulous evening to gather and welcome the first installation of the Wakpa Triennial Art Festival of the Twin Cities! Join us at the Intercontinental Saint Paul Riverfront Hotel in downtown Saint Paul on Tuesday, June 20th for a delicious…
Email resume and cover letter to Ruby Kinney (ruby@publicartstpaul.org) by Sunday, May 14, 2023 for consideration. Communications Intern June 5, 2023 – October 1, 2023 $1,500 stipend 15 hours/week Public Art Saint Paul Public Art Saint Paul is a private nonprofit that places artists in leading roles in our community to shape public spaces, improve city systems,…