At 17, Patience “Pizel” Epps turns emotion into mixed-media art and brings her voice to the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Her journey shows how creativity can become language, purpose, and a path forward.
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Art in Bloom Returns to Mia with Fresh Florals and Springtime Spirit
MINNEAPOLIS — Celebrate the arrival of spring with one of Minneapolis Institute of Art’s most beloved traditions. Art in Bloom, presented by the Friends of the Institute, returns for a four-day celebration from April 24–27, 2025, filling Mia’s galleries with color, fragrance, and imagination. Free and open to all, the annual festival invites visitors to […]
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Sisters in Bloom to celebrate spring, creativity and connection at MIA
Sisters in Bloom is a celebration of floral artistry and Black women creatives, featuring a live floral design demonstration by Jennifer Bevan, and offering light lunch, interactive activities, and raffle tickets for a chance to win a gift bag valued at $100.
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Win Swag and Tickets to Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys
The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder and the Minneapolis Institute of Art are hosting a giveaway for two tickets to the Giants exhibit, featuring nearly 100 works from Black artists, with four winners receiving a Giants Exhibit Swag Bag and two tickets to the exhibition.
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Sister Spokesman uplifts women of color in media
At the latest Sister Spokesman event, a panel of Black women journalists discussed the challenges and opportunities faced by Black women in the media, highlighting the importance of Black-owned media and the need for more spaces where Black women can lead and tell their own stories.
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Casey Riley on GIANTS: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys
The Minneapolis Institute of Art is set to host GIANTS: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, a groundbreaking exhibition featuring nearly 100 significant works by Black diasporic artists.
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Visit the MN Spokesman-Recorder Booth at The Black Market for a Chance to Win a Swag Bag!
The MN Spokesman-Recorder will be at The Black Market on February 8th, 2025, offering an exclusive giveaway of a Swag Bag packed with goodies from the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the MN Spokesman-Recorder, including two tickets to the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection exhibit.
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Experience “Institute of Ice” at Mia: A Winter Art Spectacle
The Minneapolis Institute of Art will host the Institute of Ice on February 6, 2025, featuring nine hand-carved ice sculptures inspired by the soon-to-open Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys exhibition and Mia’s world-renowned collection.
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Black Europe Film Festival debuts in Twin Cities
The Black Europe Film Festival of Minneapolis/Saint Paul will showcase Afro-European cinema across 24 countries, celebrating Black artistic excellence and amplifying voices that challenge dominant narratives of race, migration, and belonging.
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Minneapolis Institute of Art Announces “The True America: Photographs by Ernest Cole”
The Minneapolis Institute of Art is set to present a powerful exhibition of Ernest Cole’s previously unpublished photographs of Black communities in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s, offering a rare glimpse into the lives of everyday people living through a period of significant social change.
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Philando Castile remembered in upcoming Mia art exhibit
Philando Castile will be honored in a new Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) exhibition entitled “Art and Healing: In the Moment” starting in June.