The west-end walls of the Regis Center for Art are most often reserved for temporary exhibition space, student experimentation, and classwork displays. Tables and chairs are usually occupied by undergraduates — either rushing to finish assignments or fitting in a few zzz’s before class. The lighting is dim, the halls are drafty, and if it’s critique week, tensions are high. That was simply not the case during the month of February. For 18 glorious days, the walls of Regis were…

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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PUBLIC ART ON CAMPUS PROGRAM CREATIVE PLACE MAKING Public art has become a popular and effective way of building a sense of community and giving public spaces meaningful identity. Like all art, the works inspire observers to think about their world differently. This transformative quality gives public art an important educational role throughout the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. The Public Art on Campus Program was established in 1988. Since then there have been more than…

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Julie Buffalohead Nanabozho and Coyote’s War Party, 2000 Oil on canvas, 511/2 x 50 in.   ABOUT THE ART In this painting, Julie Buffalohead paints herself as Nanabozho, an Ojibwe hero figure who is the son of a spirit father and mortal mother. According to Native American legend, Nanabozho can transform himself into any animal or object in nature. Here Nanabozho is seen as a partially transformed woman with the ears and tail of a coyote, a notorious trickster in…

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