Public art can form and shape communities in a number of positive ways. By providing aesthetic value to a public space, street art provides value by creating conversations and forming relationships between individuals and the places they call home. Rock Martinez is an International Mural Artist working in Tucson, Arizona and Minneapolis, Minnesota. With over fifteen years of experience painting large surfaces, commercial buildings, and private spaces, he brings creative solutions to a variety of neighborhoods across the United States.…

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Alright, so it’s Monday. Back to reality after the holiday weekend. Now that we’re past the national mid-point of summer, it’s time to focus on making the most of the next two months. What am I doing to pursue this goal? Great question. Let’s start with taking advantage of the homework-free weeknights by exploring the city. Minneapolis and St. Paul are packed with events over the next six weeks and the best part is that most of them are FREE…

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This upcoming Saturday, WAM opens its “summer show”, an annual seasonal focus on Minnesota artists represented in the museum’s permanent collection.  The title of the exhibit, Tenuous, Though Real, is from a description of Minnesota artists written by art historian Rena Neumann Cohen in her 1976 book, Minnesota Painting and Sculpture from 1820 to 1914.  Cohen comments that the artists of our state have a “tenuous, though real sense of shared experience–an identification, however fleeting, with the Minnesota scene.” When…

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