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Pete Driessen

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Zumbro Bend Catalog, ZB Hat, & Field Pack Release

May 15, 2024

Visual Artist Pete Driessen is thrilled to announce the collaborative release of the signed, numbered, limited edition of 100 Zumbro Bend Catalogs designed by Make Do Books @Justin_d_Allen and printed by the union shop and B-Corp at Smart Set @smart_set_printing of Minneapolis, MN, along with a limited edition of 10 unique Zumbro Bend Field Bags & Hats.

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In Zumbro Bend, Arts Writing, Pete Driessen Art, Press, Interdisciplinary Art, Installation, Exhibition Tags Zumbro Bend, Rochester Art Center, Zumbro River, Exhibition Catalog, Field Pack, ZB Hat, Make Do Books, Smart Set, Justin Allen, Pooch Karton, Bendy Words Statement, Kautzky Lazy Ike, Lazy Ike Lure

Pete Driessen © 2023. Line/Template. Dry rock protection wall construction east of Rochester, MN. Photographer unknown. Modified digital print. 17 x 24 inches. Courtesy the artist & Olmsted County Historical Society & Museum.

Zumbro Bend/Three Desiring Bodies Opens at Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

November 16, 2023

Zumbro Bend/Three Desiring Bodies Opens at Rochester Art Center

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In Interdisciplinary Art, Pete Driessen Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Zumbro Bend, Exhibition, Installation Tags Pete Driessen Art, Pete Driessen Visual Art, Pete Driessen Visual Artist, Zumbro Bend, Rochester Art Center, Three Desiring Bodies, Pooch Karton, Olmsted County Historical Society, Zumbro River, Gloss Acrylic Gel Medium, Exhibition, Ins, painting, Bait Shop, Gel Medium Lab, Sinuous Bend Installation, Site Specific Art, Sound Art

Pete Driessen © 2021. Prairie Burn at Prairie Wetland Learning Center, April 2021, Fergus Falls, MN. Courtesy the Artist.

Arts Writer Sheila Regan on Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed in MinnPost

March 26, 2023

Special thank you to writer/actress Sheila Regan for her thoughtful write-up of my prototype show, Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed, now open in the Kaddatz Building, Fergus Falls, MN. Link below:

Minnesota Artist Pete Driessen’s Healing art is inspired by shuttered Fergus Falls mental hospital. In Artstcape, Arts & Culture, MinnPost. March 14, 2023.

In Community Art, Durational Art, Grants, Interdisciplinary Art, Market Exchange, Migratory/Wildflower Bed, Pete Driessen Art, Public Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Wildflowers, Arts Writing, Press Tags pete driessen, Pete Driessen Art, Pete Driessen Visual Art, Pete Driessen Visual Artist, sheila regan, Migratory Wing, Prairie Wildflower Bed, prairie, prairie restoration, minn post, prairie burn, sculpture, interdisciplinary art, Public Art, Site Specific Art, Hinge Residency, Springboard for the Arts, Community Art, durational art, Installation, Kirkbride Building, Kaddatz Gallery, Kaddatz Building, waterfowl, garden plot, Socially Engaged Art, Participatory Art, pollination, hospital bed, MN State Hospital, migration, Market Exchange, MSAB, art writing, art review, healing, cultivation, driedflowers, Wildflowers, Seed Mixture, Wildflower Seeds, Fergus Falls, healthcare

Pete Driessen © 2023. Market Exchange with Collaborative Seamstress. From Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed, Kaddatz Building, Fergus Falls, MN. Courtesy the Artist.

Community Market Exchange

March 26, 2023

Please join us for a participatory Market Exchange, where we will be freely sharing with the community a limited amount of dried flowers in sixteen French galvanized buckets & two watering cans, a diverse prairie wildflower & grass seed mixture in small mason jars, nine framed historical photos, along with two twin metal bed frames. All taking place as part of Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed project, in the Community Room at the Kaddatz Building, Fergus Falls, on Saturday, March 25th & Tuesday, March 28th, 3-5 pm. Sign up during Kaddatz Gallery hours Tues. thru Sat. 12-5 pm to reserve yours or its first come-first serve with remaining items. Limit one item per patron/family. No purchase necessary.

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Pete Driessen © 2023. Untitled/Prairie Wildflowers. Colored pencil & graphite on paper. 22 x 30 inches. Courtesy the artist.

Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed at the Kaddatz Building, Fergus Falls, MN.

March 26, 2023

Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed opens at Kaddatz Building, on March 17, 2023.

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Image: Untitled (Throw Blanket). 2014. Acrylic mediums on unstretched found reversible Afghan throw blanket. Size Varies.

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Nov 16, 2023
Interdisciplinary Art, Pete Driessen Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Zumbro Bend, Exhibition, Installation
Zumbro Bend/Three Desiring Bodies Opens at Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
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Interdisciplinary Art, Pete Driessen Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Zumbro Bend, Exhibition, Installation
Nov 16, 2023
Interdisciplinary Art, Pete Driessen Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Zumbro Bend, Exhibition, Installation
Mar 26, 2023
Community Art, Durational Art, Grants, Interdisciplinary Art, Market Exchange, Migratory/Wildflower Bed, Pete Driessen Art, Public Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Wildflowers, Arts Writing, Press
Arts Writer Sheila Regan on Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed in MinnPost
Mar 26, 2023
Community Art, Durational Art, Grants, Interdisciplinary Art, Market Exchange, Migratory/Wildflower Bed, Pete Driessen Art, Public Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Wildflowers, Arts Writing, Press
Mar 26, 2023
Community Art, Durational Art, Grants, Interdisciplinary Art, Market Exchange, Migratory/Wildflower Bed, Pete Driessen Art, Public Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Wildflowers, Arts Writing, Press
Mar 26, 2023
Community Art, Durational Art, Interdisciplinary Art, Migratory/Wildflower Bed, Pete Driessen Art, Public Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Wildflowers, Market Exchange
Community Market Exchange
Mar 26, 2023
Community Art, Durational Art, Interdisciplinary Art, Migratory/Wildflower Bed, Pete Driessen Art, Public Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Wildflowers, Market Exchange
Mar 26, 2023
Community Art, Durational Art, Interdisciplinary Art, Migratory/Wildflower Bed, Pete Driessen Art, Public Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Wildflowers, Market Exchange
Mar 26, 2023
Community Art, Grants, Migratory/Wildflower Bed, Pete Driessen Art, Public Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Durational Art, Interdisciplinary Art
Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed at the Kaddatz Building, Fergus Falls, MN.
Mar 26, 2023
Community Art, Grants, Migratory/Wildflower Bed, Pete Driessen Art, Public Art, Sculpture, Site Specific Art, Durational Art, Interdisciplinary Art
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Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed
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