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Sheila Dickinson on Crystal Chandeliers in The Brooklyn Rail

Hot off the press! Curator & art historian Sheila Dickinson reviews the group show, The Crystal Chandeliers Light Up the Paintings On Your Walls, in Art Seen, The Brooklyn Rail, September 2026.

Hot off the press! Curator & art historian Sheila Dickinson reviews the group show, The Crystal Chandeliers Light Up the Paintings On Your Walls, in Art Seen, The Brooklyn Rail, September 2026. Read here: https://brooklynrail.org/2026/09/artseen/the-crystal-chandeliers-light-up-the-paintings-on-your-walls/

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801 Gallery Exhibition Opens Thursday, October 22, 2026 5-8pm!

I will be showing eight new large scale site-specific paintings at the dynamic 801 Art Gallery in the North Loop of downtown Minneapolis, opening October 22nd, 5-8 pm.

Proof of Life Sculpture Exhibit Opens sunday Oct. 25, 2026 @ NE Sculpture Gallery!

As part of the 32nd International Sculpture Conference, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory is hosting a unique sculpture based group show opening Sunday, October 25, 1:30 -6pm.

Sheila Dickinson on Crystal Chandeliers in The Brooklyn Rail

Hot off the press! Curator & art historian Sheila Dickinson reviews the group show, The Crystal Chandeliers Light Up the Paintings On Your Walls, in Art Seen, The Brooklyn Rail, September 2026.

The Crystal Chandeliers Light Up the Paintings On Your Walls Opens at Nemeth Art Center!

The Crystal Chandeliers Light Up the Paintings On Your Walls Opens at Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN Saturday, July 25th, 2026 4-6 pm!

Nemeth from the North Visits Cruise!

Nemeth Art Center from Park Rapids, MN is visiting Cruise in Uptown Minneapolis for a unique fundraiser for their seasonal programming on Saturday, April 25th, 2026 4-8 pm.

TOA Invites you to I-Regali!

The Orange Advisory invites you to I Regali, a unique end of the year sale featuring works by more than 30 artists salon-style hung at their gallery in Northeast Minneapolis, on Saturday, November 29th, 6-9 pm & Sunday, November 30, 12-4 pm

Zumbro Bend Catalog, ZB Hat, & Field Pack Release!

Zumbro Bend Exhibit Catalog, ZB Hat, & Field Pack Release!

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

Zumbro Bend/Three Desiring Bodies Opens at Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN on November 18, 1-4 pm. Artist Talk 2 pm.

Community Market Exchange

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, …

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

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…

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

A goal of the wildflower garden bed public art project is to offer an open-ended idea for a collaborative rural city project where citizens can cooperatively share skill sets to generate healthy ecological stewardship together…

Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed

This past January, I received an MSAB Creative Support for Individuals grant to investigate and create a potential community Migratory Wing/Prairie Wildflower Bed via my past research at the historic Kirkbride Building, former MN State Hospital, in Fergus Falls, MN.

Welcome & Wing Dam!

Here is a brief artistic statement on my recent site-specific Wing Dam sculpture that was researched, developed, designed, and created over a period of a year in conjunction with my 2020 artist residency at the lovely Anderson Center for the Arts, Red Wing, Minnesota…