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Green Galleries in the Twin Cities

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Rob O'Brien
Object Magazine
Art galleries have a way of not wanting to fit the criteria determined for something to be considered "green." There's very little recycling happening in these creative spaces (unless you count harvesting scrap metal for sculpture). Social consciousness? This, too, seems to be a rarity in Twin Cities galleries. However, each one of the galleries listed here has made a point to exhibit local art or to take on social issues that challenge the public and a traditional view of art.

Footnotes/Endnotes

Argyle Zebra (AZ) Gallery

Northern Warehouse, 308 Prince St., St. Paul

Phone: 651-255-6624

The AZ Gallery acts as the communal gallery for the artists' co-op of Lowertown, St. Paul. Art is produced on site and shown by artists - what's more community-oriented?

ArTrujillo Studio Gallery

International Bazaar 301 E. Lake St. Suite 01, Minneapolis

Phone: 612-821-9076

The shopping center housing this gallery turns some people off from visiting, but ArTrujillo Studio Gallery has some of the best artwork from the local Latino community.

Jim Brandenburg Gallery

Luverne, MN & Ely, MN

Phone: 877-493-8017

Email: ravenwoodstudios@aol.com

www.jimbrandenburg.com

Brandenburg may be Minnesota's preeminent nature photographer. His Boundary Waters images taken between Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice revitalized interest in the park.

CreArte

Chicano and Latino Arts Center and Museum

4137 Bloomington Ave. S., Minneapolis

Phone: 612-728-5723

The CreArte gallery encompasses both traditional and multi-media art within a space that focuses on the work of the Latino community.

Flatland Gallery

208 E. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis

Phone: 612-378-3890

Email: info@flatland-gallery.com

www.flatland-gallery.com

Flatland seeks out local emerging artists to show in the gallery. Flatland opened in response to the call for more space for artists to display their work "at affordable prices."

Franconia Sculpture Park

29815 Unity Ave., Shafer

Phone: 651-465-3701

Email: info@franconia.org

www.franconia.org

Sculptures of scrap iron, wood and other materials rise out of the fields at the Franconia Sculpture Park, urging people to get out of their cars and walk among the giant art.

Franklin Art Works

1021 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis

Phone: 612-872-7494

www.franklinartworks.org

Housed in the heart of Phillips, the Franklin Art Works hosts free exhibitions focusing on one artist. Each summer, their shows deal with issues relating to the Phillips community.

Homewood Studios

2400 Plymouth Ave. N., Minneapolis

Phone: 612-587-0230

Email: homewood@homewoodstudios.com

www.homewoodstudios.com

Homewood studios is an artists' workspace and small community gallery/meeting space designed for local artists and community members.

Icebox Gallery

2401 Central Ave, Minneapolis

Phone: 612-788-1790

icebox@bitstream.net

www.iceboxminnesota.com

The thought provoking Icebox Gallery accurately represents the kinds of hoops artists jump through to show their work. The gallery shows work from local artists.

Intermedia Arts

2822 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis

Phone: 612-871-4444

Email: allstaff@intermediaarts.org

www.intermediaarts.org

Intermedia Arts is the perfect example of what a "green gallery" can be. They show and promote community art, educate the public and perform outstanding non-profit work.

MCAD/Calhoun Square Gallery

3001 Hennepin Ave. S., Minneapolis

Phone: 612-874-3748

www.mcad.edu

Calhoun Square may not seem a very green space for art, but the MCAD/Calhoun Square gallery still helps to bring the work of student artists to the community.

Midway Contemporary Art

2500 University Ave. W., Suite C-2, St. Paul

Phone: 651-917-1851

Email: info@midwaycontemporaryart.org

www.midwaycontemporaryart.org

The Twin Cities are in dire need of more non-commercial art space such as this one. Midway Contemporary Art's space brings art to the industrial Midway neighborhood.

Katherine E. Nash Gallery

Willey Hall, 225 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis

Phone: 612-624-7530

www.artdept.umn.edu

Buried in the basement of Wiley Hall on the University of Minnesota's West Bank, the Nash Gallery gets ignored too often. Exhibits tend to focus on work from the University community and the Twin Cities.

No Name Exhibitions at the Soap Factory

110 5th Ave. SE, Minneapolis

Phone: 612-623-9176

Email: bethp@soapfactory.org

www.soapfactory.org

No Name Exhibitions gallery sits inside a beautifully renovated warehouse near the Mississippi. The space helps introduces emerging local artists to the public eye.

pARTS Gallery

711 W Lake St., Minneapolis

Phone: 612-824-5500

Email: parts@bitstream.net

www.partsphoto.org

The pARTS photographic gallery deals with social and political art as seen through the camera lens.

Resource Center of the Americas

3019 Minnehaha Ave. S., Minneapolis

Phone: 612-276-0788

Email: sjanisch@americas.org

The Resource Center doesn't have a gallery space per se, but displays a mural outside and houses art focusing on community and the Americas inside the building.

Rogue Buddha Gallery

2402 E. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis

Phone: 612-331-3889

www.roguebuddha.com

Rogue Buddha attempts to mix all mediums of art within four walls. The ambitious gallery bursts with the color of local artists.

Soo Visual Arts Gallery

2640 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis

Phone: 612-871-2263

Email: information@soovac.org

www.soovac.org

The Soo Gallery attempts to make art more accessible to the community - even going so far as to distribute art through gumball machines (for a quarter or two).

Thomas Barry Fine Arts

530 North 3rd Street Minneapolis MN 55104

phone: 612-338-3656

fax: 612.436.0283

thom@thomasbarry.com

www.thomasbarry.com

Thomas Barry Fine Arts is a for-profit gallery showing primarily contemporary Midwestern Artists since 1984. Represented artists include Judy Onofrio, Lynn Geesaman, David Lefkowitz and Thomas Allen.

Two Rivers Art Gallery

1530 E Franklin Ave., Minneapolis

Phone: 612-879-1780

Email: jespinosa@maicnet.org

Minnesota American Indian Center: www.maicnet.org

Two Rivers Art Gallery: www.maicnet.org/Two%20Rivers%20Gallery/Default.html

Emerging Native American artists have a chance to display both traditional and contemporary art at Two Rivers Gallery.

The Waiting Room

1828 Marshall St. NE, Suite 5, Minneapolis

Phone: 612-781-8115

Email: info@waitingroomgallery.com

Perhaps the most cutting-edge gallery in the Twin Cities. The Waiting Room deals with the art of social critique and more. Few claim to understand it; many love it.

Walker Art Center

725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis

Phone: 612-375-7622

Email: information@walkerart.org

www.walkerart.org

The Walker may be "the name" for art in the cities, but they keep in touch with the community through programs such as "Walker on Wheels," which brings art to neighborhoods by automobile.

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