Sheila Regan is a Twin Cities-based arts journalist. She writes MinnPost’s twice-weekly Artscape column. She can be reached at sregan@minnpost.com.
Working with models and also inserting his own body into the series, Christopher Selleck searches for a softer, more open understanding of the male form. “Body//Weight” is on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts from March 18 to June 25, 2023.
Plus: Sarah Bellamy directs “Sugar in Our Wounds” at Penumbra; Flamenco with with Juan Pedro Jiménez; Jawny with Wallice; and more.
Driessen’s project uses two beds that are reflective of the those used in the state hospital, where he also presents dried flowers that reflect the prairie. At the end of the project, Driessen intends to give away seed mixture of wildflowers and grass seeds.
Plus: HER STORY IS; a play about time; and more.
“Eternal Offerings: Chinese Ritual Bronzes” runs through May 21 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Plus: Pipa plus orchestra; Unpredictable Drawings; Jill Bernard in a one-person show.
Many of the pieces in the exhibition have never been on view at the museum, or haven’t been shown in many years. Other pieces were re-framed in order to properly preserve them.
A world of Twin Cities art and culture awaits this weekend after the snowstorm.
“Out There: Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ogresse: Envisioned” peforms Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25, at the Walker Art Center.
Plus: New music via the Cedar Commissions; U of M apparel design showcase; play takes on the pandemic era; and more.
Composer Mary Ellen Childs’ “North” runs Wednesdays to Saturdays at the Anderson Center in Red Wing through April 22. The piece recognizes the awe and majesty of nature and portrays — through sensory channels — the existential threat of climate change.
Plus: “A Soldier’s Play” at the Fitzgerald; the art of Ron Mosman; eclectic sounds and video art curated by Pieta Brown and Liz Draper; and more.
Poet, writer, critic and playwright David Mura takes on systemic racism in America in his new book, “The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives.” The impetus for the book came after Philando Castile was shot by a police officer at a traffic stop in Falcon Heights.
Plus: ‘Cold Air Rises’; a Peyton Scott Russell retrospective; a Minnesota Center for Book Arts open house; and more.
During a three-week residency in the Twin Cities, Kablusiak will give talks and participate in several events. Their art on display at Bockley Gallery in Kenwood.
Plus: Joe Rainey at the Cedar; Polynesian surf tunes; Ada Limón and Krista Tippett; and more.
“Locomotion” opens in its regional premiere this week at the Children’s Theatre Company. The story is about Lonnie’s journey, and how he discovers poetry as a tool for his own resilience as much is taken away from him and he’s forced to navigate the foster care system.
Plus: Stunning landscapes; the Bakken Ensemble; Miguel Zenón Quartet; and more.
Set in the first half of the 20th century in the South, “the bull-jean stories,” now playing at Pillsbury House + Theatre, is an unabashed celebration of female desire.
Plus: Out There festival at the Walker; the life and music of jazz pianist Bill Evans; and more.
