Minnesota Arts

State Fair Rejects: Art that didn’t make the Fine Arts Competition
After hundreds of artists were rejected from Minnesota's prestigious State Fair Fine Arts Competition, two Twin Cities galleries are hosting popular "reject shows" featuring the overlooked works, celebrating artistic resilience and sparking public interest and conversation.
A taste of the Fringe Festival: Four shows
With more than 100 productions scattered across the city, the Minnesota Fringe Festival is too sprawling to capture in a single take. From a reanimated insult comic to a Shakespeare lottery, here’s a glimpse of what this year’s Fringe has to offer.
Minnesota Orchestra honors $15 million in support with auditorium renaming
The Minnesota Orchestra is renaming its auditorium to the Lindahl Auditorium this fall in honor of longtime supporters Nancy and John Lindahl, who have pledged $15 million to the organization.
New Smithsonian exhibit highlights American fairs, including crop art, butter from Minnesota
An August exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, inspired by Minnesota’s State Fair traditions, will highlight American craft through artworks like crop art, butter sculptures and textiles.
Cartoons, culture and care: Latino artist creates bilingual mental health universe
Rocky Casillas Aguirre’s bilingual art show, “U are the Universe,” uses playful cartoon characters to explore mental health in a way that’s accessible to Latino youth and families.