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From Minnesota Public Radio News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what's exciting in local art.

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December 1, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Rural artists reveal a complex world

“Field Notes: 7 Truths about the Rural” highlights rural Minnesota artists and issues for an urban audience at Form+Content Gallery in Minneapolis. “Spiked!” brings music, comedy and holiday cheer to the Granada Theater in Minneapolis over the next two weeks. Four female photographers stretch and innovate the form in “Surface Tension” at Olson Gallery at Bethel University.

by Emily Bright

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November 17, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Minnesota multimedia shows challenge viewers

In “Between the Stripes, Under the Stars” at St. Catherine University, 10 female artists explore American identity. The juried art show, “Trail Mix” at the Whit Gallery in St. Cloud celebrates the beauty of nature and the work to combat climate change. “Careful, May Fall Apart” by art therapist Lauren Callis explores love and loss at Pink Slip Gallery.

by Emily Bright

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November 10, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds recommend irresistible rhythms of Taiko drumming and jazz guitar

The documentary “Finding her Beat,” about premiere Taiko drumming women gathering in Minnesota, makes its state premiere at the Sound Unseen festival this weekend. The Jazz and Fingerstyle Guitar Concert Series features two duos playing hot club jazz and swing next Tuesday. Plus, an exhibit at Madison Mercantile celebrates the “Life in Art” of the influential artist Franz Allbert Richter.

by Emily Bright

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November 3, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Minnesota children’s book authors divert airport audiences

The Picture Book Parade displays a rotating series of art by Minnesota authors at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s concourse C. All 100 of Carolyn Sue Olson’s “Essential Worker” portraits are on display for the first time in Duluth and Annmarie Geniusz’ multimedia art show opens Thursday at Wussow’s Concert Cafe in Duluth, with ska band Woodblind performing.

by Emily Bright

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October 27, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Add some theater to your Halloween weekend

Cabarave combines theater and circus performance with a Halloween-themed nightclub atmosphere this Friday and Saturday night in Minneapolis. Drag performer Roxie Manacoochi performs a Halloween cabaret at Austin Country Club and the Twin Cities Film Fest has a full lineup of shows through Saturday night.

by Emily Bright

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October 20, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Donut look away from a Halloween season fest

The Twin Cities Horror Festival serves up 11 new shows devoted to the horror genre to get you ready for Halloween. Minnesota Bach Ensemble launches its 10th-anniversary season with a collection of baroque classics in Minneapolis. Locally produced podcast “This Queer Book Saved My Life” enters its second season.

by Emily Bright

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October 13, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Art that explores the sea, prairie and spiritual realms

“Frontera Liminal” at the Anderson Center in Red Wing pairs the work of two Latino artists exploring where the spiritual and the everyday collide. At Westminster Gallery in Minneapolis, Susan Sperl’s detailed felted sea creatures, paired with comics by two teen artists, connect the health of the Mississippi watershed with the health of ocean life. Dodie Logue’s abstract paintings evoke the color and texture of the summer prairie in Buffalo, Minn.

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October 6, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: St. Paul gallery presents art from three Native artists

The American Craft Made marketplace opens at St. Paul’s RiverCentre, as the new version of the American Craft Council show, on hiatus since 2019. The Art Hounds also suggest you check out a celebration of Indigenous art at Metro State University’s Gordon Parks Gallery and two exhibits at Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis.

by Jacob Aloi and Emily Bright

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September 29, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Visual art show celebrates athleticism ahead of Twin Cities Marathon

If you add up the artists featured in studio art tours this weekend alone — 40 in the Meander Art Crawl, plus over 30 in the Fargo-Moorhead Visual Arts Studio Crawl — you get a glimpse of the tremendous wealth of creative talent Minnesota has to offer. Plus, “Journey to Rock Bottom” in Burnsville by artist Annie Young celebrates marathoners who raced in Antarctica.

by Emily Bright

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September 22, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Iranian music lights up the Ordway and Lanesboro's history in three plays

Art Hounds recommend the music of The Ensemble Aras in a concert featuring Minnesota musicians. Lanesboro’s History Alive! stages a combination pop-up play and walking tour, and a Minneapolis book launch features well-known authors and a comedian.

by Jacob Aloi and Emily Bright

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