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Retired science teacher Ellen Fahey says art galleries are her refuge, and she’s gone three times to see 

. The show features 40 years of Russell’s work, from elementary school through today.

A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Russell is perhaps best known for his murals, including one painted in 2020 of George Floyd, entitled “Icon of a Revolution.” The exhibit features that work as well as examples of Peyton’s Graffiti art, stenciling, jean jackets and sculpture.

The exhibit runs through March 3, with an open house March 2 at 6:30 p.m.

 of Minneapolis loved creating abstracts to live music back in September as part of MacPhail’s Spotlight Series: Musical Explorations in Spectral Colors. He strongly recommends seeing the next installment of the series, “

 Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Antonello Hall in Minneapolis.

This performance will feature visual art and short films of Eyenga Bokamba, created and projected in response to live music that includes Bach’s Suite for solo cello No. 5 and “electronic soundscapes".

Berry says it’s exciting to experience the two art forms combined and speaking to one another in a live setting.

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Writer Dave Walbridge from St. Paul suggests keeping your eyes open for a Free Little Art Gallery. Like the Little Free Libraries, anyone can set up a box to house a miniature art gallery. People may simply take in the art, or take a piece they enjoy. And as with Little Free Libraries, artists may leave work in the galleries.

The movement began in Seattle and has spread across the world, inside art galleries and community centers as well as outside. In Minnesota, Free Little Art Galleries have popped up in and around St. Paul as well as Duluth, Willmar, Waconia and Hawley, a town east of Fargo.

Writer Tyler Tork of Plymouth, Minn. has come up with an online 

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A 40-year retrospective of Peyton Scott Russell’s art is on view at the White Bear Center for the Arts. Free Little Art Galleries across Minnesota make creativity shareable with anyone who walks by. MacPhail’s Spotlight series combines live music with Eyenga Bokamba’s visual art to create “Translucent Beauty.”

Art Hounds recommend art that interacts, engages and stretches boundaries

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Art Hounds: Peyton Scott Russell's retrospective at White Bear Lake's art center

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