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American Museum of Asmat Art—The purpose of the American Museum of Asmat Art is to preserve, present and research the extraordinary art and culture of the Asmat. The Asmat are a semi-nomadic people who inhabit the rain forest and tribal rivers along the southwest coast of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. With one of the most comprehensive Asmat collections in the United States, the museum accomplished its mission through a series of rotating exhibitions presented twice annually in its galleries, through national art tours, extensive public and school educational programs, and by conductiong research on and conserving the objects in its permanent collection.
American Swedish Institute—The American Swedish Institute, founded in 1929 by Swan J. Turnblad, is a historic house/museum offering a variety of programs designed to celebrate Swedish culture. The Turnblad mansion, which houses the Institute, is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the only castle in the Twin Cities.
Art Collective Gallery—Located in Northeast Minneapolis, the Art Collective has a postmodernist approach to showing work - there are over 100 artists on display at the same time. In addition to paintings and other two dimensional pieces it also has a variety of functional work.
Art Resources Gallery—Art Resources Gallery has showrooms in St. Paul, Minneapolis and Edina. ARG specializes in fine art, corporate art, framing and art consultations.
ArtaMotive—ArtaMotive bills itself as the place "where fashion meets art." The gallery features wearable art as well as handblown glass, woodcarvings and "spiritual dolls."
Babylon Cultural Center—The Babylon Art and Cultural Center is a collectively run, volunteer staffed gallery and performance space. Its goal is to bring art and social activism together, by providing a vital, community accessible space where people can meet, interact and work for social change. Its focus is on showing art that is either politically motivated, or showing the work of artists that are marginalized in the art world.
Bloomington Art Center—Founded in 1976, the Bloomington Art Center's mission is to stimulate creativity by making high quality visual and performing arts programs accessible to people of all ages, skills and abilities. The Bloomington Art Center's Exhibition Program shows artwork of professional artists residing in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Catherine G. Murphy Gallery—Located on the campus of the College of St. Catherine, the Catherine G. Murphy Gallery holds five exhibitions each year. One of these is dedicated to showcasing the work of students while the other four present the work of local, national and international artists.
Circa Gallery—Circa's mission is to provide awareness, discernment, and appreciation of a vast array of contemporary styles, media and expressions with a focus on regional, contemporary artists who work in a broad variety of media, including painting, sculpture, and graphics.
College of Visual Arts Gallery—The College of Visual Arts in St. Paul maintains its own gallery which show works of students, professional artists, and juried exhibitions.
Duluth Art Institute—A community based organization that mounts several shows by regional artists each year and provides arts education to the community.
Flanders Contemporary Art—Flanders Contemporary Art has been providing the Twin Cities with work by high-profile artists for over 25 years. It has shown and placed work by masters such as Pablo Picasso, Albert Bierstadt, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Robert Motherwell, Frank Stella, Helen Frankenthaler, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and a host of others.
Groveland Gallery—Located in a restored 1890's mansion on the edge of downtown Minneapolis, Groveland Gallery was established in 1973 to showcase the work of established Midwestern artists. Groveland specializes in contemporary art by regional artists with an emphasis on representational painting and drawing.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking—The Highpoint Center for Printmaking is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the art of printmaking. Its goals are to provide educational programs, community access, and collaborative publishing opportunities to engage the community and increase the appreciation and understanding of the printmaking arts.
Icebox Gallery—Gallery owner Howard Christopherson decided that many artists like himself did not fit the current gallery mold and many felt frustrated with a lack of opportunities to publicly show their artwork. Now Christopherson curates and co-sponsors exhibits with talented artists who are often in transition or a period of experimentation.
Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts—The Inside Out Gallery at Interact is the only gallery in the Twin Cities to feature Outsider, or self-taught artists. The gallery is committed to exhibiting quality work that continues to explore and push the boundaries of Outsider Art with a pure and provocative eye.
Intermedia Arts—Intermedia Arts is a multidisciplinary art center that presents a variety of work to further understanding among people through the arts. It focuses primarily on visual arts, theater and film.
Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery—A private fine art establishment located in the Warehouse District of Minneapolis, Theiss Gallery specializes in original work only, featuring classical, surrealistic, and impressionistic paintings and sculpture. Theiss Gallery exclusively represents local and regional talent.
Midway Contemporary Art—A non-profit gallery that calls University Avenue home, Midway presents challenging new work by local and national artists.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts—First established in 1883, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is dedicated to national leadership in bringing arts and people together to discover, enjoy, and understand the world's diverse artistic heritage. The MIA houses more than 100,000 objects from diverse cultural traditions spanning 5,000 years of world history. The institute is a comprehensive and encyclopedic fine arts museum serving the Twin Cities and the Upper Midwest and is recognized internationally as one of the great museums in America.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts—The mission of Minnesota Center for Book Arts is to engage diverse artists and learners in finding creativity, expression, and inspiration through the book arts. The artistic vision of Minnesota Center for Book Arts is to preserve the traditional crafts of bookmaking, advance the book as a vital contemporary art form, and interpret the book in its aesthetic, historic, and cultural contexts.
Minnesota Center for Photography—The Minnesota Center for Photography, formerly known as pARTs Photographic Arts, is a non-profit photography gallery and resource center in Minneapolis. MCP aims to build a community that supports excellence in photography and to engage and nurture a broad audience for photography through a program of exhibitions, dialogues, publications, and outreach.
Minnesota Museum of American Art—The MMAA is the only Art museum in St Paul. The Museum's permanent collection represents over 40 years of collecting and over 130 years of making art in America. Through each of its programs, the museum works not only to connect audiences with magnificent artistry but to present it through a language and environment that is accessible, informative and welcoming both to first-time and frequent museum-goers.
Minnetonka Center for the Arts—In the belief that the visual arts are indispensable to a healthy community, it is the mission of the Minnetonka Center for the Arts to provide teaching excellence, quality exhibitions and cultural enrichment for people of all ages, interests and abilities.
No Name Exhibitions—No Name Exhibitions is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to supporting emerging artists; enhancing the public's understanding and appreciation of their artistic expressions; and fostering strength and vitality within the arts, cultural and educational communities of the Twin Cities.
Northern Clay Center—Northern Clay Center's mission is the advancement of the ceramic arts. Its goals are to promote excellence in the work of clay artists, to provide educational opportunities for artists and the community, and to encourage and expand the public's appreciation and understanding of all forms of the ceramic arts.
Opening Night Gallery—In 1975, Opening Night Gallery opened as a fine art gallery specializing in the theatrical arts.Over the years the business has expanded and grown into a successful fine arts custom framing studio and gallery.
Plains Art Museum—Located in Fargo, North Dakota, the Plains Art Museum serves the residents of North Dakota and Minnesota through a variety of challenging exhibitions, public programs and extensive region-wide outreach. The museum operates a 56,000 foot facility with gallery spaces dedicated to presenting visual arts of the 20th and 21st centuries. Emerging artists are a particular focus of museum programs.
Premier Art Gallery—Premier Gallery showcases local, national and international artists and features figurative bronzes and ceramic sculpture.
Rochester Art Center—Rochester Art Center is a center for the visual arts, with a history that reflects the imagination and dedication of the community's commitment to bringing the "Art of Our Time" to the region. For more than 50 years, the Center has provided people of all ages an opportunity to see, experience and enjoy the arts. The Art Center has grown into a lively cultural center where more than 40,000 individuals from the city of Rochester and surrounding communities participate yearly in innovative programs.
Rogue Buddha Gallery—The Rogue Buddha Gallery is a multidisciplinary, contemporary and experiential art space, home to visual arts, film/video, dance, theater, music and the latest in performing arts.
Rosalux Gallery—Rosalux is an artist collective gallery which opened with 12 members in February of 2002 in Northeast Minneapolis. Its mission is to provide a commercial exhibition space for its member artists, where they can exhibit their work in any way they desire. Housed in the Open Book building in Minneapolis' warehouse district, Rosalux Gallery is home to 25 artists with a wide range of artistic styles.
Shelley Holzemer Gallery—Shelley Holzemer Gallery is commited to providing art of the highest standards in technical execution, conceptual strength, and aesthetic appeal.
Soo Visual Arts Center—Founded by visual artist Suzy Greenberg, the non-profit gallery space and studio is based in the founder's relationship with art—one that views the artistic as vital to personal and community health and vision. SooVAC is billed as a place where community can be built, a place where artists and viewers challenge each other to learn, create, and question.
The Textile Center of Minnesota (TCM)—TCM is a coalition of individuals, organizations, and businesses dedicated to promoting excellence in fiber arts and preserving textile traditions. TCM has just renovated and moved into a new building at 3000 University Ave. SE in Minneapolis. Facilities include a gallery, shop, library, classrooms, and a state-of-the-art dye lab.
Tweed Museum of Art—The "Tweed Art Gallery" first opened to the public in 1950 in what had been the home of George Peter Tweed, a successful Duluth businessman and collector of European and American art. After his death in 1946, his wife donated his art collection to the University of Minnesota Duluth. Today the Tweed Museum of Art encompasses nearly 15,000 square feet of exhibition space in nine galleries, housing a collection of over 4,000 artworks from the 15th century to the present.
Twin Cities Fine Arts Organization—The goals of this cooperative are to encourage and maintain the health of art establishments by providing education and information that will promote involvement with galleries and the community.
Two Rivers Gallery—Two Rivers Gallery strives to be a resource to native artists in its community and those in surrounding areas. The staff of Two Rivers seeks to put together shows that not only deepen the mind but fill the soul as well.
Walker Art Center—The nationally known Walker Art Center is a catalyst for the creative expression of artists and the active engagement of audiences. Focusing on the visual, performing, and media arts of our time, the Walker takes a global, multidisciplinary, and diverse approach to the creation, presentation, interpretation, collection, and preservation of art. Walker programs examine the questions that shape and inspire us as individuals, cultures, and communities.
Weisman Art Museum—University of Minnesota president Lotus Coffman wanted "every student at the University of Minnesota and every individual in this community, exposed as frequently as possible to the things that make life worth living, to the cultural inheritance of the human race." With a major donation from Frederick R. Weisman and with a striking new stainless steel and brick building designed by Los Angeles architect Frank Gehry, the museum now serves a university community of more than 60,000 students, faculty, and staff, as well as the thriving arts community of the Twin Cities. It's best known for its collection of American art from the first decades of the 20th century.
White Bear Center for the Arts—The mission of the White Bear Center for the Arts is to build creative and culturally rich communities in the White Bear area by providing arts experiences for children, adults, and families.
Xylos—Xylos is a gallery of eleven artists who work in wood building unique furniture and accessories. The gallery also offers works by other artists working in related media, which often includes fiber, stoneware, and glass.
