Frank Gaard

Minnesota Funk

Minneapolis-St. Paul Fashion Week: The Shows

A Punker's Revenge: A Celebration of Speedboat Gallery

Eye of the Beholder: New Work by Kristie Bretzke

Edie Overturf: 100 Creatives

​Number 42: Edie Overturf City: Minneapolis Years spent living in MN: 18 monthsPrint artist, painter, and sculptor Edie Overturf may be new to the Twin Cities art scene, but her impact has already been felt. With the folks at Kick.Stand.Press, she recently helped co-found Leg Up Studio, a coopera ... More >>

MNFashion Week: The Shows

Tina Blondell: 100 Creatives

​Number 43: Tina Blondell City: Minneapolis Years spent living in MN: 15 There are no pop-culture icons featured in Tina Blondell's portraits. Instead, she chooses to  capture regular folks in a moment in time. Recent pieces have included a gleeful female drummer ready to jam, a man casuall ... More >>

Kick.Stand.Press: 100 Creatives

​Number 44: Kick.Stand.Press City: Minneapolis, MN Years spent living in MN:The current bout is 2.5 yearsAs anyone who has ever spent time watching HGTV knows, a good wallpaper job can make or break a room. Gilpin Matthews and Lauren Schuppe, co-founders of Kick.Stand.Press, specialize in making t ... More >>

Frank Gaard: Poison & Candy

Frank Gaard: 100 Creatives

​Number 45: Frank Gaard City: Minneapolis Years spent living in MN: 45 yearsFor the past 40 years, notorious artist Frank Gaard has added a healthy dose of color, criticism, and humor to the local creative scene. His work knows no boundaries, as he often draws inspiration from a mix of subjects, ... More >>

The Best & Worst of Frank Gaard

Sean Smuda: 100 Creatives

RollerGirls pose with Sean Smuda. Photo by Emma Berg.​No. 99: Sean SmudaCity: POHO(Powderhorn)/Phillips Years spent living in MN: 2.7 x10It's impossible to be active in the Twin Cities arts community and not be aware of Sean Smuda. Over the years he has explored many mediums of expression, from ex ... More >>

Buy/Collect: Arts Patronage in Minnesota

Medium Cool

A public response to the "Walker Without Walls"

Book of Life

The literary fantasies of artist Mary Esch

Baby Please Don't Go

Former Minnesotans Say the Twin Cities Cultural Scene Is Insular. Insecure. Unprofitable. Out of Touch. What Does It Mean to Live in an Artists' Paradise If Everyone Wants to Leave?

En Gaard

Cartoonist and portraitist Frank Gaard has faced off against the anti-defamation league, art-school administration, and his landlord and remains a defiantly good artist

Wormley's Black Period

In the Eighties he was a rising art star on the downtown gallery scene. In the Nineties he was a stalwart of independent exhibition. Today Bill Wormley is sick, broke, and unsure why he should keep painting.

The Political Portrait

A lively election throws local artists from the palette to the ballot--revealing the true color of politics

Pictures from an Exhibition

Robert Gober's drawings reveal the design of his career; Frank Gaard explores portraiture by way of the funny papers

GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!

A Room of One's Own

No Name Exhibitions showcases art on the other side of the tracks