Welcome to the Free Arts Minnesota Gallery!

Here you can see inspiring works created by young artists while on their healing journey as they participated in Free Arts Minnesota programs.

The ART OF THE GAME

To celebrate a unique partnership with the Minnesota Twins, Free Arts Minnesota and children from our program, created artwork inspired by Andy Warhol. A collection of more than 23 prints combined art and baseball. The signed prints are up for auction on eBay from June 2 at 8 pm until June 12 at 8 pm.

METRO MURALS

To create awareness for Child Abuse Awareness Month, Free Arts Minnesota and children from our program, turned Minneapolis streets into a virtual art gallery. A collection of more than 25 painted canvases turned the street into a virtual gallery. The paintings were in rotation until May 1st, 2008.

Artists Like Me

As part of the Yes to Art Program, in conjunction with the Walker Art Center’s Picasso and American Art exhibition, children Explored Picasso’s approaches to form. The goal was to highlight each of the young artist’s unique perceptions of self and their observations of the world around them.

I Am From

Local mosaic tile artist Mercedes Mattila taught children how to roll, cut and glaze mosaic pieces, which they used to design their own mosaic tile work. The participating youth, their artwork, and poetry were honored at a reception, which was held at the Outsiders and Others gallery in Minneapolis.

I Dream Of …

University of Minnesota English professor Joe Moses and his freshman students, spent a semester working with over 50 Free Arts children at local shelters and group homes. Each week the University students mentored the youth participants using art and creative writing to express their dreams, the results of which is an anthology of their work.

“I Feel … I Think … I Am …”

Nationally celebrated photographer and author of “The Grace of Ordinary Days,” Bernie Saunders worked with kids taking photographs around Como Zoo and Conservator. The youths’ photographs represented what they felt, what they thought, and who they are. These youth then expressed their ideas through creative writing exercises.

Inspired By Me

Partnering with the Walker Art Center, and Highpoint Center for Printmaking, twn young artists created a series of self-portraits. At the completion of the project, the children were honored by a reception where their art work and writing was hung and unveiled at the Walker Art Center.

Voices of Hope

Created to help educate the community and give voice to survivors of domestic violence, women and children living in domestic violence shelters throughout Minnesota designed and created quilt squares and written messages of hope. The finished project involves over 150 quilt squares assembled into four large quilts by local quilt artist Nancy Lauderman.