MINNEAPOLIS -- Stroll down through downtown Minneapolis and you may notice many stores are looking extra festive this holiday season.
Nearly 40 storefront windows are featuring Minnesota art inspired by the creative interpretation of light as part of "Brilliance! Made Here" urban walking gallery.
Organizers say the theme pays tribute to the light-filled spirit of the holiday season. The walking gallery encompasses 15 city blocks and 11 different locations, with many along Hennepin Avenue.
BRILLIANCE! Made Here Artists and Organizations:
- Made Here Best Buy Youth Edition Mentor Artists and Groups: Wing Young Huie/The Bridge for Youth through Free Arts Minnesota; Charles Fraser and students from Avalon School in St. Paul; Jason Quaynor/ The Best Buy Teen Tech Center at Hennepin County Library–Minneapolis Central; Kirk Washington Jr. /Breakfast Club through the Harrison Neighborhood; with additional artwork by Perkins + Will; Mach Fox and Wayne Nelson (730 Hennepin Ave.)
- Meena Mangalvedhekar, Cameren Torgerud and Emily Lynch (930 Hennepin Ave., former Northern Camera Exchange Building.)
- The Art Institutes International Minnesota, multiple student displays (800 Hennepin Ave.)
- Jennica Kruse/Kristina Fjellman, Rachel Limon, Tim Carroll, Bill Cottman, (811 LaSalle Ave.)
- Chris Cloud, Sonya Berlovitz, Caitlin Karolczak, (705 Hennepin Ave.)
- Mary Jane Mansfield (701 Hennepin Ave. – former "Chevy's" Building)
- Amber Darling, (South Entrance, City Center)
- Asia Ward and Keith Braafladt; and the New Century Theatre showcase (7th Street Window Boxes, City Center)
- Super Secret Sewist Society, Hennepin Theatre Trust offices, 615 Hennepin Ave., City Center
- Caitlin R. Warner (New Century Theatre, Interior City Center)
- Aaron Brand, Erik Pearson (Interior, City Center)
- Paige Dansinger, Amy Sinning (Nicollet Mall entrance, City Center)
- Tina Blondell, Terrance Schubring; (6th Street, City Center)
- Emily Donovan; University of Minnesota, Duluth School of Fine Arts, (Gaviidae Common, 651 Nicollet Mall)
- Andersen Windows, Brian Matthew Hart, Chuck Olsen; Aaron Marx (Renaissance Square, 520 Nicollet Mall)
- Witt Siasoco, (314 N. 1st Ave.)
- Made Here Intuitive Artist Showcase: A Celebration of Minnesota-based Self-Taught Artists (319 N. 1st Ave.)
