‘Arts’ Archives
In Plain Sight
By ATLAS of BLACKNESS A portrait from Precious Murray’s series In Plain Sight. Atlas of Blackness presents “In Plain Sight” at the John and Denise Graves Foundation’s Creating Change Gallery, an intimate exhibition featuring Documenting MN’s journalism fellow, Precious Murray. Precious Murray is a documentary photographer, writer, and student currently pursuing a degree in Human Services with a focus on Social Work. As a Photojournalism Fellow with Atlas of Blackness’s Documenting MN program, Precious brings a grounded, relational approach to visual storytelling, centering communities that are often misrepresented or ignored. Her project, In Plain Sight, focuses on the intersection of Dale Street and University Avenue in Saint Paul, Minnesota, a corridor shaped by overlapping crises related to public transportation, housing insecurity, addiction, and mental health. Through black and white photography and ambient soundscapes, Precious documents the lives of [...]
The Best Films of 2025
from the series Movie Corner... By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II Sinners - Director: Ryan CooglerOne Battle After Another - Director: Paul Thomas AndersonHamnet - Director: Chloe ZhaoMarty Supreme - Director: Josh Safdie*The Dance is Not Over - Director: Mark Wojahn*Regretfully at Dawn - Director: Sivaroj KongsakulThe Life of Chuck - Director: Mike FlanaganGood Boy - Director: Ben LeonbergWeapons - Director: Zach CreggarBugonia - Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Suggested Film:Eddington - Director: Ari Aster 50th Anniversary of Films:Jaws (1975) Director: Steven Spielberg, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) - Director: Milos Forman *Appeared in the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
Spirit of Phillips March ’26
DAVE MOORE & LINNEA HADAWAY have lived here since the Reagan 80s and became life partners while originating the cartoon series “Spirit of Phillips.”
