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Sunday December 14th 2025
Raise Your Voice: Changing horizons
By PETER MOLENAAR
Peter Molenaar
Those of us who have connected over the years with All My Relations Arts and Two Rivers Galleries were privileged to receive invitations to the recent opening receptions. These “Changing Horizons” events commemorated the 100th birthday of George Morrison, the Ojibwe artist who graduated from the local Minneapolis College of Art and Design, before viewing much of the world through the eyes of an abstract impressionist. To which I will add: Neighbors, these art openings offer a splendid opportunity to mingle with bright young faces who have significant lives awaiting.Â
Some questions:
Did Morrison violate his heritage, as some have suggested, by immersing himself in the modernist art movement? (Conversely, did some “modernists” violate the past when they took inspiration from Navajo sand paintings?) Moreover, how does Marxism resolve the dialectical tension between ”˜formalism”™ and ”˜realism”™ in relation to aesthetics and the question of artistic freedom?
Regarding the first question, in principle, Native Americans have the absolute right to walk wherever the rosy cheek ones walk, because they are indigenous to the land. Conversely, do the rest of us have such absolute right? No, we do not. Special spaces are reserved for the first peoples.… Read the rest “Raise Your Voice: Changing horizons”
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courtesy WAITE HOUSE
Teens garden at Waite House
by Tesha M. Christensen
At the Waite House, they”™re nurturing a healthy foundation by growing fresh vegetables and then working with kids on an business venture.
In all, Pillsbury United Communities, which runs the Waite House (2323 11th Ave S,,), has five spots in the Phillips neighborhood that they farm or sign the lease to provide technical support for community members to have their own plots, according to Food Systems Manager Ethan Neal.
Who is involved in your gardening program?
Ethan: One of our gardens, which is located behind the Phillips Community Center where Waite House is located, is entirely kept by a group of 14 and 15 years old. They worked with our chef to develop a new salad called La Fresca. They grow the food in back and sell it to another nonprofit called Roots for the Home Team, who then in turn makes the salads for Minnesota Twins games. Our kids then go to the Twins Games on the weekends to sell these salads and learn business acumen.Â
What type of items were planted in the garden this year?
Ethan: This year we have a variety of things planted.… Read the rest “GET IT FRESH THIS SUMMER”
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