Posts Tagged ‘MAIC’
Inkpa Mani at Two Rivers Gallery
Two Rivers Gallery is pleased to present “Pseudonyms | Contemporary Indigenous Portraiture,” a solo exhibition by Inkpa Mani. The show is on display through May 18, 2022. The exhibition consists of oil and acrylic paintings on canvas, and textile hangings depicting visual understandings and the cultural definitions of Indigenous Lakota/Dakota names. In this body of work, Inkpa Mani examines individual portraits from a Native American perspective and their given Indigenous Names within a modern lens. Two Rivers Gallery is an exhibition space for emerging Native American artists located in the Minneapolis American Indian Center, 1500 E Franklin Avenue –Two Rivers Gallery
MAIC nears modernization
by Lee Egerstrom Editor”'s note: Reprinted courtesy of The Circle. The Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC) launched a major fundraising drive in January for new roofing, other repairs, and to make improvements to help the center provide services for the community. Mary LaGarde, the MAIC”'s executive director, said in late December she was still assembling a committee of civic officials, American Indian leaders and other backers to conduct the drive. The center has secured $5.5 million of the $15.2 million project, LaGarde said. That includes $5 million provided by the Minnesota Legislature in the past year”'s State Bonding Bill and a $500,000 grant from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation. Most of the project involves modernizing equipment, such as electrical, heating and air conditioning, and repair or replacement of the leaking roof. The center, at 1530 E. Franklin Ave., was built in 1975 and shows the impact of more than 40 years of [...]
