The Mill Yard Art at Stonebridge Lofts Announces August 10 Opening Reception for Abstract Alchemy
Friday, July 25, 2025 at 1:16PM
Opening Reception Sunday, August 10, 4:00–6:00pm
Stonebridge Lofts, 1120 S 2nd Street
The Mill City. Residents celebrate our area’s industrial heritage of the mighty Mississippi River and the mills. Today, what we see are the most recognizable Minneapolis landmarks. However, this is only part of the story. Rail lines were key to Minneapolis’ growth, and were particularly integral to the Mill District, bringing in wheat and timber and shipping out flour and lumber. We also honor the history of the mills, the reason for the rail yard’s existence. The Mill Yard aims to be both a gathering place for art and artists and a conduit by which art can be shared with and disseminated into the wider community.
Join The Mill Yard at Stonebridge Lofts to welcome local artists, purchase art, meet neighbors and enjoy free snacks and beverages. Taqueria Victor Hugo Food Truck will be on site to purchase food.
The Mill Yard's Abstract Alchemy featured artists:
Michelle Yates French-born and now living in Minnesota, Michelle Yates is a contemporary painter whose work is steeped in color and texture. She studied at Minneapolis College of Art and Design and has been studying in the Creative Visionary Program led by Art2Life’s Nicholas Wilton. Michelle’s paintings are a response to her immediate surroundings and to memories around her birthplace. “My work is grounded in sensorial moments, nostalgia, and memories. I seek to express the essence of an experience or moment, chasing wonder in the magnificent and in the everyday.”
Doug Peterson Doug started teaching art immediately after graduating from Augustana College. In addition to being an artist, teacher and coach, Doug was a family farmer and a Minnesota House Representative from 1990-2002.
His artwork has included not only painting, but printmaking, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, weaving, stained glass and silkscreen. “Artists have an innate need to create and expand their boundaries.”
Emily Jamison Emily works in a variety of mediums including acrylic, oil, graphite and pastel. Her work bounces between colorful expressionistic abstracts and shape centered mixed media collages. The process of creating art is her attempt to make sense of the relationships, hardships, and beauty in her life. “I enjoy being able to capture intangible feelings, a range of emotions, personal narratives, embedded memories, and a sense of place through brush strokes, mark making, and color palettes.”
Don Pohlman (above) Don took up woodturning after a long career in exhibits and museum planning that began at the Science Museum of Minnesota. At his Minneapolis studio in the Q.arma Building, he produces hollow vessels and other original pieces in a variety of local woods. His work combines precise machining with open exploration of a natural material shaped by evolution, climate, gravity and encounters with other species. He is especially interested in the distortion produced by rapid drying of green wood and the defects introduced by organisms that reach the tree before the turner.
Gena Cohen Through Gena Cohen’s exploration of themes of love, loss and resilience, she interprets her experience of life through art. As an abstract expressionist, Cohen is highly intuitive in her process and plays with both vibrant colors and tactile textures.
The Estate of Shoshana Englard-Falconer Several pieces of glass art will be available to view and purchase from glass artist Shosana Englard-Falconer’s estate.
