The Mill Yard at Stonebridge Lofts Art Exhibit Announces Winter Show

 Forms of Engagement

Opening Reception Sunday, December 5, 4:00 - 6:00PM

Stonebridge Lofts, 1120 S 2nd Street

Join us at The Mill Yard opening reception to meet the featured artists and engage with beautiful art. Wine, beverages, and snacks are served.

The new show runs from December 5, 2021 – March 10, 2022

COVID Safety: Masks are not required for those fully vaccinated. Please mask up if you are not fully vaccinated.

Artists featured at this show:

             Deb Lee Carson, photography

             Joseph Gallup, painting

             Brad Menninga, pottery

             Amy Sabatier, jewelry

             Sue Wipf, painting

Deb Lee Carson Her passion for the world behind the lens began decades ago while working in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. A native of Minnesota, she was instilled with a love of the wilderness, respect for the land, a fierce independence, and an attachment to horses. “My work explores the vastness of that natural landscape, capturing the poetic, raw intensity the horse offers and investigating their elements of beauty, strength and social structure. On a formal level these images are about light, space, form, movement and scale. On an informal level my work is about seeing the everyday beauty in their natural surroundings, about exploring time, place, memory and change”. Conact: deb@debleecarson.com

Winter Rumble

Joseph Gallup Joseph Gallup has “A passion for romantic expression told through bold color and brush strokes combined with unique inspirations drawn from cinema, rock and roll and my daily personal surroundings, including the people and animals I love.” His body of work in oil includes still life images, landscapes, portraits and abstracts always with fearless use of color and application. A native of Minnesota, Joseph studied art at Mankato State University and the University of Minnesota. His paintings “invite you to deconstruct the familiar, while maintaining relatability and inclusion.” Conact: Joseph.gallup@gmail.com

Mary

Brad Menninga Brad Menninga received his MFA from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. He is originally from the Pacific Northwest where he worked as a studio potter and facilitated giant puppet making workshops through the Portland, Oregon chapters of Jobs with Justice and Art & Revolution. His unique, decorative and detailed imagery on surfaces aligns with the long history in ceramics to document and communicate current events, hopes and concerns.  Menninga has created solo installations at the Mall of America and at the 2019 NCECA Conference (St. Paul, MN). He is the recipient of a 2020 Minnesota Artist Initiative Grant and the 2020 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Ceramic Artists. Contact: bradmenningaart@gmail.com

Bicycle bowl

Amy Sabatier Excelsior based artist and metalsmith, Amy Sabatier, has always enjoyed working with her hands in various mediums. She is inspired by nature and the outdoors, and from experiences and travel. The tools, supplies and high quality, unique stones she uses are mindfully chosen with effort to support other artists. Amy practices traditional metalsmithing using her hands, a torch and limited tools. Her pieces are meant to reflect these handmade intentions and are therefore one of a kind treasures. Contact: amysabatier@gmail.com

Waiwai Medicine Necklace

Sue Wipf Sue Wipf’s experience growing up on her family’s Minnesota farm profoundly influenced her perspective of the world around her and her love of nature. Both are apparent in her plein air and studio paintings. Though her paintings are executed in a realistic technique, “I look for the wondrous abstract patterns in nature and still life and strive for the ‘less is more’ philosophy.  Painting outdoors brings excitement in capturing the emotion of that moment through color and light”. Sue has studied at the Schroeder Studio and is a member of Outdoor Painters of Minnesota, Women Artists of the West, Oil Painters of America, Plein Air Artists Colorado and the American Impressionist Society. Contact: sbjwipf@hotmail.com

Temperance River in Winter

The Mill Yard at Stonebridge Lofts

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.  Contact TheMillYard.Stonebridge@gmail.com, Facebook