I can’t believe we are celebrating our first full year in Minnesota! We have had the most amazing adventures since moving here on September 28, 2025. Everything feels exciting when you’re getting to know your new home state, but it’s not easy picking up and moving your entire life across the country. That said, I am grateful every day that we took a big swing because I finally feel like I’ve found home.
To celebrate, I’d like to share a few of our favorite art adventures. Please keep in mind that this is just a highlight reel and only features the visual arts. My first draft of this post was long… way too long… so I’ve narrowed it down to some of the coolest arty shenanigans we found ourselves in over the last 12 months. And be sure to revisit my “Fish Out of Water” post for even more art!
Dyani White Hawk at the Walker Art Center
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Mural in White Bear Lake, MN
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Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-1945 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Christine Sun Kim at the Walker Art Center
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Art in Bloom at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Kara Walker Lecture at the Walker Art Center
(Kara Walker is one of the contemporary artists we discuss in my class Art Outside the Box and to hear her give a lecture on the role of monuments in culture was wildly thought-provoking.)
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Mural in Rochester, MN
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Beer Labels Designed by Artist Trevor Sim at Forager Brewery in Rochester, MN
https://www.instagram.com/trevor_sim_art
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Artist-Designed Skyline Mini Golf on the Roof of the Walker Art Center
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Frank Gehry-Designed Building and James Rosenquist Mural at the Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus
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Fine Arts Building at the Minnesota State Fair
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Mosaic at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds
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Meet Me in the Forest at the Cafesjian Art Trust in Shoreview, MN
