Filtered Narratives: The Photography of Untitled 17 Artist Forrest Wasko
Almost anything in Forrest Wasko’s world could be a book. Placement and context form the structure of this world, and they curate stories...
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Meher Khan
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Body, Place, and Belonging: the dreamy work of Jamie Kubat
If you’re lucky (and smart and cool), you caught textile and print artist Jamie Kubat’s piece, Inhabitant, in our annual juried group...
SooVAC
- Mar 24
- 1 min
Untitled 17 Video Interviews
From February 18 to March 25, 2023, Alejandra Peña Gutiérrez — Director of the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota...
Meher Khan
- Mar 22
- 3 min
I Got to Sit in an Igloo: An Interview with Untitled 17 Artist Nick Chatfield-Taylor
Untitled Tinsel Curtains, 2022 If you came to the opening of our Untitled 17 exhibit, you might have missed Nick Chatfield-Taylor’s...
Meher Khan
- Mar 10
- 3 min
Untitled 17 Artist Profile: Hilary Greenstein
Hilary Greenstein does not know how many paintings are in her studio. I’m so grateful for this abundance when I walk into a long,...
SooVAC
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
MPR Article: New exhibit celebrates Southwest Asian and North African immigrants in Minnesota
SooVAC's December show "To Your Raised Head - Stories of Immigration" is featured in MPR. Link: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/12/02/...
SooVAC
- Nov 10, 2022
- 1 min
Star Tribune Critics' picks: Roshan Ganu's 'Gazing Into the Full Moon Night'
Ganu's show is featured in the Star Tribune. Roshan Ganu's 'Gazing Into the Full Moon Night' A moon with eyes drifts across the gallery...
SooVAC
- Nov 2, 2022
- 1 min
पौर्णिमा: Gazing Into The Full Moon Night Artist Talk and Video Interview
On November 2, 2022, artist Roshan Ganu was in conversation with curator/writer Erin Gleeson. Additionally, to learn more about Roshan,...
SooVAC
- Nov 1, 2022
- 1 min
MINNPOST Article: Artist Roshan Ganu explores light and darkness in multimedia installation
Columnist Shelia Regan featured Ganu's show in her bi-weekly Artscape column. https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2022/11/artist-roshan-gan...
SooVAC
- Aug 2, 2022
- 2 min
Artists Interviews for Take Root Among the Stars: God is Change
In July and July of 2022, Gregory Rose curated Take Root Among the Stars: God is Change. Listed below are the featured artists’...
SooVAC
- Aug 1, 2022
- 1 min
Artist Talk for Change is God: Take Root Among the Stars
On July 31, 2022, Change is God: Take Root Among the Stars had its artist talk. Lela Pierce, Barber, Sarah White, Chris Harrison,...
SooVAC
- Jul 26, 2022
- 1 min
UMN Arts Article: Black Abstraction in the Midwest: Q&A with Gregory J. Rose
Before the closing reception, Gregory J. Rose was interviewed by Russ White to talk about the show. Article link:...
SooVAC
- Jul 16, 2022
- 1 min
Star Tribune Article: “Change Is God — Take Root Among the Stars: Black Abstraction in the Midwest”
Big thank you to the @startribune and arts writer, @aliciaeler for this feature! We are beyond humbled with the attention this show has...
SooVAC
- Jul 2, 2022
- 1 min
BLCK Press "Change is God" Interview
Enjoy this interview Blck Press did with curator Gregory Rose and our Executive Director, Carolyn Payne! https://m.facebook.com/SooVAC/vi...
SooVAC
- Jul 2, 2022
- 1 min
MPLSART Article: The Only Lasting Truth: on Midwestern Black Abstraction at SooVAC
Whoa! "Change is God" has gotten some really great attention online lately! If you haven't yet, pop on over to read this wonderful...
SooVAC
- Apr 21, 2022
- 1 min
MINNPOST ARTS: Weekend picks features “You Are Walking Down Bryant Avenue” and “Inhabitants”
Shelia Regan's Artscape column covered SooVAC's shows "You Are Walking Down Bryant Avenue" and "Inhabitants" Article link:...
Trina Fernandez
- Mar 26, 2022
- 3 min
The Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition 2022, Interview with MAC
We only have a few weeks left for our annual Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition, which is up between now and March 26th, 2022. This year the...
Trina Fernandez
- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
The Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition 2022, Interview with Prerna
We only have a few weeks left for our annual Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition, which is up between now and March 26th, 2022. This year the...
Trina Fernandez
- Mar 16, 2022
- 2 min
The Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition 2022, Interview with Jocelyn Suzuka Figueroa
We only have a few weeks left for our annual Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition, which is up between now and March 26th, 2022. This year the...
SooVAC
- Mar 12, 2022
- 3 min
The Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition 2022, Interview with David Ruhlman
Our annual Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition is up between now and March 26th, 2022, this year Juried by Assistant Curator of Contemporary...
Trina Fernandez
- Mar 9, 2022
- 2 min
The Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition 2022, Interview with Cody Hilleboe
Our annual Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition is up between now and March 26th, 2022, this year Juried by Assistant Curator of Contemporary...
Trina Fernandez
- Mar 2, 2022
- 4 min
The Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition 2022, Interview with Anda Tanaka
Stop by our gallery between now and March 26th, 2022 and see our annual Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition show, Juried by Assistant Curator...
SooVAC
- Feb 26, 2022
- 1 min
MPLS ART Article: The Suzy Greenberg MFA Juried Exhibition
MPLS ART wrote about SooVAC's 20th year of exhibiting MFA candidates, honoring SooVAC's Founder Suzy Greenberg, for her vision and...
Trina Fernandez
- Feb 19, 2022
- 9 min
The Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition 2022, Interview with Olivia Gallenberger
Opening this Saturday, February 26th is our annual Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition show, Juried by Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art...
SooVAC
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
Unstillness Book Release Party by John Schuerman December 18th from 2-4pm.
Unstillness by John Schuerman Book Release Party, Join us at SooVAC, Saturday December 18th from 2-4pm. This event will feature looping...
SooVAC
- Oct 30, 2021
- 1 min
Do It Yourself / Hang In There Baby Book Release Party by Trina Fernandez November 13th from 7pm-9pm
Do It Yourself / Hang In There Baby Book Release Party - November 13th from 7pm-9pm Join Trina Fernandez and Birchwood Palace Industries...
SooVAC
- Aug 28, 2021
- 5 min
An Interview with Candice Davis by Sophia Abrams
How do objects fit together in our personal history? Walking into Candice Davis’ exhibition, I Was Born With a Silver Spoon in Your...
SooVAC
- Aug 13, 2021
- 7 min
Artist Reflections on 20 Years of SooVAC by Sophia Abrams
In June 2001, Suzy Greenberg opened Soo Visual Art Center, at that time it was located on 27th and Lyndale; the art space invited people...
SooVAC
- Jun 19, 2021
- 1 min
KFAI 90.3 FM Article: MINNECULTURE | ARTIST CANDICE DAVIS UNEARTHS TRUTH IN THE SOIL
KFAI interviews Candice Davis about her show "I Was Born With a Silver Spoon In Your Mouth." Article link: https://www.kfai.org/minnecult...
SooVAC
- Mar 11, 2021
- 6 min
Uff Da Gestalt: A Interview with Nathanael Flink by Tiffany Lange
Uff Da Gestalt, an exhibition by Nathanael Flink just recently wrapped up at SooVAC and though we are are patching and painting for our...
SooVAC
- May 8, 2020
- 9 min
Forming Identities: An Interview with Yael Ben-Simon by John Herbert
In August of 2018, Israeli born Yael Ben-Simon exhibited a series of paintings in her Minnesotan debut, “Out of My Book”, at SooVAC. Her...
SooVAC
- May 8, 2020
- 1 min
Drinking Water with Alejandro (Junyao) Zhang from Instagram LIVE, recorded Wednesday, May 6th
The entire mediative experience is HERE. "During the quarantine, do you feel riddled with anxiety, crippled with the existential pain?...
SooVAC
- May 4, 2020
- 7 min
Full Spectrum: An Interview with Chris Heidman by Tiffany Lange
From a young age, Chris Heidman was drawn to the creative field. Through trial and error both in painting and producing music, Heidman...
SooVAC
- Apr 23, 2020
- 1 min
Live Studio Visit with Alison Hiltner
Thanks to everyone that joined us for a live studio visit with Alison Hiltner, you can meet Henry and see her basement gallery. Visit...
SooVAC
- Apr 23, 2020
- 7 min
Catching the Light an Interview with Lauren Krukowski by Tiffany Lange
Over the past four weeks in quarantine, internal time feels to be moving at a slower pace - taking away the noise of our busy day to day...
SooVAC
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
Live studio visit with Ta-coumba Aiken
Thanks to everyone that joined us for a live studio visit with Ta-coumba Aiken, he shared so many marvelous stories. Visit this LINK to...
SooVAC
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
A comic workshop video with Roshan Ganu: Fuck You Corona(virus).
If you missed it the video Recorded live Wednesday April 8th is HERE, so you can follow the workshop and make your own. If you post it on...
SooVAC
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
Live Studio Visit with Syed Hosain
On Tuesday, March 24th, Syed Hosain kindly lead us through his studio for our first studio visit of Virtual Connections. This studio...
SooVAC
- Apr 16, 2020
- 6 min
Through Tenderness: An Interview with Roshan Ganu by Tiffany Lange
The spaces we inhabit are often an integral part of constructing the world around us. In our recent exhibition, Perceiving Places:...
SooVAC
- Feb 26, 2020
- 2 min
A Conversation with Roshan Ganu and Esther Callahan
Join us for a conversation between Roshan Ganu and Esther Callahan regarding Ganu's current exhibition Perceiving Places: Through our...
SooVAC
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
Let There Be Spaces in Your Togetherness in St. Cloud
Our partnered exhibition with Mizna, "Let There Be Spaces in Your Togetherness", that debuted at SooVAC in 2019 is now up in St. Cloud at...
SooVAC
- Dec 18, 2019
- 1 min
Let There Be Spaces in Your Togetherness in the News
Our current exhibition in partnership with Mizna, "Let There Be Spaces in Your Togetherness", is in the news! Thank you to Star Tribune...
SooVAC
- Dec 18, 2019
- 1 min
2019 SooVAC's Artists' Holiday Shop in the News
We are grateful that we were included in the Star Tribune's list for top five spots in the Twin Cities to buy gifts for that special...
SooVAC
- Dec 11, 2019
- 1 min
2019/2020 MCAD-Jerome Foundation Early Career Fellows in the Gallery
Congratulations to Sarah Abdel-Jelli and Zachary Betts on receiving the 2019/2020 MCAD-Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Early Career...
SooVAC
- Nov 6, 2019
- 1 min
A Conversation Between Mara Duvra and Prerna
Please Join us at the gallery on Sunday November 10th from 2:00-3:30pm for a conversation between Mara Duvra and Prerna . Mara Duvra...
SooVAC
- Nov 1, 2019
- 5 min
Behind the Drywall: An Interview with Prerna
By means of drywall, Prerna's Today, we become contemporarily recontextualizes and historicizes the language used in a 1980s Basic Guide...
SooVAC
- Nov 1, 2019
- 1 min
Today, we become In the News
Alicia Eler at the Star Tribune wrote about Prerna's exhibition Today, we become over at the gallery. Make sure to read Alicia's article...
SooVAC
- Oct 23, 2019
- 7 min
Reading, Writing, Tenderness and Space: An Interview with Mara Duvra
It seems as if collective moments of tranquility and stillness seldom happen through the cultural landscape that we are accustomed to in...
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