UMN Department of Art & Katherine E. Nash Gallery

A storm, a fallen oak, and one sculptor with a chainsaw. That’s how the Lake of the Isles Pencil got its start.

This past Saturday was the 5th annual sharpening, and thousands showed up. Curtis Ingvoldstad (BA Art ’01) carved the pencil in 2022, but his path to becoming an artist wound through engineering school, architecture, and a decade in video production before he finally leaned in.

The UMN feature on his story is a great read.

Link in bio.

Film screening: Woman Land x Dhaanto, works by Yasmin Yassin, Thursday, April 30 at 5pm at InFlux Space E110, Regis Center for Art.

Screening follows the 12pm artist talk.

Free and open to the public.

Join us Thursday, April 30 at 12pm for a VACP artist talk with Yasmin Yassin, a Minneapolis-based filmmaker, photographer, and researcher. The talk takes place in InFlux Space at Regis Center for Art.

Her debut short Dhaanto, a documentary about a local Somali dance troupe, screened at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF), the Millennium Film Workshop in New York, and internationally in Hargeisa and Toronto. Her follow-up, Woman Land, a coming-of-age story about two Somali-American sisters, had its world premiere at Tampere International Film Festival and has since screened at the Maryland Film Festival and MSPIFF. Her next short, Call Me Back, is supported by the Jerome Foundation.

Beyond film, she was named a photographer to watch among the top ten winners of LensCulture’s Critics’ Choice Awards and won an ADC Gold Cube in Photography for her work with Apple. Her clients have included the New Yorker, National Geographic, and the Walker Art Center.

Free and open to the public.

Tomorrow night, Chris Larson, professor of art in the Department of Art, sits down with Siri Engberg, curator of visual arts at the Walker Art Center, for a conversation about his work. Thursday, April 16 at 6 pm at Hair + Nails, 2222 1/2 E 35th St, Minneapolis. Chris Larson: Sculpture 2025-2026 is on view through April 26.

The DPP Area Takeover is up and on view in Regis West! Artwork from Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking courses fills the first and second floors of the building through April 18 and it is well worth a walk through.

Join us for a reception on Wednesday, April 15 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm. Come see the work, meet the students, and grab a snack.

Free and open to all. Regis Center for Art is U-Card accessible. Visitors without a U-Card may call 612-624-7530 upon arrival.

What a night.

Thank you to everyone who came out on March 28 for the joint opening reception of else|where|else and FURTHERWOVEN. The energy in the building was incredible, and it meant so much to see such strong support for our students and their work.

else|where|else fills the Katherine E. Nash Gallery with the thesis work of graduating MFA candidates Aja Bond, Kayla J. Fryer, Mai Tran, and J Youngwood. Large-scale paintings, immersive prints, and installations that have to be seen in person.

FURTHERWOVEN in the Quarter Gallery brings together sculpture, painting, photography, and video from ten first and second-year MFA candidates exploring land, water, and human experience through a wide range of practices.

If you weren’t able to make the reception, both shows are still on view. else|where|else runs through April 11 and FURTHERWOVEN through May 9. Come down to Regis and see what our students have been making.
Regis Center for Art is U-Card accessible. Visitors without a U-Card may call 612-624-7530 upon arrival.

Free and open to the public.

📍 405 21st Ave S, Minneapolis

Photos by Mridul Kanti Ghoshami

MFA candidate Aja Bond is hosting three free public workshops this April at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery, each connected to their work in else|where|else on view through April 11.

Patching Up: Repair as Capacity
Wed, April 1 | 4–6pm

A hands-on textile workshop exploring hand-sewing and repair as sustainability, preparedness, and resistance to disposability.

Chest Pile Open Session: Touch, Reconfigure, Return
Sat, April 4 | 1–3pm

A guided opportunity to open and reconfigure selected chests from the Chest Pile installation, treating the archive as a living system.

Soft Power Free School: Portable Archive Lab
Wed, April 8 | 4–6pm

Explore and carry away resources from the Soft Power Free School curriculum archive, distributed via thumb drives.

All workshops are free. Katherine E. Nash Gallery, 405 21st Ave S, Minneapolis. Non-U-Card holders can schedule a visit at the link in bio.

One more day. Come celebrate with us. 🌿

The Joint Reception for else|where|else and FURTHERWOVEN is tomorrow, Saturday, March 28, 6–8pm at Regis Center for Art.

Free and open to all.

Non-U-Card holders: call 612-624-7530 upon arrival.