Smoke And Ground
Public Functionary celebrates an official relaunch of their new space in the Northrup King Building with a new group exhibition guest curated by Adrienne Doyle.
Adding to the Public Functionary footprint at Northrup King Building is a new event, exhibition, and community space on the first floor (in NKB #144). Following a summer of experimental and informal programming, PF’s new 7000 square foot exhibition and performance space formally opens to the public on Saturday, October 8 with Smoke and Ground featuring artists from the PF Studios program.
Smoke and Ground is a group exhibition highlighting the PF Studios program and the emerging artists within it. Public Functionary invited guest curator, Adrienne Doyle of Burn Something Collective, to familiarize with the program and the artists through studio visits. Smoke and Ground is the resulting compilation of works contributed by the artists in conversation with Doyle around ideas of place and memory she has been exploring in her practice.
Participating PF Studio artists:
Alexandra Beaumont, Avery Weiler, Leon Valencia Currie, Maiya Lea Hartman, Margaret Vergara, Satya Varghese Mac, Miku, Michael Khuth, Nailah Taman, Nicole Stiegart, nouf saleh, Patricio DeLara, Raye Cordes, Silent Fox, Sabrina Ford.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Adrienne Doyle (she/they) is a zine artist, writer, and curator. Her creative practice examines place, migration, and memory through an interdisciplinary use of Audre Lorde’s concept of biomythography. She is a 2019 Emerging Curators Institute Fellow, a 2021 Minnesota State Arts Board grantee, and a 2022 Creative Economy Fellow with Springboard for the Arts. She is also a founding member of Burn Something Collective, which supports the agency and development of Black & POCI femme, nonbinary, and trans artists through publications, exhibitions, and peer mentorship. Learn more at burnsomething.org
GALLERY HOURS AND EVENTS
Thursdays 5pm-8pm, Saturdays 12pm - 8pm
Opening Reception
Saturday, Oct 8, 2022 | Public opening 5pm - 11pm
Quiet Gallery 5pm-7pm | Music 8pm - 11pm
Twin Cities Art Week Event | Artist Conversation
Saturday, Oct 15 6pm-11pm
Art Attack Weekend Extended Gallery Hours
Friday, Nov 4th – 5pm – 10pm
Saturday, November 5th – 12pm – 8pm
Sunday, November 6th – 12pm – 5pm
Image Credit: nouf saleh, Goree, Ethiopia, 2021, 135mm image
This exhibition is proudly part of TC Arts week October 12-16, 2022. Learn More.
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