Public Art Conversation and Consult with Colleen Sheehy
Listed In: Talks and Screenings
Are you an artist thinking about a public art project, wanting to get into the field, or in the middle of a public art project? Are you an organization that wants to reach more people through public art? Consider signing up for a free Conversation and Consult session with Colleen Sheehy, Executive Director of Public Art Saint Paul. Thirty-minute sessions will take place on Friday, October 5th at Plains Art Museum in its Presentation Center.
Colleen Sheehy leads Public Art Saint Paul, a private non-profit that collaborates with the City of Saint Paul and many organizations to produce and commission public art in Minnesota’s Capitol City. Some of the organization’s key programs include City Artist Program, Western Sculpture Park, eARTh Labs for youth, Sidewalk Poetry, Pop Up Meeting, and The Art of Food in Frogtown and Rondo. Prior to this position, Sheehy was Director and CEO of Plains Art Museum from 2008 – 2015, where she completed the capital campaign for the Katherine Kilbourne Burgum Center for Creativity and the commission of James Rosenquist’s North Dakota Mural. She also served as Director of Education at Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities for 15 years.
Session Times: Friday, October 5
- 9:30 AM
- 10:00 AM
- 10:30 AM
- 11:00 AM
- 11:00 AM
- 12:00 PM
To sign up for a session, contact Colleen Sheehy at colleen@publicartstpaul.org. Sessions will be filled on a first-come, first served basis.
Events Calendar
Other Exhibitions
The Queer Ecology Hanky Project
The Queer Ecology Hanky Project (QEHP) is an ongoing traveling exhibition organized by Vee Adams and Mary Tremonte that features over one hundred and twenty artists from across North America.
View ExhibitionA Little Grey For Color
Donald D. Powell, a Fargo native, was a prolific, award-winning architect and a keen art collector. Powell amassed a sizeable collection of European and American modern art in an array of media. He donated much of his impressive collection to the Plains Art Museum in several installments in 1999, 2000, 2002-3, 2005-9, and 2013.
View ExhibitionEmma Katka
Emma Katka, a self-taught artist from Grand Forks, ND, seeks solace through emotive photography and collage. Her stomping grounds for creation are often abandoned buildings, the open prairie, old magazines, and wherever inspiration illuminates moments within daily life.
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