Personal Protection Equipment I Kevlar and cotton 2022 $150
I think about the human body's fragility and resilience in the face of disease, gun violence, natural disasters, and other threats. I'm interested in the things we do to protect ourselves, by what makes us feel safe and what statistics show actually makes us safer.
Zoe Cinel (b. Florence, Italy, 1992) Teaser, 2025 Mixed media installation 16 x 14 x 15 inc.
Teaser is a preview for my upcoming solo exhibition Earth Odyssey at Gordon Parks Gallery. The series Earth Odyssey documents the journey of a non-resident alien through spaces old and new in a quest for longing and belonging Intrigued?
Bio I am a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and educator from a Mediterranean culture currently based on Mni Sota Makoce, homeland of the Dakota, the Anishinaabe and indigenous people from other Native nations. Through art, I build community around human experiences that are isolating and complex to navigate working collaboratively to produce social change. Since 2017, I have been part of CarryOn Homes, an artistic collective dedicated to centering stories of immigration to Minnesota.
I am the Curator at the Rochester Art Center in Rochester and I have been a guest curator for the Gordon Parks Gallery in St. Paul, MN, the Mill City Museum in Minneapolis and the Walker Art Center, among other venues. More recently, working with regional, national and international artists, I have curated and co-curated exhibitions that center disability justice, chronic illness advocacy and international mobility including The Art of Disability Justice Now(2024), a collaboration with Amplify MN,Chronicles of the Chronic (2022-2023), and the group show Extraordinary Elsewhere, currently on view at the Rochester Art Center.
As an artist, I have received notable awards, including a 2024 - 2025 MCAD Jerome Fellowship, a 2023-2024 University of Minnesota Liberal Arts Hub Residency with the collaborative project Sound Stories, an MRAC Arts Impact for Individual Grant to support the event series Conversations about Care, a residency with Second Shift Studio (2022-2023), and more. My artistic work has been exhibited at institutions such the Walker Art Center, the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Mana Contemporary (Chicago, IL). In 2015 I graduated from ISIA Florence with a BFA in Industrial Design and I hold a master’s in visual studies from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. I have taught courses at Carleton College, Metropolitan State University, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Pam Magyar Big Fish little fish Fleece, safety eyes Fleece 2025 $30 for Big fish, $20 for little fish
Pam has been a lifelong seamstress. In the last decade she began experimenting with making toys from original patterns and not only really enjoyed it, found that others did as well. With encouragement from her family she will be selling her works 'PJ's Originals' at a local craft show this holiday season. This is a big professional step for her and she is preparing by making sea turtles, elephants, trout and many fish of different sizes. Email her if you interested in purchasing [email protected]
Kelli Lytle (She/her) is a Rochester based fiber artist whose work is primarily in modern cross stitch, but frequently utilizes other fiber mediums including quilting, sashiko, crochet, and garment construction as well as the intersection of using multiple mediums in one piece. Her pieces often use bold and saturated colors in both fabric and thread choices and gravitates towards producing pop art, stylized art and geometric/repeating patterns. Kelli uses fiber arts as a tactile way of displaying emotions and hopes that her work sparks some sense of awe or joy in a world that is awash in neutral tones.
Mary Beth Magyar Pigeon with Beats Ceramic, Steel 2023 $250.00
Magyar made a series of creatures wearing headphones. At her studio, DJ’s moved in next door and the music was always Going so she added headphones to all of her creations. She enjoys making light hearted versions of everyday birds that are often misunderstood or unappreciated. Her latest work finds meaning in this quote by Marina Abramović, "The way to fight is not to reflect horror and put your spirit down. It's to create something with beauty that gives you hope."
Jovy Rockey Fish Brass, Sterling Silver, Wood, Gemstone 2025 $245.00 each Rockey is a Filipino-Polish-American jewelry artist living and working in Winona, MN. Herjewelry is often a commingling of her inspirations from mid-century design and the patterns ofFilipino textiles. You’ll often see the use of geometric shapes, textures, lines, and curves in herpieces. Jovy occasionally likes to explore and find ways to make creative pieces of art using her metalsmithing skills. These abstract “fish” sculptures are such an example of that exploration.
Becky Sims "The Cape" Acrylic on wood 2025 $175.00
Becky Sims, a Minneapolis-based artist and graphic designer, finds colorful inspiration in the simple and ordinary — exploring how vibrant even the smallest everyday moment can be. She hopes to spark curiosity and encourage mindfulness, inviting others to slow down and appreciate the beauty in what we might typically overlook. About "The Cape": While she now calls Minneapolis home she will always be nostalgic for the smell of tea roses along the beach mixed with salt and warm cedar forests from childhood summers in Cape Cod — vivid memories from growing up in New England.
Chris Rackley is an interdisciplinary artist based in Prior Lake, MN who combines digital and analog media to explore memory and narrative. Rackley is a 2024 McKnight Visual Arts Fellow and his solo exhibition “No Place Like This” opens at the Tweed Museum in Duluth, MN in June 2025.
During his childhood in the 1980s and 90s, Rackley’s family was periodically relocated across South Carolina and Georgia by his father’s employer, a shoe company operating retail stores in shopping malls. While his father worked, Rackley hid in the stockrooms and played in a make-believe world made of cardboard and drawings.
The work on view is a replica of a corner of one of the stores managed by Rackley’s father. All details, including the wallpaper and shopping bag designs, are re-created by hand based on the very few photographs the artist has from that period.
Alex & Moss of Deathcap Crochet Transcendence Acrylic yarn, brass jewelers wire, duct tape 2025 $135.00
As a BIPOC, queer, disabled artist, I use my art to show a voice I may otherwise not have, or a perspective that might be overlooked. I believe all art is political whether it is intended to be or not, and the world and art community cannot exist without a minority presence. @deathcapcrochet
Kevin Reid is a retired Mayo Clinic Consultant in Orofacial Pain and Clinical Ethics. Subsequent to retirement from Mayo, he completed MFA studies at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design where he focused on abstract acrylic painting and fabrication of abstract salvaged metal sculpture. Kevin’s studio and sculpture shop are deep in the woods of southern Minnesota. His art is influenced by many years of poignant interactions with suffering people, in addition to his experiences in the practice of clinical ethics. This sculpture is titled “Kin”, underscoring his observations of the remarkable diversity among family members who share a similar foundation and background.
Lydia Hansen Stump Life 2 Fiber art, wood. 2024 $100
Lydia Hansen is a fiber artist based in Rochester and creating art around SE MN. Her work is driven by curiosity and exploration of texture and color through yarn. Across the last 5 years, she's been intrigued by the way crochet's 3D qualities can mimic shapes and patterns found in nature and draws inspiration from much of her work from things she's seen or touched. Although crochet and textile art are her primary mediums, she also draws on art forms such as painting, woodworking and collage to challenge conventional ideas of what crochet can be.
Stump Life 2 is inspired by fungi and lichen growths the artist studied in preparation for her ongoing public art installation near Chatfield, MN, the Lost Creek Fungi Hunt. This piece captures fungi life in miniature form on a foraged tree stump. Find shelf fungus, brown-capped mushrooms, and two kinds of lichen.