2017
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Innovation In Tradition: Exploring Swedish Folk Costumes
Swedish Folkdräkter, or folk costumes, traditionally worn by rural peasants, over time developed distinct regional styles. -
Tangled Roots – ASI Staff Art Exhibition
Members of the multi-talented ASI Staff offer their own artistic interpretations of the 2017 theme Migration, Identity and Belonging. Works represent mediums including photographs, sculpture,... Read more » -
Swede Hollow
"Swede Hollow" is a ravine on the east side of St. Paul, Minnesota. Today, it is like a haunting former industrial site overtaken by nature with a bike path running through it. -
The Stories They Told
Flat plane figure carving, capturing many folkloric personalities in wood, is a Nordic art medium embodying a range of social, societal and cultural narratives. The Stories They Told is an... Read more » -
Green Card Voices
Through a collaboration with Green Card Voices, a Minneapolis-based non-profit organization, ASI has created an exhibition that uses video storytelling to present seven experiences of contemporary... Read more » -
Cows Can Dream - Family Gallery Exhibit
American Swedish Institute was thrilled to welcome Swedish visual artist Maria Bajt, who lives and works in Stockholm and Berlin, to Minneapolis earlier in the year to paint the backdrops and help... Read more » -
101 Bowls
101 Bowls, as part ot the multi-part CraftBOWL exhibition exploring American Swedish Institute's 2018 theme The Handmade, is an ambitious, wildly creative and one-of-a-kind collection of local and... Read more » -
Where the Children Sleep - Photographs by Magnus Wennman
Where the Children Sleep is a featured exhibition in ASI's 2017 Migration, Identity and Belonging programming. Please accept our invitation to visit ASI on Wednesdays during February, when we are... Read more » -
Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden Florilegium
The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden in Minneapolis, established in 1907, was America’s first public wildflower garden. The garden is the inspiration for Florilegia—a collection of botanical drawings... Read more » -
Aurora Borealis - Photographs by Jim Brandenburg
www.brandenburgprairiefoundation.orgThis new exhibition showcases striking photographs of the Aurora Borealis taken in all its splendor by Minnesota ‘s own Jim Brandenburg, who worked for National... Read more »