PAM-o-rama! Tours

Six tours, June through October
$15 per person for tours 1–3 and 5–6; fee for tour 4 TBD
Check PAM website for complete details.

The Preservations Alliance of Minnesota (PAM) is proud to present PAM-o-rama!—a services of mini tours. See six different sites through unique vantage points.

#1. You can Bike on It!—Saturday, June 20, 2009
See Minneapolis from the comfort of your own bike.

#2. The Ties that Bind—Saturday, July 11, 2009
Learn of shared lifeways and cultural connections at the Gibbs Farm.

#3. Paddle Through the Past—Saturday, August 8, 2009
Discover archaeology while canoeing down the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers.

#4. Jewel of the Prairie—Saturday, August 15, 2009
Explore Owatonna by bus and foot.

#5. See the Most at the Upper Post—Saturday, September 26, 2009
Tour Fort Snelling’s Upper Post.

#6. Fantasy Homes—Saturday, October 10, 2009
Visit St. Paul’s fantasy homes of the 1920s and 30s.

 

 

Minnesota Prints and Printmakers, 1900–1945

Through July 12, 2009
Mondays through Saturdays
James J. Hill house
240 Summit Ave., St. Paul
See website for gallery hours: www.mnhs.org/hillhouse

View more than 50 prints by 40 artists that highlight Minnesota’s rich history of printmaking from 1900 to 1945. It was during this period that both traditional printmaking methods of etching and engravings and new techniques and bold experimentation of color lithographs and screen prints flourished. Works include a 1910 etching by Mankato artist Gilbert Fletcher of a boy fishing from the shore of Minnesota River alongside a whimsical, cubist inspired illustration by Floyd Brewer completed in 1945.

 

2009 Rain Garden Workshops

Various dates; see website www.MetroBlooms.org

Workshops held in Minneapolis, Bloomington and Plymouth
651-699-2426
$10 per workshop

Want a garden that attracts birds and butterflies, helps protect our water resources, and may even help reduce your monthly stormwater utility fee? Build a rain garden! Rain gardens allow rain and melting snow to seep naturally into the ground. This helps recharge ground water and keeps contaminants from being washed down storm drains and carried to our lakes, rivers and creeks. These workshops will teach you how to install a rain garden using native plants that don’t require fertilizers or pesticides. Workshop attendees can apply for a $100 native plant reimbursement.

 

Modernism 20: Past/Present/Future

Through October 2, 2009
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays

Wells Fargo Center (skyway level)
90 S. Seventh Street, Minneapolis, MN
Free exhibition

“Modernism 20: Past/Present/Future,” is a selection of design classics in all mediums, ranging from the beginning of the 20th Century to the present. Among works to be debuted are a recently acquired Bauhaus lamp (1925–26) and an Albin Muller punch bowl (1903). Other highlights include an Emile Gallé table lamp (c. 1900), Christopher Dresser Clutha vase (c. 1890), and Kate Harris presentation cup (1901–02).

Industrial design works include a Thomas McCreary Ruba Rombic fishbowl (c. 1928), Italian espresso machine (1930), and the celebrated Ezio Pirali VE 505 Electric table fan (1954–60). Lesser known but no less engaging discoveries round out the survey.

Since 1989, a continuous series of annual exhibitions devoted to aspects of Modernism have been presented at Wells Fargo Center, a downtown venue for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Wells Fargo Center is located between 6th and 7th streets along Marquette Avenue. The exhibitions, on the skyway level, are free and open to the public.