Art at the library

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Hennepin County recognizes that art in public places contributes to the life and vitality of a community. 

In addition to permanent art displays, libraries may have space to display artworks created by community members. Contact your local library to learn more.

Cargill Gallery

Minneapolis Central Library has a gallery space on the second floor. Learn more about the Cargill Gallery and its current exhibit.

Art results

130 results

Jungle Animals Climbing

by Christopher Tully

Sectio Aurea

by Shane Allbritton, Norman Lee

Untitled

by Greg Mueller

Copper Trees

by John Lange

Herons in the Library

by Christopher Tully

Mississippi Flight

by Christopher Tully

Quilt

by Ruth Stevens

The Seasons

by Dawn Purtle

Teen Wall Collage

by Christopher Bailey Foote

The Cahill School

by J Low

De Madera

by Robert Wilder

The Edina Mills

by J Low

Girls with Balloons

by Thomas Montemurro

Heritage of Edina

by Katherine Nash

The Jonathan Taylor Grimes House

by J Low

Laura Reading

by Janey Westin

Libraries Change Lives!

by Diane von Arx

The Minnehaha Grange Hall

by J Low

The Mother-Daughter Book Club

by Douglas Lew

Sharing

by Bill Mack

The Spirit of ’76

by Thomas Montemurro

Untitled pastel

by William Saltzman

Who Has Seen the Wind?

by William Saltzman

Pages

by Janet Lofquist

Zoomorphy

by Zoran Mojsilov

ABCs/Do You Know Them?

by Melissa Carden Bean

Mimi

by Wing Young Huie

Spiral

by David Culver

Gathering Together

by Greg Preslicka

Girl Reading

by Malcolm Moran

Portrait of Shaynowishkung

by Carl L. Boeckmann

Red Lake

by Robert DesJarlait

World Language

by Marilyn Lindstrom

Kinetic Sculpture #462

by Jeffrey Zachmann

Books

by Michael Pilla

Cosm

by Michael Pilla

Ovum

by Michael Pilla

Dow House

by Simeon Stoilov

Untitled

by Michael Pilla

Abbey’s Gift

by Richard Poey

Architectural Sketch

by Bard & Vanderbilt

Birch Tree

by Carl Rawson

Four Figures

by Walter Quirt

Untitled Stained Glass

by Unknown

View of St. Anthony, Minneapolis and St. Anthony Falls

by Edwin Whitefield

Christopher Robin

by Malcolm Moran

Esplanade

by William Saltzman

Figure Sculptures

by Jeanine Guncheon

The Ard Godfrey House

by Arnold Klagstad

Lake Street, USA

by Wing Young Huie

The Lorelei Club

by Donald Lipski

Mexican Landscape

by Phyllis Wiener

Minerva

by Jakob H.F. Fjelde

Pillsbury Mills

by Erle Loran

Portrait of Emil Oberhoffer

by Frances Cranmer Greenman

The Power Of …

by Ta-coumba Aiken

Red, Yellow, White

by Alexander Calder

Ripple Effect

by Lita Albuquerque

sMOTHer/inFLAME

by Teri Kwant

St. Anthony Falls 1869

by Peter Gui Clausen

Untitled

by Richard Amos

WantNot

by Jackie Chang

Washburn Crosby Elevators

by Arnold Klagstad

Book Loving Dragon

by Darcy Ferrill, Shawn Trellage

Phenomena

by Janet Lofquist

Wind and Water Chime

by Donald Celender

Boy With a Kite

by Malcolm Moran

Girl With a Balloon

by Malcolm Moran

Neighborhood Walk to Your Library Event Mobile

by North Minneapolis community

Photographs of Discovery

by Wing Young Huie

Turning Leaves

by Marjorie Pitz

Photographic Frieze

by Northeast Minneapolis artists

Below Bloomington Ferry Bridge

by Rex Mhiripiri

Come Back

by Aleksandar Maric

Field Horizon Mullein

by Gwen Partin

Rising/Falling

by Clara Ueland

Tree of Two Birds

by W.H. Schilling, Michael Dennis Browne, Jim Noreen

Vertigo I

by Gary Raymond

Charlie Read (Time Out Boy)

by Gary Lee Price

The Dream Machine

by Phil Daniel, Shawnee Langworthy

Elements of Harmony

by Joan Solomon

Maypole Mother

by Nicholas Legeros

Paige Turner (Bookworm II)

by Gary Lee Price

Compelling the Soul to Look Upward

by Bebe Keith

Untitled benches

by Sheryl Tuorila

Untitled painting

by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Gaia

by Sheryl Tuorila

Golden Flow

by Sheryl Tuorila

Untitled sconce surrounds

by Sheryl Tuorila

Landscapes

by Denise S. Tennen

Untitled stained glass

by John C. Salisbury

Untitled

by Christopher Tully

Cargill Room Mural

by Sara Rothholz Weiner

Celebration of Life

by John Biggers et al.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

by George N. Bassett

Mosaic Minnesota

by Todd Severson

Sax Player

by Seitu Jones

Sedimentary

by Seitu Jones, George Roberts

Vulture and Lion

by Seitu Jones

Book Benches

by Peter Morales

Go to Your Room

by Dick Brewer, Al Wadzinski

Reading, Discovery, Wonder

by Dieterich Spahn

Water, Land, Sky

by Phil Daniel, Shawnee Langworthy

“LIBRARY” Letters

by Sara Rothholz Weiner

Untitled

by Alexander Tylevich

Mother and Child

by Ann Wolfe

Laughing Water

by Virginia Bradley

Enamel-Patchwork-tapestry

by Ta-coumba Aiken, Christopheraaron Deanes