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Events
Celebrate Juneteenth with Hennepin County Library
Enjoy a performance by Afrocontigbo, a local dance company, time with community, and lawn games at Webber Park Library.
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Celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month
Join Hennepin County Library as we celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month in May. Connect with the library to learn more about these cultures through art, literature, music, and film.
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Cargill Gallery presents: I am the Tree, the Tree is Me
Hennepin County Library announces its next Cargill Gallery exhibit, I am the Tree, the Tree is Me: Playing and Knowing, Imagining and Becoming, the Nature We Are. This exhibit celebrates the art and poetry by children in a New York City public school, as they discover and express their wondrous relationship to the natural world.
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Maud Hart Lovelace and Star of the North Picture Book Awards
From March 1-March 21, children are invited to vote online for two book awards: Star of the North and Maud Hart Lovelace.
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Cargill Gallery presents: Fondly thinking…
Hennepin County Library announces its next Cargill Gallery exhibit, Fondly thinking…, an exhibit that highlights the work of several Minneapolis based artists ranging in medium and thematics.
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Cargill Gallery: I Wonder
Hennepin County Library announces its next Cargill Gallery exhibit: I Wonder, a collection of digital artwork created by youth artists at the Best Buy Teen Tech Center at Minneapolis Central Library.
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Boxes: A celebration of public art at Arvonne Fraser Library
Join us at Arvonne Fraser Library to celebrate the installation of “Boxes,” a paint, tile, and mixed media piece by Kada Goalen, as part of Hennepin County’s One Percent for Art program.
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Hennepin County Library hosting Entrepreneur Expo at Minneapolis Central Library Oct. 4
Small business owners are invited to attend Hennepin County Library’s Entrepreneur Expo Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Minneapolis Central Library.
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2025 Artist Residencies
Hennepin County Library is excited to feature three unique artist residencies at select libraries this fall. Artist residencies will feature a collaboration between teaching artists and host libraries, creating opportunities for community members to explore creative expression, build artistic skills, and connect with local artists and other community members who share similar interests.
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Cargill Gallery presents SEEN: In the Stacks
SEEN, an exhibition featuring seven installations of collaborative work between currently-incarcerated and Twin-Cities-based artists, activists, and academics is the latest exhibit in the Cargill Gallery at Minneapolis Central Library.
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Celebrate the Makoce Collection on August 9
Join us for a day of storytelling, music, and community on Saturday, August 9, at Franklin Library (1314 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis) as we celebrate the Makoce Collection.
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Cargill Gallery presents: The Binding is Just a Way to Keep It All Together
Hennepin County Library announces its next Cargill Gallery exhibit, The Binding is Just a Way to Keep It All Together, an exhibit that explores bookmaking, narrative, and sequence.
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Artist selected for Arvonne Fraser Library’s public art commission
As part of Hennepin County’s One Percent for Art Commissioned Public Art program, mural artist Kada Goalen has been selected to create installations for the two public stairwells at Arvonne Fraser Library.
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Join Hennepin County Library as we celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month in May. Connect with the library to learn more about these cultures through art, literature, music, and film.
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Garden of Goodness art install complete at Sumner Library
Hennepin County’s latest public art installation, “Garden of Goodness,” a tile and glass mosaic created by Stacia Goodman, is complete. Goodman, a Minneapolis-based mixed-media artist, was selected to create public art for Sumner Library as part of the county’s “One Percent for Art” commissioned public art program.
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Garden of Goodness: A celebration of public art at Sumner Library
Join us at Sumner Library to celebrate the installation of “Garden of Goodness,” a tile and glass mosaic, created by Stacia Goodman as part of Hennepin County’s One Percent for Art program.
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Seeding the Stars: A celebration of public art and community
Join us on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at Hosmer Library to celebrate the installation of “Seeding the Stars,” two tile and glass mosaics, created by Olivia Levins Holden as part of Hennepin County’s One Percent for Art program.
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Cargill Gallery presents: Be Aware or Be Away
Hennepin County Library announces its next Cargill Gallery exhibit: Be Aware or Be Away, an exhibition of paintings and murals by Kushite Arts Team, a collective of extraordinary artists of East African heritage.
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