Celebrating 25 Years of Art in the Community | |
June Greetings!
June is packed with art, music and events in Hopkins! So, stop by and plan to stay a while...
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Thursday, June 15: The Sunset Series - free summer concerts begin in Downtown Park with Maygen and The Birdwatcher
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Saturday, June 17: Last day to enjoy the current exhibitions at Hopkins Center for the Arts, plus Pride and Juneteenth events in Hopkins
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Thursday, June 22: 5- 8 PM - A celebration of art & music in Hopkins - all part of Walk of Art Hopkins
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Thursday, June 29: The Sunset Series presents James Loney and Lolo's Ghost
In addition to upcoming events, you will find a special interview from Larry McCray's visit to the Center in May. If you have some vacation planned and are looking for a class or workshop, follow the link below for the most up to date offerings.
You'll find more about all of the Center related events below and on our website. If you're interested in our collection of artist talks, musician videos, and ArtStreet videos - check out our YouTube page.
Looking for other things happening in Hopkins? Check out citywide information at: Think Hopkins
As always, we look forward to seeing you at the Center,
Lynn Anderson
Executive Director
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Larry McCray
growing up in Smackover, Arkansas, and his love of the Blues....
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Musician and Jazz88 Radio Host, Bobby Vandell had the special opportunity to sit down and chat with Larry McCray before his concert at Hopkins Center for the Arts in May. Check out the video below to learn more about growing up in a family of guitar players in Smackover, Arkansas.
Thanks to all of who attended this season's concerts. If you haven't already, please take a moment to complete our concert survey so that we can learn about you and who you want to see perform at The Center. And then, watch for 23-24 Season announcements beginning in July!
Concert Survey
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Summertime Outdoor Concerts Start June 15!
Thursdays at 7 PM
Hopkins Downtown Park
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Time to dust off those lawn chairs you've had stowed away, grab some friends, and head to Downtown Park!
- Thursday, June 15: Maygen and The Birdwatcher
- Thursday, June 22: Winona Jazz Collective
- Thursday, June 29: James Loney and Lolo's Ghost
Concerts run every Thursday, June 15 - August 17. Part of the free summer concert series presented by Hopkins Center for the Arts and sponsored by Mill City Sound.
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On View through June 17, 2023 | |
Keith Buswell "That Which Connects Us..."

Keith's exhibition presents arboreal imagery as a symbolic language expressing community connection: not only community as the interrelation of heritage or proximity, but also community through idea exchange and a desire to help one another.
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Blair Treuer "Identity Portrait Series"

Blair Treuer's work is an exploration into the role Native American traditional cultural and spiritual practices and beliefs play in shaping the way her family sees itself collectively and the influences or effect it's had on her own personal identity.
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Chuck + Peg Hoffman "At The Edges of Wilderness"
While Chuck + Peg Hoffman paintings are a study of edges, boundaries, and contrasts coming together, their continuing narrative inspiration is about bearing tension. Tension is a place where they sense the breath of Spirit moving and creating within and through each of us.
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Opening Receptions: June 22, 6 - 8 PM
On view June 22 - July 29, 2023
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Polly Norman "Tooled in Space"

Polly Norman's work is rooted in movement and rhythm. Working in New Media, she blends and reshapes intersections of image, color, and form in active, sometimes frenetic picture planes. Sometimes languorous, sometimes ecstatic, again, the motion is always there, asking the eye, and maybe the heart, to follow.
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MaryAnn & Gary Carlson "A Confluence of Objects"
Assemblage sculptors, MaryAnn and Gary Carlson, use found objects to create sculptures that spark stories of the past and present. Their goal is to awaken the viewer to the extraordinary beauty of ordinary objects, and the potential of these objects to communicate beyond their former utility.
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Nikki Besser "Quillin' It: Life in Paper"

Based in northern Minnesota, self-taught artist Nikki Besser uses hundreds, often times thousands, of strips of rolled paper, glued and shaped together in various forms to create original, one of a kind artworks. Her paper quilled artworks capture positive life moments of joy, happiness, love, and beauty.
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Walk of Art Hopkins
Thursday, June 22 from 5 - 8pm
Join us for Walk of Art Hopkins (WOAH!)
Highlighting art and music in Hopkins, meet artists, enjoy dinner and drinks at one of the many Hopkins restaurants, mix and mingle.
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Exhibitions at Cream & Amber, Hopkins Center for the Arts, and Zeller Studio
- Enjoy music at Hopkins Center for the Arts and Thirty Bales
- Take a self-guided walking tour of Hopkins ArtStreet public art throughout downtown
- Stop by Downtown Park and enjoy music by Maygen and The Birdwatcher, part of The Sunset Series free summer concerts
Full Schedule at: WOAH!
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Interested in learning something new? Check out all of the offerings through Hopkins Community Education and special workshops at The Center: Classes & Workshops | | |
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Activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. | | |
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