Mni Art Wall

Image by TJ Turner Pictures.

About

The Mni Art Wall – located in the Pow Wow Grounds coffee shop – is connected to All My Relations Arts Gallery. This exhibit space connects and supports local and emerging artists in our community. The Mni Art Wall was created to provide an opportunity for all artists from our diverse community. On this wall, gallery staff curate visual art with positive and educational principles. It is our hope that this mini art gallery will encourage artists to engage our community through art.

Now on View: Artwork by Carrie Bunker

Image courtesy of the artist’s website.

Carrie Katzenmeyer is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation and Norwegian mixed artist in Minnesota. Painting for storytelling and fun. Lover of animals, environment.

Artist Statement

My work is whimsical and inspired by nature with influences from my indigenous and Scandinavian heritages. I draw on themes of connections, not only to each other but to animals and nature. My art is a safe space for viewers to begin their own story and interpretation. In a deeper context I focus on color theories , stories and myths passed down through my cultural ties, along with my own personal stories and memories. I graduated from the University of Minnesota with an Art Degree. I currently reside in Marine on Saint Croix Minnesota.

Artwork by Carrie Bunker. Images courtesy of the artist’s website.

 

Carrie's Website

Now on View: Artwork by Carrie Bunker

Past artists:

Loriene Pearson. Photo credit: Karen Lynch.

Thriving and Flourishing

Loriene Pearson is a Minnesota artist and photographer and a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Her intention with these works is to tell a story of Natives thriving and flourishing despite the traumas inflicted through the Doctrine of Discovery and subsequent colonization. Her aim is not to minimize the hurt and degradation inflicted upon Native Peoples; her goal was to design and embroider a declaration that Natives have survived and now are asserting and defining a strong paradigm beyond the negative narratives accepted and propagated by the media. Much has happened between the time Loriene was awarded the grant to do this work in March of 2024. She survived chemotherapy and a stem-cell transplant, experienced the loss of her brother, mother and grandmother; and is currently reeling with the political divisiveness of the current administration. There is hard work ahead to safeguard Native survival beyond resiliency. Self / community / earth must continue to heal to thrive and flourish.

Loriene Pearson is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

 

“Our Matriarch and Her Descendants,” Loriene Pearson, Embroidery, 2024. Image courtesy of the artist.

 

“Native to the Land,” Loriene Pearson, Embroidery, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.

                     

 

 

Loriene Pearson's Website

Loriene Pearson

Carrie Bunker

Carrie Bunker

White Earth Nation
Loriene Pearson

Loriene Pearson

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Call to Artists

If you wish to apply to showcase your art on the Mni Art Wall, email us at [email protected] with your name, a biography and work samples, and we will be in contact with you.

Apply to be on MNI Art Wall

Purchasing Artwork?

If you’re interested in purchasing artwork you have seen on the MNI Art Wall, please contact Juleana Enright.