The Third Floor Gallery is a formally curated exhibition space that is designed to support and complement the arts curriculum at Metropolitan State University. As an academic venue, the Gallery is committed to providing educational opportunities for students through internships, student exhibitions and related programming (such as lectures, films, interdisciplinary events and community outreach). The Gallery is dedicated to showing the work of various subjects, media, forms and content by diverse artists, including emerging and established artists of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The Gallery also serves to expose, educate and engage the community and the University to the numerous facets of visual expression.
Location
The Third Floor Gallery is located in the new Library and Learning Center on the St. Paul Campus at 645 East Seventh Street.
Gallery Hours
Monday - Thursday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Phone: 651-793-1631.
To request accommodations for a disability, call Disability Services at
651-793-1540 or 651-772-7687 (TTY)
Current Exhibit
The City Behavior of Grace MN
Works by Marcus Young With Kathleen Maloney, Aki Shibata, and Travis Spangler
With works produced by or in partnership with Public Art Saint Paul, the City of Saint Paul, and Eureka Recycling
Reception:
Thursday, November 5th, from 4 - 7 PM
Show dates:
October 30 - December 11, 2009
This exhibit features a number of local urban art projects by a collective of artists who call themselves Grace MN. Grace MN includes Marcus Young, Kathleen Maloney, Aki Shibata, Travis Spangler and others. Some projects are executed in collaboration with Saint Paul Public Works and Public Art Saint Paul, such as Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk. Other projects, such as Wishes for the Sky, Don’t you Feel it too? and From Here to There and Beyond, will are presented as well.
Past Exhibits
The Diva Project: Minneapolis Community and Technical College's Annual Fashion Competition
Reception:
Thursday, September 17, from 4 - 7 PM
Show dates:
September 18 - October 16, 2009
This exhibit features ten winning designs created by current and former Minneapolis Community and Technical College students from the Apparel Technologies program. DVDs of previous runway shows will run on a monitor, setting the garment into context and demonstrating the vitality of the original runway productions.
Saib Kuv (Watch me - See the Hmong in me)
Reception:
Thursday, April 16, from 4 - 7 PM
Show dates:
April 17 - July 24, 2009
This exhibit features a collection of digitally manipulated photographic portraits coupled with poetry and prose by emerging Hmong-American artists. The show was organized by the local non-profit In Progress, which provides opportunities for marginalized young people to develop their skills as storytellers, artists and leaders through the use of digital media.
Community Dialogues
As part of the Saib Kuv exhibit, a series of community dialogues about what it means to be Hmong within a Minnesota landscape will take place. Free and open to the public these events are scheduled 1 - 3 PM on April 25, May 9, June 6 and 20. The location will be next to the Third Floor Gallery.
To contact the The Third Floor Gallery director, Erica Rasmussen, email erica.rasmussen@metrostate.edu
To contact the College of Arts and Sciences, please call 651-793-1440.