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Please join us for SOLIDARITY STREET GALLERY 2024, a one-of-a-kind fine-art exhibition and cultural celebration along Payne Avenue in St. Paul, MN, to be held Oct 4+5+6 this year:--- Friday, October 4, 5-9 PM
--- Saturday, October 5, 12-9 PM
--- Sunday, October 6, 12-5 PM
For these three days in early October, Payne Avenue will transform into a lively street gallery and street fair that includes fine art exhibitions at 20-25 gallery and business locations, featuring the works of 50 to 60 visual artists; live music and poetry readings at several of these locations; and a collaborative community art project. Our local businesses, many BIPOC owned, will play a central role in the celebration, by displaying art in their storefronts; bringing part of their business out on the sidewalk; and offering food or retails specials during the event. Additional vendors and non-profit community organizations will also set up tables or booths.
The theme this year is MIGRATION & MEMORIES. The intent is to acknowledge, embrace and celebrate that all who make the Eastside of St. Paul their home or place of work migrated, or were displaced, from somewhere else - and treasure and practice their cultural traditions and heritage. Visual art, live music, dance, and poetry will weave together a one-of-a-kind multi-cultural tapestry of the stories, experiences and memories of the native people and their sacred sites on the East Side; the European settlers who first developed many of the local neighborhoods; the African American, Southeast Asian, and Latino communities who constitute major resident and business owner groups nowadays; and recent waves of immigrants from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East who choose the East Side as their new home.
The event is free and open to all - local residents and visitors from the greater Twin Cities area.
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SOLIDARITY STREET GALLERY 2024 is created in collaboration with East Side Arts Council.
Major funding is provided through a grant from the East Side Funders Group.
The dates of this art exhibition and community celebration coincide with those of the Fall 2024 Saint Paul Art Crawl, coordinated by the Saint Paul Art Collective.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
967 Payne Avenue, Saint Paul, MN, United States, Minnesota 55130