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Invitation Wall

Workers on a lift hang a large mural on the facade of a brick building

Installation of Invitation Wall mural Still Here: Zhegagoynak, Andrea Carlson, 2024.

Installation

  • Exterior

  • Free

Invitation Wall

Art is an invitation—an invitation to see, think and feel in a new way and to be changed by the experience. Invitation Wall is the museum’s 40-foot outdoor public art exhibition space that reflects the museum’s commitment to radical hospitality.  All are invited, welcome, and valued.

The current mural is by Andrea Carlson (Ojibwe) and called Still Here: Zhegagoynak.



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