Happy New Year! Here in Minnesota, we’re moving through a particularly heavy season and in moments like these, I’m reminded why art matters so deeply to me—not as an escape from reality, but as a way to illuminate the hope that still lives within us. How are you finding hope right now?

Join me for Arts Advocacy Day 2026!
March 3 – 10AM – MN Capitol Rotunda

Join me in advocating for arts funding! This event brings together artists and advocates to lobby legislators for robust state funding to demonstrate the arts’ vital economic and cultural impact across the state.

REMINDER: Exhibition at the State Capitol
Anne Labovitz, 122 Conversations: Person to Person, Art Beyond Borders – The Archive
On View through October 1, 2026

This archive exhibit is on display in the 3rd Floor Exhibit Gallery at the Minnesota State Capitol and is a curated collection of my decade-long international project designed to promote peace through art and dialogue. It traveled to the five-sister cities of Duluth, MN: Ranya (Kurdistan Region of Iraq), Växjö (Sweden), Petrozavodsk (Russia), Thunder Bay (Canada), and Ohara Isumi-City (Japan). The work has also been shown in Washington, D.C. and at Bethel College in Kansas, and was on display at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport for five years. The project serves as a catalyst for peace—one individual at a time.