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soovac

Name: soovac
Address: 2909 Bryant Avenue S, Suite 101, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, US
Telephone: +16128712263

2909 Bryant Avenue S, Suite 101
Minneapolis MN www.soovac.org Soo Visual Arts Center, founded in 2001, is a non-profit 501 (c)3 arts organization.

Mission: Soo Visual Arts Center is a nonprofit art space that connects our community with fresh, under-represented and provocative art. Vision: Soo Visual Arts Center envisions a dynamic community in which artists and audiences challenge each other in an environment where art is integral to everyday life. Founded by visual artist Suzy Greenberg in 2001, our non-profit 501 (c)3 art space is based o

n the founder's relationship with art—one that views the artistic as vital to personal and community health and vision. We have exhibited over 2000 under-represented artists since opening our doors in 2001. As a leader in discovering new talent and with a strong focus on emerging artists from the state of Minnesota, SooVAC offers year-round exhibition, community and performance programming. The following is our Access Policy Approved by the board in May 2011:
Soo Visual Arts Center provides equal opportunity and access to its facilities and programs to all individuals regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, beliefs, sexual orientation or disability in admission, access or employment. Upon request, accommodation will be provided to allow individuals with disabilities to participate in SooVAC services, programs and activities.

06/16/2026

Our goal is to raise $30,000 by June 30, link in the bio. As a small arts non-profit, we rely on individual donor gifts to provide opportunities for artists to produce bold exhibitions that give voice to the moment while creating space for experimentation, dialogue, and belonging. We hope you will invest in SooVAC by making a financial gift of any amount before June 30, and we asked members of our community to inspire you! “I am so grateful to SooVAC for being an anchor when I decided to make a major shift in my career. In 2019, SooVAC provided me with a residency and a major installation alongside artist Heid E. Erdrich. During the residency and show, I was able to share prints, installation work, and moving images. It was the first time I could explore and share work that included movement but wasn’t dance. My current show at the Walker Art Center would not have been possible without the initial and continued support of SooVAC. SooVAC is a major catalyst for many artists, from early-career to established, local and international. Please consider supporting SooVAC.” - Rosy SImas rosy simas danse

06/13/2026

Our goal is to raise $30,000 by June 30, link in the bio. As a small arts non-profit, we rely on individual donor gifts to provide opportunities for artists to produce bold exhibitions that give voice to the moment while creating space for experimentation, dialogue, and belonging. We hope you will invest in SooVAC by making a financial gift of any amount before June 30, and we asked members of our community to inspire you! “I love SooVAC for so many reasons. It’s such a vital and powerful community-based gallery — it strikes the perfect balance between smart, cutting-edge work and a welcoming, warm, and accessible space — something all too rare in the visual art world. I’ve been in group exhibitions, had a solo show, and seen so many great exhibitions of work by friends and artists new to me. I look forward to many more years of your presence at the heart of the Twin Cities art ecosystem.” -Rachel Breen

06/09/2026

Our goal is to raise $30,000 by June 30, we’ve already reached more than $8000 and counting 🙏🏼, link in the bio. As a small arts non-profit, we rely on individual donor gifts to provide opportunities for artists to produce bold exhibitions that give voice to the moment while creating space for experimentation, dialogue, and belonging. We asked members of our community to inspire you! “For a quarter century, SooVAC has been a rare constant in the Midwest arts landscape. They have consistently uplifted diverse perspectives and global angles, recognizing work that expands how we see and understand one another. When I exhibited at SooVAC, I felt the depth of their commitment to artists of color and to conversations that reach beyond borders.
Through open calls, mentorship, and community rooted programming, they’ve nurtured generations of artists and held space when others could not. Supporting SooVAC means investing in a future where artists and communities continue to thrive together.” -Syed Hosain (Past Exhibiting Artist and Current SooVAC Board Member)

06/06/2026

Our goal is to raise $30,000 by June 30, link in the bio. As a small arts non-profit, we rely on individual donor gifts to provide opportunities for artists to produce bold exhibitions that give voice to the moment while creating space for experimentation, dialogue, and belonging. We hope you will invest in SooVAC by making a financial gift of any amount before June 30, and we asked members of our community to inspire you! “SooVAC has been an extremely supportive gallery and institution for me as an artist. They have shown my work in numerous ways, including their holiday sale, a solo show in 2023, and other exhibitions at SooVAC and at outside venues. Having a connection to SooVAC, I feel like I have a strong community behind me supporting me as my art career grows. SooVAC is such an important establishment in the Twin Cities, showing and advocating for unique, emerging, and mid-career artists. They showcase a wide range of work and artists, and they play a pivotal role in helping new voices be seen in the Twin Cities art scene.”-Erin Paradis

05/27/2026

Yuming “Griffin” Liu is a visual artist, sculptor, and educator whose work is shaped by a life marked by displacement and vertigo. Born into religious turmoil in Communist China due to his family’s spiritual affiliations, Liu experienced a nomadic upbringing across China and eventually around the globe. This journey, coupled with the constant clash of voices—from family, governments, and institutions, each claiming moral authority—infuses his practice with a profound sense of solitude and sorrow. Helplessly seeking inner peace in a chaotic reality, Liu constructs intricate scenes that blend poetic melancholy with dreamlike sensibility. His surreal miniature worlds reflect a quiet dignity in the face of institutional struggle, transforming personal trauma into delicate, emotionally resonant forms. Liu is a sculptor born and raised in China. He holds a BA from Kenyon College and recently completed an MFA in Sculpture at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught for two years. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Center of International Contemporary Art (Vancouver), LumiNoir Gallery (London), and Midwest Museum of American Art (Elkhart, IN). He has received several competitive honors, including the 2025 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award from the International Sculpture Center. Liu currently teaches at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN. Jay Katelansky is an interdisciplinary artist based in Maryland. They received a BFA from Moore College of Art and Design and both an MA and MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Katelansky has received several awards, including the Chazen Museum Prize for Outstanding MFA Student. They have also exhibited at venues such as Canvas at Garver Feed Mill, Scope Art Fair, Memorial Union Gallery, and the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

05/22/2026

Sometimes it’s all about the details, make your own discoveries with our current exhibition, A Walk in the Night by Savannah Tines

05/14/2026

A few sneak peeks at the process, including exactly how they arrived which is equally amazing!!! Opening this Saturday May 16th from 6-9pm, and you can meet the mind behind all this brilliance, Dream of Dawn by Yuming “Griffin” Liu
Opening reception: Saturday, May 16, 2026, 6 - 9 PM
Exhibitions run May 17 - June 28, 2026

Yuming “Griffin” Liu’s work explores themes of displacement, solitude, and the tension between institutional control and human agency through surreal miniature landscapes. Shaped by his family’s seven-year limbo as asylum seekers, his practice reflects the emotional weight of waiting—for decisions, responses, and permission to move forward. In these works, waiting becomes a condition of powerlessness under bureaucratic systems. Liu transforms that experience into scenes where reality and imagination merge, creating landscapes of poetic melancholy, psychological tension, and dreamlike stillness.

04/30/2026

We’ve got a couple years to go but it’s almost been 20 years of working together, through about a thousand ups and downs we’ve kept SooVAC going, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s been an honor and a privilege serving the arts community 💚🙌🏼 Here’s to many more

04/27/2026

Feast your eyes on what’s next! Opening Saturday May 16 from 6-9pm; “Dream of Dawn” by Griffin Liu, “We All Live With Dreams” by Jay Katelansky, and “A Walk in the Night” by Savannah Tines, will be at the beginning with an alternate ending for Tines’s closing June 27th from 6-8pm.

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2909 Bryant Avenue S, Suite 101
Minneapolis, MN
55408

Opening Hours

Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	11am - 5pm
Sunday	11am - 5pm

Telephone

+16128712263

Website

http://www.soovac.org/

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