Rubenstein often says they paint how it feels to inhabit their body, an ever-changing experience of limited mobility, chronic pain, mental fog, anxiety and other challenges. they also paint to imagine new futures for themselves and other disabled people, where all needs are met and they can not only survive but flourish.
-Alex V. Cipolle, MPR News
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The Art of Disability Justice Now
July 19th, 2024 – Jan 5th, 2025
MILL CITY MUSEUM - 704 South 2nd St, Minneapolis MN, 55401
www.mnhs.org/millcity/activities/exhibits
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North Star Collage art exhibition w/ Twin Cities Collage Collective
On view November 1st - NOVEMBER 30th
BOILER ROOM COFFEE - 1830 Third Ave South, Minneapolis MN, 55404
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Art show & fundraiser for gaza
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 6-9PM
Modern Times Cafe - 200 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407
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FALL Open Studios @ the California Building
Friday, November 8, 5-10 PM
Saturday, November 9, 12-8 PM
Studio 207B, 2205 California St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
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Oddmarket
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 12-4PM
ODDMART - 2520 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55405
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MCAD art Sale
Thursday, nov 21st - 6:00-9:00pm
Friday, Nov 22nd - 6:00-9:00pm
Saturday, Nov 23rd - 10:00am - 3:00pm
2501 Stevens Avenue, Minneapolis 55404
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small Biz saturday @ Mpls Cider co
saturday, nov 30th - 12:00 - 4:00pm
701 SE 9th St, Minneapolis, MN 55414
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Raging art on @ Gamut Gallery
Thursday, Dec 5th – Saturday, Dec 21st, 2024
717 S 10th St, Minneapolis, MN 55404
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Winter Market @ Northrup King Building
THURSDAY, DEC 5th - 6:00-9:00pm
STUDIO 226, 1500 Jackson St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
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Last minute gifts @ Springboard
Friday, dec 13th - 5:00-9:00pm
Springboard for the Arts - 262 University Ave West, Saint Paul, MN 55103
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California Building holiday market
Saturday, Dec 14th - 12:00-6:00pm
Studio 207B, 2205 California St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
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Back in June I was given the incredible opportunity to sit down with MPR's Senior Arts Reporter & Critic Alex Cipolle for a conversation about my work as a feature for Disability Pride Month.
A reproduction of my painting “Invent, Endure, Outlive Them” is now a permanent mural at Harvard Innovation Labs. A huge thank you to ArtLifting for this partnership and lifting up the work of artists who live with disabilities or have experienced housing insecurity. You can read the blog about the mural written by Alex Parks for Harvard iLab here: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/about/news/artlifting-rubenstein-installation
My first solo-exhibition, entitled 'Too Much', opened on September 9th in the California Building! The show I put together is exactly what I envisioned at the start of 2023 and I feel so proud of what I brought to fruition. The newest paintings I created for the exhibition are the culmination of a long time goal: bringing together my abstract and figurative styles to create stronger narratives in my work. The week following my opening, MPLSART.COM released an article written by Benjamin Merrit about my newest paintings.
https://www.mplsart.com/written/2023/09/madison-rubenstein-too-much
Near the end of July (Disability Pride Month) I was notified that I am one of nine artists awarded with this year's Artists with Disabilities Grant by Arts Midwest!
This is the first year that Arts Midwest has offered this opportunity and I am so honored to be selected for this award and $3,000 in grant funds. Over 200 artists applied to receive funds and a panel of seven reviewers selected nine finalists from across the Midwest. I am grateful to have this financial support to further invest in my art career and small business.
In the wake of the Club Q mass shooting, reflections on an adolescence in the ‘Evangelical Vatican.’ Written by Brandon Sward.
If you are driving down France Ave in Edina, MN you might noticed some colorful artwork on an electrical box outside of Chase Bank at 7000 France Ave S.