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WARM Gallery inaugural exhibition poster

Poster advertising the inaugural exhibition and grand opening of WARM Gallery on April 10, 1976, at 414 First Avenue North, Minneapolis. From box 5 (152.F.1.1B) of the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) organizational records. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Street view of WARM Gallery

Mailer used by the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) showing a street view of WARM Gallery at 414 First Avenue North, Minneapolis, undated. From box 5 (152.F.1.1B) of the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) organizational records. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

WARM: A Women’s Collective Art Space

In 1976, the doors opened to a new art gallery—the first in Minnesota dedicated exclusively to women artists. During its fifteen years of operation, WARM: A Women’s Collective Art Space (often referred to as the WARM Gallery) was at the center of women’s visual arts programming in the Twin Cities. Informed by second-wave feminism and in step with the national Women’s Art Movement, the WARM Gallery built a new arts community focused on promoting equality. It gave women artists the professional experiences necessary to compete in the art world and provided public access to women’s art, history, and theory.

Ancient ceramic vessel with evidence of wild rice

St. Croix stamped ceramic vessel containing evidence of wild rice. Created by Native people who lived in the Upper Mississippi region before 640 CE.

Anishinaabe or Dakota dance blanket (detail)

Detail view of an Anishinaabe or Dakota dance blanket, 1840s-1850s. Robert J. Ulrich Works of Art Purchase Fund, Mia accession number 2007.1. Public domain.

Banjo Lesson (Mary Cassatt)

Detail view of Banjo Lesson, a drypoint and aquatint before color by Mary Cassatt (1894) at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. From the the William M. Ladd Collection; gift of Herschel V. Jones. Public domain.

Howling Dog (Paul Klee)

Howling Dog, an oil-on-canvas painting by Paul Klee (1928) at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Gift of F. C. Schang. Public domain.

Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)

When the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) opened in 1915 it exhibited 450 pieces of art, most of them on loan. In the twenty-first century it is an encyclopedic art museum, boasting a collection of more than 89,000 objects that spans 20,000 years and six continents; special exhibitions on topics that have ranged from Star Wars to Martin Luther; and a presence in the community that reflects more than a century of local support for the arts.

Third Avenue entrance to the Minneapolis Museum of Art

The Third Avenue entrance to the Minneapolis Museum of Art, part of the 1974 expansion designed by Japanese architect Kenzō Tange. Photo by David J . Nordgren, ca. 1975.

Minneapolis Institute of Art guard with visitors

A museum guard and two young visitors examine the Paul Revere tea set at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1946. Photo by the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company.

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