Art by Frances Bates
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MINNESOTA
December 2024
Flux Frost Fest, ACW Headquarters
During the Flux Arts Building holiday event people could see one of my pieces in the front hallway entrance to the Art to Change the World headquarters.
December 2024
Light Up the Night, Solar Arts Building
I was part of the holiday art show in the Fox Den Gallery and had a few pieces in the main area gallery.
November 2024
Do the Dow, Dow Arts Building
I had my studio open for the weekend and was honored with having two pieces in the gallery for the month.
November 2024
Holiday Art Show, Fox Den Gallery
I shared the space with a few artists to have our art up for the winter holidays.
October 2024
St Paul Fall Art Crawl, Schmidt Artist Lofts
I participated as a vendor in the art crawl at my apartment again.
October 2024
BUGZ and Spooky Season Exhibitions, Solar Arts Building
I had pieces in both the main area gallery and the Fox Den Gallery. I was also able to be a guest artist in studio 205 again.
September 2024
Art Vendor, St Paul Saints
I represented the Schmidt Arts Committee and had my bolo ties for sale.
September 2024
Art Vendor, Phakamani Foundation
I worked the pour painting activity again with Catherine Palmer Paintings. This year we also had a spin art activity for which I helped design a large-scale spinner.
September 2024
Legacy Dream Space, Modus Locus Expansion
My piece Thread Count was selected to be part of an Art to Change the World exhibition during this interactive art event.
September 2024
Open Studios, Solar Arts Building (Studio 205)
I got to be a guest artist in my friend's studio during Joseph Haid's book signing event.
August 2024
Bombshell Art Bizarre, 11th Ave in North St Paul
I had a tent setup with Catherine Palmer Paintings to be a vendor for this event put on by Bombshell Beauty Lab.
August 2024
Art Vendor, St Paul Saints
I was one of the people to help run a spin art booth with Catherine Palmer Paintings.
August 2024
Doodle Days Exhibition, Solar Arts Building
A print of my self-portrait drawing in a custom frame I created called Vine Frame was featured in the main area gallery.
July 2024
Taste of Minnesota, Downtown Minneapolis
I was an art vendor with friends at this two-day outdoor food, music, and art event.
June to August 2024
100 Feet of Art and History, Stone Arch Bridge Festival
This was a group art installation project that was a collaboration between Art to Change the World and the Mill City Museum. The installation was up put up just before the festival and stayed up until the end of August. Artist Sadie Ward and I created an art version of the Stone Arch Bridge using found objects and scrap denim fabric.
June 2024
Pride and Prince Purple Rain Era Exhibitions, Solar Arts Building
In the Fox Den Gallery there was a body image themed art show for Pride month. For the main area gallery I donated a purple bolo tie to be raffled for a Prince themed exhibition.
June 2024
Grand Old Day, Grand Ave in St Paul
My first-time doing outdoor vending with my art. This was during a one-day festival/parade.
May 2024
Art-A-Whirl, Fox Den Gallery and ACW Headquarters
I was back at the Solar Arts Building in the Fox Den selling art and I had a piece in the Flux Arts Building where the new Art to Change the World headquarters was created.
April 2024
St Paul Spring Art Crawl, Dow Arts Building - Studio 201
I had my studio open during art crawl.
April 2024
St Paul Spring Art Crawl, Schmidt Artist Lofts
My first-time showing work at my new place. I had pieces on the walls by my apartment and was a vendor in the main area.
April 2024
Repaint Exhibition, Fox Den Gallery
A sustainability themed exhibition related to Earth Day where artists use a thrifted canvas, found objects, or scrap fabric.
January 2024
Turbo Junk Art Market, Turbo Tim’s NE
This was a junk themed art market during which I sold my found object bolo ties.
December 2023
Do the Dow, Dow Arts Building - Studio 201
My first-time showing work at my new studio. I had a table setup with small works as well as art in the studio and hallway.
November 2023
The Art of Drag, LUSH Lounge and Theater
I managed and performed in a drag show that taught people about the history of drag.
November to December 2023
Holiday Art Show, Fox Den Gallery
I shared the space with a few artists to have our art up for the winter holidays.
October to November 2023
Spooky Season Exhibition, Fox Den Gallery
I was part of a group show during the fall spooky holidays.
September 2023
Art Vendor, Phakamani Foundation
I worked with a group of artists for Catherine Palmer Paintings to run a pour painting activity during their annual picnic. For this event I designed a canvas holding system that decreases the likelihood of getting paint everywhere.
September 2023
Faces of Our Communities Exhibition, Solidarity Street Gallery
The theme for this event was artworks celebrating the tapestry of cultures in the neighborhood. ArT at 967 Payne set up a “walking gallery” during the Uniquely Eastside Festival. I had pieces on display and a table with some of my art. This was my first time being an art vendor outside of Solar Arts.
July to August 2023
Life on the Spectrum Exhibition, Grand Hand Gallery
This exhibition was for works created by artists with Autism. I had three pieces that were selected for the event: my self-portrait drawing, a furniture piece, and a collage.
June 2023
Pride Exhibition, Solar Arts Building
A body image themed art show during Pride month for LGBTQIA2S+ artists.
May 2023
Art-A-Whirl, Fox Den Gallery
I was part of the ACW members that had artwork up for the weekend long event called Art-A-Whirl that happens in Northeast Minneapolis.
May 2023
Art Vendor, Mayday Festival
I helped run a spin art booth for Catherine Palmer Paintings.
April 2023
Repaint Exhibition and Mississippi River Pearl showing, Solar Arts Building
In the Fox Den Gallery we had an environment themed exhibition related to Earth Day where artists had to use a thrifted canvas to create a new artwork. In the creative cove, an area near the Fox Den at Solar, the Mississippi River Pearl sculpture was on display for Earth Day.
March 2023
Contrast Orange Exhibition, Fox Den Gallery
A group art show where the pieces had a focus on the color orange. For this I decided to show my graphic design skills be creating a postcard with many little orange logos.
December 2022
Holiday Art Show, Fox Den Gallery
I shared the space with a few artists to have our art up for the winter holidays.
November 2022
Mississippi River Pearl Exhibition, Homewood Studios
This was the first exhibition for a collaborative found object sculpture.
November 2022
Brilliant Artists Transforming Society Exhibition, Fox Den Gallery
An art show for some of the ACW interns and young adult artists. Other than the couple of pieces I already had I made a painting called Glitter Bat.
October 2022
White Tiger Inventions Debut Exhibition, Fox Den Gallery
This was my first ever solo art show which I was able to do through my internship with ACW. I created some new pieces and showed a few from the past.
WISCONSIN
May 2018
I Wish I Had Another Exhibition, Applied Arts 121
The classroom for my sculpture class was set up as a gallery during the end of semester event called Senior Show. I created display that looked like a scene from the end of a drag show with a hat full of money on a stage.
March 2018
Radical Jewelry Makeover Exhibition, Union Art Gallery
I made a necklace out of recycled jewelry in an art metals class for an exhibition where all proceeds went to a scholarship.
February 2018
Prefix Exhibition, Gallery 209
My sculpture class displayed our artwork in one of the on-campus galleries. The piece I created was an interactive sculpture called Auto Focus.