Art by Frances Bates
Blog Post (September 2024)
Sadie Ward, an artist I worked with on the 100 Feet of Art and History project, mentioned me on her blog.
https://embracebrart.weebly.com/blog/munsingwear-at-mill-city-museum
Art Passports on Parade (May 2024)
During Northeast Minneapolis' biggest art event, Art-A-Whirl, I was part of a project with ACW. We created an art passport to highlight some of our members who were participating in Art-A-Whirl. I had a spread about myself/my art and my "stamp" was a sticker of my tiger logo.
AuSM's NeurodivergArt (April 2024)
The Autism Society of Minnesota created a project called NeurodivergArt. Artists with Autism could send in their art to be used as prints being sold to raise money for the organization. There was a total of 46 submissions and I was one of the 10 selected artists. My self portrait drawing called "No One Can Do Everything, But Everyone Can Do Something" was the piece they chose from my submissions.
https://ausm.org/neurodivergart-gallery/
Art Dancing Video (April 2024)
During the Spring St Paul Art Crawl the St Paul Art Collective featured me in one of their videos about the event. Everyone in the video was dancing to show people how fun art crawls are.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6Amg7BsGqA/
Volunteer Recognition (April 2024)
I assisted the Schmidt Artist Lofts Committee in curating the Congressional Art Competition Exhibition. The art was from many of the local high schools. I was recognized in the event program and asked to speak at the opening.
Schmidt Artists (April 2024)
I started participating in the St Paul Art Crawls and joined the Schimdt Arts Committee. Now my work is promoted on their social media.
Solar Arts Building (December 2023)
My work is sometimes featured on Solar Arts social media as I joined the Solar Family when I began coordinating the Fox Den Gallery.
Artist Spotlight (November 2023)
The Dow Arts Building hosts an annual artist open house every year called Do the Dow. Some of the Hamline Marketing Association students helped with promoting the building and event. I was interviewed for an artist spotlight in my studio at the building. The video was posted to Instagram on the gallery and artist accounts.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0NOYD3Lnp-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
The Art of Drag (October and November 2023)
A couple places advertised the drag show event I put on with Art to Change the World.
More info: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/the-art-of-drag/
MPLSART.com had an ad on the homepage/website and listed it as an event
https://www.mplsart.com/events/the-art-of-drag
Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association put it in their newsletter and listed it as an event
https://nemaa.org/events/the-art-of-drag/
Minnesota Women's Press made posts to their social media (Facebook and Instagram)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CzGn3upLPDl/?img_index=3
Face of Our Community Exhibition (September 2023)
My art was posted to the Solidarity Street Gallery website to promote and sell my artwork
during an exhibition.
Feature in CanvasRebel (August 2023)
Article written about who I am and the art I do, both digital and print versions were made.
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-frances-bates/
Educational YouTube Interview (December 2022)
A professor at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities interviewed me about my art to create a video for his students.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9-yrjLQKLU
Grant Recipient Post (November 2022)
I received a grant from the Awesome Foundation and their main funder The Harnisch Foundation tagged me in an Instagram post.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ClhUyEmJ189/?igsh=M3N1cWdmZml6bGg4
Mention in an Article (October 2022)
The Mill Cities Times wrote an article about the founder of ACW in which I was mentioned.
Art to Change the World (2022-Present)
Since joining ACW as an intern in 2022 myself and/or my work has been featured in their newsletter and on their social media multiple times.