Art by Frances Bates
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
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.
Website: https://www.solidaritystreetgallery.org/portfolio/bates%2C-frances
Shop: https://www.solidaritystreetgallery.org/category/artists-a-d
Feature in CanvasRebel (August 2023)
Article written about who I am and the art I do, both digital and print versions were made.
Mention in an Article (October 2022)
The Mill Cities Times wrote an article about the founder of ACW in which I was mentioned.
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.
Art to Change the World Newsletter (2022-Present)
Since joining ACW as an intern in 2022 myself and/or my work has been featured in their newsletter multiple times.
https://us16.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=6fd83d38853d5b159b83e48bb&id=785840d5af
2024 - January, February, March, April, May, June
2023 - January, February, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December.
2022 - August, September, October, November, and December.