Art by Frances Bates
Taste of Minnesota (May 2025)
They made a post on Instagram promoting the artists and makers who will be part of the event this year.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJrTUdDAMOK/?igsh=NGh3cjl4cmVyaHph
Fox Den Gallery (January 2025-Present)
Art to Change the World's created social media for the Fox Den Gallery. As the curator and a featured artist you will often see my work posted.
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
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/
Schmidt Artist Lofts/St. Paul Art Collective
(April 2024-Present)
I started participating in the St Paul Art Crawls and joined the Schimdt Arts Committee. Now my work is promoted through both Schmidt and the St Paul Art Collective. I was even featured in an art dancing video the St Paul Art Collective did in April 2024.
I also assist the committee in curating the Congressional Art Competition Exhibition. The art is from students of local high schools. During their opening event I'm one of the volunteers recognized in the program and asked to give a short speech about myself.
Dow Art Building (2023-Present)
My work is occasionally featured on the gallery and/or building Instagram accounts. This includes a artist spotlight video when I had a studio in the building. My work has been in the small gallery they have and those exhibitions get posted to the gallery Facebook page.
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
Faces 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.
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/
Solar Arts Building (2023-Present)
My work is sometimes featured on Solar Arts social media in relation to the Fox Den Gallery or just highlighting the artists in the building.
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 (July 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.
During Northeast Minneapolis' biggest art event, Art-A-Whirl, I'm one of the members the organization promotes.
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Brochure/Digital Directory in 2025
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Interactive Art Passport in 2024