The 24th Annual Art & Artists Celebration will feature musical performances by Minnesota-based bands XOXOTECH and Little Tin Box, food trucks will be on site vending, and tours of sculptures created in 2020 will take place throughout the day in addition to artmaking demos by artists-in-residence. This event is free and open to the public with a $5 parking fee. Please join us in celebrating this important achievement for Franconia and the Minnesota arts community!

The celebration will also include the Grand Opening of the new Franconia Commons building! This new space is more than just a visitor center, it includes a multi-purposes performance and education space, an indoor art gallery, a gift shop, fully-accessible public restrooms, administrative offices, a Visiting Artist project space, and a Café and Patio designed by Franconia Fellow artist Tom Bierlein where visitors can sit and enjoy the expansive outdoors at Franconia.

Event image information:

Artist: Don Edler, 2020 Franconia Fellow

Franconia Tablet (Dedicated to the memory of George Floyd who was murdered by police on May 25, 2020)

Scrap plywood, tattered American flag, used tools, prop bones, iPhone, security locks, sunglasses, screws, broken glass, miscellaneous detritus, plaster, salvage paint, recycled candle wax
120” x 120” x 3”

To be buried at the 2020 Art & Artists Celebration. To be excavated at the 2021 Summer Solstice Festival.