2022 Events
Aaron Dysart: Passage
Join St. Paul-based artist Aaron Dysart for a conversation about his current exhibition, Passage, on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Art through Feb 27, 2022.
Dimitri Chamblas: Slow Show
Dancer/choreographer Dimitri Chamblas’ Slow Show is a 20-minute collective dance whose visible repercussions are minute, precise, and concentrated. In this iteration, 50 local participants will respond to their immediate environment on a frozen Como Lake.
David Guttenfelder: A visual journey through Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands
Photojournalist and National Geographic explorer David Guttenfelder joins National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation’s Tom Irvine for a narrated journey to Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands.
Maren Hassinger: Artist conversation
Multidisciplinary artist Maren Hassinger will discuss her life’s work and the in-progress reimagining of her iconic pink installation Embrace/Love for Minneapolis, to be presented as part of The Great Northern 2023.
Faribault Woolen Mill limited run blanket by Dyani White Hawk for The Great Northern: Journey
The Great Northern is honored to continue a partnership with award winning visual artist Dyani White Hawk whose design for a limited run winter blanket launches as part of our 2022 festival.
Jovan C. Speller & Andy DuCett: Conservatory
A physically immersive and visually captivating experience designed to center Black life. Surrounded by solid ice, a thriving greenhouse garden wedged between two buildings in a downtown Saint Paul alley will flourish with hundreds of deeply hued plants.
Daniel Wohl & Máni Sigfússon: drift
The Great Northern presents the world premiere music video, drift—a collaborative work between “sorcerer of electroacoustic music” (NPR) composer Daniel Wohl and Icelandic director/videomaker Máni Sigfússon.
Juxtaposition winter art
Youth apprentices from Juxtaposition Arts' Graphics Lab will debut their animated visions of winter projected onto Highlight Tower on loop in Northeast Minneapolis Jan 26, and making their way across Minneapolis and Saint Paul at surprise locations to be announced.
Chill Out: The Great Northern Launch Party
Join us to kick off The Great Northern's most ambitious year yet with a "festival eve" winter village at Northeast Minneapolis' Quincy Hall.