Conn Gallery – The Passion of Art: Creating and Collecting – July 12 – Oct. 31, 2026

Conn Gallery Exhibition

July 12-October 31, 2026

The Passion of Art: Creating and Collecting

Artists Loretta Bebeau, Pam Mitman, and collector Gunda Luss. From universal abstraction to intriguing artifacts of African culture and the hyperrealism of everyday scenes, this exhibition offers a feast for the heart and mind.

Loretta Bebeau 

Loretta is a full-time artist with a studio in the Northrup King building in NE Mpls. Her paintings feature a common word from languages collected through interviews, painted onto canvas, showing multiple cultures in our community. The common word means HEALTH, spoken differently but with the same meaning. We all want health.

Pam Mitman 

Pam retired from the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota in 2009 and has been focusing on her artwork ever since. Her genre is hyperrealism, using mediums such as oil paint, pencil, watercolor, and markers. See her art at https://www.artforthemindandheart.com/

Gunda Luss 

Gunda is a Collector of African artifacts and textiles. Her collection was acquired in 1975-1978 while she and her husband were teaching at a Teacher’s training College in Port Harcourt, Nigeria