We believe the arts are an avenue to the sacred. Our permanent art collection challenges, comforts and inspires, with exhibits throughout the program year. Our extraordinary music program, Literary Witnesses series and other offerings bring the arts into daily life at Plymouth.
Art exhibits—featuring paintings, ceramics, and other media—are held in the Conn Gallery September through May. Artists are selected by the Gallery Committee. Contact Lynnette Black or Tom Bloom for more information.
Due to Covid-19, the physical space of Conn Gallery is not open. However, this Summer’s Exhibit is available virtually.
PROVOCATIVE ART: Inciting Conversations
Participating artists:
Jill Waterhouse is a found object sculptor and installation artist, handmade book/papermaker, and also
works in mosaics and textiles (costuming and mask-making). Waterhouse has exhibited widely, locally,
nationally, and internationally, as well. Waterhouse is also a writer/performer, mentor/coach for other
artists, and a Critical Response™ facilitator. Currently, Jill is writing for Liz Lerman’s and John Borstel’s
new book on the Critical Response Process.
https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/jill-waterhouse/
https://mcad-gallery.squarespace.com/jillwaterhouse
Nicole Soley is an artist and teacher, who received a BS in Art Education, 2017 at Minnesota State
University, Mankato. Soley is a cooperative member at Highpoint Center for Printmaking and has
exhibited nationally and in London. Her printmaking and art installations focus on feminist research and
action, confronting oppressive ideologies through her artwork. Recent artwork confronts the
disempowerment of women, especially regarding body politics, the most recent presidential election, and
the resurgence in pro-life legislation.
https://nicolesoley.wixsite.com/nicolesoleyartwork/work
Ann Meany is a self-taught sculptor who creates her hand-built three-dimensional work in her St. Paul
studio. Meany’s work has been exhibited in many galleries in the Twin Cities and she currently is
represented at the Dow Gallery in St. Paul. Ann is an alumna of the Women’s Art Institute. She holds an
MS in Exercise Science from the University of Illinois-Chicago and a BS in Mathematics from Marquette
University. She is a Waldorf School teacher and an athlete.
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/annmeany/shop
Therese Krupp is a printmaker and cooperative member of Highpoint Center for Printmaking, and MCAD (Minneapolis College of Art and Design) graduate. Krupps’s prints have “a bit of history with a modern twist.” Therese describes her prints as “playful at times …part of me wants to make art fun again.. the viewer has an Ah…Ha… moment when they ‘get it’ without books, or a docent telling them what to think. I figure a good laugh is worth a Picasso.”
nimblefingers58@yahoo.com
Anne Kleinhenz is a photographer and mixed media artist working in the A-Mill Artist Lofts. She has a BFA (Summa Honors) in Photography, U of MN, and had a career in the Advertising industry. Kleinhenz is a Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant recipient, who participated in an exhibition at the National Gallery in Tirana, Albania. She also participated in a U of MN Art in Greece study and travel abroad program. Anne’s art has been exhibited in galleries and museums in the US and internationally and has work included in the permanent collection at the Weisman Art Museum.
www.arttochangetheworld.org/anne-kleinhenz
Mike Elko is a Highpoint Center for Printmaking Cooperative member, with a BA, U of MN (M. Architecture, m. Math), and a BFA – U of MN (Printmaking). Elko works with printed images, old photos, and ephemera to create new, surreal, and humorously inappropriate combinations, with and without words. The works selected for this exhibition are both social-cultural and political statements that should make you laugh and be conversation starters. Mike has exhibited extensively including in the Minnesota Artists Program (MAEP) at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
www.mikeelko.art
www.mnartists.org/mikeelko
Barbara Rogers Bridges, Ph.D. is an artist and a teacher/college professor, having taught K-12 art and trained teachers in higher education at the U of MN and Bemidji State University. Her social practice sculptures have been exhibited in the U.S. and internationally. Bridges creates social practice art from fabricated components in a variety of media and rescued “power objects.” She manipulates the objects to create meaning and provoke discussions on a wide variety of social topics. Barbara is the founder and director of Art to Change the World.
www.arttochangetheworld.org
Art to Change the World YouTube
www.etsy.com/shop/Bridgescreate
Lynnette Black is Co-chair of the Plymouth Conn Gallery Committee and a retired global medical device
marketing expert and cooperative member of Highpoint Center for Printmaking. Black has participated in
juried exhibitions in the US and twice at the Katherine Nash Gallery, Regis Center for the Arts, U of MN.
She is member of Women’s Caucus for Art and International Association of Female Artists (IAFA).
lynnetteblackart.com
iafartists.org
The 2020 Theater Playshop at Plymouth is on hiatus. Playshop will return in a different format in summer 2020. In the meantime, contact Minister of Spiritual Formation and Theater Seth Patterson 612/977-1277 for more information. Seth has an MFA in Theater Performance from Florida Atlantic University and an MDiv from the University of Chicago.
Plymouth’s extraordinary music program is under the direction of the internationally renowned Phillip Brunelle. Learn more.
Renowned author Louise Erdrich will read from her latest book, The Night Watchman, 4 p.m., March 1. This free Literary Witnesses event is co-sponsored by Erdrich’s own Birchbark Books and Rain Taxi Review of Books.
The fourth annual Plymouth Reads poetry reading takes place Sunday, April 26, at 11:30 a.m.
This program of the Fine Arts Board brings poets of national and regional stature to add their voices to Plymouth’s artistic exploration of life and the spirit. A nationally recognized poet reads each spring and fall, and a regional writer, sometimes a Plymouth member, each winter. Past Literary Witnesses include U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, Mary Oliver, Lucille Clifton, Galway Kinnell, Linda Pastan and Robert Bly. Susan “Sam” King and Gregory Orr discussed “Can Poetry Save Your Life?” on April 8, as part of the Literary Witnesses 20th Anniversary celebration. Contact Hawona Sullivan Janzen for more information.
Plymouth is home to magnificent embroideries. These huge artworks were designed by British artist Pauline Baynes and created by The Needlers, a multi-generational fellowship group, active at Plymouth for more than 40 years.
