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Public Functionary (PF) responds to a call to provide inclusive and accessible exhibition space for contemporary artists, cultural producers and change makers.

12/17/2025

Dance and stay warm with us this coming Friday night at Public Functionary! ‘How Does it Feel?’ is a 2000s R&B inspired dance party, hosted by Fanaka Nation with DJs MXKENNA and Advance.

MXKENNA comes from a long lineage of DJs that have been sharing music with the Twin Cities community for decades. MXKENNA embodies the music, if you have had a chance to catch a MXKENNA set you know that dancing is a non-negotiable.

ADVANCE is one of the most versatile DJs in the cities, with an uncanny knack for knowing what to play next, even though it may not be what you expected. Advance also produces and hosts events, check out Love Remedies later this month.

FANAKA NATION is a self proclaimed “culture rapper” whose music blends East African rhythms with the Minneapolis Sound. Fanaka brings an undeniable energy to the stage.

Tickets are sliding scale starting at $5.
Pay what you can. All proceeds continue to support PF programming in 2026.

Tell your friends

Ticket link in PF’s bio

Friday Dec. 19th 8p-12a
Public Functionary
1500 Jackson St NE Mpls

12/11/2025

Gallery views. Silent Fox’s “My Flowers Died so I’ll Bury Them and Plant New Ones” closes out the PF 2025 exhibition season.

Congrats to .studio on the presentation of their newest body of work!

12/10/2025

It’s been a successful 6-week run of the 2025 PF Studios Annual Exhibition: Venus Reincarnated.

We appreciate all the visitors to the gallery, the conversations, and reflective time spent with on work by 22 artists in the PF Studios program.

Thank you to Dr. Margarita Lila Rosa for her intentionality and care in working with the artists and offering such thoughtful material to explore.

Participating Artists:

Mohamed Abdalla, Alexandra Beaumont, Katelyn Clemons, Raye Cordes, Philipo Dyauli, Jelani Ellis, Essence Enwere, Grover Hogan, Leeya Rose Jackson, Ashley Koudou, Elyse Lodermeier, Nafyar, Thea Lauren Pineda, BakiBakiBaki Porter, Asha Rowland, Godfree (Free) Spain, Whitney Terrill, Genie Hien Tran, Luca Trujillo, Margaret Vergara, Ivonne Yanez.

Behind the scenes! Credits:

PF Studios Team: Leslie Barlow, Maiya Lea Hartman, Silent Fox
Production Curator: Sati Varghese Mac
PF Team/Install: Tricia Heuring, Mike Bishop, Mica Grimm, Kenichi Thomas
Design & Social: Patricio De Lara & Mariah Hanson
Photos by: Rik Sferra

12/05/2025

You’re invited to a year-end celebration at PF!

“How Does it Feel?” is a nod to the artistic legacy of D’Angelo, and we’ve asked two of the best DJ’s in Minneapolis to embody the sound of that era for the night.

Dance parties have always been an important part of PF culture, and it’s been too long since we’ve thrown a proper one. So, in the reflective spirit of the year’s end, and all that lies ahead, we invite our community of artists and dreamers to a sexy shindig at PF.

Tickets are sliding scale starting at: $5.
Pay what you can. All proceeds continue to support PF programming in 2026.

Ticket link in stories. Tell your friends

12/04/2025

Artist Talk with Silent Fox

Saturday, Dec 6 at 4PM
PF Upstairs Gallery #247

A closing-day conversation with Silent Fox, moderated by Tricia Heuring. Come spend time with the work and hear from the artist before the exhibition comes down.

12/02/2025

Silent Fox is sitting down with us for an artist talk on My flowers died; so I’ll bury them and plant new ones.

We’ll gather in gallery #247 to talk about the stories, grief, & renewal woven through this body of work — and the process behind creating a space for reflection, inheritance, and imagining what we plant next.
studio is a Minnesota-based visual artist, designer, and muralist whose community-rooted practice explores reflection, healing, and the emotional landscapes we inherit. Their debut solo exhibition, My flowers died; so I’ll bury them and plant new ones, uses painting, print, and virtual reality to examine how grief and learned patterns move through families like roots underground—asking what we keep watering, and what we choose to plant anew.

Artist Talk with Silent Fox: Saturday, Dec 6 at 4PM
Location: 1500 Jackson St NE #144, Minneapolis, MN 55413

Don’t forget: both Silent Fox’s My flowers died; so I’ll bury them and plant new ones and PF Studios’ Venus Reincarnated are closing this weekend.

Final Week Gallery Hours:
Thursday 1–5PM
Friday 1–5PM
Saturday 1–5PM

11/30/2025

Things worth fighting for: space to find yourself within.

For the past month and a half we have been raising funds to ensure the stability of Public Functionary a platform for artists and community building. Our fundraiser ends tomorrow Dec 1 and we are so close!

An anonymous match donor believes deeply in the work PF is doing. They have pledged to match up to $15,000 in community donations... meaning WE ARE ALMOST THERE!!!

If you are considering a donation, today’s a perfect moment! Your gift will go twice as far thanks to the match. Be part of something that’s already moving in a big way. Join us! We appreciate your support.

A huge thank you to everyone who has gotten us this far.

11/26/2025

Opening Night: My Flowers Died; So I’ll Bury Them and Plant New Ones. Photos:

Silent Fox opened an exhibition of new work to much love and community. Their deeply personal but cathartic paintings, prints, and drawings create space for collective reflection.

The exhibition remains on view through Dec 6, with open hours this weekend and next!

Save the Date: Saturday, Dec 6 at 4pm.
Join us for an artist conversation with Silent Fox and PF Artistic Director, Tricia Heuring.

11/25/2025

Venus Reincarnated: PF Studios Annual Exhibition 2025 - opening night vibes captured through the lens of photographer Haadiya Numani.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in early November to celebrate new work by 22 PF Studios artists through engagement with guest curator, Dr. Margarita Lila Rosa.

The exhibition remains on view through Dec 6, with open hours this weekend and next. Come through and spend time with the work.

11/21/2025

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

11/20/2025

The studio is a space of liberation.

In describing the underpinnings of her ground-breaking work, New York artist Torkwase Dyson talks about creating architectures of “spatial survival” as an act of resistance to the broader racialized and extractive culture. Direct pathways for self-determination and agency are possible within her envisioned structures.

This concept is central to the visionary impulse of PF Studios. The studios offer not only a physical space in which to make art and connect in community, but they also provide the conditions necessary for activating freedom and transformation.

In a city where whiteness and those with wealth dominate access and fill most spaces, creating a dedicated space for young BIPOC artists is a profound, revolutionary act.

-Shana Kaplow, an excerpt from “In Here Out There: 5 Years of PF Studios.”

HAPPY GIVE TO THE MAX DAY!
PF is 1/3 of the way to our fundraising goal! Will you help us get even further?

Full details/contribute via link in our bio.

Photos 2019-2025 by &

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1500 Jackson Street NE
Minneapolis, MN
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http://www.publicfunctionary.org/

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