UROC Gallery
Current Exhibit
Soulforce: The Movements of Memory—Through January 24, 2025
Artist James Curry’s exhibit explores the ways African Americans, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color have led and shaped vital conversations about the ways race, class, and gender frame the way systemic oppression works and leads to community formations. He writes that the exhibit is guided by these thoughts: What can we learn when we think about these movements together? In a post George Floyd so-called reckoning, this question has become more complex with respect to the current whitelash. Curry’s art examines the themes of radical social change, interethnic solidarity, and uniqueness of place that arose from his inquiry.
Two panel discussions followed by receptions will be held at UROC. Food provided by Chef James of Cooks of Hope.
- Date: November 11
Time: 5 p.m.
Guest speaker: Anita Urvina Davis - Date: November 18
Time: 6 p.m
Guest speakers: Craig Rice, Jimmy Patiño, Jose Antonio Macho, and Louis Alemayehu,
Both events are free and open to the public. Registration not required.
Past Exhibits
Investing With North Minneapolis
September 3 through October 22
Exhibition Celebration
4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, September 26
Program at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
UROC’s Investing With North Minneapolis exhibit highlights community-informed student projects in support of an equitable and green North Minneapolis.
The Play Project: Photography by Eric Melzer
Through July 18
Project Naptural: A Socio-Cultural Initiative for Naptural Living Through March
Project Naptural is a collection of large scale posters designed and created by University of Minnesota Assistant Professor and Director of Design Justice Terresa Moses. The project aims to connect, educate, and empower black women with natural hair and start a conversation about natural hair in a variety of settings on a global scale. Learn more.
Opening Reception & Natural Hair Expert Panel
5 p.m., Wednesday, January 17
Counterspaces 2.0
Through October
Art and Faith Bridging the Jewish and Black Communities:
May 10 through July 30
Opening exhibit, lecture, and reception: 4 p.m., Wednesday, May 10.
Symposium, 9 a.m., Thursday, May 11.
The University of Minnesota Religious Studies Program and its partners will host an exhibit and two-day community-oriented opportunity to learn about and engage with the intertwining histories of the Jewish and Black communities in North Minneapolis. The exhibit and symposium, titled Art and Faith Bridging the Jewish and Black Comm
The World Inside You:
Through March 14
Reception: 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 9
The University of Minnesota's Creativity Camp Study is both scientific research and a wildly fun eight-day camp experience infused with creative exploration. This exhibition mirrors the camp’s overarching theme, focused around an invitation to travel “the world inside you.” Like exploring the ocean, exploring the self involves delving into constantly evolving depths and encountering unexpected multitudes. This exhibition invites the audience to experience the discoveries made by camp participants in their interior and creative journeys.
Investing in North Minneapolis
August 5 through September 12
The Investing in North Minneapolis exhibition presents community-informed student projects supporting an equitable and green North Minneapolis. In fall of 2021, North Minneapolis residents worked with University of Minnesota architecture students to develop urban planning ideas for North Minneapolis. Ranging from after-school activity centers to green art streets, Investing in North Minneapolis is an exhibit of those ideas in 20+ large format sketches and architectural renderings.
Embrace Humanity
Through August 3, 2021
Together
About the Artist
Sarah Sampedro is a Minneapolis-based photographer interested in social systems, relationships, community, and belonging. Her interest lies in revealing some of the hidden factors that construct social relationships: she has photographed her Minneapolis neighborhood in the midst of an argument over historic designation and gentrification, created a multi-media installation using racially restrictive real estate contracts from Hennepin County, and traveled across Europe to research and photograph border walls.
Minnesota Black Fine Art Virtual Show
Breaking Free by Ivy Vainio
Created by Minneapolis-based Obsidian Arts through a juried open call process, the Minnesota Black Fine Art Virtual Show features works by artists of African descent who call Minnesota home.