UROC Gallery
Current Exhibit
新年, Xyoo Tshiab, ปีใหม่ (Pii Mai), Tết: Through Her Lens — Asian American Women Photographers Celebrate New Year Traditions
Date: December 8th, 2025 - January 29th, 2026
Location: UROC Gallery
In collaboration with UROC, Asian Media Access is hosting a cross-cultural exhibition at the North Minneapolis UROC Gallery featuring three local Asian American women photographers—Mai-Youa Her, Pannaporn “Yok” Muangmode (พรรณพร ม่วงโมด), and Vivian Tran. The exhibition highlights their unique interpretations of holiday traditions, from Chinese, Hmong, Thai, to Vietnamese New Year celebrations, each expressed through a distinctly feminine lens. Together, they share the beauty of their cultural holidays while joining Northside neighbors in celebrating the spirit of Christmas and the New Year at UROC.
The Opening Reception will be hosted at Dec. 20 (Sat) 11am - Noon, please join us for this one-of-a-kind exhibition—perfect for bringing some extra holiday cheer to your families at the UROC Gallery.
Past Exhibits
50 Years In Retrospect — Through November 29
Exhibition Reception
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 8
The event is free and open to the public.
This exhibit features over 150 pieces of history, art, and culture—from artifacts dating back to the 1850s to modern-day stories of the Vietnamese community in Minnesota. Together, they portray the remarkable journey of Vietnamese generations as they acculturated, contributed, and thrived in Minnesota.
Looking Back Moving Forward: UROC Throughout the Years—Through October 31
Stop by UROC for an interactive exhibit that celebrates over 15 years of community-engaged research, partnerships, and progress. This exhibit highlights UROC’s journey and vision for the future, showcasing key projects, groundbreaking events, and the students, staff, researchers, and community members who have played a part in shaping its story. Visitors are invited to imagine the path and leave their visions for the future of UROC to help strengthen the mission and goals of the organization going forward.
Creative Communities: Cultural Connections through Art Education—Through June 30, 2025
Experience a powerful exhibition celebrating cultural identity through art, presented by UROC, COMPAS, SEWA-AIFW, and the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery. This exhibit features work from community members led by COMPAS Teaching Artists Amy Wilderson and Shakun Maheshwari, highlighting African American and South Asian creative traditions. This enriching initiative was made possible in part by the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) through funding from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Soulforce: The Movements of Memory—Through February 28, 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?
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.