{"id":2898,"date":"2024-02-25T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2024-02-25T11:03:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T17:03:59","slug":"a-journal-of-the-plague-years-in-mankato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/a-journal-of-the-plague-years-in-mankato\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A Journal of the Plague Years&#8221; in Mankato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cross-stitch picture I submitted to the Textile Center members&#8217; show was picked to travel to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecarnegiemankato.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carnegie Art Center in Mankato<\/a>. The Carnegie is a visual arts space lovingly adapted from a turn-of-the-twentieth-century Carnegie library. It was a thrill to have my picture hanging with other work I admire. (Mine is at the far left.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2899 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_111220815-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"Works of textile art displayed in a gallery with white walls.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_111220815-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_111220815-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_111220815-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_111220815-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_111220815-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to works I remembered from the Textile Center&#8217;s show last fall, there were some pieces new to me. I regret not taking a photo of an ethereal white and blue banner hanging from the skylight in the central dome. Its maker told me she wove it from dental floss!<\/p>\n<p>The neighborhood around the Carnegie has quite a bit of public art. I like how this statue echoes the figure of Justice atop the courthouse dome in the distance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2902\" style=\"width: 771px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2902 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_115420703-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A stylized steel sculpture of a woman holding a radiant light source above her head.\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_115420703-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_115420703-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_115420703-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_115420703-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_115420703-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_115420703-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Luna&#8221;, by Karman Rheault<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2900 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_112508926-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"Painted grain silos with a traffic light in the foreground.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_112508926-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_112508926-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_112508926-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_112508926-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_112508926-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityartmankato.com\/tours\/silo-art\/\">Silo Art by Guido van Helten<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This sculpture, &#8220;Duh Fans&#8221; by Lee Leuning &amp; Sherri Treeby, had a detail I really liked:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2901 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_112716038-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_112716038-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_112716038-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_112716038-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_112716038-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/subnivean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20240203_112716038-2048x1542.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I really dig the way the back pocket shows the wear of this fan&#8217;s wallet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cross-stitch picture I submitted to the Textile Center members&#8217; show was picked to travel to the Carnegie Art Center in Mankato. The Carnegie is a visual arts space lovingly adapted from a turn-of-the-twentieth-century Carnegie library. It was a thrill to have my picture hanging with other work I admire. 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