Looking to up your appreciation of the arts?
We've rounded up three artsy events around Minneapolis this week that will scratch your cultural itch, from transcending the mundane with innovative dance to making your own glass sculpture.
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'Proxy' at The Lab Theater
Join Crash.dance.productions for the kick off of its 14th season of innovative dance. The show aims to transcend "the repetitious, unexamined world to discover what lies behind the veil of the reality accepted as truth." Expect dancers to transform into cartographers to create a stage-wide image of coordinates, waves and lines and challenge viewers to make new discoveries.
When: Thursday, August 23, 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Lab Theater, 700 N. First St.
Price: $30
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'Faces of Change: Artistic Expression' at The Museum of Russian Art
Catch the opening of the new exhibition "Faces of Change: Artistic Expression" by Natalia Berglund at The Museum of Russian Art. The Minneapolis-based artist's solo exhibition aims to forge links between the past and present using elements from traditional Russian religious icons "with modern glamour and sensual portraiture." Featured works in this exhibition progress from traditional gilded iconic imagery to contemporary fluid ink paintings, and each represent Berglund's subjects literally and symbolically to reveal their characters and inner psyches.
Guests will enjoy "a fresh perspective on one of art’s oldest genres," original musical soundscapes by Alexander Berglund, a Minneapolis-based composer and Natalia’s husband, and a cash bar.
When: Saturday, August 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: The Museum of Russian Art, 5500 Stevens Ave.
Price: Free
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Hot glass art classes at Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts
Turn your creative ideas into real-life glass art at Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts — for up to 21 percent off the general admission price. In this 60-90-minute class, individuals and groups of up to four students will work with a professional glass instructors to create their own paperweight glass sculpture.
When: Thursdays through Sundays
Where: Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts, 2010 E. Hennepin Ave.
Price: $78 - $299 (regularly $95 - $380)
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