Marilyn Lindström www.marilynlindstrom.com

PUBLIC ART AND COMMUNITY MURALS partial list

DREAMING, LINKING Mural, 11’ x 22’, Acrylic on block, with co-lead artist Francis Yellow and youth, The Link’s vision: empowering homeless youth, Minneapolis, Minnesota

WE WANT TO LIVE Mural, 11’ x 26’, Acrylic on cement, w/ Uruguayan intergenerational community and Lakota artist Francis Yellow, San Gregorio de Polanco, Uruguay, South America

WORLD LANGUAGE Public Art Mosaic, 6’ x 6', smalti glass, (Carnegie) Franklin Library, west fireplace, one of two sister mosaics, Phillips community, Minneapolis, Minnesota

HOMAGE Public Art Mosaic, 4’6” x 6', Perdomo smalti glass/ceramic tile, Heritage Commons lobby, commissioned by Minneapolis Public Housing Authority, Minneapolis, Minnesota

HAND TO HEART Public Art Mosaics, 3’6” x 5'6", tile, glass, clay, entryway lintel + 16 gateway pillar mosaics; mother participants, Jeremiah Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota

HOPE Mosaic series, 4’ x 2’ each, Ceramic tile, National Animating Democracy Program, Intermedia Arts/Hope Community, People, Places, Connections, Minneapolis, Minnesota

HONOR THE SPIRIT Mosaic pillar, 9’ x 2’ x 2’, Ceramic tile on cement, Dania Hall site, with John Pitman Weber, Chong S.Shin, 40 neighbors, West Bank CDC, Minneapolis, Minnesota

LANGUAGE OF HOPE Mural, 13’ x 32', Acrylic on block, outdoor, sixteen youth, Fresco Outreach at MIGIZI Communications, with Robert DesJarlait, Francis Yellow, Minneapolis, Minnesota

CROSSROADS Mural, 12’ x 112’, Acrylic on block, African Cultural Center, Lyndale neighborhood youth, in collaboration with national artist Carole Byard, Minneapolis, Minnesota

FACES OF FUTURE Mural, 14’ x 50', Acrylic on brick, Neighborhood Safe Art youth, Childhood Resource Center, and artists Mali Kouanchao, Carlos Menchaca, Minneapolis, Minnesota

SAFE ART PARK Mosaic arch, 10’ x 8’ x 1’, Ceramic tile, Neighborhood Safe Art Park, with Farm and Market youth, Lake Street, Phillips Neighborhood, Minneapolis, Minnesota

THE CHILDREN ARE THE GARDEN Mural, 40’ x 10’, Acrylic on cement, with artist Miranda Bergman, Biblioteca Infantil (Children's Library), Managua, Nicaragua, Central America

ARTIST RESIDENCIES IN SCHOOLS partial list p 2

I LEARN AND CARE Mural, 4’ x 22’, Acrylic on plaster, Ugandan Social Training Center, participants: Ugandan & Kenyan organizers, with Larry Olds(U.S.), Kampala, Uganda, Africa

PEACE, COMPASSION AND HOPE Mosaic, 8’ x 20', Ceramic tile, with 100 Marshfield High School students through Marshfield High School Art Department, Marshfield, Wisconsin

GRIOT FESTIVAL Kwanza Mural Banners, Seven 3’ x 5’, Acrylic on vinyl, with We Win Community Organization youth, Minneapolis, Minnesota

OUR POWER Mural, 20’ x 20’, Acrylic on brick, Nawayee School, outdoor, with high school students, co-lead artist Francis Yellow, mentor Robert DesJarlait, Minneapolis, Minnesota

PATHWAYS Mosaic, 4’6” x 6’6”, Ceramic tile, outdoor entrance wall, with 100 sixth graders, Arts for Academic Achievement, Anthony Middle School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

WORLD LIFE TREE Mosaics, two 5’8” x 5’8”, Ceramic tile with Emerson Spanish Immersion and Jefferson School elementary students, Minneapolis, Minnesota

RELATEDNESS Mosaic, 5’5” x 6’5”, Ceramic tile, with 90 middle school students, and co-lead artist Francis Yellow, entrance lobby, Oltman Middle School, St. Paul Park, Minnesota

INTEGRITY Murals, five panel paintings, 12’ x 32’, Acrylic on wood, with over 100 Intergenerational Participants, Fresco Outreach, Eden Prairie High School, Minnesota

FULLNESS OF LIFE Mural, 13’ round ceiling, and two 7’ x10’ panels, Acrylic, indoor, Community Peace Academy middle school students, Fresco Outreach, St. Paul, Minnesota

COMMUNITY COLORS Mural, 7’ x 12', Acrylic on wood, Artist residency, Blake Middle School students, with art department, Hopkins, Minnesota

A HISTORICAL VISION Mural, Four panels, 4 year project, 14’ x 80’, Latex on cement block, with 200 Intergenerational participants, Sebeka High School, Minnesota State Arts Board

WORLD CULTURES Mural, 3D panels, Outdoor, Acrylic on wood, with k-8 students, Emerson Spanish Immersion School, HECUA program, Minneapolis, Minnesota

HANDS OF TENDERNESS Mural, 6’ x 22', Acrylic on canvas panels, indoor, with 4th grade students, Minnesota State Arts Board, Marcy Open School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

ARTIST AS EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES partial list p.3

PIECES OF OUR PAST, A Heritage Mosaic Workshop Series and Exhibit, RESIDENT ARTIST, William B.Ogden Library, Walton, New York, made possible by the Deleware Arts Grant, Roxbury Arts Group, New York

MINNESOTA STATE ARTS BOARD: Artist-in-Education, ROSTER ARTIST, 20+ years in over thirty schools (examples listed above) schools throughout the State of Minnesota

COMPAS: Artists and Writers in the Schools Roster RESIDENT ARTIST, 12 years in over twenty schools, throughout Minneapolis, St. Paul, MN

GUEST LECTURER: COMMUNITY MURAL MAKING: LECTURER, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota and others

EDUCATION SITE LEADER AND ADULT EDUCATION COURSE/WORKSHOPS: HECUA- Higher Education Consortium on Urban Affairs, ARTIST/DIRECTOR 5 yrs, St. Paul, Minnesota

ADULT EDUCATION WORKSHOP, Community Development thru Mural Making with community organizers, WORKSHOP FACILITATOR, Kampala, Uganda, Africa

MOSAIC AS PUBLIC ART WORKSHOP: University of Montevideo, WORKSHOP LEADER, Uruguay with graduate students, University Art Department, Montevideo, Uruguay, South America

EXHIBITIONS partial list

ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS: painting, Minneapolis Main Central Public Library, Cargill Hall Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

HOME SWEET HOME AGAIN: An Affordable Housing Traveling Art Exhibit: painting installation, http://www.fhfund.org, Minneapolis, Minnesota

HOME HOUSE PROJECT: The Future Of Affordable Housing, photo mosaic, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and Homewood Studios Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

PEOPLE, PLACES, CONNECTIONS, Art Exhibit and Design charrette participant: Art Concepts for Greenway, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

WALL-TO-WALL DIALOGUE ON PUBLIC ART, Artist/Curator, Intermedia Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

AWARDS partial list p.4

NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY AWARD, URUGUAYAN MURAL EXCHANGE PROJECT, Partners of the Americas, Whittier Neighborhood, Minneapolis, Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS CUE AWARD, COMMITTEE ON URBAN ENVIRONMENT, THREE TIME AWARDEE 1) Hand to Heart, mosaic series, Jeremiah Program; 2) “Faces of the Future” mural; 3) Neighborhood Safe Art Public Art Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC ART AWARD, COMMITTEE ON URBAN ENVIRONMENT, “We Claim Our Lives”, mural, with neighborhood youth and mentors, Minneapolis, Minnesota

LIN: LEADERSHIP IN NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM AWARD, St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, Minnesota

CULTURAL AND EDUCATION partial list

CULTURAL ENVOY PROGRAM; U.S. State Department, Washington DC with the City of San Gregorio de Polanco, Uruguay, South America: create a mural by and for the community

LIN FELLOWSHIP, Leadership in Neighborhood Fellowship, St. Paul Companies, Lifeway Research: ancient symbols, images, beliefs and travel: Northern Europe

WORKSHOP LEADER, Resident Artist, PUBLIC MURALS AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Adult Education Conference, Kampala, Uganda, Africa

MEXICAN MURALS RESEARCH, Headwaters grant, Mexico City, Mexico

CULTURAL PEACEMAKING MURAL REPRESENTATIVES with San Francisco muralists Miranda Bergman,Jane Norling, Biblioteca Infantil, Children’s Library, Luis Alfonso Velasquez Park, Managua, Nicaragua

MINNESOTA CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE as community artist to the 11th World Festival of Youth and Students, Havana, Cuba

BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minnesota

BOOKS partial list p.5

WALLS OF HERITAGE, WALLS OF PRIDE, AFRICAN AMERICAN MURALS,James Prigoff, Robin Dunitz, Pomegranate Press, book, 2000

MUSEUM OF THE STREETS, by Moira Harris, Minneapolis, Pogo Press, book, 1986

MURALS OF REVOLUTIONARY NICARAGUA, David Kunzle, U of CA Press, book, 1995

THE SOURCEBOOK OF ARCHITECTURAL & INTERIOR ART, The Guild Sourcebook

FOUNDER

Wall Painting Artists, WPA inc: a community mural painting collective, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Neighborhood Safe Art: youth-created murals and public art group, Minneapolis, Minnesota

REFERENCES PLEASE ASK FOR REFERENCE CONTACT INFO

Andrea Craig Hill CO-FOUNDER/DIRECTOR; Cultural Center of Minnesota- African Drum and Dance, Minneapolis, Minnesota

John Pitman Weber PROFESSOR OF ART AND CO-FOUNDER/ PUBLIC ARTIST; Chicago Public Art Group, CPAG, Chicago, Illinois

Joseph Rice, DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL; Nawayee Center School, Native American High and Middle School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Heather Johnson, DIRECTOR, William B. Ogden Free Library, Walton, New York

Gratitude to all I have collaborated with, learned from and shared common ground. Thank you to my ancestors for the forged pathways; to all of life for our relatedness. Many thanks to the family eyes to the future: son Odin John Grina and Grandson Mikaia Grina Grand.