Event Link: https://www.kaddatzgalleries.org/current-exhibitions.html
FEE: FREE to attend Exhibition
FROM CONTRABAND TO KING: THE LIFE OF PRINCE ALBERT HONEYCUTT
On View in the Main Gallery March 18 - April 26, 2025
Opening Reception:
5-7PM Thursday, March 20, 2025
This event is free to attend and open to the public.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Charvis Harrell's newest show explores the life and Legacy of Prince Albert Honeycutt. A man that escaped slavery as a child, and eventually made his way to Minnesota and became a productive member of society, while helping to form a baseball team in 1873, becoming the first Black pro ballplayer in the state of Minnesota. He remained in Fergus Falls for the rest of his life operating a barbershop and even running for Mayor. The themes of hard work, loyalty and the beauty of resiliency will be on display as a tribute to the wonderful life of Prince Albert Honeycutt.
Exhibition Sponsored by
Naomi RaMona Schliesman Artistry & Consulting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Charvis Harrell is a painter from Macon, Georgia that now lives in rural Minnesota renowned for his artworks that shed light on often-overlooked aspects of life, particularly within the context of Black history. His pieces aim to inspire viewers to challenge their perceptions and deepen their understanding of the world.
In 2021, Harrell served as an artist-in-residence at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center in Minnesota. During this time, he worked on a large-scale painting depicting Olli Kinkkonen, a Finnish immigrant lynched in Duluth in 1918 for his "un-American" views. This project exemplifies Harrell's commitment to highlighting significant yet often overlooked historical narratives.
A DEATH IN THREE PARTS
PART ONE: DISPOSITION (2025)
On View in Studio K from January 21 - March 1, 2025
Opening Reception: 5-7PM Thursday, March 20, 2025
This event is free to attend and open to the public.
EXHIBITION STATEMENT:
A Death In 3 Parts
Part one: Disposition (2025)
This is a grouping of paper mache works that address not only various types of disposition but also questions that demand to be spoken such as:
Do we all end up in the same place at the very end?
What does my culture tell me about disposition?
Where do I find myself stretching over into a desire to fetishize another groups disposition values and practices?
How does control play into my choices and language around disposition?
Is there an innate violence in disposition?
Exhibition Sponsored by
Naomi RaMona Schliesman Artistry & Consulting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kate Swenson is an emerging artist and sculptor based in rural Minnesota, with a background in funeral direction, hospice care, and tissue recovery. Her work uses paper mâché, found materials, and objects that might otherwise be discarded—transforming them into thoughtful, expressive sculptures. With a process that is slow and deliberate, Swenson’s work explores the craving for a new way to interact with death and dying while amongst an unsupportive personal and cultural paradigm that has a lack of depth and language surrounding death and dying.
Since 2013, Swenson has worked as a funeral director and embalmer, gaining firsthand experience with various death cultures and rituals, both in institutional settings and in personal practice. This deep connection to the death care field informs her art, which often focuses on the emerging patterns and shifting approaches to death in modern society.
Her creative practice spans paper mâché, mixed media sculpture, and found-object art. Working on a manageable scale and with an intuitive technique, her pieces explore how we approach death in ways that allow for dissent and discomfort. Through her work, Swenson pushes the edges of what we are ready to confront, seeking to create space for conversation and connection about death and its place in our lives.
