Upcoming Reading in Minneapolis; Still time for Exhibitions

Reading January 10th, 2025 7:30pm in Minneapolis

Y'all are hearing it here first, I'll be reading in Minneapolis on Friday January 10th at 7:30pm from an article I wrote last Spring for MNopedia on Lydia B. Angier, who was a patient at Rochester State Hospital from 1896 to 1899, as well as other works. Tickets are $20, and I expect to have several announcements of special guests. I'll also have art, prints, zines and other ephemera available for sale. If you're able to sponsor tickets (available free, or an access rate) for those who can't otherwise attend please reach out by replying to this email. I can offer mention at the event and in marketing.

Details in one spot:
Lit Reading on Care Systems by Alison Bergblom Johnson
In-Person in Minneapolis
Friday 1/10/2025, 7:30pm
A-Mill Artist Lofts, Performance Hall
315 SE Main St.
Minneapolis MN 55414
Tickets

Still time to see Work at Mill City Museum and Boiler Room Coffee

There’s still time to get out to see my collage in The Art of Disability Justice Now at Mill City Museum in Minneapolis, and to the North Star Collage Exhibition by Twin Cities Collage Collective at Boiler Room Coffee.

The Art of Disability Justice Now
Amplify Minnesota
through January 5, 2025
Mill City Museum ( @millcitymuseum )
704 South 2nd St
Minneapolis MN 55401
Thursday - Friday 10am to 4pm
Saturday - Sunday 10am to 5pm
Unavailable Jan 4 between 10am and 2pm due to Farmer’s Market

Signed prints of my pieces in this show are available for $45 each or $105 for a bundle of three.

North Star Collage Exhibition
Twin Cities Collage Collective through December 2024
Boiler Room Coffee ( @boilerroom.coffee )
1830 Third Ave S
Minneapolis MN 55404
Open daily 7am to 7pm

My piece in this show is 10"x14" and for sale for $250, and is available after the show comes down. See my Instagram for a photo.

There is also an online version of the North Star Collage Exhibition, and a zine.

Both shows have gotten some great press, including MPLSart and Minnesota Daily for the Collage Collective Show, and MPLSart for The Art of Disability Justice Now, and MinnPost with an interview of me and fellow artist Donna Ray.

Interview on Disability Representation in Wicked

I was recently interviewed by Saint Paul Neighborhood Network's show Disability Viewpoints about authentic portrayal of disability within the new movie Wicked.

Writing, Teaching, Art, and other Upcoming Work

I teach Work of Art classes for Springboard for the Arts (with a team of other facilitators), will be teaching for the Loft this Spring (Improv for Writers, Internet Research for Nonfiction Writers, Memoirists, Biographers and Family Historians, and a one-hour sampler, have writing forthcoming in MNopedia, and expect to have updates in my projects Selfitudes and Disabled Next Tuesday in the very near future. I also remain available to consult with individual artists about the business side of their practices via Springboard for the Arts, (though heads up they are closed to requests until January 2). In addition, I am available for editorial consults with writers. There are also additional not yet announced things booked for the distant and near future.

I so appreciate your interest in my work, and in disabled artists. As always any way you engage with my work is encouragement to keep going and shows the depth of interest in the topics I work with. Examples of ways to engage include sharing social media posts, attending events, buying art or prints, or telling someone (or social media more generally) what my work means to you. I also want to acknowledge we're in a time of change and fear. These are times that it's easy to turn away from community, from art, from presence, and it is also the times we need each other the most. I'm here, still here, and will be here.

Warmly,
Alison