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Mary Jane Mansfield, sculptor
For AIS3 multiple award winning artist Mary Jane Mansfield created an outdoor sculpture to animate a vacant lot at Stevens and Nicollet Avenue. MJ is getting her BFA at the University of MN currently.
Her statement reads:
Artist Mary Jane Mansfield's creative identity comes out of a rich history of
performance art from DaDa to the 70's and early 80's performance art era
where life/art was a prevalent theme. Ms. Mansfield studied under Mike
Kelley in the early 80's. She is best
known for her work with water and electricity. Light bulbs underwater in
buckets and jars and pouring cold water over them have long been a thread
that runs through her work in sculpture, performance and installation.
For round 3 of the Whittier neighborhood Artists in Storefronts projects she
has been commissioned to create an installation in an empty lot at 26th and
Stevens. For this project she created a house with no walls and a picket fence
filled with summers warm and lively colors. The remainder of the lot will host
community snowman building events as weather permits.
Keep your eyes peeled on the artist in storefronts website for
dates and times whenever you see it snow!!
Ms. Mansfield is a recent recipient of an NEA grant
from Franconia sculpture park and an Artists initiative
grant from the MN State Arts Board.
Photo by Steven Lang
Mary Jane Mansfield, sculptor
For AIS3 multiple award winning artist Mary Jane Mansfield created an outdoor sculpture to animate a vacant lot at Stevens and Nicollet Avenue. MJ is getting her BFA at the University of MN currently.
Her statement reads:
Artist Mary Jane Mansfield's creative identity comes out of a rich history of
performance art from DaDa to the 70's and early 80's performance art era
where life/art was a prevalent theme. Ms. Mansfield studied under Mike
Kelley in the early 80's. She is best
known for her work with water and electricity. Light bulbs underwater in
buckets and jars and pouring cold water over them have long been a thread
that runs through her work in sculpture, performance and installation.
For round 3 of the Whittier neighborhood Artists in Storefronts projects she
has been commissioned to create an installation in an empty lot at 26th and
Stevens. For this project she created a house with no walls and a picket fence
filled with summers warm and lively colors. The remainder of the lot will host
community snowman building events as weather permits.
Keep your eyes peeled on the artist in storefronts website for
dates and times whenever you see it snow!!
Ms. Mansfield is a recent recipient of an NEA grant
from Franconia sculpture park and an Artists initiative
grant from the MN State Arts Board.
Photo by Steven Lang