International Juried Photography Exhibition
Guest Curator: Emma Powell
NARRATIVES ~
FIGMENTS & FRAGMENTS
Opening Night Reception: Saturday Jan 15th 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: Jan 15th - 29th, 2022
Guest Curator | Emma Powell
The photograph’s power as a narrative tool is derived from the impression that what is captured within the frame is an accurate representation of what actually occurred at a specific moment in time. As complete or comprehensive as any narrative may appear to be, it will always be subject to a process of including some elements and excluding others. These inclusions and exclusion are a crucial part of what photographic storytelling is all about - What is being presented within the frame to the viewer – and what is being left out or left to the viewer’s imagination.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic works that explore the development of visual narratives through the still image. Stories may take any shape or form; they may be literal or fantasy, documentary or fiction; complex or minimal.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Guest Curator: Emma Powell
NARRATIVES ~
FIGMENTS & FRAGMENTS
Opening Night Reception: Saturday Jan 15th 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: Jan 15th - 29th, 2022
Guest Curator | Emma Powell
The photograph’s power as a narrative tool is derived from the impression that what is captured within the frame is an accurate representation of what actually occurred at a specific moment in time. As complete or comprehensive as any narrative may appear to be, it will always be subject to a process of including some elements and excluding others. These inclusions and exclusion are a crucial part of what photographic storytelling is all about - What is being presented within the frame to the viewer – and what is being left out or left to the viewer’s imagination.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic works that explore the development of visual narratives through the still image. Stories may take any shape or form; they may be literal or fantasy, documentary or fiction; complex or minimal.
International Juried Photography Exhibition
Guest Curator: Emma Powell
NARRATIVES ~
FIGMENTS & FRAGMENTS
Opening Night Reception: Saturday Jan 15th 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: Jan 15th - 29th, 2022
Guest Curator | Emma Powell
The photograph’s power as a narrative tool is derived from the impression that what is captured within the frame is an accurate representation of what actually occurred at a specific moment in time. As complete or comprehensive as any narrative may appear to be, it will always be subject to a process of including some elements and excluding others. These inclusions and exclusion are a crucial part of what photographic storytelling is all about - What is being presented within the frame to the viewer – and what is being left out or left to the viewer’s imagination.
Praxis Gallery presents photographic works that explore the development of visual narratives through the still image. Stories may take any shape or form; they may be literal or fantasy, documentary or fiction; complex or minimal.
PHOTO ARTS CENTER
© Anita Seltzer
International Juried Photography Exhibition
POLAROID: The Instant Image
Opening Night Reception: Feb 21, 6 - 9 PM
Exhibition Dates: Feb 21 - Mar 14, 2026
POLAROID: The Instant Image presents instant photography as a material, analog practice—where each work exists not only as an image, but as an object shaped by chemistry, scale, handling, and time. These photographs carry visible traces of their making: irregular surfaces, tonal shifts, and the marks of immediacy.
The exhibition features a range of instant processes, including Polaroid, Fuji Instax, peel-apart films, large-format 4×5 instant materials, emulsion lifts, and image transfers. Some works appear as original instant prints; others are reproduced from high-resolution scans and printed at true instant-film scale. Together, they emphasize material presence, unpredictability, and touch. Curated by the Praxis Directors.
ANNUAL PRAXIS
MEMBER SHOWCASE
2025 ARTIST MEMBERS
Opening Night Reception: February 21, 2026 — 6–8PM
Exhibition Dates: February 21 – March 14, 2026
Location: The Lab Gallery (Salon-Style Installation)
Praxis Gallery & Photo Arts Center is pleased to present the 2025 Annual Artist Member Showcase. Each active Artist Member is invited to exhibit one photograph of their choice. Installed salon-style by gallerist Jonathon Pavlica, the exhibition offers a collective view of the work being produced by our member community.
Artist Members are central to Praxis’s nonprofit programming, and this annual exhibition recognizes their ongoing support and creative contributions.
© Shelley Lipton
International Juried Photography Exhibition
OPEN THEME
EXHIBITION RECEPTION: Saturday Feb 21 6-8PM
Exhibition Dates: Feb 21 - Mar 14, 2025
Praxis Gallery presents a curated selection of photographic works spanning genres, subjects, and approaches, united by an interest in how meaning is shaped through visual perception. Rather than following a single theme, the exhibition focuses on the choices photographers make—what to include, what to exclude, and how experience is framed.
The works range from formal and restrained compositions to images that suggest humor, tension, or narrative. Together, they highlight photography as a medium defined less by subject than by intention, interpretation, and point of view. Curated by Ann Jastrab.
© Carl Shultze
THE CHEMISTRY GALLERY
THE SUBTLETY OF PLACE
A Solo + Artist Talk Exhibition by
Carl Shultze
Opening Night Reception: Aug 23, 2025, 4-6PM
Exhibition Opens: Ongoing
Carl Schulze’s black and white silver gelatin prints offer a quiet yet powerful meditation on landscape. These handmade prints demonstrate the expressive range and tonal depth of traditional darkroom work—surpassing anything achievable through inkjet. His photographs are not quick captures, but deliberate efforts to distill the subtle character of a place through time, light, and close attention.
PRAXIS PHOTO ARTS CENTER HOSTS
ANALOG ARTS CLUB
Meets 2nd Tuesday of each month, 6:30PM Sept 2025 - June, 2026 • Starts Mar. 10, 2026
Analog Arts Club meets monthly at Praxis Photo Arts Center and is an open gathering for anyone interested in analog, alternative, and experimental photographic practices. Meetings may include demonstrations, technique deep-dives, short talks, facilitated critiques, and focused discussions around process and material exploration.
This is a space for conversation, shared learning, and mutual support. Participants are welcome to bring works in progress, experiments, or questions—and a limited number of spots will be available at each meeting for those who would like to formally share their work, receive feedback, or talk through part of their creative practice with the group.
Meetings are free. Everyone is welcome.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, Mar 10, 6:30-8 PM
© Joanne Thompson
PRAXIS PHOTO ARTS CENTER HOSTS
TWIN CITIES STREET PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP
Meets 2nd Wednesdays of each month, 6:30PM Sept 2025 - June, 2026
Twin Cities Street Photography Group meets monthly at Praxis Photo Arts Center. Meetings are planned for the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm. This is a great opportunity to connect with other street photography enthusiasts and practitioners. All are welcome to attend, and photographers are encouraged to share their digital photographs for group review. Email August Schwerdfeger at august@schwerdfeger.name for information on submitting photos.
Meetings may also feature guest speakers, guest critiques, reviews or deep dives on the work of well-known street photographers. Email Fred Fox at FrederickFox@pm.me to learn more about the group.
Meetings are free, donations to the gallery are welcome.
PRAXIS PHOTO ARTS CENTER
PHOTO BOOK
LIBRARY
We’re thrilled to announce the completion of Phase One of the Praxis Photo Library project! Thanks to generous donations from our community and funding from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, this new space is a valuable resource for photography enthusiasts. Our collection includes an impressive Aperture Magazine collection, which we plan to complete, as well as books from many local luminaries, celebrating the talent of our creative community.
Each month, we will spotlight a different local photographer from our collection, offering fresh insights into the artists behind the images.
The library is open for visitors on Saturdays or by appointment. If you have any photography books you’d like to donate or are interested in starting a photo book group, we’d love to hear from you!
UPCOMING EVENTS
© AK Cespedes
International Juried Photography Exhibition
DIPTYCH~OPEN THEME
Opening Night Reception: Mar 21, 6 - 9 PM
Exhibition dates: Mar 21 - Apr 11, 2026
A photographic diptych pairs two images side by side—creating a visual conversation across space, time, or meaning. The diptych format invites artists to explore balance, tension, narrative, and contrast. It can unite opposites, mirror similarities, or reveal subtle relationships through juxtaposition.
Praxis Gallery presents a selection of photographic diptychs exploring a wide range of themes and approaches. Each work brings two images together within a single frame or presentation, forming a unified visual statement. The exhibition highlights how pairing images can expand interpretation, deepen narrative, and generate resonance through dialogue.
© David L. Robertson
International Juried Photography Exhibition
NUMBERS, SYMBOLS & LETTERS
Opening Night Reception: Mar 21, 6–8PM
Exhibition dates: Mar 21 - Apr 11, 2026
Numbers, symbols, and letters move through daily life as systems of order, instruction, measurement, and belief. In this exhibition, juried by Dallas Crow, these familiar characters are released from their intended functions and encountered as visual form. Detached from language, they shift from carriers of information into shape, interval, repetition, and surface.
The selected works frame, isolate, interrupt, and recombine characters drawn from signage, architecture, printed matter, and found environments. Some are deliberately composed; others arise through chance discovery. Across approaches, emphasis rests on organization, rhythm, scale, and spatial relationships rather than readability. Meaning emerges not from what characters say, but from how they behave once freed from the work of saying. Juror | Dallas Crow
PAST EVENTS
PAST EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Praxis Gallery & Photo Arts Center
My Floating World: Views from Pacific Coast Highway — Solo Exhibition & Artist Talk
Luke Erickson
November 15, 2025 – January 3, 2026
You Belong Where You Feel Free — Solo Exhibition & Book Release
Christine Ambruster
July 19, 2025
One Century — Solo Exhibition & Book Release
Valérie Jardin
November 16, 2024 – January 4, 2025
Fargo Street — Solo Exhibition & Book Release
W. Scott Olsen
February 15, 2025
The Subtlety of Place — Solo Exhibition
Chemistry Gallery
Carl Shultze
August 23 – October 2025
Given — Solo Exhibition & Artist Talk
Ceallaigh Smart
December 11, 2024 – January 11, 2025
Lyon ~ Redux — Solo Exhibition
Chemistry Gallery
Allen Gronhovd
June 15 – October 19, 2024
Raised on the Midways of Mid-America — Solo Exhibition
Debra Fisher Goldstein
August 17 – October 19, 2024
Hollywoodland — Solo Exhibition
Vicky Martin
June 15 – July 20, 2024
The Woods — Solo Exhibition
Brandon Movall
April 20 – May 11, 2024
Portraits: Past & Present — Group Exhibition
May 18 – June 8, 2024
Artist Talking Series — Michael Crouser
December 2, 2023
Artist Talking Series — Valérie Jardin
November 30, 2023
Artist Talking Series — Layne Kennedy
October 12, 2023
Emergence — Group Exhibition
September 16 – October 7, 2023
Yankee Enduro — G.S. Broz — Artist Talk + Solo Exhibition
August 18, 2023
Abstract Impressions: Presence in Nature — Solo Exhibition
Nolan Septer
June 17 – July 29, 2023
He Found Himself, He Will Not Draw Passers-By Anymore — Solo Exhibition
Sashko Ilov
October 15 – October 29, 2022
Personalities — Solo Exhibition & Artist Talk
Gary Beeber
July 16 – July 30, 2022
Opening Reception: July 16, 6–8 PM
Fantastic and Made of Plastic — Solo Exhibition (Pride Month)
Nicole Houff
June 18 – July 2, 2022
Opening Reception: June 18, 6–8 PM
Even in Darkness, There Is Light — Solo Exhibition
Brandon Movall
October 24 – December 12, 2020
Opening Reception: October 24
The Other Border — Solo Exhibition
Dallas Crow
October 19 – November 4, 2018
Opening Reception: October 19, 6–9 PM
The View from the Curb — Solo Exhibition
Tom Wik
June 29 – July 8, 2018
Opening Reception: June 29, 6–9 PM
Tikonko — Solo Exhibition & Artist Talk
David L. Parker
October 5 – October 29, 2017
Praxis Photo Arts Center offers one of Minneapolis’s most complete analog darkroom facilities, open 24/7 for members. Our wet and dry darkrooms support black-and-white film development, traditional silver-gelatin printing, and 35mm through 8×10 enlarging. The space includes individual work areas, archival workflow equipment, and a professional film-scanning station. Praxis is a welcoming and supportive community where photographers from all backgrounds work, learn, and grow together. In addition to black-and-white printing, access members may use our color development equipment, and the darkroom also serves as a workspace for alternative photographic processes taught and practiced throughout the year.