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<h1 style="font-size: 2.5rem;">Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys</h1>
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“Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys” is a groundbreaking exhibition that marks the first major showcase of the Dean Collection, owned by renowned musicians and cultural icons Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys.
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Celebrate the exceptional creative achievements of Asian American and Pacific Islander artists.

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Make memories every month at Family Day, get creative in studio programs, and play and learn with your toddler in the Family Center and Mini Mia.

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<li>Monday: Closed</li>
<li>Tuesday: 10am–5pm</li>
<li>Wednesday: 10am–5pm</li>
<li>Thursday:  10am–9pm</li>
<li>Friday:  10am–5pm</li>
<li>Saturday:  10am–5pm</li>
<li>Sunday: 10am–5pm</li>
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The museum is closed July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
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Plan Your Visit

&#8220;Giants&#8221; Public Tours

Giants Member Days

Vitality Arts: Botanical Watercolor

Meet at Mia: Summer Series 2025

Mia Members see “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/giants">Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys</a>” FREE on Member Days.
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<li>• Saturday, May 10, 2025</li>
<li>• Thursday, June 19, 2025</li>
<li>• Friday, June 27, 2025</li>
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Reservations are encouraged. Log in and <a href="https://tickets.artsmia.org/events/01934052-e7dc-337b-b9f3-e4216feb4d0e">get your tickets online</a> or call the Members’ Hotline at 612-870-6323.
Not a member yet? <a href="https://new.artsmia.org/join-and-invest/membership">Learn about membership</a> and join today.

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Meet at Mia’s Summer Series is back! Join us for near-weekly programs in Target Park (weather permitting). Enjoy another summer of live performances, food trucks, art making, and more. Bring your best blanket, and we’ll see you on the lawn!
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<h2 id="june">June Programs</h2>
June 12 Summer Kickoff 
Start the summer with a performance from MAKR AN ERIS, the newest project by Sophia Eris and Mark McGee. Make art inspired by the “Hokusai | Monet” exhibition: floral printed bandanas with Textile Center and oil masterpieces with Sarah Nicole. 
LISTEN to MAKR AN ERIS, 6:30 p.m. 
PRINT with Textile Center 
COLOR with Sarah Nicole 
EAT Eggroll Queen, 5–9 p.m. 
VISIT “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/hokusai-monet">Hokusai | Monet</a>&#8221;
June 19 Juneteenth 
Celebrate Juneteenth with Black creatives from the Twin Cities and beyond. LAAMAR curates a lineup of performers while Roho Collective provides family-friendly rock painting and community quilting. Enjoy food from West Indies Soul Food. 
LISTEN to LAAMAR and special guests, 6 p.m. 
PLAY with Roho Collective 
EAT West Indies Soul Food, 6–8 p.m. 
VISIT “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/giants">Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys</a>” (exhibition entry is free for members; <a href="https://tickets.artsmia.org/events/b1f97274-08d7-6122-801b-4182fe5d7c54">become a member</a> for free)
June 26 Pride in Concert 
Brat Summer is SO 2024; 2025 is Bratpunk summer. Celebrate Pride with a live performance by Minneapolis-based trio VIAL. Make jewelry with Elyse Lodermeier, and join a weaving social with Textile Center. Enjoy food from ParraLily. Snag this year’s T-shirt design while supplies last. 
ROCK with VIAL, 6:30 p.m. 
WEAVE with Textile Center 
SPARKLE with Elyse Lodermeier 
EAT ParraLily, 6–8 p.m. 
VISIT “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/giants">Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys</a>&#8221; (tickets required)
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<h2 id="july">July Programs</h2>
July 10 Future Giants 
Give a Giant farewell to the blockbuster exhibition, “Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys.” See the artwork off, then make your own with Burn Something Collective. MMYYKK provides the soundtrack. 
LISTEN to MMYYKK, 6 p.m. 
MAKE with Burn Something Collective 
EAT Brick Oven Bus, 6–8 p.m. 
VISIT “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/giants">Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys</a>” (tickets required)
July 17 Dog Day 
Dogs can’t come into the museum, but they’re always welcome in our courtyard—as long as you pick up after them! Put your dog’s face on a bandana and fight over who’s going to wear it first. Make a metal mutt with WOW Mobile Metal Lab. Trivia Mafia quizzes visitors to find the true pup professionals. And what’s Dog Day without pup cups from MN Nice Cream? 
LISTEN to Laura Hugo, 6:30 p.m. 
MAKE with Ivonne Yáñez 
POUR with WOW Mobile Metal 
GUESS with Trivia Mafia, 7 p.m. 
EAT MN Nice Cream, 6–8 p.m. 
TOUR Dogs in Mia’s collection, 7 p.m.
July 24 Hands On 
Check out Mia’s new exhibition, “Annotations,” featuring photographs in Mia’s collection that have been altered by the artist in some way. Make your mark on a found photo with paint and embroidery. Enjoy music from Kiss the Tiger and DJ Diane Miller. 
ROCK with Kiss the Tiger, 6 p.m. 
JAM with DJ Diane Miller 
CREATE with Mia Teaching Artists 
EAT Eggroll Queen, 5–9 p.m. 
VISIT “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/annotations">Annotations</a>”
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<h2 id="august">August Programs</h2>
August 7 Pop/Rocks 
Celebrate the late Andy Warhol’s 97th birthday by immersing yourself in pop and rock. DJ Diane Miller takes us back in time through music. Visit Mia’s Print Study Room to see Warhol’s work up close, then make your own prints with Highpoint. Trivia Mafia quizzes you on all things pop culture. 
DANCE with DJ Diane Miller 
PRINT with Highpoint Center for Printmaking 
PLAY Trivia Mafia, 7 p.m. 
EAT Brick Oven Bus, 6–8 p.m. 
VISIT <a href="https://new.artsmia.org/art-artists/curatorial-departments/prints-and-drawings/the-herschel-v-jones-print-study-room">Print Study Room</a>, 5–7 p.m.
August 14 Movie in the Park: Mona Lisa Smile 
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa may be a world away, but Julia Roberts in Mona Lisa Smile is in our backyard! In the 1950s, a progressive Wellesley art professor teaches her female students that there&#8217;s more to life than marriage. Begin the night making geometric canvas flags with Sarah Nicole before the film starts at sunset. 
LISTEN to DJ Talia Knight 
WATCH Mona Lisa Smile, sunset (between 8:30 and 9 p.m.) 
MAKE with Sarah Nicole 
EAT Las Twins, 6–8 p.m. 
VISIT Global Contemporary art: galleries 260, 280, and 370
August 21 Not the Fair 
For the Minnesotans who want a taste of the State Fair without the difficult parking (or the crowd of 100,000 people). Skip the agriculture center and make a felted llama with Textile Center. WOW Mobile Metal Lab pours fair-themed objects while You Oughta Know provides all the ’90s themed tunes. 
LISTEN to You Oughta Know, 6 p.m. 
CREATE with Textile Center 
POUR with WOW Mobile Metal Lab 
EAT Just in Time Concessions, 6–8 p.m. 
TOUR Fair-themed works in Mia’s collection, 7 p.m.
August 28 À la mode 
Like, the literal definition—“in the current fashion.” Enjoy the contemporary! Check out Mia’s newly rotated Global Contemporary gallery, and try modern techniques in a collaborative coloring wall with Sarah Nicole. Anna Devine provides the evening’s tunes while El Jefe dishes up the food. Fine, we’ll add ice cream. MN Nice Cream joins us from 6 to 8 p.m. 
LISTEN to Anna Devine, 6:30 p.m. 
CREATE with Sarah Nicole 
EAT El Jefe, 5–9 p.m. 
FREEZE with MN Nice Cream, 6–8 p.m. 
VISIT Global Contemporary gallery, G370
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<h2 id="september">September Programs</h2>
September 11 Bike Night 
Bike Night is back! Connect with the Twin Cities biking community through bike rides, bike safety checks, and bike bingo. Take a photo with your fixie in Mia’s photo booth. Enjoy giveaways from partner Perennial Cycle. Aspire Artisan Folk School highlights a new exhibition with wooden wall art. 
GROOVE with Gozie Ukaga, 6:30 p.m. 
CREATE with Aspire Artisan Folk School 
EAT Pizza Karma, 5–8 p.m. 
VISIT Exhibition announcement coming soon!
September 18 Movie in the Park: Selena 
Kick off Hispanic Heritage Month with a screening of Selena at sunset. Enjoy food and drink from El Jefe while you stitch milagros (or miracles) with Textile Center for luck. 
WATCH Selena, sunset (between 8 and 8:30 p.m.) 
CREATE with Textile Center 
EAT El Jefe, 5–9 p.m. 
VISIT Latin American Art, G275
September 25 Fall Equinox 
Summer comes to an end and we usher in the fall equinox. Mike Kota is the cherry on top of our summer concerts, performing a solo show, while Mia teaching artists lead joyfully strange art making. 
JAM with Mike Kota, 6:30 p.m. 
MAKE with Mia teaching artists 
EAT Pizza Karma, 5–8 p.m. 
VISIT “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/weirdening-of-the-renaissance">Weirdening of the Renaissance</a>”
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Meet at Mia: Movie in the Park

Join us for a free public tour of “<a href="https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/giants">Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys</a>” and gain deeper insight into the pieces in the collection.
Meet at the desk in front of the exhibition&#8217;s entrance. Tours last one hour.
Note: The tour is free, but you need a <a href="https://tickets.artsmia.org/events/01934052-e7dc-337b-b9f3-e4216feb4d0e">ticket</a> to enter the exhibition.

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Note: This workshop is sold out.
Join us for a delightful botanical watercolor class designed for beginners! This five-week workshop, led by teaching artist Michael Gaughan, aligns with Mia&#8217;s spring event, <a href="https://new.artsmia.org/art-in-bloom/art-in-bloom-2025">Art in Bloom</a>.
You’ll tour Mia&#8217;s galleries and draw inspiration from the museum&#8217;s permanent collection while getting an exclusive look at the stunning floral arrangements. You’ll learn traditional and nontraditional approaches to watercolor through hands-on practice of fundamental techniques.
Over the course of the workshop, we’ll cover color theory, various painting techniques, blending, layering, texture, and more. Come explore the art of botanical watercolor painting, discuss and critique artwork, and make new friends. This workshop promises to be a lot of fun!
Wednesdays (five weeks), 1:30–4 p.m. 
April 16–May 14, 2025 
Studio 112 
No experience necessary 
All materials provided 
Anyone 55+ welcome to register
We offer a limited number of scholarships and a sliding scale of ticket prices to accommodate all learners. 
Pay what you can: $225 | $175 | $125 
Please email <a href="mailto:vitalityarts@artsmia.org">vitalityarts@artsmia.org</a> for scholarship information.

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