Meet at Mia: Movie in the Park
Enjoy movies on the big (inflatable) screen in Mia’s Target Park, along with art making and food trucks. Movies will start at sunset (between 8:45 and 9p.m.); please bring your own seating. In the event of inclement weather, we’ll screen the film in the Pillsbury Auditorium at 7p.m.; seats will be first come, first served.
Find more Meet at Mia programs here.
May 23 Loving Vincent (95 min)
Loving Vincent brings the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil painting, hand-painted by 125 professional oil painters who travelled across the world to the Loving Vincent studios in Poland and Greece to be a part of the production. As remarkable as Vincent’s brilliant paintings is his passionate and ill-fated life, and mysterious death.
Art partner: Laura Wennstrom
Music: DJ QueenDuin
Food truck: El Burrito Mercado, 5:30-7:30pm
June 13 The Gospel According to André (94 min)
Esteemed African-American fashion editor André Leon Talley’s life and ascent in the fashion world is chronicled through interviews and archival footage. This documentary traces his career from his youth in the segregated South to his work at W and Vogue to his enduring influence today. Featuring interviews with fashion icons such as Anna Wintour, Marc Jacobs and Diane von Furstenberg.
Art partner: Minnesota Center for Book Arts and Savannah Bustillo, printmaking; Ladies of the Lakes, button making
Music: DJ Keezy
Food trucks: Samurai Teppanyaki, Pizza Karma, 5:30-7:30pm
July 18 Frida (87 min)
An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Told through her own words for the very first time — drawn from her diary, revealing letters, essays, and print interviews — and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.
Art partner: Akiko Ostlund, self-portraits
Music: DJ QueenDuin
Food trucks: D&D Goodies, 6-8pm; El Jefe, 6:30-8:30pm
August 8 Kusama: Infinity (78 min)
Now the top-selling female artist in the world, Yayoi Kusama overcame impossible odds to bring her radical artistic vision to the world stage. For decades, her work pushed boundaries that often alienated her from both her peers and those in power in the art world. In spite of it all, Kusama has endured and has created a legacy of artwork that spans the disciplines of painting, sculpture, installation art, performance art, poetry and literary fiction. After working as an artist for over six decades, people around the globe are experiencing her installation Infinity Mirrored Rooms in record numbers, as Kusama continues to create new work every day.
Art partner: WOW Mobile Metal Lab
Music: DJ Bleak Roses
Food truck: El Burrito Mercado, 5:30-7:30pm
September 12 Big Eyes (106 min)
Biopic of artist Margaret Keane, who lived in obscurity while her husband Walter shot to fame by claiming that he was responsible for her popular portraits of little children with saucer-like eyes.
Art partner: Aspire Artisan Folk School, hinge bound books
Music: DJ Bleak Roses
Food truck: Samurai Teppanyaki, Sugar Mama’s GF Sweet Treats, 5:30-7:30pm