Public Functionary

Dance and stay warm with us this coming Friday night at Public Functionary! ‘How Does it Feel?’ is a 2000s R&B inspired dance party, hosted by Fanaka Nation with DJs MXKENNA and Advance.

MXKENNA comes from a long lineage of DJs that have been sharing music with the Twin Cities community for decades. MXKENNA embodies the music, if you have had a chance to catch a MXKENNA set you know that dancing is a non-negotiable.

ADVANCE is one of the most versatile DJs in the cities, with an uncanny knack for knowing what to play next, even though it may not be what you expected.  Advance also produces and hosts events, check out Love Remedies later this month.

FANAKA NATION is a self proclaimed  “culture rapper” whose music blends East African rhythms with the Minneapolis Sound. Fanaka brings an undeniable energy to the stage.

Tickets are sliding scale starting at $5.
Pay what you can. All proceeds continue to support PF programming in 2026.

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Friday Dec. 19th 8p-12a
Public Functionary
1500 Jackson St NE Mpls

Gallery views. Silent Fox’s “My Flowers Died so I’ll Bury Them and Plant New Ones” closes out the PF 2025 exhibition season.

Congrats to .studio on the presentation of their newest body of work!

It’s been a successful 6-week run of the 2025 PF Studios Annual Exhibition: Venus Reincarnated.

We appreciate all the visitors to the gallery, the conversations, and reflective time spent with on work by 22 artists in the PF Studios program.

Thank you to Dr. Margarita Lila Rosa for her intentionality and care in working with the artists and offering such thoughtful material to explore.

Participating Artists:

Mohamed Abdalla, Alexandra Beaumont, Katelyn Clemons, Raye Cordes, Philipo Dyauli, Jelani Ellis, Essence Enwere, Grover Hogan, Leeya Rose Jackson, Ashley Koudou, Elyse Lodermeier, Nafyar, Thea Lauren Pineda, BakiBakiBaki Porter, Asha Rowland, Godfree (Free) Spain, Whitney Terrill, Genie Hien Tran, Luca Trujillo, Margaret Vergara, Ivonne Yanez.

Behind the scenes! Credits:

PF Studios Team: Leslie Barlow, Maiya Lea Hartman, Silent Fox
Production Curator: Sati Varghese Mac
PF Team/Install: Tricia Heuring, Mike Bishop, Mica Grimm, Kenichi Thomas
Design & Social: Patricio De Lara & Mariah Hanson
Photos by: Rik Sferra

Artist Talk with Silent Fox

Saturday, Dec 6 at 4PM
PF Upstairs Gallery #247

A closing-day conversation with Silent Fox, moderated by Tricia Heuring. Come spend time with the work and hear from the artist before the exhibition comes down.

The studio is a space of liberation.

In describing the underpinnings of her ground-breaking work, New York artist Torkwase Dyson talks about creating architectures of “spatial survival” as an act of resistance to the broader racialized and extractive culture. Direct pathways for self-determination and agency are possible within her envisioned structures.

This concept is central to the visionary impulse of PF Studios. The studios offer not only a physical space in which to make art and connect in community, but they also provide the conditions necessary for activating freedom and transformation.

In a city where whiteness and those with wealth dominate access and fill most spaces, creating a dedicated space for young BIPOC artists is a profound, revolutionary act.

-Shana Kaplow, an excerpt from “In Here Out There: 5 Years of PF Studios.”

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