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KSTP 5 Eyewitness News Feature: Using art as a wake-up call about ending gun violence

'‘Fragments Reimagined’ exhibit runs through Aug. 8, and is free and open to the public at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

KSTP5 segment featuring Kelly Frankenberg's artwork

Art-a-Whirl 2026

Kelly Frankenberg is open on Friday, Saturday & Sunday of Art-A-Whirl weekend.

MCAD Art Sale

Bde Baka Ska: Seatscapes

25 Hand-painted Adirondack chairs by local artists

Voyage Minnesota Interview

Discussion about work, life, art, dreams, and more

kelly holding a long paintbrush outside with trees behind her and a rainbow vignette in the lower right corner

Frankenberg Featured in 2024 Art-A-Whirl's 'Art Passports on Parade' Event

Kelly Frankenberg ’03 is one of eighteen artists featured as part of Art to Change the World's 'Art Passports on Parade', a new addition to Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association's 29th annual Art-A-Whirl program.

brushstroke abstract texture yellow, orange, purple poster

Pianos on Parade

Pianos on Parade presented by PNC Bank are painted by local artists to reflect a vibrant mpls downtown theme.

painted red cherry piano

Featured on WCCO - Union Depot Segment

Celebrating local artists is just a light rail ride away

Kelly Frankenberg in the WCCO / CBS Minnesota studio, on-air

MCADians Featured on Creating Mississippi River Trash Art

Mississippi Pearls

mixed media and found object sculpture in shape of wings

Buzz Feed's 75 Unforgettable Moments From Minnesota's First Day of Marriage Equality

Buzz Feed's 75 Unforgettable Moments From Minnesota's First Day of Marriage Equality

Gay pregnant bride and her wife at their wedding

KSTP5 Eyewitness News

​The same-sex marriage and love issue, before it was legal. The article tells a brief story of how Kelly and her partner got together, popping the question and details of their first wedding.

Kelly Frankenberg's wedding televised upon gay marriage legalization in Minnesota

Student Wins Duct-Tape Contest

Duct-tape contest

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