Materials and power: Artist investigates labor rights and solidarity in textile exhibition

Senior reporter for Minnesota Public Radio interviewed Rachel about her exhibition at Saint Johns University.

November 2023 | Alex V. Cipolle

 

Interview with Rachel Breen

As part of her participation in the Wakpa Trienniel, Rachel was interviewed about her work. The interview was published on Public Art Saint Paul’s website.

June 2023 | By Sheila Reagan

 

People For The Planet

Rachel was selected as one of 100 “People for the Planet” by IRK Magazine. The People For The Planet  issue celebrates leaders, influencers, educators, advocates, and organizations that make up a global community coming together to take action, inspired by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

April 2023 | By Patrick Duffy

 

The Clothes on Our Back

Summer 2022 | By Elizabeth Foy Larsen

 

Professors from American Universities Lecture in Fine Art Department at MSU

April 12, 2022 | Sandesh: epaper News of Gujarat, Sanskari Nagri Cultured City Section

 

MATERIAL CONDITIONS

July 6, 2021 | By Sheila Regan

 

The Art of Rachel Breen

Winter 2020

 

how rachel breen’s art & social justice collide

November 5, 2020 | By Lonny Goldsmith

 
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ARTISTS ADMIRE - RACHEL BREEN

October 19, 2020 | By Jes Reyes

 
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Happy Accidents - A Childhood Art Teacher & A Garage Sale Find

September 15, 2020 | By Sara Garry | Q & A with Artist & MFA Program Alum Rachel Breen

 
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MINNESOTA ARTIST RACHEL BREEN ON CLOTHING THAT KILLS, VISIBLE MENDING, AND HER NEW SHOW AT MIA

April 1, 2020 | By Diane Richard | Minneapolis Institute of Art

 

Rachel Breen sews in support of garment industry workers

March 27, 2019 | In Artists with Impact | By Nicole Rupersburg | Springboard Exchange

 
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Jerome Foundation awards two-year, $40,000 grants to 60 individual artists

March 18, 2019 | By Jenna Ross | Star Tribune

 
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Garment Solidarity Project

January 25, 2019 | Greenie Guide

 
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Best of 2018: Our Top 20 Exhibitions Across the United States

December 20, 2018 | Hyperallergic

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A Haunting Artistic Tribute to Garment Workers Killed in Bangladesh and the US

April 9, 2018 | By Sheila Regan | Hyperallergic

 
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What are your clothes worth? Two minnesota artists seek to explore the high cost of cheap clothing

April 27, 2015 | By Molly Priesmeyer | Star Tribune

 
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HOnoring seed saving: rachel breen’s social practice

December 19, 2014 | VCAA


 
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Why is is it so difficult to talk about socially engaged art?

December 10, 2014 | Ashley Duffalo | MN Artists

 
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heirlooms in the alley: a blooming public art project in minneapolis

September 17, 2014 | Kim Palmer | Star Tribune

 
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mapping community

May 17, 2010 | Marianne Combs | MPR News

 
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artist’s ‘seven meals’ between civilization and anarchy muses on food and hunger

January 29, 2010 | Susannah Schouweiler | MinnPost