"Within Reach" Curated by Leslie Barlow | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

"Within Reach" Curated by Leslie Barlow

August 18, 2026
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Within Reach Exhibition Flyer.

Curated by Leslie Barlow ’16, MFA, Free Spain, and Margarent Vergara, Within Reach is an exhibition that brings together nine Public Functionary Studio artists and alumni. The show explores art making, visioning, and collective actions as practice to shape more just and joyful futures.

As Barlow and the other curators explained, “We celebrate an exhibition that reminds us the future isn’t something we wait for—it’s something we create together every single day.” Within Reach is open now through August 22 at Plot Gallery.

Within Reach
Plot Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
August 7–22, 2026

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