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Kathleen Kvern

@artonfire.bsky.social

I’m an abstract painter based in MN working primarily in encaustic and mixed media. I lead intuitive art workshops in my Northeast Minneapolis studio and at art centers around the region.

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16 years one day at a time. I’m very grateful for this life #sober

17.03.2025 14:16 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I’ll be at my local independent bookstore tomorrow paying in cash.
That’s it.

28.02.2025 00:59 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Yes! 🔥

24.02.2025 19:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews.
Just covers.

12/20

#20BookChallenge
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#BookChalleng

09.02.2025 18:11 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews.
Just covers.

12/20

#20BookChallenge
#BookSky
#BookChalleng

09.02.2025 00:12 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews.
Just covers.

11/20

#20BookChallenge
#BookSky
#BookChalleng

07.02.2025 22:12 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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He works as a security guard at the Met. Now his artwork is featured there too Armia Khalil carved out of a single piece of ash wood over the course of five months. Now, its on display in an exhibit at the Met, where he works as a security guard.
06.02.2025 14:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews.
Just covers.

10/20

#20BookChallenge
#BookSky
#BookChalleng

06.02.2025 03:20 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room―My Heart is Dancing into the Universe
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04.02.2025 03:27 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews.
Just covers.

9/20

04.02.2025 03:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews.
Just covers.

8/20

#20BookChallenge
#BookSky
#BookChalleng

02.02.2025 21:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews.
Just covers.

7/20

#20BookChallenge
#BookSky
#BookChalleng

01.02.2025 23:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Blustery day of art @artshantyprojects.bsky.social

01.02.2025 22:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews.
Just covers.

6/20

#20BookChallenge
#BookSky
#BookChalleng

31.01.2025 23:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews.
Just covers.

5/20

#20BookChallenge
#BookSky
#BookChalleng

31.01.2025 00:18 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews.
Just covers.

4/20

#20BookChallenge
#BookSky
#BookChalleng

29.01.2025 20:09 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fork in the RoadLock Welcome to opm.gov

It’s not clear if a music/dance experience (with Defiant Jazz option) will be included for employees who embrace the “four pillars”

29.01.2025 13:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews.
Just covers.

3/20

#20BookChallenge
#BookSky
#BookChalleng

28.01.2025 23:18 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews.
Just covers.

2/20

#20BookChallenge
#BookSky
#BookChalleng

27.01.2025 22:17 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Exhibitions | Hopkins Arts Center, MNArrow LeftArrow RightSlideshow Left ArrowSlideshow Right Arrow View the upcoming exhibitions at Hopkins Center for the Arts.

If you’re unable to visit the Arts North 30 International juried exhibition there’s a virtual tour. Happy to be in the show & in the video 🔥

27.01.2025 13:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 1/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge

27.01.2025 12:12 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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www.kathleenkvern.com/workshops

Check out my upcoming encaustic workshops 🔥

26.01.2025 14:00 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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January 25, 2025 We have all earned a break for this week, but as some of you have heard me say, I write these letters with an eye to what a graduate student will need to know in 150 years.

January 25, 2025

26.01.2025 04:29 — 👍 3439    🔁 641    💬 74    📌 80
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Encaustic Artists: 10 Inspiring Examples of People Creating with Wax • Art Makes People I’m not sure why, but it seems like encaustic artists fly under the radar. While most people are familiar with oil, acrylic, and watercolor painting,

If you want to get to know more encaustic artists 😀

25.01.2025 12:50 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Bloomberg philanthropy to cover U.S. climate dues after Paris withdrawal Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework after President Donald Trump called for the U.S. to withdraw - for a second time - from the Paris climate agreement.

After Trump ordered the US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, Bloomberg Philanthropies and other U.S. climate funders announced that they will “ensure the United States meets its global climate obligations.”

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

24.01.2025 04:51 — 👍 11757    🔁 2683    💬 311    📌 190
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Check out the virtual tour of the Arts North International 30 exhibition at Hopkins Center for the Arts. Thrilled to be part of the show 🔥💫

www.hopkinsartscenter.com/223/Exhibiti...

23.01.2025 13:15 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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