Art Exhibit Exploring Community Connections Coming to Mill City Museum
"soulforce: The Movements of Memory" highlights Black, Indigenous, and Chicano Communities in late- and post-civil rights era Minneapolis
For immediate release
Dated: June 15, 2026
Contacts: Nick Jungheim, 651-259-3060, nick.jungheim@mnhs.org or Allison Ortiz, 651-259-3051, allison.ortiz@mnhs.org
Location: Mill City Museum
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (June 15, 2026) – This summer, a free exhibit titled soulforce: The Movements of Memory, is coming to Mill City Museum. soulforce explores simultaneous movements for autonomy, self-determination, and liberation among the Black, Indigenous, and Chicano communities in the Twin Cities during the 1960s.
On display beginning June 18, 2026, soulforce features large collages of photographs, news articles, and other historic visuals. These panels illustrate how collaboration between members of different communities amplified advocacy for equality before, during, and following the civil rights era.
Curated by multi-disciplinary artist James Curry, soulforce depicts how the North Side of Minneapolis served as the primary location where the three groups’ movements intersected. Curry defines soulforce as a philosophy that describes how people or communities come together as groups to share resources and knowledge.
soulforce will be on display at Mill City through October 4, 2026 in the museum’s free Mill Commons area, which is open during regular site hours.
The exhibit is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
About the Minnesota Historical Society
The Minnesota Historical Society is a non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849. MNHS collects, preserves, and tells the story of Minnesota’s past through museum exhibits, libraries and collections, historic sites, educational programs, and book publishing. Using the power of history to transform lives, MNHS preserves our past, shares our state’s stories, and connects people with history.