Public Functionary

Grover Hogan (they/them) is an American interdisciplinary artist, educator, and oracle from Houston, TX, currently based in Minneapolis, MN. 

Hogan’s artistic practice spans experimental drawing and painting, social practice, critical theory, ritual making, and ruminating. They are most known for their self-portraiture and confessional-style art. 

Their work has been exhibited in Texas and Minnesota, including CLUES Gallery of St. Paul, Mardag Gallery at Franconia Sculpture Garden, Rondo Community Land Trust, and The Jung Center of Houston. Their art and writing have been featured in publications such as Teen Vogue, Houstonia Magazine, MN Women’s Press, and Burn Something Zine. As a muralist, they have worked with Forecast Public Art, Creatives after Curfew, The Bush Foundation, The Cedar Cultural Center, and Midtown Global Market, and their murals can be found throughout the Twin Cities.

Hogan was an artist-in-residence at Public Functionary’s (PF) Studio 400 Incubator Program (‘23-’25) and has continued to remain a studio artist within PF since concluding their residency. They received their BFA in Fine Arts with a minor in Teaching Art from Minneapolis College of Art and Design (’21), and they were baptized in a mega church swimming pool (‘13).

They are currently a studio artist at Public Functionary and a 2025/26 Jerome Fellow. 

Grover Hogan : TRUE STORIES
On view Oct 3 - Nov 15

Join us for an opening celebration with the artist at Public Functionary on Saturday, Oct 3, 6pm-10pm

Gallery Hours: 
Saturdays & Sundays 12pm-4pm

Public Functionary
1500 Jackson Street NE
Studio 144 / PF Main Gallery

studio photos by drew arrieta

Announcing our next exhibition!

GROVER HOGAN: TRUE STORIES

Join us for an opening celebration with the artist at Public Functionary on Saturday, Oct 3, 6pm-10pm

Presenting colorful, bold mixed-media artifacts, paintings, and altars, True Stories is the first solo exhibition by American artist, educator, and oracle Grover Hogan. Since early 2025, Hogan has studied Tarot’s major arcana, dedicating around one month to embodying each sequential card. This Fool’s Journey has culminated in an interdisciplinary artistic practice of self-reflection and growth.

Through emotional honesty, self-portraiture, and play, True Stories asks the audience to get vulnerable together; to take inspiration from the artist’s messy, weird, little life, and to learn and explore from the stories being told within each work.

TRUE STORIES:
On view Oct 3 - Nov 15

OPENING:
Saturday, Oct 3 / 6pm - 10pm

GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays & Sundays 12pm-4pm

Public Functionary
1500 Jackson Street NE
Studio 144 / PF Main Gallery

Within Reach explored the power of imagination, art-making, and collective action in shaping more just and joyful futures.

Nine PF Studios artists and alumni came together to imagine world-building as a fluid practice—one rooted in everyday choices, relationships, and acts of making. Like water, art can nourish, heal, and patiently reshape the landscapes we inhabit, its force emerging through steady movement, accumulation, and time.

Together, these works challenge dominant narratives and create space for new ways of seeing ourselves and one another. The future is not predetermined; it is something we create together.

Nailah Taman
memory points (1945-1954), 2026
Khamya fabric, linen, photo-printed cotton, rhinestones, canvas

artwork photography by

Silent Fox
Look up & let’s travel to the stars, 2026
Color pencil, acrylic painting on canvas & cardboard

Silent Fox
Look up & let’s travel to the stars, 2026
Color pencil, acrylic painting on canvas & cardboard

(Alternate view)

Free Spain
Leo, Leone, 2026
Digital photographic print on premium luster

Elyse Lodermeier
The Talismans, 2026
Mixed media

Thea Lauren Pineda
Mano Po, 2026
Kasmine rice, Nepalese lokta paper, and ink

Jacqueline Nuzzo
Futbol Martini, 2025
Pen, gouache, pencil

Easter Sunday, 2025
Pen, gouache, pencil

Margaret Vergara
I’m tired of mourning a world that should exist, 2026
Acrylic and screen-print on vinyl, screen-printed postcards

Margaret Vergara
I’m tired of mourning a world that should exist, 2026
Acrylic and screen-print on vinyl, screen-printed postcards

(Alternate view)

Luca Trujillo
A Garden Grows Here, 2026
mixed-media stop-motion animation

Mohamed Abdalla
Ripples of Time, 2026
Paper mache, acrylic, fabric, lalob seeds, leather, resin, newspaper

Beautiful narrative images shot by W O R D to document the opening of PF Studios exhibition opening of “Within Reach” at PLOT GALLERY this past August.

The exhibition was co-curated by Free, Leslie Barlow and Vergara Art and Design featuring work by artists:

Nailah Taman
Jacqueline W. Nuzzo
thea lauren pineda ♡
Silent Fox ❙ Artist x Designer
LZRWRLD
luca isa trujillo
Elyse L
Free
Vergara Art and Design

What kind of future becomes possible when we refuse to stop imagining?

Curated by Leslie Barlow, Free Spain, and Margaret Vergara, Within Reach brings together nine PF Studios artists and alumni whose work explores art making, visioning, and collective action as practices of shaping more just and joyful futures. Join us on Friday, August 7th as 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
Featuring PF Studios Artists & Alumni

Opening Reception: Friday, August 7th 6-9pm
Exhibition dates: August 7th - August 22nd, 2026

LOCATION: Plot Gallery: 3730 Chicago Ave S. ste A, Minneapolis, MN 55404

*Note this exhibition is not on site at Public Functionary, we are pleased to partner with Plot Gallery for this special presentation*

The most beautiful day! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 3rd annual THE FUNCTION.

First batch of photos by drew arrieta are in!

Huge thanks to our incredible sponsors and funders, believing in the potential of this event.

Eastside Food Co-op
BLNCD | Balanced
Meet Minneapolis
Minneapolis Institute of Art

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This Cultural Districts Arts Fund activation is funded, in part, by the City of Minneapolis Arts& Cultural Affairs Department.

You know about the incredible music planned for tomorrow… but we also have so much more in store. 🪁🍔🍦🛍️

Don’t miss THE FUNCTION this Saturday from 3pm-10pm. Come through it will be a time.

And yes, the Knicks game will be on. 🏀

Register via link in bio.

NEXT WEEKEND! PF’s biggest event of the year, and we want you there.

Tickets are free with registration; contribute if you can. Come as you are.

The Function is an offering of celebration to our community, we have so much in store for the day!

Beyond an incredibly curated music line-up for the day, PF Studios Artists & Guests will be setting up an art market from 3p-7pm. We’ve got double dutch, games, art installations, kite flying, food trucks, and more.

Register via link in bio.

The Function 2026: Block Party
Saturday, June 13: 3pm - 10pm
Northrup King Building
1500 Jackson St NE, Minneapolis

This Cultural Districts Arts Fund activation is funded, in part, by the City of Minneapolis Arts& Cultural Affairs Department.

Cinema Red programming in collaboration with Cinefilmu continues this Saturday!

Visit the exhibition (open 2pm-6pm) then head to the PF upstairs gallery for the event.

Together We LIght the Future
by Mama Papaya
Saturday, May 30th 6:30 pm
Public Functionary 
1500 Jackson St NE, 247
Minneapolis, MN
•FREE• 
RSVP in bio

An intentional gathering for BIPOC filmmakers and our community to connect, play, and collectively dream of our futures in film and beyond. The gathering includes interactive experiences, gifts, dinner, and opportunities to meet each other with care and co-create our community values.

Mama Papaya will announce the productions supported by MP happening this summer and welcome this year’s cohort of StorySeeds fellows will share the stories for their upcoming screenplays.

We hope attendees leave feeling connected, nourished, and inspired to build futures together.

Photos by

LINE UP ANNOUNCEMENT!

Kick off the summer with us and an amazing lineup of artists on June 13th from 3-10 p.m. Music. Food. Games. Art.

Line Up:
MMYYKK (live)
M. Ada Jamison (live)
Papa Mbye (live)
Alexis Rose (DJ)
Awa Mally aka The Mayor (DJ)
Fanaka Nation (Host)
Lenora Magee (Host)
Rondo Double Dutch (Performance and workshop)

The Function “Block Party”
June 13th 3p-10p
Free with Registration!
Register at publicfunctionary.org / or link in bio

This Cultural Districts Arts Fund activation is funded, in part, by the City of Minneapolis Arts & Cultural Affairs Department.