Mimi Holmes

Mimi Holmes selected as her PAN site the whole of Boom Island Park including a Prairie Restoration near her home in St. Anthony West in Minneapolis. At one time Boom Island really was an island; In 1902 Wisconsin RR had its railroad yard there. The Prairie Restoration is tiny and serves as a backdrop to the park which edges the river. It also functions as a foil between the park and a residential neighborhood directly behind it.
Mimi made a conscious decision to be experimental in the creation of her PAN works: she tried “flower pounding” the plants of her site; “plant captures” between layers of sheer fabric; and trying to depict the essence of a field of seeding dandelions using pipe cleaners and Christmas tinsel. She hopes her experiments will help others see both the beauty and the problems of her site.
Mimi is primarily a mixed-media artist, working with beads, fabric and glitter. Mimi joined Project Art for Nature as a way to continue my relationship with former protegee Catherine Reed and as a means of stretching herself. After 25 years of making art, she is pretty good at what she does, but often worries about being in a creative rut. Mimi tries to find a structure that allows her to be experimental and creative, where she can't foretell what the outcome will be.

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