Quarter Gallery
The Regis Center for Art is currently closed for the Summer and installation.
CONTRAST: 2025-26 Aragti Wadaag Residency
September 8 - October 3, 2026
Full press release
Public Reception, Saturday, September 12, 2026, 5:00-7:00pm
Artist Talk, Saturday, September 19, 2026, 4:00-6:00pm
(Minneapolis, MN) — The Department of Art at the University of Minnesota, in collaboration with Soomaal House of Art, is proud to present CONTRAST: Soomaal House 2025-26 Aragti Wadaag Residency featuring new works by Abdimalik Ahmed, Sabrin Nur, Miski Omar, and Mumtaz Salad.
Aragti Wadaag is a residency program by Soomaal House of Art designed to provide artists with a supportive environment to think, work, and develop their creative practices. The program aims to amplify artists' voices within the Somali community and create more equitable experiences for Somali-American artists in the greater arts community. The 2025-26 Aragti Wadaag residency program was part of a special collaboration with the Department of Art entitled Aragti Wadaag: A Framework for Arts Organization-University Collaboration, with generous support from the Liberal Arts Engagement Hub in the College of Liberal Arts. During the residency, artists worked with established artists as mentors to create new work and learn new ways to engage with the community through workshops, artist talks, and performances, culminating in a group exhibition at the Department of Art’s Quarter Gallery.