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Frank J. Brown (born 1956)^[1] is an African-American visual artist active in Minnesota.^[2] His sculptures have entered several public collections.

Early life and education

Brown was raised in Illinois and attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale.^[3]^[4] He received an MFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in arts, metals, and ceramics.^[5]

Works

Brown's tzedakah box, Hope for Tomorrow, is in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.^[1] The work was created for "Tzedakah Box: The Art of Giving", a competition sponsored by the museum in 2002. Brown described the theme of his first place-winning box as "Through our suffering, we create hope for tomorrow."^[6]

His large ceramic sculpture A Community Within Reach is permanently installed in a park in Sarasota, Florida.^[7] He created the piece in St. Paul over the course of a year.^[8]

He also created a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. for the Municipal Building in Madison, Wisconsin.^[9]

References

1. ^¹{{cite web |title="Hope for Tomorrow" tzedakah box |url=https://collections.artsmia.org/art/63687 |author=Frank J. Brown |year=2002 |accessdate=January 30, 2017 |publisher=Minneapolis Institute of Art}}
2. ^{{cite news |last=Melo |first=Frederick |date=October 3, 2013 |title=Lowertown St. Paul’s artists concerned about neighborhood changes |url=http://www.twincities.com/2013/10/03/lowertown-st-pauls-artists-concerned-about-neighborhood-changes/ |newspaper=Pioneer Press |location=St. Paul, Minnesota |accessdate=January 27, 2017 |quote=Sculptor Frank J. Brown, on the other hand, said he’s thinking of leaving Lowertown altogether after 16 years.}}
3. ^{{cite news |last=Peterson |first=Isaac |date=November 21, 2014 |title=Sculptor refuses to be pushed around by racism |url=http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/sculptor-refuses-be-pushed-around-racism/ |newspaper=Twin Cities Daily Planet |access-date=January 30, 2017}}
4. ^{{cite news |last=Halstead |first=Marilyn |date=November 21, 2014 |title=Artist Frank Brown visits Southern Illinois |url=http://thesouthern.com/news/local/plus/artist-frank-brown-visits-southern-illinois/article_b96ec71c-1ed8-11e2-9de2-0019bb2963f4.html |newspaper=The Southern Illinoisan |access-date=January 30, 2017 |quote=Brown lived in Carbondale as a child, then returned to graduate from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with an art degree.}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.lowertownlofts.org/frank-brown/ |title=Frank Brown |author= |website=Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative |access-date=January 29, 2017}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/seven-year-exhibit-delay-leaves-artist-sadder-wiser/|title=Seven-year exhibit delay leaves artist sadder, wiser|last=Harvey|first=Jennifer|date=August 31, 2009|work=|access-date=|via=}}
7. ^{{cite news |last=Hobbes |first=Dwight |date=June 15, 2011 |title=Florida park displays local sculptor’s inspiring ‘masterpiece’ |url=http://spokesman-recorder.com/2011/06/15/florida-park-displays-local-sculptors-inspiring-masterpiece/ |newspaper=Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder |access-date=January 29, 2017}}
8. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Sculptor Brown lands in Florida |url=http://www.startribune.com/item-world-local-news-and-views/122666559/ |newspaper=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |date=May 26, 2011 |access-date=January 30, 2017 |quote=It took a year to make the $75,000 piece at his studio in Lowertown and at Concordia University, where he fired the clay, and another eight weeks to install it in Sarasota.}}
9. ^{{cite web | url =http://culturenow.org/entry&permalink=09573&seo=Living-For-The-Dream_Frank-J-Brown-Madison-Arts-Commission-and-City-of-Madison-Department-of-Public-Works-Parks-Division | title =Living For The Dream, 1993 | author= | website =Museum without Walls | publisher =cultureNOW | access-date =January 30, 2017 | quote =This sculpture is a 700 lb. bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. surrounded by a six plaque relief of high fired stoneware set into a stone foundation base.}}