Kaleidoscope of Love
February 28, 2026
Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis
So so grateful to TigerLion Arts; Joshua Sarantitis (design); Tyson Forbes Lien (field direction, and film narration); Markell Kiefer (field direction); Singing Resistance (choral singing); Heid E. Erdrich (PoeSA) (poetry, language consultant, curator); Jayanthi Kyle (singing); Will Pipkin (graphic design, CopyThat); Jack Becker (production/promotions/PR); Marna Anderson (fund-raising/communications/project management); Mary Jane Mansfield (project management); Kris Jessen (word design and direction); Destiny Noel Bilges (word direction); Pablo Jones (documentation/post-production); Ben Marcy (admin support); Chris Hepola (music direction); Brass Messengers; Brass Solidarity; Ryan Billig (music); Duane Tougas (site tech); Jeannette Lutter Gardella (spiritual support); Rob Levine (drone documentation); Natalie Auger (VimlabPR); Sarina Partridge (song-leading); Timothy Frantzich (song-leading); Junauda Petrus (poetry); Isavela Lopez (poetry); Nimoh Farah (poetry); Gwen Westerman, Anthony Ceballos, Bao Phi, Lynette Reni-Grindell, Roy Guzman (poetry); Tony Mills (design assistance); Nick Lethert (web design); GoodSpace Murals; Fire-Up Video (drone footage and jumbotron); Liz Kraus (Minneapolis Parks); RT Rybak (Minneapolis Foundation); SmartSet Printing; all our section leaders (40); brushstrokes (1000); hundreds of individual donors and many others who made this project possible. Thank you from the bottom of my Big Butterfly Heart!!!
Kaleidoscope of Love by artist @luttergardella at Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis.
1,000 neighbors gathered to create this spectacular piece, and we had joyful music from @brasssolidarity and the @singingresistancetc. This is community. This is #Minneapolis. 💜🦋💜
This inspiring human-powered mosaic was documented from above by artist-managed drones, courtesy of Big Animal Productions.
The unique gathering of participants and audience members offered an opportunity for neighbors from the region to connect, to heal and to persist with pride, strength and dignity as a community.
The Kaleidoscope of Love documentation sent a powerful message to the rest of the nation—and the world—that Minnesotans value beauty, compassion and communal care, and reject the continuing federal atrocities that have rendered lasting harm to our communities.
This celebration of compassion—a collaboration of community members led by Big Animal Productions—represents the community’s resilience and the power of public art to sustain attention on what matters most in this moment: The pursuit of justice is far from over.
According to the project’s artistic director, Christopher Lutter-Gardella, “This is a love poem to our community. Minnesotans value beauty, compassion and communal care, and reject the continuing federal atrocities that have rendered lasting harm. This event is intended to honor our resilience and sustain our ability to love and protect our neighbors.”
As artists, in this moment, we propose communal artmaking as an antidote to hate and the fear it engenders. Grateful to everyone who became a vibrant “brushstroke” in this massive mosaic. Let us show strength through beauty and amplify the call for an end to this madness, demanding justice for those who have been harmed, disappeared and murdered. We will persist with dignity, during this extraordinarily difficult time for our community and our nation.
