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Brooklyn Center Man Part of Hennepin County ‘Art Heals’ Exhibit:

Junior Bantoe of Brooklyn Center is one of several artists featured in a new exhibit at the Hennepin County Government Center called "Art Heals." The art in the exhibit was born out of trying circumstances. Clients of treatment court created a variety of art pieces, from paintings and pottery to poetry, that helped them recover. Judge Amber Brennan, who presides over treatment courts in Hennepin County, thought about the idea for an exhibit when she saw a man sketching while waiting for his turn in court. "I said 'hey are… Read More