![Joan Vorderbruggen, right, organized 61 Twin Cities artists to create 38 storefront window displays that will fill the downtown "Cultural District" with "Brilliance!" (their theme) during the holiday season. She posed for a photograph with artist Sonya Berlovitz in front of Berlovitz's installation Peace Piece on the corner of Hennepin Ave and 7th St. in Minneapolis, Minn., on Friday, November 21, 2014. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER • reneejones@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/P7C3I7QNNUBZPK76JZBSZIM4DE.jpg?&w=1080)
'Brilliance!' storefront displays
Opens Friday: Downtown Minneapolis will be ablaze with artful windows when "Brilliance!" flicks on. Modestly touting itself as "the largest storefront art project in the entire world," the endeavor consists of 38 displays in shop windows throughout the 15-block "cultural district" that encompasses Hennepin Avenue and nearby streets. The project involves 61 Twin Cities artists and a "bajillion lights," said organizer Joan Vorderbruggen, who works with the Hennepin Theatre Trust. A committee of 17 artists decided on the theme and then picked the talent to make it happen. Watch for a pop-up art gallery near the Fine Line Music Club at 318 1st Av. N., and a house-sized, artist-decorated gingerbread house in the courtyard of Marin restaurant at the Chambers Hotel. Expect the unexpected everywhere. (Free reception 6-7:30 p.m. Fri. at Marin, 901 Hennepin Av. S. Windows will be on display through March 30. Maps and more info at www.madeheremn.org.)
Mary Abbe
