Art spotlight: 'Treasures' in Northfield

Continuing: Without a permanent home, the gem-studded collection of St. Paul's Minnesota Museum of American Art seems more rumor than reality. Solving the problem, in part, is this show featuring 30 of the museum's finest. Paintings, sculpture, photography, drawing, textiles and pots are all in the mix, made by an impressive lineup including Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Christo, Robert Henri, Warren MacKenzie, Joan Mitchell, George Morrison, Louise Nevelson and Ed Ruscha. "Indian Hunter and His Dog," by Minnesota native Paul Manship, is a standout. Previously on view in Duluth and St. Peter, the show's Northfield venue is as close as "Treasures" gets to the Twin Cities. And Manship -- whose calling card is his "Prometheus" sculpture at Rockefeller Center in New York -- will be the subject of a seminar Saturday. (11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Wed., 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. Thu.-Fri., noon-4 p.m. Sat. Ends May 8. Perlman Teaching Museum, Weitz Center for Creativity, 320 3rd St., Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. Manship seminar is 10 a.m.-noon Sat. Info at 1-507-222-4342/4469 or www.carleton.edu/museum.)