Photo: White Bear Center for the Arts
If you’re looking to discover new outdoor spots in White Bear Lake, check out the campus of White Bear Center for the Arts (WBCA). On display this spring is First Person Plural, an installation featuring large, black-and-white murals mounted in a native prairie. The murals, created by local artist Cadex Herrara, depict the faces of 10 immigrants living in White Bear Lake.
“We immigrants are the invisible force that makes this country work,” Cadex says. “These murals are meant to make them visible.”
Cadex recounts his own experience as an immigrant: “I remember walking into different spaces—the grocery store or the library—and realizing that I was different,” he says. “I didn’t want to be seen, and it took me a long time to say, ‘It’s OK for me to be in these spaces.’”
Through these murals, Cadex hopes to make immigrants in White Bear Lake feel seen and welcomed. The installation is a Many Faces exhibition hosted by WBCA; it will be on view through May 2025.
Ellie Fuelling is the communications manager at White Bear Center for the Arts. Learn more at whitebeararts.org.
