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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 13/09/2026

I love the West Bank ♥️

A lot going on, man playing bongo, woman with a leashed goat, another fellow smoking a joint at Open Streets MPLS Cedarfest

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 01/09/2026

Now measuring time in Before E-Bike and After E-Bike

White civia step through e-bike in front of the Mississippi

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 09/06/2026

Me to anyone that will listen today

Text bubble in all caps saying “HAVE YOU SEEN I LOVE BOOSTERS”

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 07/06/2026

I had the loveliest dinner at California Street Farm with Houndstooth Modern Tavern. It was a great display of community, sustainable local farming, and fabulous seasonal food.

Farmer at California Street Farm Elyssa sharing a poem with diners at picnic tables, with wine and flowers from Northerly Flora on the table

Chai custard desert with rhubarb, edible flower, pumpkin seeds and a chai manhattan

Arugula salad with delicious cheese and apple cider vinaigrette on a floral vintage plate, pictured outside on a picnic table

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 06/06/2026

Double rainbow spotted in South Minneapolis 🌈 Happy Pride Month

Double rainbow over trees with cloudy sky in background

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 15/05/2026

Come see my work at the Grain Belt Bottling building, second floor! Happy Art-A-Whirl weekend 🖼️

Selfie in front of colorful abstract oil paintings

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 04/05/2026

If you see this, post a concert photo you took

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 11/04/2026

After being a massive fan for nearly 18 years, I finally got to see Lady Gaga live. Mayhem Ball was healing

Lady Gaga on stage with dancers kneeling behind her as she sings

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 13/03/2026

AI can’t paint with R&F oil sticks 28”x25” oil on canvas

Abstract oil painting with olive green, cobalt blue, perks of yellow layered over a coral colors underpainting. The blue is a fast frantic mark while the tones of olive and sky blue are soft and opaque

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 01/02/2026

Art Shanty Projects 📍 Lake Harriet, Minneapolis

People holding hands and dancing to a band playing on Lake Harriet

A shanty with yellow-green plexiglass with engravings, a sign that’s says lice out” and people experiencing the art

Someone with a homemade cape that says “we heart our immigrant neighbors” in rainbow letters

Man with black spotted dog in boots on Lake Harriet, with people milling about one of the shanties in the background

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 24/01/2026

“I Can’t Go On. I’ll Go On.” Alfredo Jaar, 2016

Sculpture made of neon sign, text saying “I can’t go on” in red, “I’ll go on” in white

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 12/11/2025

📍 Northern Lights over Lake Nokomis

Silhouette of person with arms up against reddish pink and green streaks in the sky, with a few stars

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 07/10/2025

It’s been difficult to make time for my personal projects. I’m proud I am still making work.

Close up of abstract oil painting with gallery edge, maroon and yellow with glowy orange underpainting

Close up of colorful abstract oil painting with gestural oil stick marks, repetitive/organic blue and yellow “spots” over muddier under painting

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 07/10/2025

I showed some new oil paintings at my alma mater as part of a larger alumni group show 🖼️

Carly standing awkwardly for a photo in front of her 3 newest abstract oil paintings, while clutching a Diet Coke

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 30/09/2025

Whyyyyyyy is this separated bike path next to the @metrotransitmn.bsky.social Blue Line closed while the Blue Line is also under maintenance? The “bike detour” just spits you out on Cedar Ave by the highway ramp 🥴

Photo of both the Blue Line and bike trail closed by the Cedar Riverside light rail station

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 30/09/2025

E-bike companies should hand out coupons at the top of this hill on West River Parkway

Hill by Franklin bridge taken from bike path

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 08/08/2025

Very proud of my husband, Pete. He made the courageous decision to leave a decade-long career that was lucrative, but miserable. He went back to school to become a barber. Today is his first day at Good Neighbor Barber Shop in Saint Paul!

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 15/07/2025

Who says interstate rail in the US isn’t possible

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Carly Ellefsen @carlyellefsen.com · 08/07/2025

My parents have been in Minneapolis for about a year now. Had to share her joy of leaving the sprawl of Indianapolis for better bike infrastructure (and fresh CSA produce!) Everyone deserves these options.