This month articles pay homage to the richly varied performance scene in Minnesota and especially to those artists who step outside convention to make shows on their own terms. And, mnartists.org offers a fond goodbye to Project Director Kathleen Kvern.
A new issue of 10,000 Arts: Minnesota's Creative Quarterly (co-published by mnartists.org and The Rake magazine) is hot off the presses and available in galleries across the state and on newsstands around the Twin Cities inside The Rake. This issue of our quarterly art magazine, "Off the Wall: Performance as Art," salutes the rogues, innovators, and other independent-minded artists who are crossing traditional boundaries of genre and style to bring "performance" into uncharted, exciting territories. Look for the longer, linkier versions of those 10,000 Arts articles, which will start off a whole month's peformance extravaganza here in MnArts, from a look at the life of a modern-day muse to reviews of the much hyped St. Paul Chamber Ballet debut and the Sabes Jewish Community Center's ambitious new production by Craig Harris,Five Books. Plus: an essay on eagerly anticipated collaborative theatrical production You're My Kind of Pretty, a profile of New Media peformance artist Piotr Szyhalski by the Weisman's Diane Mullin, Michael Fallon on artist genesis stories, and much more. In the forums, Kate Iverson (Density Studios) joins our team to launch a new moderated, ongoing category of fun forums on local music and fashion. Look for the debut of the CultureHERD forums this week and join Kate for a conversation about Minnesota fashion, music, and get the scoop on what's happening out and about town. New for the week of February 25, 2008: Through the Eyes of a Muse
Ballerina Sally Rousse (James Sewell's 20-year partner in dance and life) opens up to dance writer Lightsey Darst in a sprawling, juicy, utterly fascinating conversation reflecting on Rousse's artistic and personal life as a muse. Ephemeral Pleasures: Investigating Micro-exhibitions
Duluth writer Hannah Dentinger goes straight to the source to get the skinny on the factors driving what appears to be an increasingly popular trend toward short-lived micro-exhibitions, which often run for just one or two days. A Note From the Outgoing mnartists.org Project Director
mnartists.org Project Director Kathleen Kvern offers a survey of where this democratic online arts project has been and where it's headed in the coming year, along with a heartfelt farewell. mnSpin: This Week's Playlist
This week listen to a playlist of the three winning tracks by Quarter Acre Lifestyle, Brad Senne, and Nigel Egg, presented by mnSpin, mnartists.org's quarterly music competition for local musicians. What Light: This Week's Poem: Allistair MacMartin
Read "All the Ways the World Will End" by Allistair MacMartin, this week's What Light winning poem which was selected by acclaimed poet Sarah Fox.
