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Digital Culture and Art(ists) on the Verge

Sheila Dickinson — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Sheila Dickinson reviews the latest "Art(ists) on the Verge" exhibition at the Soap Factory, featuring five Minnesota artists whose work addresses new media and technology: Chris Houltberg, Sarah Julson, Mad King Thomas, Asia Ward, Anthony Warnick

image: Chris Houltberg

image: Chris Houltberg, installation view

image: Chris Houltberg

image: Chris Houltberg, work in use

image: Chris Houltberg, installation view

image: You are now leaving Gallery One

image: Sarah Julson, entry point

image: Sarah Julson

image: Sarah Julson

image: Sarah Julson

image: Sarah Julson

image: Sarah Julson

image: Mad King Thomas, "A Dance for You"

image: Mad King Thomas, "A Dance for You" (detail)

image: Mad King Thomas, "A Dance for Them"

image: Mad King Thomas, viewers at the opening do "A Dance for Them"

image: Mad King Thomas, "A Dance for Them" (detail)

image: Anthony Warnick

image: Anthony Warnick

image: Anthony Warnick, "The Library" installation view

image: Anthony Warnick, a reader in "The Library"

image: Anthony Warnick, "The Library" open for business at the exhibition opening

image: Asia Ward, installation view

image: Asia Ward (detail)

image: Asia Ward (detail)

Dancing Naked in Public

Camille LeFevre — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Camille LeFevre reports back from a recent ticketed discussion at Public Functionary: a confab on criticism, art, galleries and the changing markets for them all, with NEW YORK MAGAZINE senior art critic Jerry Saltz and Chicago artist Dzine.

image: New York magazine senior art critic, Jerry Saltz

image: Dzine "Victory" - installation view

image: At the opening of Dzine's "Victory"

image: Public Functionary - a new gallery-cum-social space in Minneapolis

Zenon's 30th Season and SuperGroup's Summer Tease

Lightsey Darst — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Lightsey Darst writes on Greg Waletski's swan song with Zenon Dance company. She also previews SuperGroup's forthcoming work for Momentum and announces her own plans to leave the Twin Cities "after 13 good years."

image: "Deluxe Edition" by Morgan Thorson

image: SuperGroup

You Are Hear: May Day, May Day! (May 2013)

mnartists.org — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

This month's episode features a contribution by Sam Landman, a story that falls somewhere between Philip K. Dick, David Ives and Joe Frank.

image: YOU ARE HEAR host, Brian Beatty

image: YOU ARE HEAR - a monthly literary podcast showcasing MN writers, hosted by Brian Beatty

Remembering John Munger

Lightsey Darst — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Lightsey Darst remembers John Munger, "dance everything" in the Twin Cities arts community: dancer and choreographer, student and teacher, a writer and an administrator, an activist and curator, a "human exclamation mark" -- and now, also sorely missed.

image: Most recent Facebook profile picture of John Munger

image: Photo by Scott Pakudaitis

Women's Choirs Make Solos Seem Lonely

Deborah Carver — Tue, 07 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Deborah Carver explores the burgeoning Twin Cities women's choral scene - Prairie Fire Lady Choir, Twin Cities Women's Choir and Nona Marie's Anonymous Choir.

image: Twin Cities Women's Choir

image: Photo by Lucy Woods (http://lucywwoods.com/)

access+ENGAGE Issue 66.1: Common Goods

aE 66.1: Common Goods — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Features include a personal art history of the "meat dress," the Zine Apothecary, reviews of the McKnight Photo Fellows' shows and the dance performances at New Works 4 Weeks, and more

image: "The Director" of the Dept of Public Design

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access+ENGAGE Issue 64.1: Imagined Vistas

aE 64.1: Imagined Vistas — Fri, 13 May 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Highlights include reviews of Zenon Dance Company's spring season and this year's SCUBA Touring Network performances, as well as a new mnLIT flash fiction finalist and the introduction of a weekly blog feature, "Tipsheet"

image: Banner artist Alexa Horochowski, in her leathers at an iron pour

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access+ENGAGE Issue 62.2: Roots and Wings

aE 62.2: Roots and Wings — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Including an essay on jazz by Jeremy Walker, a review of two recent exhibitions at the Minneapolis Photo Center, a haunting poem by mnLIT finalist Colleen Coyne, and a charming primer-cum-tribute to the work of acclaimed artist Kinji Akagawa

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access+ENGAGE Issue 62.1: Experiments and Improvisations

aE 62.1: Experiments and Improvisations — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Highlights include a conversation with saxophonist George Cartwright, reviews of the Best of Midwest Burlesk Festival and a debut poetry collection by Lucille Broderson, essays on Frank Big Bear and the enduring mystique of Swan Lake

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