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Please contact us at
www.vacum.info or minnesotacritics@yahoo.com
We are based in Minneapolis and St.Paul MN 55103

Mission

As of June of 2009 VACUM has disbanded.

For more info please check the official VACUM website at http://www.vacum.info

V*A*C*U*M

Visual Arts Critics Union of Minnesota

What is VACUM?

The Visual Art Critics Union of Minnesota is an organization that exists to promote the independent voice of the art critic. We believe that art critics are a vital part of any art scene, and of any cultural milieu. Without the critic to interpret and help shape aesthetic discussions in our society we think in time the world becomes a grayer, more drab place.

Art criticism, at its best, plays an important role in cultural life. We seek to write intelligently on art, with verve, and on tight deadlines; we support and promote professional development for art critics; and we foster the cause of art criticism in Minnesota and beyond whenever possible.

We believe in the power of the collective, and that having multiple voices provide thoughtful, reasoned criticism week in and week out is the best way to promote a vibrant cultural life.

We seek opportunities to create new dialogue among artists, arts organizations, editors, the public, and other critics.

Contact us about studio visits, lectures, art reviews, freelance criticism: VACUM@yahoogroups.com.

Program/Services

Please check the official VACUM website at

http://www.vacum.info

VACUM organizes critics’ talks or “trialogues” at the; Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, are featured in the Three Dimensional Saturday Night Symposiums at Franconia Sculpture Park, and publishes a biannual VACUM “Attachment” in RAIN TAXI.

(The VACUM : Attachment" is located inside the fall and spring issues of RAIN TAXI, in print and online at www.raintaxi.com)

For information about advertising in the VACUM Attachment, contact Patricia Briggs, at pbriggs@mcad.edu (or 651.487.4303).

For editorial information about the VACUM Attachment, contact Andrew Knighton, at knigh005@umn.edu (or 612.870.9531).

VACUM’s membership includes an eclectic group of writers whose criticism appears regularly in local newspapers and online journals as well as in national publications such as Art in America, Artforum, Art Papers, The Bridge, Frieze, and New Art Examiner.

How to become a member?

There are two requirements for VACUM membership: a professional publication record on visual arts of at least "one year," membership on the VACUM yahoo group. We need every member to participate in the yahoo group to facilitate easy communication.

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