The Column
Mar 9, 2006
Letters from a Writer: Admit That You Have a Problem, Part 2
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek asks why certain movies get under our skin.
Letters from a Writer: Admit That You Have a Problem, Part 2
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek asks why certain movies get under our skin.
Feb 6, 2006
Letters from a Writer: Admit That You Have a Problem
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek comes to terms with an addiction that cannot speak its name. Well, actually it can. She'll tell you.
Letters from a Writer: Admit That You Have a Problem
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek comes to terms with an addiction that cannot speak its name. Well, actually it can. She'll tell you.
Jan 15, 2006
Letters from a Writer: Me, Kevin, and Al
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek describes the penalties of fame.
Letters from a Writer: Me, Kevin, and Al
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek describes the penalties of fame.
Dec 30, 2005
I Want My Feminist Blockbuster
Suzanne Szucs
Suzanne Szucs went to see the big Chuck Close show and wondered why most of the big shows lately have one thing in common.
I Want My Feminist Blockbuster
Suzanne Szucs
Suzanne Szucs went to see the big Chuck Close show and wondered why most of the big shows lately have one thing in common.
Dec 13, 2005
Taking Leave
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon writes about how Minnesota looks from the outside.
Taking Leave
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon writes about how Minnesota looks from the outside.
Dec 13, 2005
Letters from a Writer: Religious Enough
Jean Sramek
Christmas and pluralism: can they live in the same house? The nature of greeting card iconography becomes the test.
Letters from a Writer: Religious Enough
Jean Sramek
Christmas and pluralism: can they live in the same house? The nature of greeting card iconography becomes the test.
Nov 22, 2005
Letters from a Writer: Don't Laugh, Clown, Don't Laugh
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek reports on her fall vacation. The leaves may or may not have been in evidence; what she found thick on the ground was GIFTS. And clowns.
Letters from a Writer: Don't Laugh, Clown, Don't Laugh
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek reports on her fall vacation. The leaves may or may not have been in evidence; what she found thick on the ground was GIFTS. And clowns.
Nov 3, 2005
Letters from a Writer: Math Class Is Tough: That Rare Artist
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek explains the relationship of mathematics and making art.
Letters from a Writer: Math Class Is Tough: That Rare Artist
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek explains the relationship of mathematics and making art.
Oct 4, 2005
Too Much of Everything Means Not Enough of Anything, Part 2
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon concludes his thoughtful and upsetting piece on the plethora of art choices and the effect on both artists and viewers of this glut. See the link at the foot of the article for Part 1.
Too Much of Everything Means Not Enough of Anything, Part 2
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon concludes his thoughtful and upsetting piece on the plethora of art choices and the effect on both artists and viewers of this glut. See the link at the foot of the article for Part 1.
Sep 30, 2005
Letters from a Writer: Hi There, My Name's Jean, I'll Be Your Actor Tonight
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek tells more tales from the actors' trenches: this time it's the delights of interactive dinner theater.
Letters from a Writer: Hi There, My Name's Jean, I'll Be Your Actor Tonight
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek tells more tales from the actors' trenches: this time it's the delights of interactive dinner theater.
Sep 21, 2005
Letters from a Writer: Be Difficult
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek tries to decide between being "difficult" and being "flexible": which is a rock and which is a hard place?
Letters from a Writer: Be Difficult
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek tries to decide between being "difficult" and being "flexible": which is a rock and which is a hard place?
Sep 13, 2005
Too Much of Everything Means Not Enough of Anything, Part 1
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon laments the loss of a clear cultural trajectory, finding a terrible sameness in the profusion of difference.
Too Much of Everything Means Not Enough of Anything, Part 1
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon laments the loss of a clear cultural trajectory, finding a terrible sameness in the profusion of difference.
Sep 1, 2005
Aurora Pours: Thoughts about Iron
Suzanne Szucs
Suzanne Szucs writes about her experience of the North Shore Iron Pour this August. Since this writing, Hurricane Katrina has struck artist Coral Lambert’s home and studio in New Orleans. Send inquiries about aid for her to editor@mnartists.org.
Aurora Pours: Thoughts about Iron
Suzanne Szucs
Suzanne Szucs writes about her experience of the North Shore Iron Pour this August. Since this writing, Hurricane Katrina has struck artist Coral Lambert’s home and studio in New Orleans. Send inquiries about aid for her to editor@mnartists.org.
Aug 3, 2005
Talking It Up and Talking Down: Pitfalls of Marketing
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon writes about the desperate desire of arts institutions to find popular favor, and the dangers of that pursuit.
Talking It Up and Talking Down: Pitfalls of Marketing
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon writes about the desperate desire of arts institutions to find popular favor, and the dangers of that pursuit.
Jul 8, 2005
The Arrival of the Sun
Suzanne Szucs
Coinciding with Heart of the Beast Lake Street Excavations (through July 16), Suz Szucs thinks here about Heart's May Day celebration and puppetry's role in public politics.
The Arrival of the Sun
Suzanne Szucs
Coinciding with Heart of the Beast Lake Street Excavations (through July 16), Suz Szucs thinks here about Heart's May Day celebration and puppetry's role in public politics.
Jun 21, 2005
Letters from a Writer: Saving the World, Sort Of
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek wrote the script for "Phantom of the NorShor," performed by Colder by the Lake in Duluth. This series of columns has followed the fates of that show. Here she evaluates the whole damn thing: Was it worth it? Did it do what it was supposed to?
Letters from a Writer: Saving the World, Sort Of
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek wrote the script for "Phantom of the NorShor," performed by Colder by the Lake in Duluth. This series of columns has followed the fates of that show. Here she evaluates the whole damn thing: Was it worth it? Did it do what it was supposed to?
Jun 12, 2005
The Column: What Is a Minnesota Artist?
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon writes on how the different components of the art world think differently about art: what it is, what it's about, whether it's any good.
The Column: What Is a Minnesota Artist?
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon writes on how the different components of the art world think differently about art: what it is, what it's about, whether it's any good.
May 16, 2005
The Column: War Talk, Peace Talk
Suzanne Szucs
Suz Szucs writes on art and war and peace, and how hard it is to find vivid language for what is peaceful.
The Column: War Talk, Peace Talk
Suzanne Szucs
Suz Szucs writes on art and war and peace, and how hard it is to find vivid language for what is peaceful.
May 4, 2005
Letters from a Writer: Blood at the Box Office
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek writes about the problem of huge crowds of people attending your show.
Letters from a Writer: Blood at the Box Office
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek writes about the problem of huge crowds of people attending your show.
Apr 21, 2005
Letters from a Writer: Leaving All Bridges Unburned
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek is in the home stretch--"The Phantom of the NorShor," which she wrote, is on--April 22 - 30, at the NorShor Theater in Duluth. Here's her valedictory take on the preparations.
Letters from a Writer: Leaving All Bridges Unburned
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek is in the home stretch--"The Phantom of the NorShor," which she wrote, is on--April 22 - 30, at the NorShor Theater in Duluth. Here's her valedictory take on the preparations.
Mar 17, 2005
A Spot on the Globe
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon is back from the College Art Association conference, with thoughts on globalism as an artworld force.
A Spot on the Globe
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon is back from the College Art Association conference, with thoughts on globalism as an artworld force.
Mar 2, 2005
Art Job Follies: Burning Down Atlanta
Suzanne Szucs
Suz Szucs attends the College Art Association conference: the annual ritual for job-seeking artists from all over the country. How brutal was it? Not bad--
Art Job Follies: Burning Down Atlanta
Suzanne Szucs
Suz Szucs attends the College Art Association conference: the annual ritual for job-seeking artists from all over the country. How brutal was it? Not bad--
Feb 28, 2005
Letters from a Writer: The Never-Ending Script
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek's account of the Phantom continues: The team is finally ready to start rehearsals for "Phantom of the NorShor," the lightest-of-opera parody of, well, you know. How does intention turn into performance? By strange and twisting paths . . .
Letters from a Writer: The Never-Ending Script
Jean Sramek
Jean Sramek's account of the Phantom continues: The team is finally ready to start rehearsals for "Phantom of the NorShor," the lightest-of-opera parody of, well, you know. How does intention turn into performance? By strange and twisting paths . . .
Feb 5, 2005
Old Eagle Eyes Is Back
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon returns -- here's his thoughts on presence and absence.
Old Eagle Eyes Is Back
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon returns -- here's his thoughts on presence and absence.
Jan 24, 2005
Big House 1: So You Wanna Be . . .
Christian McShane
Christian McShane, musician, producer, and impresario, will be writing a column every 2 months on how to build a career in music from the ground up. Here's the intro--come up on Christian digging the foundations . . .
Big House 1: So You Wanna Be . . .
Christian McShane
Christian McShane, musician, producer, and impresario, will be writing a column every 2 months on how to build a career in music from the ground up. Here's the intro--come up on Christian digging the foundations . . .
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