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May 9, 2005
Poem of the Week: Tim Brennan
Tim Brennan

Tim Brennan is the writer of the first weekly poem on mnartists.org. He's been an English teacher and drama director for a southeastern Minnesota rural school for 22 years.
May 4, 2005
Skittish Control Freaks: "In My Parents Basement"
Chris Godsey

Chris Godsey thinks about artists' intentions and whether they can make them stick.
Apr 24, 2005
Magic and Hard Work: Alec Soth at MIA
Michael Fallon

Michael Fallon interpreted Alec Soth's work in the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Series Trialogue at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Trialogues are sponsored by the Visual Arts Critics Union of Minnesota (VACUM), of which Fallon was a founder.
Apr 24, 2005
Tender Regard and Comic Melancholy: Alec Soth at MIA
Glenn Gordon

The Trialogue series at the Minneapolis Institute of Art features discussions between a critic, the artist, and the audience. Here's a transcript of Glenn Gordon's discussion of Alec Soth's show. Michael Fallon's take is next on the site.
Apr 7, 2005
Rochester Art Center: Obscure No More
Glenn Gordon

Glenn Gordon made the trip to the impressive new Rochester Art Center and spoke to the people there about their new exhibition program for emerging artists. It's a great opportunity.
Mar 30, 2005
Essay: Stuff I made in my couch fort and my continuing obsession with Bridget Riley
Kris Douglas

Kris Douglas' essay on Scott Stulen's Stuff I made in my couch fort and my continuing obsession with Bridget Riley.
Mar 29, 2005
Suz Szucs’s Peripheral Vision
Julia Durst

Julia Durst visited with Suzanne Szucs, discussing her work on the occasion of her show at the Duluth Art Institute, up through April 24. Szucs' five major bodies of work make for an impressive range.
Mar 24, 2005
Essay: serendipitous hybrids
Kris Douglas

Kris Douglas' essay on Liz Miller's 'serendipitous hybrids' at the Rochester Art Center.
Mar 24, 2005
Essay: American Stills
Kris Douglas

Kris Douglas' essay on Tema Stauffer's American Stills exhibition at the Rochester Art Center.
Mar 24, 2005
Essay: Renvois, more contradictions than distinctions, or: I spend my time in Stinkpitas
Erik Ullanderson

My (compounding) problems with the Marginalization Paradox and how I’ve achieved a certain level of acceptance.
Mar 20, 2005
Carson Daly and the Theory of Relativity
Chris Godsey

Minnesota band Low goes on the late night show "Last Call with Carson Daly." Chris Godsey was there and recounts the weirdly banal glory.
Mar 20, 2005
A Garage Full of Books; Or, It's All Self-Publishing
Jean Sramek

Jean Sramek went to talk to Tony Dierckins about the ins and outs of self-publishing: should you? If so, how? and what can you expect?
Mar 9, 2005
Archiving Memory
Robert Silberman

"The past is never dead; it's not even past." - William Faulkner, "Requiem for a Nun"
Mar 7, 2005
How To Be an Unknown Freelance Writer
Chris Godsey

Chris Godsey tells you how to enter into the struggle to live by your wits and skill. The rest is up to you.
Feb 17, 2005
The Good Parts: Literature Enacted
Jaime Kleiman

Jaime Kleiman finds that Hardcover Theater--a literary adaptation company--is doing well. Here she's catching up with Steve Schroer.
Feb 11, 2005
The Free Republic and the Situationists
Allen Richardson and Jim Richardson

Allen and Jim Richardson occasionally issue position papers and statements of political philosophy to undergird their political action--sort of like the Federalist Papers. Here's a seminal document of the Free Republic.
Feb 11, 2005
Gala for a Good Cause: Artists Relief Trust
Julia Durst

Julia Durst covers another artist-initiated effort to fix what's wrong, this time a new group to aid artists in crisis in the Arrowhead region of Minnesota.
Feb 2, 2005
Truth Stranger than Fiction: Interview with Marie Williams
Valerie Valentine

Valerie Valentine has interviewed Marie Williams--a quirky voice with an unusual method of publishing. Read her interview, and an excerpt from Williams' new book, here.
Feb 1, 2005
Birds for Art Lovers: Bird x Bird Winter Show and Sale
Chris Godsey

Over at the Bell Museum of Natural History, there’s a big traveling art exhibit for bird lovers. Thursday night at the Northrup King Building in Northeast Minneapolis, there’s a modest, four-hour bird exhibit for art lovers. Chris Godsey explains.
Jan 28, 2005
And the Winner Is…
Jaime Kleiman

Jaime Kleiman covers the first-ever Fringe Festival Lottery
Jan 24, 2005
Tales of a First Time Arts Advocate, plus Q and A
Rachel lee Joyce; Sheila Smith

Read this for a how-to on advocating for art and artists in Minnesota. Rachel Joyce reports from the field, and Sheila Smith answers your questions. Join them on February 22, Arts Advocacy Day at the State Capitol.
Jan 17, 2005
How to Submit Your Poem in Several Somewhat Easy Steps
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst tells you how to take steps toward getting published.
Jan 7, 2005
The Life Cycles of Modern Artists
David Galenson

And now for something completely different. David Galenson, an economist at the University of Chicago, writes about art from the perspective of value. Watch for a Featured Forum on this subject January 27 at 7 pm.
Jan 7, 2005
Public Image: How to Photograph Your 3-D Work
Glenn Gordon

A real dilemma for sculptors, furniture makers, potters, and other producers of three-dimensional objects is how to get good photos of their work: everything depends on these images. Glenn Gordon here offers a guide to doing it well yourself.
Jan 5, 2005
Our New Home: Remodeled Top to Bottom
Kathleen Kvern

As you may have noticed, we have a new outfit for the New Year. Kathleen Kvern tells you all about it. We hope it doesn't make us look fat.

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