Features
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.
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 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 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 9, 2005
Archiving Memory
Robert Silberman
"The past is never dead; it's not even past." - William Faulkner, "Requiem for a Nun"
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 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 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.