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Dec 20, 2004
For the Brave: Dancing the Nutcracker
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst sees productions of "The Nutcracker"--really sees them. They remind her of her own experiences with this venerable event.
Dec 20, 2004
Artists and the Internet: A Comprehensive Study
Mary Madden

An introduction and link to the new Pew Foundation study,"Artists, Musicians, and the Internet."
Nov 12, 2004
Letters in Response to a Column
mnartists.org

Read on for a developing controversy over the portrayal of artists.
Nov 7, 2004
What You Said: mnartists.org 2004 member survey
Kathleen Kvern

Results of the 2004 member survey are in, and you can read them here! This fall, mnartists.org undertook its second on-line member survey. Thanks to all of you: we received over 650 responses. A summary follows, with a link to the survey itself.
Nov 1, 2004
Where the Women Aren't: Mainstream Theater in America
Jaime Kleiman

Jaime Kleiman investigates the persistent, unaccountable bias against women playwrights in mainstream theater. What's going on, and why?
Nov 1, 2004
Artist Profile: Jon Neuse
Kim Surkan

Kim Surkan went to Minnesota artist Jon Neuse's studio to talk to him about the process he follows through his monoprints.
Oct 28, 2004
Undecided, But Leaning toward Skull: Political Art in the Age of Spin
Geoffrey Sirc

Geoffrey Sirc thinks about democracy, what an informed public might be, and the role of image and images in this election, in this piece on the show "Art of Democracy: Tools of Persuasion," at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Oct 28, 2004
What Can Art Actually Do Politically?; Or, Come Up and See My Etchings Sometime: TriaBlog Entry
Jeffrey Kalstrom

An art critics’ group known as VACUM hosts 3-way discussions—Trialogues—for each Minnesota Artist Exhibition Series (MAEP) show at the MIA. This time, the discussion takes the form of a blog at LiveJournal.com.
Oct 19, 2004
Slumber, Duluth: A Festival of Dozing
Chris Godsey

Chris Godsey goes deep into the talent pool to find out what's happening with Slumber Duluth, an all-night festival of sound and music.
Oct 18, 2004
The Spirit of Holy Cow
Jean Sramek

Jean Sramek spoke to Jim Perlman about his remarkable publishing house, Holy Cow Press. In case you're wondering, the name came to him in a dream.
Oct 10, 2004
Profile of a Printmaker: Cecilia Lieder
Julia Durst

Julia Durst describes the life and work of Cecilia Lieder, a printmaker and gallerist in Duluth, one of the founders of the Northern Print Alliance, which opens a new show October 14.
Sep 12, 2004
Big Horse, Steel Sail, Floating Bathtub: Franconia Sculpture Park Sails On
Glenn Gordon

Glenn Gordon makes a summer journey to Franconia Sculpture Park to see everything from the sublime to the ridiculous. And he means that in a good way.
Aug 15, 2004
Fringe Diary II: On Stage
Lightsey Darst

Here's Lightsey Darst's second installment of her Fringe Diary--the performance and its aftermaths.
Aug 7, 2004
Torches, Periscopes, Merwyns: New Public Art in Minneapolis
Juliet Patterson

Minneapolis's public art program is commissioning and installing works regularly around the city. Here's an account of five Neighborhood Gateway projects new this year.
Aug 7, 2004
Fringe Diary: Rehearsal
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst is dancing in the Fringe--here' s her take on what it feels like to move from the audience to the stage.
Jul 29, 2004
3 Art Fairs in August
Dean J. Seal

Dean Seal introduces three very different street art fairs, all of them happening at the same time. Now that summer may finally be here, it's time to get out and enjoy it.
Jul 19, 2004
Graffiti Graveyard
Chris Godsey

Chris Godsey explores the richest trove of graffiti in the north. Is it public art?
Jul 9, 2004
East Calhoun Sculpture Living Stone or Dead Zone?
Dean J. Seal

Another in our series of public art pieces, this is an attempt to assess what makes public art work.
Jul 9, 2004
Trialogue: Thomas O'Sullivan on Cy Thao
Thomas O'Sullivan

Thomas O'Sullivan did a Trialogue talk at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on the work of Cy Thao, a series of 50 paintings that tell the story of the Hmong migrations.
Jul 4, 2004
The Impact of the Guthrie: Renewable Energy
Dean J. Seal

Dean Seal writes here about the Guthrie's new play-commissioning initiative. Ambitious plans are afoot.
Jun 19, 2004
How They Do It: Public Sculptors Myklebust and Sears
Amanda Vail

Amanda Vail, local arts writer and studio assistant to the sculpture partnership Andrea Myklebust and Stan Sears, describes some of the ways in which public sculpture gets made. Resources for artists follow.
Jun 19, 2004
The Fringe: Beginning, Middle, Without End
Jaime Kleiman

Jaime Kleiman does a history and preview of the Fringe Festival, upcoming this summer. Stay tuned to mnartists.org for coverage of the Fringe in all its colorful multiculti glory--we'll be running news about the shows and lots of reviews as it develops.
Jun 2, 2004
The Writing on the Wall: Bathroom Graffiti as a Public Art Form
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst, embarked on a project of secret poetry, explores latrines around the city in search of masters of the language.
Jun 1, 2004
Sitting Around on University Avenue
Kim Surkan

Kim Surkan visits the new public art seating on University Avenue and talks to Jane Frees-Kluth (an mnartists.org member--see link below) about public art and permanence.
May 21, 2004
Imagining Peace on Hennepin Avenue
Jaime Kleiman

Jaime Kleiman thinks about what it might mean to follow the injunction of an artwork rather than merely to contemplate it.

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