Collection Overview

What makes a House Home?
curator: mnartists.org - Special Projects
# of items: 15
date created: Jan 18, 2006

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Curator's Statement

Issues of housing have been building up in the arts scene lately (see links below). We've created a collection from the many talented furniture makers and architects that begin to make a house a home.

Related Links

Minnesota Historical Society
A playfully interactive exhibit, “Open House: If These Walls Could Talk,” brings to life the adage “if these walls could talk” by using a single, existing house as a window into the daily lives of people of the past.

Walker Art Center
Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses. This exhibition presents a variety of approaches to prefab. For more and more people, prefab meets the conditions that make the dream of owning a modern home a reality.

Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
HOME House Project: The Future of Affordable Housing. Centered on the critical issue of affordable housing, the HOME House Project features award-winning architectural designs for affordable single-family homes.

Art Shanty Projects
Inspired by the tradition of ice fishing and ice fishing houses used in the Minnesota winter.

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Collection Classification

Architectural