http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?action=events&rid=102789 Events associated with Alison Hiltner http://www.mnartists.org/event.do?rid=241460 <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/event.do?rid=241460"><img src="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_4147/4900f38a800bd88124fd9e7a0df2547b/4900f38a800bd88124fd9e7a0df2547b_scale_52_80.jpg" height="80" width="52" border="1" alt="ARTmn 2009: The Precious Object" /></a><br/>Speaking to the desire for the handmade in a world awash in technology, The Precious Object brings together 14 artists from locales throughout Minnesota in the inaugural exhibition of mnartists.org's ARTmn visual arts series, presented in partnership with the Hennepin County Public Library. The artists -- selected from a pool of more than 300 applicants by a panel of curators, artists, and critics -- explore issues related to nature, simulation, craft, collecting, and fantasy. While the work employs a broad range of materials and processes, taken together it speaks to the personal connections we forge with physical objects as a means to commemorate and sometimes replicate an experience and or place. Online, mnartists.org will feature recorded interviews with The Precious Object artists: Beth Barron, James F. Cleary, Andy Ducett, Alison Hiltner, Ginny Maki, Paula McCartney, and Margaret Wall-Romana (Minneapolis); Joan Oas Iron Moccasin (Columbus); Liz Miller (Good Thunder); Sam Spiczka (Sartell); Karl Unnasch (Chatfield); Kristin Van Dorn (Maplewood); Erik Waterkotte (North Mankato); and Michon Weeks (Marshall). Developed in 2001 as a partnership between the McKnight Foundation and the Walker, mnartists.org is an online database of Minnesota artists and organizations from all disciplines. In addition to serving as a marketplace and a community hub, the site provides news, reviews, and features on the local arts scene. [b]OPENING RECEPTION[/b] ARTmn2009: The Precious Object Friday, September 18, 6-9 pm Free Central Library, Cargill Hall Panel Discussions: "[b]Faking Nature[/b]" Tuesday, October 6, 7 pm, Free Central Library, Pohlad Hall Artists Liz Miller, Alison Hiltner, Paula McCartney, Sam Spiczka, and Karl Unnasch talk about their work in relation to the natural world. "[b]By Hand: Craftsmanship, Labor, and the Handmade[/b]" Tuesday, October 27, 7 pm, Free Central Library Pohlad Hall Scott Stulen, mnartists.org project director, and Alisa Eimen, associate professor of art history at Minnesota State University, discuss their process for organizing The Precious Object and the central themes within the exhibition with artists Margaret Wall-Romana, Kristin Van Dorn, Erik Waterkotte, and Michon Weeks. "[b]My Precious: Obsession, Collection, and the Souvenir[/b]" Tuesday, November 17, 7 pm Free Central Library, Pohlad Hall Artists James Cleary, Beth Barron, Andy Ducett, Joan Iron Moccasin, and Ginny Maki explore topics of appropriation, memory, and desire. [url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=&daddr=300+Nicollet+Mall,+Minneapolis,+MN+55401-1992+(Minneapolis+Central+Library)&hl=en&geocode=FQlargIdH9Rw-iGOvTeN4iJZFg&mra=ls&sll=44.980691,-93.267939&sspn=0.005677,0.013937&ie=UTF8&z=16]Click HERE for a map to the Hennepin County Library - Central (formerly know as the Minneapolis Central Library). [/url]<br/><br/>image: <a href="http://www.mnartists.org/uploads/users/user_10148/0a1436b9106d8e7222c1b955cd4accf2/0a1436b9106d8e7222c1b955cd4accf2.jpg">ARTmn: mnartists.org's visual arts series</a><br/> Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:22:18 GMT