Visual Arts
Jan 27, 2006
Radio mnartists: Scott Stulen
Marya Morstad
Producer Marya Morstad continues the “Radio mnartists” series of web and radio interviews with Minnesota artists. Listen to her interview with Scott Stulen.
Radio mnartists: Scott Stulen
Marya Morstad
Producer Marya Morstad continues the “Radio mnartists” series of web and radio interviews with Minnesota artists. Listen to her interview with Scott Stulen.
Jan 12, 2006
Floating the Boat: Milwaukee Gallery Rides Wave of Local Artists
Regan Golden-McNerney
One in a series of letters from Minnesotans about art scenes in other places, this piece by Regan Golden-McNerney describes a Milwaukee gallery of interest to Minnesota artists.
Floating the Boat: Milwaukee Gallery Rides Wave of Local Artists
Regan Golden-McNerney
One in a series of letters from Minnesotans about art scenes in other places, this piece by Regan Golden-McNerney describes a Milwaukee gallery of interest to Minnesota artists.
Jan 9, 2006
The Skin of the Page: Jennifer Nevitt at Front Room
Patricia Briggs
Patricia Briggs reviews Jennifer Nevitt's sensual little drawings at the Front Room Gallery at 2486 University Ave. in the Midway. Hurry over there--show's up til January 11.
The Skin of the Page: Jennifer Nevitt at Front Room
Patricia Briggs
Patricia Briggs reviews Jennifer Nevitt's sensual little drawings at the Front Room Gallery at 2486 University Ave. in the Midway. Hurry over there--show's up til January 11.
Dec 30, 2005
I Want My Feminist Blockbuster
Suzanne Szucs
Suzanne Szucs went to see the big Chuck Close show and wondered why most of the big shows lately have one thing in common.
I Want My Feminist Blockbuster
Suzanne Szucs
Suzanne Szucs went to see the big Chuck Close show and wondered why most of the big shows lately have one thing in common.
Dec 30, 2005
Artists on Artists: Rob McBroom and the Ducks
Rob McBroom
Rob McBroom tells the story of his participation in the Duck Stamp competitions, whose winners’ works are printed in thousands on the stamps that go on waterfowl hunting licences, and are also highly sought-after among collectors of wildlife prints.
Artists on Artists: Rob McBroom and the Ducks
Rob McBroom
Rob McBroom tells the story of his participation in the Duck Stamp competitions, whose winners’ works are printed in thousands on the stamps that go on waterfowl hunting licences, and are also highly sought-after among collectors of wildlife prints.
Dec 21, 2005
Playing with Fire--Artists on Food: Claire Fix
Rachel Joyce
This is the first of an occasional feature by Rachel Joyce, "Playing with Fire: Artists on Food." Here Joyce speaks with Claire Fix, a painter from Cambridge, Minnesota, on everything from antelope tacos to red-bean spaghetti.
Playing with Fire--Artists on Food: Claire Fix
Rachel Joyce
This is the first of an occasional feature by Rachel Joyce, "Playing with Fire: Artists on Food." Here Joyce speaks with Claire Fix, a painter from Cambridge, Minnesota, on everything from antelope tacos to red-bean spaghetti.
Dec 21, 2005
Photocentric: The Photography of the Upper Midwest
Alex Starace
Alex Starace visits the latest exhibition at the Minnesota Center for Photography and likes what he finds.
Photocentric: The Photography of the Upper Midwest
Alex Starace
Alex Starace visits the latest exhibition at the Minnesota Center for Photography and likes what he finds.
Dec 20, 2005
Radio mnartists: Chris Monroe
Marya Morstad
Producer Marya Morstad continues the “Radio mnartists” series of web and radio interviews with Minnesota artists. Listen to her interview with Chris Monroe.
Radio mnartists: Chris Monroe
Marya Morstad
Producer Marya Morstad continues the “Radio mnartists” series of web and radio interviews with Minnesota artists. Listen to her interview with Chris Monroe.
Dec 18, 2005
Artists on Artists: Sean Connaughty and the History of the Earth
Sean Connaughty
Sean Connaughty here describes his work and how and why he makes it. This protean artist, well known for his paintings, also produces video and sound as well as more undescribable artifacts. Click the links in the article to hear and see the art.
Artists on Artists: Sean Connaughty and the History of the Earth
Sean Connaughty
Sean Connaughty here describes his work and how and why he makes it. This protean artist, well known for his paintings, also produces video and sound as well as more undescribable artifacts. Click the links in the article to hear and see the art.
Dec 13, 2005
Taking Leave
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon writes about how Minnesota looks from the outside.
Taking Leave
Michael Fallon
Michael Fallon writes about how Minnesota looks from the outside.
Dec 6, 2005
Advocate for Art
Shelia Smith
It’s the holiday season—give thanks for Advocacy! Shelia Smith, Executive Director of Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, provides a 101 and reminds us that we DO have the power to make a change (and honestly, who’s not down for that!)
Advocate for Art
Shelia Smith
It’s the holiday season—give thanks for Advocacy! Shelia Smith, Executive Director of Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, provides a 101 and reminds us that we DO have the power to make a change (and honestly, who’s not down for that!)
Dec 6, 2005
Christmas, Consumerism and Artistic Creation
Alex Starace
Alex Starace investigates the intersection of holiday, the urge to buy, and the urge to make. What can it tell us (other than the obvious thing, which is that human beings are too damn busy)?
Christmas, Consumerism and Artistic Creation
Alex Starace
Alex Starace investigates the intersection of holiday, the urge to buy, and the urge to make. What can it tell us (other than the obvious thing, which is that human beings are too damn busy)?
Nov 28, 2005
Sweet Tangles: Charles Matson Lume at the Science Museum
Lightsey Darst
Lightsey Darst speaks to Charles Matson Lume in the process of making his light-based installations for the Art and Science program at the Science Museum. It's basic magic, rich and strange.
Sweet Tangles: Charles Matson Lume at the Science Museum
Lightsey Darst
Lightsey Darst speaks to Charles Matson Lume in the process of making his light-based installations for the Art and Science program at the Science Museum. It's basic magic, rich and strange.
Nov 25, 2005
Rising and Falling to the Occasion: New Photography, McKnight Fellows 2004-05
Glenn Gordon
Glenn Gordon went to the McKnight Fellows show just before it opened, and filed this review soon after.
Rising and Falling to the Occasion: New Photography, McKnight Fellows 2004-05
Glenn Gordon
Glenn Gordon went to the McKnight Fellows show just before it opened, and filed this review soon after.
Nov 22, 2005
Local Talent, European Style: David Ericson at the Tweed Museum
Thomas O'Sullivan
Thomas O’Sullivan writes on David Ericson, a Duluth native whose work is the subject of a retrospective at the Tweed Museum in Duluth.
Local Talent, European Style: David Ericson at the Tweed Museum
Thomas O'Sullivan
Thomas O’Sullivan writes on David Ericson, a Duluth native whose work is the subject of a retrospective at the Tweed Museum in Duluth.
Nov 15, 2005
WAM Expo: Little Art Fair on the Prairie
Ann Klefstad
As public funding for the arts falters, the art party and fundraiser is a genre that’s getting a workout around the state, and it’ll continue. Events that enlist both the wallets and goodwill of their audiences and artists grow in importance.
WAM Expo: Little Art Fair on the Prairie
Ann Klefstad
As public funding for the arts falters, the art party and fundraiser is a genre that’s getting a workout around the state, and it’ll continue. Events that enlist both the wallets and goodwill of their audiences and artists grow in importance.
Nov 15, 2005
Walking Up Catalina: Collector as Catalyst
Scott Andrews
In a departure from custom, mnartists.org runs this piece from Phoenix, AZ. It's about an art scene that's looking for ways to reach the next step, much like that in Minnesota. Here's a window to a parallel reality: can we learn anything from it?
Walking Up Catalina: Collector as Catalyst
Scott Andrews
In a departure from custom, mnartists.org runs this piece from Phoenix, AZ. It's about an art scene that's looking for ways to reach the next step, much like that in Minnesota. Here's a window to a parallel reality: can we learn anything from it?
Nov 14, 2005
Art Fundraisers: Bravo Photo Bravo
Ann Klefstad
One in a short series, this piece visits Photo Bravo at the Minnesota Center for Photography. Photo Bravo is an art auction that raises money for an arts organization; it serves as a sterling example of the category.
Art Fundraisers: Bravo Photo Bravo
Ann Klefstad
One in a short series, this piece visits Photo Bravo at the Minnesota Center for Photography. Photo Bravo is an art auction that raises money for an arts organization; it serves as a sterling example of the category.
Nov 8, 2005
The Thirty Faces of Two Dimensions: 2DII at the Minnesota Museum
Susan Clayton
Susan Clayton visited the "Minnesota Biennial: 2D II," up through December 31 at the Minnesota Museum of American Art at 50 West Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. This juried show winnowed 30 artists out of 500: the results were mixed and interesting.
The Thirty Faces of Two Dimensions: 2DII at the Minnesota Museum
Susan Clayton
Susan Clayton visited the "Minnesota Biennial: 2D II," up through December 31 at the Minnesota Museum of American Art at 50 West Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. This juried show winnowed 30 artists out of 500: the results were mixed and interesting.
Oct 31, 2005
Beautiful Monsters: Chris Mars' "Subderma" and Tom Huck's "Bloody Bucket"
Mark Wojahn
Mark Wojahn reviews the work of Chris Mars and Tom Huck, related through the relentlessness of their dystopic visions. The work is at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and at Rogue Buddha Gallery.
Beautiful Monsters: Chris Mars' "Subderma" and Tom Huck's "Bloody Bucket"
Mark Wojahn
Mark Wojahn reviews the work of Chris Mars and Tom Huck, related through the relentlessness of their dystopic visions. The work is at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and at Rogue Buddha Gallery.
Oct 27, 2005
Artists on Artists: Beyond a Concept: The Portrait Painting of Kristen Copham
John Orth
John Orth writes as only an artist could about Kristen Copham's upcoming solo exhibition, “On Display: Male Artists Exposed." The show will run from Friday, November 4 through November 26th at Gallery 13 in Northeast Minneapolis.
Artists on Artists: Beyond a Concept: The Portrait Painting of Kristen Copham
John Orth
John Orth writes as only an artist could about Kristen Copham's upcoming solo exhibition, “On Display: Male Artists Exposed." The show will run from Friday, November 4 through November 26th at Gallery 13 in Northeast Minneapolis.
Oct 27, 2005
"Exercises": Merce Cunningham Draws!
Camille LeFevre
Camille LeFevre has some fascinating conversations about Merce Cunningham in Minnesota, and offers an interesting read on the show of his drawings currently at the Katherine Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota.
"Exercises": Merce Cunningham Draws!
Camille LeFevre
Camille LeFevre has some fascinating conversations about Merce Cunningham in Minnesota, and offers an interesting read on the show of his drawings currently at the Katherine Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota.
Oct 25, 2005
Reexamining the Rules: Tom Rose
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle here writes a thoughtful essay on Tom Rose's work, exemplified by his recent show at Flanders Gallery, "Rules of the Game."
Reexamining the Rules: Tom Rose
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle here writes a thoughtful essay on Tom Rose's work, exemplified by his recent show at Flanders Gallery, "Rules of the Game."
Oct 25, 2005
Radio mnartists: Jim Denomie
Marya Morstad
Producer Marya Morstad continues the “Radio mnartists” series of web and radio interviews with Minnesota artists. Listen to her interview with Jim Denomie.
Radio mnartists: Jim Denomie
Marya Morstad
Producer Marya Morstad continues the “Radio mnartists” series of web and radio interviews with Minnesota artists. Listen to her interview with Jim Denomie.
Oct 15, 2005
A Variety of Women (Who All Happen to Be Immigrants)
Alex Starace
Alex Starace points out that you don’t get exactly what you’re promised at the “Immigrant Status: Faith in Women” show at the Intermedia Arts building.
A Variety of Women (Who All Happen to Be Immigrants)
Alex Starace
Alex Starace points out that you don’t get exactly what you’re promised at the “Immigrant Status: Faith in Women” show at the Intermedia Arts building.
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