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Nov 19, 2007
VISUAL ARTS: Cut-up Artist Thomas Allen
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Tom Allen's evocative photography turns dime-store novel "dames and dicks", cowboys and heroes, into appealingly lurid, all-American vignettes.
Nov 14, 2007
access+ENGAGE Issue 23: A Festival of Appropriation
A Festival of Appropriation
Including a showcase of work by the artists with pieces in this year's Festival of Appropriation, presented by mnartists.org and hosted by the Soap Factory, plus a behind-the-scenes essay by FOA co-curator, Some Assembly Required's Jon Nelson
Oct 29, 2007
ZOOM IN: Photographer and Collage Artist Richard C. Johnson
This profile originally appeared in access+ENGAGE Issue 20.1: The Things We Keep
Richard C. Johnson's surprising juxtapositions and unflinching artistic candor pack a visceral punch. As a bonus, click through to the collection of collage and photography that accompanies this article, with wry annotations by the artist himself.
Oct 24, 2007
access+ENGAGE Issue 22.2: Inside Outsiders
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—Featuring an incisive essay and a collection of artwork curated by acclaimed painter Andrea Carlson, which together offer a provocative deconstruction of the problems with "ethnic" art
Oct 11, 2007
access+ENGAGE Issue 22.1: At Home In the World
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—Featuring a conversation with filmmaker and television producer Simone Ahuja on the modern faces of India and the power of media to shape cultural perception
Sep 27, 2007
access+ENGAGE Issue 21.2: Where the Art Things Are
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—The Walker's go-to person for family programming, Ashley Duffalo, points you toward a cornucopia of arts resources that will appeal to any kid's passion with something for children of every age
Sep 5, 2007
access+ENGAGE Issue 21.1: Child's Play
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—Featuring an essay by James Beard Award-winning food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on the pleasures and perils and of introducing your kids to art
Aug 22, 2007
access+ENGAGE Issue 20.2: The Collector's Art
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We're launching "Art on the Wall," mnartists.org's new monthly series produced with mplsart.com, which will feature informal conversations with art collectors: mplsart.com's Emma Berg chats with FOX 9 News Anchor Robyne Robinson about her collection
Aug 9, 2007
access+ENGAGE Issue 20.1: The Things We Keep
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—Featuring an essay from mnartists.org Project Director Kathleen Kvern on the instinctively human joy of gathering treasures and a profile of Duluth photographer and collagist Richard C. Johnson
Jul 25, 2007
access+ENGAGE Issue 19.2: Where We Live
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—Featuring an eclectic collection of dance, architecture, photography, and design offering insight into the truths our dwellings tell about how we live, curated and annotated by journalist and architecture blogger Todd Melby
Jun 20, 2007
access+ENGAGE Issue 18.2: Minnesota's Underground Sound
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—American Composers Forum director Philip Blackburn selects some choice plums for an intriguingly unlistenable audio collection from Minnesota's experimental music scene—from soundwalks to orchestras, from Sauk Rapids to Duluth
Jun 6, 2007
access+ENGAGE Issue 18.1: Paper Covers Rock
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—Duluth writer and raconteur Paul Lundgren offers a candid and useful guide to DIY music media in Minnesota, from local 'zines to your computer screens (and a few things in between)
May 23, 2007
access+ENGAGE Issue 17.2: Fresh From the Runway
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—With a fabulous collection featuring a sampling of pieces from artists working in Minnesota's thriving design scene, curated by Design Collective's Christina Nguyen
May 9, 2007
POV a+E Issue 17.1: First-Person Fashion Research
Jessica Bennett
Jessica Bennett's entertaining account of her quest for a wearably chic wardrobe with tips for the best off-the-beaten track shops to satisfy just about any woman's inner fashionista.