Weisman Art Museum set to reopen doors Oct. 1
Nina Raemont, Arts and Entertainment Reporter
September 22, 2020
Students can check out permanent and temporary pieces and take advantage of the physical and virtual spaces now available
In precarious times, Jewish Arts Council continues arts project-funding
Frankie Carlson, Arts and Entertainment Reporter
September 16, 2020
Amid the global health crisis, Rimon, the Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, continues work funding the arts wherever they can.
UMN theater and dance students create podcast, bridging artistic divisions
Nina Raemont, Associate A&E Reporter
September 9, 2020
"The Peercast" will feature arts-related news and conversations with Twin Cities creatives, intending to close the gap between programs within the UMTAD department.
Minneapolis t-shirt pop ups showcase student artwork on police brutality
July 24, 2020
Once a week for the last month, art-activism collective The People’s Library has asked community members to donate money to the organization in exchange for a t-shirt. One popular design depicts the Looney Toons character Porky Pig dressed as a police officer with his head in a guillotine. Printed be...
UMN grad looks to bring only Black-owned bookstore to Minnesota
July 9, 2020
When Dionne Sims realized that there wasn’t a Black-owned bookstore within state lines, she knew she would have to be the one to change that. Sims, a University of Minnesota graduate, took a week off of work as a user experience designer after the killing of George Floyd to support her Twin ...
UMN theater students create short film on finding queer love — via Zoom
June 4, 2020
Video calls became the new “Want to grab coffee sometime?” to maintain social distancing guidelines and other coronavirus safety precautions that have been in place for the last three months. Amid Minneapolis’ stay-at-home order and the government's call for nationwide social distancing, meeting up...
Minneapolis artists memorialize George Floyd in murals
June 2, 2020
Though the Twin Cities has fallen on dark days, local artists are offering a beacon of hope through public works of art in remembrance of George Floyd. “I Can Breathe Now” By now, many have seen this iconic mural on social media or in person: Roughly 6 feet by 17 feet, the mural includes the name and portrait of G...
Student-led theatre fields short plays about pre-COVID living
June 2, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, it’s hard not to get nostalgic about the way things were just a few months ago. University of Minnesota students Mac Scheldt and Katelyn McLane of Little Red Theatre Company came together to create the project "Tiny Plays from Quarantine", which aims to remind pe...
Directing duo keeps film Coool
Alex Strangman
May 7, 2020
In a field less than a mile northwest of Scandia, Minnesota, Jess Shoman from the Chicago-based folk project “Tenci” slowly rides a horse toward the camera. She’s under direction from two guys with Minnesota ties — and no it’s not the Coen brothers — it's Coool. Coool is a directing duo compr...
St. Paul Art Crawl goes virtual
April 25, 2020
Back in mid-March, as large group gatherings began getting canceled and businesses were forced to shut their doors, the members of the St. Paul Art Collective could see little hope for hosting their semiannual art crawl. While the physical event — set for the last weekend of April — could no ...
