Skip to Main Content
Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily



Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Art

The Walker Art Center's latest exhibit - Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia - opens Friday Oct. 23. The show features works from the late 1960s and early 1970s that critique society at large and provide an alternative blueprint to the mainstream experiences of the time.

Counterculture at work

by Grant Tillery
Published October 22, 2015
“Hippie Modernism” exhibit creates the first official canon for era’s modernist art.
The Great Minnesota Lit-Together

The Great Minnesota Lit-Together

by Chance Wellnitz
Published October 13, 2015
The Twin Cities Book Festival returns to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
Onlookers walk around the "Suburbia" exhibit at the Minnesota History Center on Tuesday. The exhibit will open to the public on Saturday.

‘Suburbia’ hits the Twin Cities

by Grace Kramer
Published October 8, 2015
The Minnesota History Center opens its new exhibit that celebrates the history of the Twin Cities suburbs.
Michael Thomsen inspects the top part of his sculpture for symmetry at his home studio on Monday. Thomsen's newest show, inspired by Masonic history, classical thought and mythology will be opening at Public Functionary on Saturday.

Mysterious vibes

by Grant Tillery
Published October 1, 2015
Michael Thomsen’s Mystery School brings Freemasonry and occult lore to Public Functionary.

University honors program showcases students

by Isabella Romano
Published September 29, 2015
Artistic students across majors will show their talents at Northrop Auditorium.
Local artist Andrew Forbes plays the bagpipes for participants at the Interact Center on Tuesday afternoon.

Interact Center participates in Art Access Chautauqua

by Grace Kramer
Published September 24, 2015

For almost 20 years, Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts has challenged preconceived notions of what it means to be a disabled artist.    Consisting of disabled artists from the...

Local artist Megan Moore poses with her paintings outside her home on Monday. Moore's work will be featured as a stop on the League of Longfellow Artist's art crawl taking place this Saturday, September 19.

Local artist featured in Art Crawl

by Grace Kramer
Published September 17, 2015

Drawing inspiration from nature, Megan Moore’s artwork is simple, calming and beautiful. Starting with a wood canvas and oil paints, Moore paints scenes of birds perched on treetops and the changing...

Curatorial Assistant Térez Iacovino hangs the final piece in the Quarter Gallery in the Regis Center for Art. This gallery showcases work from photographer Ann Ginsburg Hofkin and will open to the public on September 15.

A lesson in reflection

by Isabella Romano
Published September 15, 2015
Local artist Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin uses infrared film to combine her passion for photography and the environment
Art created by incoming first year students hangs in the Coffman Art Gallery as a part of the "Design Your First Year" exhibit of on Saturday, September 5. Students were asked to represent what they hoped to get out of their first year, looking forward to new experiences.

Incoming students create their own First Year

by Grace Kramer
Published September 8, 2015

This summer, incoming freshman received a white rectangle containing a single “M” logo in the center. Given full creative license, the new students took on an artistic task: to create a design...

Billy Thompson stands with his camera in front of a mural in downtown Milan on July 25. The mural depicts Thompson documenting Milan's history, something he strives to do each day.

U alum captures history piece by piece

by Jackie Renzetti
Published August 5, 2015

Weeks after a heart attack, Billy Thompson manually removed bricks from a burned-down church in Milan, Minn.   The 86-year-old saw the bricks as an important addition to his homage to the tiny Minnesotan...

Accessibility Toolbar