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Art

Hui Niu Wilcox of the Ananya Dance Theatre rehearses a piece titled ìBlue Dream Journeysî with other dancers from the troupe on Sunday outside Barbara Barker Center for Dance. The group will perform the piece with the public during Northern Spark, a city-wide all-night art festival.

Dancing in the dark

by Grant Tillery
Published June 11, 2014
You can’t start a fire without a (Northern) Spark
Minneapolis-based painter and graphic designer Michael Cina works on artwork for his collaborative exhibit "She Who Saw The Deep" at Public Functionary on May 29. Cina has been collaborating with New York-based photographer John Klukas for the past year and their artwork will premiere at Public Functionary on June 7.

Looking deeper across time zones

by Joe Kellen
Published June 4, 2014
Collaborating from different time zones, John Klukas and Michael Cina devised an oppositional look at the chaos of living.
Minnesota artist Amy Toscani arranges her sculptures at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts on Tuesday in preparation for Thursday's opening of the exhibition.

“Lord build me a sculpture”

Published April 17, 2014
Local artists Chad Rutter and Amy Toscani open up about their new exhibits at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Illustrator Dan Wieken at his studio in St. Paul on Wednesday. Wieken is part of an anti-Valentine's Day art show Saturday at Heart Salon in Northeast Minneapolis.

The dark arts of Dan Wieken

by Emily Eveland
Published February 6, 2014
The St. Paul-based illustrator brings new meaning to “show, don’t tell.”
A new exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts features the restoration of a triptych by Max Beckmann, titled "Blind Man's Buff". This is the third restoration done on paintings at the MIA and will be conducted over four months by the Midwest Art Conservation Center.

To preserve and protect

by Alexander Brodsky
Published December 5, 2013
“Restoring a Masterwork III” showcases the many sides of art conservation
University foundry professor Wayne Potratz sorts scrap metal at the Regis Center on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 to prepare for the 27th annual Minnesota Turkey Iron Pour on Nov. 26. This will be Potratz final iron pour before retiring from the University.

Campus foundry loses its overseer

by Callie Sacarelos
Published November 26, 2013
After 44 years, sculpture professor Wayne Potratz will retire this spring.
Cam Torgerud, aka Light The Underground, paints pictures with light.

Painting with light and time

by Thomas Q. Johnson
Published November 7, 2013
Twin Cities light painters use time lapse photography to create a colorfully surreal blend of graffiti and urban exploration.
Fusataro holds a sword Friday that he created at the Regis Center for Art. Fusataro, a 25th-generation Kanefusa Japanese swordsmith, will give a presentation Thursday to students interested in swordsmithing.

Getting to the point

by Emily Eveland
Published November 5, 2013
Taro Asano, a 25th generation Japanese swordsmith, visits the University of Minnesota.
Photo courtesy of Those Darlins.

To hell and back with Jessi Zazu

by Callie Sacarelos
Published October 24, 2013
The lead singer of Those Darlins talks about the mental and physical process behind her art.

Kickstart your art collection

by Callie Sacarelos
Published October 17, 2013
The flimsy posters and magazine cutouts taped to your wall have got to go.

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