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Art

West Bank (of the U) becomes contested

by Griffin Fillipitch
Published September 6, 2012
Art, architecture and religion are pieced together in “Sacred Space, Contested Terrain.”
Charissa Peterson shapes a bulb of molten glass into a bowl Thursday at FOCI Minnesota Center for Glass Arts. FOCI, located in a building complex that used to be a General Mills research and development complex, is the only open studio for glass blowing in Minnesota where hobbyists can take classes and rent studio time.

An arts haven on Hennepin

by Sarah Harper
Published August 1, 2012
Artists have collected in a former General Mills research and development complex. A&E explores.
Artist Wang Ping holds a thread of flags containing art and poetry over the Mississippi River, made by people along the river, Monday. Ping will be holding her exhibit “Kinship of Rivers” this Saturday at the Soap Factory in Minneapolis. The exhibit is part of the ongoing project joining the Mississippi River and the Yangtze River through collective art and ideas.

Rolling on the river

by Tony
Published July 25, 2012
Inspired by mighty rivers, local artist Wang Ping has embarked on a massive project to bring together the people who live along them.
Illustrator John F. Beckmann poses in his studio in north Minneapolis. He and his uncle John collaborated to make the illustrated book titled “38.”

History lessons

by Sarah Harper
Published July 25, 2012
This summer marks the 150th year since the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. How will you explore this important event in Minnesota history?
Art curator Anna Cerniglia, left, founder of Chicago's Johalla Projects, stands with artists Matthew Hoffman and Andrea Jablonski underneath a balloon installation Saturday in the VIP area of the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. Jablonski and Hoffman contributed the two art installations at the festival.

What’s art got to do with it?

by Sarah Harper
Published July 18, 2012
There were two big fine art installations at Pitchfork this year.
Jeff Koons' "Rabbit" featured in the show "This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s" at the Walker Art Center. Helen Molesworth considered this one of the centerpieces of the exhibit.

I love the ’80s

by Tony
Published July 3, 2012
The Walker’s new exhibit resists nostalgia to explore the struggles of a tumultuous, transitional decade.

State of the arts

by Sarah Harper
Published June 27, 2012
What is Minnesota art? The Weisman Art Museum starts to answer that question in its new exhibit.
Photographer Cig Harvey talks about her photo exhibit, "You Look at Me Like an Emergency," on Friday at the Minneapolis Photo Center.

Photographic Memory

by Tony
Published June 24, 2012
Using bright photographs and evocative writing, Cig Harvey tells the story of her relationships.
Illustrator and graphic designer Kelly Abeln holds her cat, Pebbles, on Friday in her home studio in south Minneapolis, where she creates pieces by hand and by computer for the online magazine Rookie.

Kelly Abeln: An illustrator for teenage girls

by Sarah Harper
Published June 13, 2012
Get to know Kelly Abeln, a local artist, designer and illustrator whose playful, pro-girl work can be found all over the Internet.
Brian Szott, head of collections at the Minnesota Historical Society, shows paintings from the Public Works of Art Project onThursday in the History Center archives.

New Deal, new zeal

by Tony
Published June 11, 2012
History books have all but forgotten most of the Minnesota artists in ‘1934,’ but their stories encapsulate America’s regionalist renaissance.

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