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Art Museum Director Alejandra Peña-Gutiérrez poses for a portrait in front of Weisman Art Museum on Friday, Jan 21. Peña-Gutiérrez was announced as the new director of the museum in September 2021.

Q&A: Weisman Art Museum Director Alejandra Peña-Gutiérrez

by Macy Harder
Published January 25, 2022
The museum’s new director talks about moving to Minnesota from Puerto Rico, her past work, visions for WAM’s future and more.
Northrop Auditorium as seen on April 5, 2015.

BREAKING: Northrop receives $30,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts

by Macy Harder
Published January 21, 2022
The Grants for Arts Projects award will support the Northrop Dance Series’ presentation of dance performances and audience engagement activities.
The bronze bull sculptures, designed by artist Peter Woytuk, outside of Haecker Hall on the St. Paul Campus on Monday, Dec. 6.

Campus Contrived: The kid proof-ication of the St. Paul bulls

by James Schaak
Published December 7, 2021
In Campus Contrived, the Minnesota Daily’s newest series, writers uncover the stories behind underappreciated works of art and architecture on the Twin Cities campus.
Weisman Art Museum on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. The structure, completed in 1993, was designed by Frank Gehry.

Campus Contrived: The Weisman Art Museum

by Macy Harder
Published December 1, 2021
In Campus Contrived, the Minnesota Daily’s newest series, writers uncover the stories behind underappreciated works of art and architecture on the Twin Cities campus.
Professor Terresa Moses poses for a portrait in front of student designs in McNeal Hall on Thursday, Nov. 11. Moses has helped organize a College of Design initiative to create space, policies and practices that support the inclusion and retention of BIPOC artists.

The College of Design commits itself to anti-racism through a new initiative called Design Justice

by Bella Carpentier
Published November 29, 2021
Created in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Design Justice seeks to support the retention and inclusion of Black, Indigenous and students of color, starting with a cluster-hire this fall.
Five things Minnesota Daily A&E writers are loving right now

Five things Minnesota Daily A&E writers are loving right now

by A&E Staff
Published November 29, 2021
A new coffee shop, “Gossip Girl” reboot, resumed and “tick, tick… BOOM!” on Netflix should get you through the week.
Exterior of the Indigenous Roots Culture Arts Center on Saturday, Nov 13. The center is currently hosting the Spirit Dolls exhibit, created to honor the 215+ Indigenous children that were discovered in residential and boarding institutions.

Reclaiming seeds for change, Indigenous Roots presents “215+” exhibit

by Sophia Zimmerman
Published November 24, 2021
The exhibit will be on display through Nov. 30 at the Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center in St. Paul.
The “Spannungsfeld sculpture sits outside of the Physics and Nanotechnology Building on Thursday, Nov. 11. Spannungsfeld, by Julian Voss-Andreae, is inspired by a view of the human body through the lens of quantum physics, according to Voss-Andreae. The German title means “tension field,” often used metaphorically to imply a dynamic tension often between polar opposites.

Campus Contrived: “Spannungsfeld”

by James Schaak
Published November 17, 2021
In Campus Contrived, the Minnesota Daily’s newest series, writers uncover the stories behind underappreciated works of art and architecture on the Twin Cities campus.
A tour of the Envisioning Evil: “The Nazi Drawings” art exhibit by Mauricio Lasansky at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on Monday, Oct. 27. The 33 original drawings will be on display until June 2022.

Mia’s new exhibition confronts humanity’s evil

by James Schaak
Published November 5, 2021
The exhibition showcases Mauricio Lasansky’s visceral reactions to Nazi war crimes.
Artist Allison Hunsley poses in front of the logo she painted for Forgotten Star Brewing Company on Tuesday, Oct. 5. Hunsley also painted a mural alongside the back wall of the brewery.

Local artist Allison Hunsley finds professional success without a college degree

by James Schaak
Published October 7, 2021
After dropping out of her product design program, Allison Hunsley is finding a path and hitting her stride as a muralist.
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