“The paintings are messages in a bottle to my future self. I make this thing in this conscious way because I’m trying to figure out what I think. I put it in a painting and then for the next five years I can see it there.” —Molly Zuckerman-Hartung More
Dedicated to deepening and enhancing the experience of the arts for people of all ages, the Walker offers an array of engaging education programs, community-building efforts, and interpretive projects. More
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Field Guide
Orchid Care with Walker Home & Garden Club
Apr 12 - EC
Artist Talk
Studio Talk with Matt Connors and Matt Wolf
Apr 11 - EC
Artist Talk
Free Verse: Tan Lin
Mar 28 - EC
Field Guide
A Faucet Dripping in the Room Next Door: An Interview with Tan Lin by Eric Lorberer
Mar 27 - EC
Lecture
Opening-Day Talk: Abraham Cruzvillegas
Mar 23 - EC
Artist Talk
Studio Talk with Dianna Molzan and Alex Olson
Mar 14 - EC
Field Guide
Dear Cindy,
Mar 2 - EC
Dialogue / Interview
A Conversation on Climate Change
Feb 28
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Field Guide
Orchid Care with Walker Home & Garden Club
Apr 12 - EC
Field Guide
A Faucet Dripping in the Room Next Door: An Interview with Tan Lin by Eric Lorberer
Mar 27 - EC
Field Guide
Dear Cindy,
Mar 2 - EC
Field Guide
Walker Home & Garden Club Learns to Darn
Feb 27 - EC
Field Guide
Big Ideas, Short Films: Sneak Peek at March’s Free First Saturday
Feb 26 - EC
Field Guide
Pick Your Persona: A Cindy Sherman Ball
Feb 12 - EC
Field Guide
Fritz Haeg: Suburban Front Lawn Wanted for Edible Estate #15
Feb 8 - EC
Field Guide
Alternative Labeling: Jane Addams visits the Walker
Feb 8
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Artist Talk
Studio Talk with Matt Connors and Matt Wolf
Apr 11 - EC
Artist Talk
Free Verse: Tan Lin
Mar 28 - EC
Lecture
Opening-Day Talk: Abraham Cruzvillegas
Mar 23 - EC
Artist Talk
Studio Talk with Dianna Molzan and Alex Olson
Mar 14 - EC
Dialogue / Interview
A Conversation on Climate Change
Feb 28 - EC
Artist Talk
Studio Talk with Molly Zuckerman-Hartung
Feb 21 - EC
Dialogue / Interview
Opening-Day Panel Discussion: Sherman from Four Sides
Nov 2012 - EC
Trailer
Internet Cat Video Festival
Nov 2012
Target Free Thursday Nights
Artist-in-Residence
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Exhibitions
Fritz Haeg: At Home in the City
How do we make ourselves at home in the city? What does it mean to grow and harvest our own food and resourcefully and artfully make ourselves at home? These are some of the questions explored by Fritz Haeg, artist-in-residence at the Walker in association with the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden’s… More
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Paul Schmelzer & Scott Stulen
The Nine Lives of the Internet Cat Video Festival
The world’s first Internet Cat Video Festival brought 10,000 people—some in costumes, others cradling kitty companions—to the Walker’s lawn last August. Since then, the event has spawned other lives: a national tour, more media… More
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Steve Dietz
This Is Not a Trojan Horse
Steve Dietz, founder, president, and artistic director of Northern Lights.mn, deconstructs Open Field 2010 artists-in-residence Futurefarmers’ process, practice, and motivations. More
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Paul Schmelzer
Gardening Between Hope and Doom: Fritz Haeg on Edible Estates
Confronting a symbol of the American Dream, Fritz Haeg will visit Minnesota in May to plant a garden in an unlikely place. Situated between “simultaneous, equally valid points of doom and hope,” his … More
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David Kennedy-Logan
Kickstarting Cultural Production
Beyond fundraising statistics, Kickstarter cofounder Yancey Strickler is gratified to see creative projects—from a new indie album to a documentary about chess champs growing up in poverty—expand from just a good idea to fully… More
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Shanai Matteson & Colin Kloecker
Commons Census: Surveying the Field
Using tactics from Participatory Action Research, the authors reflect on their wide-ranging alternative assessment of Open Field’s first iteration, including interviews with Walker staff and off-site think-tank discussions. More
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Sarah Peters & Sarah Schultz
Lewis Hyde: In Defense of the Cultural Commons
“Art is what we do,” Carl Andre once said. “Culture is what is done to us.” Cultural critic Lewis Hyde, invoking the quote, adds, “It’s the ‘done to us’ part I’d like the citizen to avoid; let us be the constant makers of our cultural world… More
