After reading the article “Why Museums Suck” by LA Youth’s Howard Hwang I was taken aback. I never thought someone could hate museums so much, but I also never thought a fifteen year old youth could write such a good article. Hwang makes his point very plain and clear, which I think is important when making an argument. He also provides important insight on museums from a teen’s point of view…

At mnartists.org, we published more than 125 articles last year – original essays, reviews, profiles and interviews – about and by local artists, covering the issues, personalities and trends relevant here and elsewhere in theater, visual arts, music, dance, architecture, fashion and more. Below, you’ll find a rundown of the original arts writing with the […] At mnartists.org, we published more than 125 articles…

2012 was a crazy year.  I will remember it as a year filled with many unexpected and delightful events, including the opportunity to speak at a TEDx conference, the release of the Open Field book and talking seriously about internet cats to serious media outlets.  It was a year for new projects, ideas, spaces and […] 2012 was a crazy year.  I will remember it as a year filled with many unexpected and…

 we hope that these animals are only dancing. And hope that these animals are only dancing. to let us believe that these animals are only dancing. After seeing the Super Nature performance from the Body Cartography Project I was enticed by the idea of responding to the very controversial and anvant-garde performance. Thanks for reading, for more information about the Body Cartography project check…

We’re excited to introduce the inaugural Advisory Council for the Contemporaries, which consists of emerging leaders at Twin Cities– based companies: Melanie Full of Leonard Street and Deinard; Ben Hertz of Nolan Company; Carolyn Sleeth of Medtronic; Jon Engel of Cassidy Turley; Anne Cook of Best Buy; Matt Thell of General Mills; Eric Norman of Ameriprise Financial; Jori Miller of Minnetonka Moccasin…

I recently returned to Minnesota after spending some time, first, abroad and then in California, and so it seems only fitting that my “best of” choices for 2012 are rather displaced and eclectic. As the newest member of the mnartists.org team, I am still familiarizing myself with the local arts scene. It seems like most […] I recently returned to Minnesota after spending some time, first, abroad and then in…

At this, the annual juncture of new and old, our small-but-mighty crew at mnartists.org is taking stock of the year just passed and peering ahead with our wishes for 2013.  All this week, look for idiosyncratic, entirely subjective and by-no-means-exhaustive lists from each of us, with our favorite moments from 2012 – things we saw […] At this, the annual juncture of new and old, our small-but-mighty crew at…