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Bumper Crop
Christy DeSmith
Jul 2011
Inspired by community supported agriculture, in which individuals become shareholders in area farms, the Community Supported Art program returns this spring for a third season with the aim of boosting investment in local creative economies and providing avenues for people to connect with artists.
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Gaming the Garden
Scott Donaldson
Jul 2011
The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is among the newest places people can explore with SCVNGR, a rapidly growing location-based mobile app. Writer and former marketing intern Scott Donaldson gives the scoop on how it works—and why the Walker is using it in this urban landmark and elsewhere.
Snap a photo of yourself “holding” the spoon in front of Spoonbridge and Cherry: + 3 points. Dream up a new title…
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Free Admission for Teens: Wells Fargo Pays It Forward
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Jan 2011
As the Walker celebrates the 14th anniversary of its innovative programs for teens, it is pleased to announce Wells Fargo Bank’s three-year commitment to offer free admission to teens year round. A leader in teen programming, the Walker has provided cultural institutions around the globe with a successful model for engaging young adults. From 1990–1992, with support from the Northwest Area…
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EARTH, WIND, AND FIRE OR TO OVERCOME THE PARADOX OF YVES KLEIN, THE MOLECULAR CHILD WHO WROTE TO FIDEL CASTRO ON HIS WAY TO DISNEYLAND
Philippe Vergne
Aug 2010
IN ALL THE ARTS THERE IS A PHYSICAL COMPONENT WHICH CAN
NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED OR TREATED AS IT USED TO BE,
WHICH CANNOT REMAIN UNAFFECTED BY OUR MODERN KNOWLEDGE
AND POWER. FOR THE LAST TWENTY…
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How to Be Alone and Loved by Millions
Siri Engberg
Aug 2010
The following e-mail correspondence between Walker visual arts curator Siri Engberg and Alec Soth took place as they organized From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America, on view at the Walker Art Center September 12, 2010–January 2, 2011. Excerpts appeared in “How to Be Alone and Loved by Millions,” in the September/October 2010 issue of Walker magazine.
Siri Engberg
What led you to photography?
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John Jasperse Company
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May 2010
A linchpin of downtown New York dance and performance for more than 20 years, John Jasperse has developed a reputation for clever, intellectually rewarding works that leave audiences wowed. Truth, Revised Histories, Wishful Thinking, and Flat Out Lies, the newest piece from this American innovator, is seasoned with his distinct humor—and incorporates a childhood passion for magic tricks. Exploring the…
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The Man behind the Microphone
Philip Bither
Mar 2010
“Oct. 2 — Sex and Death to be performed in a big formal 350-seat auditorium at Walker Arts [sic] Center. It was overwhelming after small galleries and a grange hall. I suggested that they put chairs on the stage all facing my table, and they did it. All those empty black chairs facing the backdrop looked like the setting for a symphony orchestra headed the wrong way. The audience came in cautiously. Most…
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Abstract Resistance
Yasmil Raymond
Feb 2010
With a new commission and works dating back to the 1950s, the exhibition Abstract Resistance brings together now-legendary figures as well as younger artists who have revolted against the aesthetic orthodoxies of their times. While these pieces do not conform to a single theme, they are united in challenging what is expected of art, from the way it looks to the role it plays in society at large…