Image (top) is a photo of Ruth MacKenzie and the eponymous salmon from a recent performance, “Kalevala: The Dream of the Salmon Maiden.” (Courtesy of the artist’s website) by Essay by Dean J. Seal   January 7, 2008and has its origins in music for the chapel performed in a cathedral setting. The voice was the only instrument allowed, because it was the only one created by God and was, therefore, sacred…

Electric Arc Radio features the talents of the four writers behind the Lit 6 Project - Geoff Herbach, Stephanie Ash, Sam Osterhout, and Brady Bergeson - and the musicians and artists from the visionary Minneapolis gallery Creative Electric Studios - David Salmela, Jenny Adams, Kurt Froehlich, Quillan Roe and Mike Brady. (This article originally appeared in the January 2007 edition of access+ENGAGE, mnartists…

by Article by Jay Gabler   December 10, 2007CREATE. ENGAGE. INSPIRE. CHANGE. Intermedia Arts�the Lyndale Avenue headquarters of populist multidisciplinarity�trumpets its credo in large block letters painted on its fa�ade, as though to ward off any doomy cynicism that might drift over from darker corners of the contemporary art scene. �Art & Healing,� the theme of the organization�s programming from October…

by Interview by Dean J. Seal   December 4, 2007Kevin Kling�s recent work, for NPR and his book , has all been high-profile. But his work with The Interact Center for Visual and Performing Arts has been Down Under the radar (so to speak). Jeannie Calvit is the artistic director of Interact, which has an art studio and theater company that develops the skills of people with disabilities. Calvit is an…

Photo of Lorena Duarte, dressed up as Frida for Halloween, (top) appears courtesy the writer. by Lorena Duarte   November 27, 2007 Mind you, I had known about Frida Kahlo for years and was impressed by her art, her daring images, and her combination of car-crash/look-at-me-dramatics with femme-fatale allure. But it was in a small house in East L.A., when I was groping for the bathroom light, that I came to…

This article appears courtesy the Twin Cities Daily Planet. Photo of Aiken (top) is by Jennifer Holder. by Jennifer Holder   November 19, 2007 On a sunny morning in the fall of 1969, 16-year-old Ta-coumba, who wound up in Minneapolis accidentally, went for a walk in the neighborhood of the Leamington Hotel where he anxiously spent the previous night. He was comforted by the serenity of the park with the…

by Andrea Carlson   November 5, 2007 about his unorthodox way of conducting his invocations. The joke was (I always find myself needing to explain my humor) that I was undermining his authority at all—I don’t even have a pipe, let alone any kind of expertise about this ceremony. He picked up on my musings and teased back, “Who are you, the culture cop?” What seemed like a funny comment at the moment led…

by Produced by the Minneapolis Television Network   September 12, 2007Watch MTN Access to Art Episode Ten�September 2007 Hosted by local artist Tom Cassidy at the mnartists.org booth at the Minnesota State Fair. Note: These are Quick Time video clips. You may need to update your copy of Quick Time Viewer to watch them correctly. that serves both artists and people who enjoy art. Access to Art…

by Toki Wright and Peter Scholtes   July 2, 2007 By Toki Wright RACE. I either just got your attention or totally turned you off. HIP-HOP. (Insert previous statement here.) BOTH OF THESE are two very touchy topics of talk. I find it hard to have a discussion about one without the other in the Twin Cities. We live in a day and time where hip-hop is being recognized globally in places that weren�t even…