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Secrets of a Museum Social Media Manager
Media Lab
Apr 5
Two or so years ago, Kristina Fong, the Walker’s Marketing and Audience Research Coordinator, was handed the keys of the Walker’s social media accounts and, ultimately, a new title: Digital Marketing Associate. At that point, social media at the Walker meant accounts on Twitter and Facebook. Today, the Walker has 374,000 Twitter followers, 49,000 Facebook likes, 13,000 Tumblr followers, 8,800 Instagram…
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Art News from Elsewhere

Passings: Roger Ebert
Via suntimes.com
Apr 4
“No good film is too long,” wrote Roger Ebert. “No bad movie is short enough.” The influential film critic, who visited the Walker in 1999 for dialogue with Werner Herzog, passed away Thursday at age 70 after a long battle with cancer.
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Wild Man, Iconoclast, Dreamer: 60 on John Zorn at 60 (Part 2)
Paul Schmelzer
Apr 4
“One cannot categorize [John] Zorn,” says cellist Fred Sherry, who dubs the New York music icon “a big subject: friend, composer, wild man, confidante, connoisseur, dreamer, idealist.” In a two-part online celebration of Zorn’s 60th birthday, we asked 60 artists, poets, and musicians—including Yoko Ono, Meredith Monk, and Terry Riley—to share their reflections on a music pioneer.
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Art News from Elsewhere

Tumblr Art
Via rhizome.org
Apr 4
For its 2013–14 grant cycle, Rhizome has a new category: Tumblr-based art. Three grants of $1,000 to $5,000 will go to “projects from emerging artists engaged with Tumblr.” Jury members include Laurie Anderson and Massimiliano Gioni, among others.
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Look Who’s Looking Now: How We Watch, What We Think, and Why It Matters
The Green Room
Apr 4
Dance and the Body Look Who’s Looking Now: How We Watch, What We Think, and Why It Matters is a four-part series on watching dance. Discussions are divided into sections on the body, space, time, and action/energy. The series aims to give audiences the tools to discuss the elements of dance performance and dig deeper […]
Look Who’s Looking Now: How We Watch, What We Think, and Why It Matters is a four-part…
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Art News from Elsewhere

Going It Alone
Via artforum.com
Apr 3
“Making art by relying on your own resources cuts you out from a crowd that is begging for cash to do anything,” says artist Richard Jackson. “Fostering independence in yourself, wherever you are, can be more isolating than working up in the mountains.”
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Visionary, Mensch, Dude: 60 on John Zorn at 60 (Part I)
Paul Schmelzer
Apr 3
When we asked an array of musicians and artists—including Laurie Anderson, Nels Cline, and Bill Frisell—to share their reflections about John Zorn on the occasion of his 60th birthday, three words kept recurring: “visionary,” “mensch,” “dude.” In a two-part celebration of Zorn’s sixth decade, we share 60 birthday wishes for this celebrated improviser, experimenter, and genre-jumping producer.


