Open Field Staff
Meet the 2012 Open Field staff
Open Field is made possible by this dedicated team of programming experts from the Education department at the Walker Art Center. Feel free to engage them on the field with questions, feedback or friendly discourse.
Christina Alderman
Program Manager, Family ProgramsRole on the field:
Maker, Explorer, Daydreamer
Interests:
Education models, theories of play, art criticism and interpretation. I also love children’s books, young adult fiction, video games, cats, and perfecting the art of gluten free cooking
Abbie Anderson
Administrative Assistant, Education & Community Programs; Field Office Fellow Role on the field:
Phenologist-in-Residence
Interests:
ArtsConnectEd, Free-Choice Learning, Impractical Labor, The Museum of Everyday Life, mindfulness practices, phenology, citizen science, and making as discovery
Susy Bielak
Associate Director, Public and Interpretive ProgramsRole on the field:
Facilitator, programmer, researcher, collaborator, writer, participant
Interests:
I’m interested in programming and interpretation with experimentation, research, and learning at their core. I’m interested in transdisciplinary collaboration, radical education, creating an archive of the commons, and developing an expanded classroom. My own work blends research, narrative, material metaphor, and, increasingly, absurdity. I also like tearing up a dance floor, cooking, biking, and visiting bodies of water.
Ashley Duffalo
Program Manager, Public and Community ProgramsRole on the field:
Open Field Programmer
Interests:
I’m interested in how people participate in culture through cooperation, collaboration, art, education, and acts of exchange and generosity. I’m also interested in learning about urban environments, their design, and how people live together in cities. My favorite Field activities include sharing a meal, singing karaoke, or having a conversation with friends and strangers alike.
Courtney Gerber
Associate Director of Education, School and Tour ProgramsRole on the field:
I’m a runner (I help out with whatever needs an extra pair of hands) and a participant. This summer I’ll technically be off the Field and on maternity leave but will most likely show up with the new Walker baby for some Open Field exposure. Who says a two-month old can’t be a Drawing Club regular?
Interests:
I’m interested in what happens when museums give over a certain amount of control around program development to their public, and the environments/situations that best support this model of sharing and interaction.
Katie Hill
mnartists.org Program FellowRole on the field:
Drawing Club facilitator, participant, enthusiast.
Interests:
Minnesota artists, collaboration, the hyper-local, boundaries, good food and drink, museum practice, social media, and architecture; I am also an art historian, writer, and borderline cat lady.
Lindsay Kaplan
Open Field CoordinatorRole on the field:
Organizing Public Programs on the Field; Social choreographer, art orchestrator, mess cleaner-upper.
Interests:
Social engagement art, international travel, art-making, baking, and instigating the revival of social dance.
Ilene Krug Mojsilov
Art Lab Coordinator, Education and Community ProgramsRole on the field:
Art-making instigator, accomplice, and audience member
Interests:
Happy accidents, human sundials, fire pits, yoga practice, and questions without answers.
Chloe Nelson
Open Field Assistant Role on the field:
Interests:
Spontaneity, participatory art, antiquated forms of communication, and travel guitars
Adriana Rimpel
Program Manager, Teen ProgramsRole on the field:
To participate in Open Field activities, engage in conversation, and take-in the good weather.
Interests:
Experiencing the exchange of ideas, practices, and stories on the field and doing something new. I’m also a visual artist, lead vocalist for local band Malamanya, and have a strong admiration for tap dancing.
Sarah Schultz
Director of Education and Curator of Public PracticeInterests:
Models and theories of creativity, the commons and public engagement. Amateur gardener, aspiring baker, practicing poet, avid New Yorker reader.
Scott Stulen
Project Director, mnartists.orgRole on the field:
Open Field Programmer
Interests:
Social and collaborative art practices, mythologies and storytelling, false memories and failure, and competitive team sports. I am also work as a studio artist, independent curator and DJ.
