The Knight Arts program is now seeking grant opportunities in St. Paul that can create transformational and sustainable change through artistic excellence and collective cultural experiences. If you’re interested in learning more about working with Knight in the arts, please contact Program Director Polly Talen.
For more than two years now, late Thursday afternoon every week I find myself surfing over to “The Rumpus” to see if the lit mag has posted a new “Dear Sugar” column. I convince myself that surely this time, it will be safe to read the thing at work. I mean, those other awkwardly emotional [...]
When the ArtCars go on parade, you can’t miss artist Jan Elftmann’s “Cork Truck”— it’s a whimsical marvel. With the exception of its windows, tires and headlights, the whole vehicle is artfully encrusted with the thousands upon thousands of wine and champagne corks she collected for more than a decade. Tomorrow evening, for the art-and-science [...]
By Peter Leggett, Walker West Music Academy This February, Walker West Music Academy began the new Young Artist Professional Training Program, a program giving young artists the chance to compose, record and produce an album of original music. Program participants just completed the first section where they’ve composed five original jazz tunes with the support [...]
Lowertown’s Air Sweet Air gallery has a new exhibition up — it’s a show with satisfying intellectual heft and conceptual depth. And I have no idea what it all means. Called simply “Δ,” John Fleischer’s multimedia installation is distinguished by both its austerity and deliberateness. As you’d expect from the title, the show is pregnant [...]
Nonprofit, discipline-specific organizations (like the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Northern Clay Center, Textile Center, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, etc…), arts colleges and universities — these are the places I suspect most first think of when they’re in the market for classes and other educational arts opportunities for adults, and rightly so. But what if [...]
By Delta Giordano, St. Paul Program Assistant Knight Foundation congratulates TU Dance on their Sally Award, presented on March 26 at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts in St. Paul. Since 1992, the Sally Ordway Irvine Awards have honored individuals and institutions that strengthen and enrich our entire state with their commitment to the arts and arts education. [...]
Earlier this month, the Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä came to South Florida with his Minnesota Orchestra and the violinist Midori, who played the Sibelius Violin Concerto. They played the Knight Concert Hall, but I caught them in West Palm Beach, and it was sensational. Vänskä is without any doubt one of the finest conductors working [...]
By Kirstin Wiegmann, Forecast Public Art Gustavo Lira is an artist living and working in Minneapolis. He has lived in the United States for more than 16 years and says, “Although I am not a citizen—yet—I feel like one. I shovel snow, pay taxes, and am an engaged member of the local arts community. Still, [...]
By Tessa Retterath, Theoroi On Thursday, March 22, the Theoroi group attended its seventh event of the 2011-2012 season. Coordinated by The Schubert Club, Theoroi is a group of young individuals who attend Twin Cities arts performances as a group and spread the word about their experience using their choice of social media. The attendees are learning about the [...]
For those artists who create monumental pieces of sculpture, finding a public home for the work is relatively straightforward: there are sculpture and art parks to approach, corporate office parks and university grounds, not to mention city and neighborhood spaces, in need of beautification. There are actually plenty of opportunities for artists working in other [...]
