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.
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 [...]
“American Family” is an ambitious play, a laudable and moving production, even if it’s not a particularly subtle one. The story focuses on a family torn apart by the persistently thorny issues of race relations in America, specifically grappling with interracial love and marriage in the mid-1960s South — a time when such relationships were [...]
St. Paul artist Tyler Olsen has an easy, self-deprecating laugh, and he talks fast — as if his tongue is in a race with his mind. He’s the principal behind a veritable warren of projects, all at various stages of development. Chat with him for a few minutes, and it’s clear he’s busting with still more [...]
The weekend just past felt more like mid-June than mid-March, with temps topping out at 80 degrees — and that followed more than a week of warm, sunshiny days. Twin Citians’ giddiness over the unseasonably mild weather is as plain to see as the shorts and tank tops you’ll see them sporting around town. (I [...]
By Wing Young Huie The centerpiece of The University Avenue Project was a spectacular outdoor projection site where dual outdoor photographic slide shows were projected nightly on billboard-sized screens in a former car dealership lot, accompanied by prerecorded soundtracks by local musicians. Once a month we held live cabaret shows at the site that featured [...]
Standing before one of Mary Griep’s mixed-media drawings in the “Anastylosis” series, the viewer cannot but be overwhelmed. Through a series of piecemeal sketches and lavish, elaborate collages, she reproduces some of the world’s most magnificent holy sites dating from the medieval period, from the 10th to 12th centuries C.E. — grand cathedrals, palaces and [...]
By Megen Balda, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies When The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) and Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS) entered into a strategic alliance this past July, a major goal was to introduce new artistic and programmatic collaborations between the two organizations. The first of such opportunities was held on January 14, 2012 when 330 GTCYS [...]
