No ‘Passive Viewers’ Here
I didn’t want a completely passive viewer. Art means too much to me. – Kara Walker It was almost a year ago that Minneapolis Southwest High School (SWHS) signed on to craft a partnership in conjunction...
View ArticleFinding Picasso
Last night was the last Target Free Thursday Night before the Picasso and American Art exhibition closes on Sept 9th and people were coming in droves to see the work of the master. We had decided not...
View ArticleYoko Ono Stories
Last week, I was giving a tour to a small group of artsy academics in town for a meeting. One of my usual tour stops in the Permanent Collection galleries is at a small work by Yoko Ono in Gallery 2...
View ArticleShow and Tell: The New ArtsConnectEd
After two years of work, the newly designed ArtsConnectEd launched a beta version on Monday. Kudos go to the entire team which includes the Walker and our partner, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts,...
View ArticleWriting through Art
It was a lovely May evening last Monday and perfect weather for a walk in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and into the Walker’s galleries with 5th and 6th graders, their parents, siblings, and...
View ArticleArtsConnectEd + iPads = win-win for teachers
It was a win-win situation for Therese Cacek, the winner of the first ArtsConnectEd iPad Challenge. She had been trying to come up with a lesson that would inspire her 6th grade art students at...
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