September 2011
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Field Office Fellowship: Amoke Kubat and The Sick...
We met Amoke Kubat earlier this year when we were putting together our Solutions Twin Cities event at the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis. We asked neighborhood residents and community leaders who they thought was doing creative, exciting, impactful work and a number of people pointed to Amoke, an artist, writer, mother and educator living and working on the Northside.
Since meeting Amoke and...
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Field Office Fellowship: Interview with Mike Haeg
This Friday we’ll hold the 4th of 8 public conversations with this summer’s Field Office Fellows. We’re introducing each fellow with a short interview before their discussion. Here, Mike Haeg answers some questions about his micro-experiment, the WALKER Pole.
You’re the Mayor of Mt. Holly, Minnesota. Tell us a little bit about your hometown, and what happens there?
Well, we are a small town of...
Agonism is a political theory which emphasises the... →
This is a concept we are interested in. We’re grateful to Steve Dietz for introducing it to us.
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“We thought we shouldn’t just define ourselves by what we are against, but...”
– Patrick Moore, Director of CURE (Clean Up the River Environment), a non-profit based in Montevideo, MN, in a recent MPR story about the group’s efforts to bridge the farmer-environmentalist divide.
Colin and I met Patrick at the Rural Arts & Culture Summit a few months ago, where he...
WatchWe’re digging Minneapolis artist Amanda Lovelee and her Call and Answer project, a year-long exploration of physical connection, community, and Square Dancing. Check out the video, or participate in one of Amanda’s square dances this Saturday at the mnartists.org Field Trip to Silverwood Park. Sad that we’ll be out of town, looks like lots of fun!
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“Artists now have the opportunity to work not only as makers but as...”
– Artist Camille Gage writes about public art and community in a recent article for MNartists.org, A Citizen Artist in a Country at War.
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