September 21, 2007
Gob Squad!
Eda Cherry just got back from seeing The Gob Squad performing Super Night Shot at The Walker Art Center. It was so good, she had to make a crazy little video - surely, her highest recommendation. You have two more chances to see the performance, on Friday and Saturday night.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 01:18 AM | Comments (0)
August 30, 2007
Crop Artist Lillian Colton
The secret to having a good time at the Minnesota State Fair is finding those lingering connections to its rural roots. That means clog dancing, baby farm animals, and of course crop art. Rumor has it, you can see Bjork and Al Franken rendered in seeds this year. But it's not quite the same without legendary crop artist Lillian Colton, who passed away earlier this year.
This video is one of a series produced by Mike Dust for Colton's 2004 exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
RELATED LINK:
Twin Cities Daily Planet: State Fair: Crop art continues
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July 13, 2007
Robert Wilcox & Ted Hartwell
Here is a video sketch of the late photographer Robert Wilcox as described by the now late Ted Hartwell. Hartwell was a photographer and the curator of photography at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
The portrait was created in the summer of 2006 by Conrad Zbikowski and Phoebe Bottoms, a couple high school students in the Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth, working with their teachers Media Mike Hazard and David Bengtson.
Hartwell’s enthusiasm for camera works and camera workers shines.
For moving tributes to Hartwell, visit Alec Soth’s awesome blog.
For a fine and appreciative obituary writ by Mary Abbe in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, click.
To hear a sweet obit on MPR, click.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 09:25 AM | Comments (0)
June 25, 2007
JAO
Metro Magazine brings us this lovely video capturing local speed-painter Julie Jao, aka JAO.
RELATED LINKS:
Metro Magazine interview
Art Car Parade video featuring JAO in action
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June 19, 2007
Alec Soth: Portraits
From artist/filmmaker Mike Dust:
In October of 2004, photographer Alec Soth went on assignment for LIFE magazine to capture weekend soldiers at an Airsoft military simulation in Joelton, Tennessee.
In anticipation of his upcoming Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program exhibition, filmmaker Mike Dust traveled alongside Soth for this three-day excursion, interviewing and shooting alongside him as he worked to capture images for, both the magazine shoot as well as for his personal work.
A number of these photographs (Odessa, Joelton, Tennessee, 2004 and Josh, Joelton, Tennessee, 2004) became part of the exhibition Alec Soth: Portraits at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts the following spring. The video piece created during that shoot was installed in the gallery as an accompaniment to the exhibition.
The video is broken into three segments entitled On Assignment, Portraiture, and The Ground Glass.
Alec Soth: Portraits - Portraiture (2:25, segment 2 of 3), 2005, Video, 8 minutes, produced and directed by Mike Dust, © 2005 National Projects
More videos in this 3-part series: Alec Soth MAEP page
AlecSoth.com
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June 12, 2007
Art-a-Whirl
Did you miss Art-a-Whirl in Northeast Minneapolis? Chances are, you missed at least some of it. Here's a video from Isaac Johnson with a little taste.
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May 15, 2007
Sculptor of Debris
Twin Cities-based director Mark Wojahn profiles artist David Hamlow. Hamlow saved five years of product packaging and created a geodesic dome - forcing him (and us) to confront and question that vast, seldom-seen quantity of consumption.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 06:47 AM | Comments (5)
May 10, 2007
Painting a mural in Mexico
Minnesota artist Jim Grafsgaard writes:
This mural was created in the small village of Santiago Tejupan in Oaxaca, Mexico during February 2007. I designed it for the newly organized Casa de Cultura, at the invitation of the Director, Patricia Mendoza. We had the help and participation of about 25 adults and children for the 2 week project, and generous support from the municipal president to help buy materials.
RELATED EVENT:
"TU CASA es MI CASA" @ Gallery 13 - a benefit art fiesta for the Casa de Cultura of Tejupan Mexico
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 03:42 AM | Comments (1)
April 06, 2007
Paranoid
Now at Rosalux Gallery, "Fragment Nation" featuring new work by Jonathan Nelson (aka Escape Mechanism) and photographer Robert Roscoe.
This is a video collage I made for the Escape Mechanism song/collage "Paranoid." The piece is on display in the gallery through April 22, 2007.
RELATED LINK:
mnartists: Jonathan Nelson
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March 27, 2007
I C Shanty
We've had a blast of summer weather, and it's so nice. Seems like only yesterday all the lakes were frozen and the ground covered with snow. Need proof? Here's a video by Jane Scott about the Art Shanty Projects, with detailed info about many of the shanties.
Got a Minnesota-related video to share?
Send it to story [at] mnstories.com.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 01:16 AM | Comments (0)
March 01, 2007
Form+Content Gallery
That's right friends - more art video! It's crazy how much art is happening in this town. Crazy, I tell you.
Saturday evening, get out of the house and check out a new gallery downtown: Form + Content Gallery. In this video, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's Claire Joubert talks with gallery co-founder Howard Oransky and the Walker Art Center's Doryun Chong about the inaugural exhibition.
More art happenings on Friday night:
Creative Electric Studios: Mark Mothersbaugh's Postcard Diaries
Altered Esthetics: (scientific) aesthetics
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 10:08 PM | Comments (0)
February 28, 2007
Kara Walker exhibit
More video goodness from mspmag.com.
Walker Art Center assistant curator Jasmil Raymond gives her take on Kara Walker's exhibit, My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love, at the February Walker After Hours.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 04:54 AM | Comments (0)
February 09, 2007
mnartist: Art Shanty Projects
Behold! A short documentary about the Art Shanty Projects on Medicine Lake. Special thanks to Aleshia Mueller for braving the cold and shooting much of this footage. This is another video in our series for mnartists.org.
MORE MNARTIST VIDEOS:
Jonathan Nelson
Anastasia Ward
Scott Stulen
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February 06, 2007
Art Shanty Snippets
The Art Shanty Project is still going strong out on Medicine Lake, winter be damned! We'll have a proper video with interviews soon. Meanwhile, here's a little footage and a little karaoke on ice.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 10:38 AM | Comments (5)
January 12, 2007
mnartists: Scott Stulen
Scott Stulen is a painter, installation, and video artist whose work explores personal and collective memory, pop culture, and the Midwest. He is the Curator of Education the Rochester Art Center and an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota. And? He's an all-around nice guy not afraid to combine humor and sincerity in his work.
RELATED LINKS:
ScottStulen.com
Radio mnartists profile
Carrie on my wayward one (Video)
Rochester Art Center
MORE MNARTIST VIDEOS:
Jonathan Nelson
Anastasia Ward
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 07:06 AM | Comments (0)
January 11, 2007
Art Shanties Return
This Saturday, global warming be damned, art shanties are returning to Medicine Lake. This weekend they'll probably be beach shanties, but hopefully the cold weather will freeze the lake for subsequent weekends. Here's a video from last year, when our beloved frozen blood-encrusted zombie troupe took to the ice. Check the Art Shanty Projects for more info and watch for a video in early February.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 06:05 AM | Comments (2)
January 10, 2007
Birth
IFP/Minnesota Center for Media Arts teamed up with the super duper talented kids at Perpich Center for Arts Education to create these fine 16mm films. This was the students first time shooting on film. The result? A superb movie in four parts by four different teams of students detailing the stages of life. This first one is called Birth. Stay tuned.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 07:13 AM | Comments (1)
January 04, 2007
Sunset Horsey
The actual title of this piece is another failed attempt at being cool by Rocherster-based artist Scott Stulen. He's the next artist to be featured in our mnartists.org video series - coming soon!
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 03:59 AM | Comments (0)
December 01, 2006
mnartists: Anastasia Ward
Interactive toy sculpture artist Anastasia Ward is the subject of this new "Minnesota Stories presents: mnartists" video. I can't help but think of her art as "toy mashups." She combines parts of stuffed animals with the electronic toy guts to create something new: Magical, creepy, lifelike creatures, perhaps imbued with an emotional history.
RELATED EVENT:
Rosalux Gallery presents CREATE DESTROY REPEAT, Friday, Dec 1, 7 - 11pm. Features artwork by Jonathan Nelson and Ruben Nusz. Rumor has it Anastasia may be in attendance.
RELATED VIDEOS:
mnartists: Jonathan Nelson
Isaac's 40
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November 02, 2006
mnartists: Jonathan Nelson
AWESOME ANNOUNCEMENT
mnartists.org teams with Minnesota Stories for a video series on Minnesota artists
I'm so excited to kickoff this series, and to be working with mnartists.org. I know that sounds like press release language, but it's true. Nothing is more rewarding to me than documenting artists in their space, learning the how/why/where behind their art and crafting their story in video form.
The first artist is my longtime friend Jon Nelson, most famous as host of Some Assembly Required and his sound collage alter-ego, Escape Mechanism. What you may not know is he creates beautiful visual mashups of old theater lights and other objects, such as suitcases and shovels. Jon is aprt of a show called "create • destroy • repeat" opening Dec 1 at Rosalux Gallery.
Special thanks to Jon, and to Kathleen Kvern for instigating and guiding this online video series.
PARTNER LINK: mnartists.org
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October 23, 2006
Chainsaw Sculpting
Aleshia from digImashaghen writes:
On September 29 - October 1, 2006, Hackensack Minnesota hosted the second annual National Chainsaw Sculpting Invitational as part of it's "Fall Has It All" festivities. Ross Olsen from Flying Squirrel Studio in Hackensack and AJ Lutter from "Come See What I Saw" in Brainerd organized this event with the Hackensack Chamber of Commerce.
Carvers in the competition included Dayton Scoggins (Mississippi, 05 winner), Brad Sharp (California, 06 winner), Justin Howland (Wisconsin), Angie Polglaze (Australia), Jeff Klatt (Iowa), Luke Harris (Illinois), Mark Colp (California), Ken Tynan (Iowa), Michael Bihlmaier (Illinois), and Al Luer (Wisconson).
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 09:02 AM | Comments (1)
October 16, 2006
Queen of Duct Tape
Last weekend was the always-lovely St. Paul Art Crawl. Here's an interview with a couple artists from YouTuber Schnebley Styles, aka "Mr. Steve". He writes:
The St. Paul Art Crawl happens every April and October in St. Paul, MN. This video features two unique artists.
Carly Stipe makes purses and other items out of duct tape. She has been featured on public television and has won awards.
Boris Morrari is an old world woodworker who makes beautiful pieces such as chess tables and statues.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 01:49 PM | Comments (0)
September 28, 2006
First Image
What's the very first image you can remember? For me, I think it may be a photo of myself in a little button-up red coat outfit. Either that, or my mom's friend Bev. Strange.
This short film is from my talented neighbor John Akre, who calls this "animation sociology." This fits into John's larger project called On Transit, a cross-country train trip combined with animation. Check out more video clips at sloppyshorts.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 09:39 AM | Comments (0)
September 18, 2006
Tim Fort's Kinetic Art
UPDATE: This video should be working now!
Kinetic Art Movement...Constructed in the City of New York Mills, Minnesota in August of 2005: My biggest and wildest kinetic-art video ever! It's over six minutes of non-stop action using many stunts never seen before.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 07:42 AM | Comments (17)
August 02, 2006
New Guthrie Theater
Local couple-about-town, Ernesto and Linda, took this video while catching The Great Gatsby at the new Guthrie Theater. Check out their reviews of the play, the theater, and Spoon River.
CONTRIBUTOR: EDQ Blog
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August 01, 2006
Lorika Animation
An experiment. Music by Escape Mechanism with Cast of Thousands.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 11:11 AM | Comments (8)
July 24, 2006
Art Car Parade
Monkeys, Jesus, toilet seats, skulls, karma, compassion, and humor... on wheels! Here's a glimpse of the Art Car Parade in Uptown, Minneapolis on July 22, 2006. Also check out this YouTube video from the parade complete with Savage Aural Hotbed rocking the joint atop their industrial van.
MUSIC: Terry Eason, "Tricerabeth" from Instrumentals
RELATED LINKS:
Art Cars! The Minnesota Art Car Parade, presented by Intermedia Arts
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July 07, 2006
Spring Art Party
As the outdoor art festival season heats up, here's a look back at a real gem in North Minneapolis. The Northside Arts Collective organized the 3rd annual Spring Art Party on June 3, 2006. Artist Bill Cottman says you most often hear about his Northside zip code because of something violent or tragic in the news. This art fair shows off some of the good things going on in the community. Here on Minnesota Stories, that's the kind of news we like to see.
Thanks to John Akre from Minneapolis Television Network for producing this video and sending it our way.
ATTENTION MINNESOTA MEDIAMAKERS AND BEYOND: Your intrepid vlogumentarian will be in Korea for a citizen's journalism conference next week. Here's where you come in -- take over this site with your Minnesota summer videos! You can send video files up to 1 GB using YouSendit. Email your Quicktime videos (or questions) to story@mnstories.com this weekend at the latest. You can also send me the link to a summer video you already posted. Thanks!
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 02:28 AM | Comments (0)
July 06, 2006
Ghost Dance
Ghost Dance is a video by Deb Wallwork about the making of a buffalo by the artist Laura Youngbird for HERD ABOUT THE PRAIRIE. Called WACAPI WANAGI/GHOST DANCE, Youngbird’s piece is now installed in front of the Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center in Moorhead. Living in Breckenridge, Minnesota, Youngbird teaches art at Circle of Nations School in Wahpeton where the buffalo and this video were created. For an artist statement, click. The song GHOST DANCING is by Michael Rubino..
Thanks to Media Mike Hazard for passing this video our way.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 04:55 AM | Comments (3)
June 23, 2006
Isaac's 40
Here's a pretty brillant idea: 40 Art 40s brings together 40 local artists to transform 40 bottles of malt liquor into works of art. It's all a fundraiser for mplsart.com which is relaunching its web site and spreading the good word of Minneapolis art far and wide.
This video is all about one of those 40 artists, Isaac Arvold. (Note his name is spelled correctly here, but not in the video. Oops!) Isaac makes some really cool shit. Dark pop art. You may have seen his stormtroopers around town, or perhaps his current Dunn Bro's exhibition. His 40 is called Clipped wings knees. If you drink it, you'll burn in hell. Not really though - you can totally drink it.
Check out photos of Isaac making art by my man neongreen, who is the preeminent photographer of Minneapolis graffiti.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 05:49 AM | Comments (5)
June 15, 2006
Prison Theater
Here's another amazing example of the good work going on in our community that not enough people know about. Multi-disciplinary solo theater artist Heidi Arneson engages inmates at Ramsey County Correctional Facility in a workshop called Direct Action. The participants create a performance piece based upon their life stories and perform it for their fellow inmates. The result? “After this workshop, I feel like a human being again.”
CONTRIBUTOR: Michael Bischoff
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June 07, 2006
Looking at Liebling
A new video by Mike Hazard, Looking at Liebling looks at some of the photographs of Jerry Liebling now on exhibition at the Minnesota Center for Photography through Sunday June 11, 2006. For more, visit mncp.org or call 612.824.5500. For links to Liebling, zoom to www.thecie.org.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 01:42 AM | Comments (0)
May 12, 2006
Negativlandland
Legendary sound collage artists Negativland have been making intellectual property waves for over 25 years. They were famously sued by U2 in 1991, commemorated recently in an unauthorized Special-Edition Negativland vs. U2 iPod. But did you know about their controversial connection to Minnesota? Here'a a little background on how their song "Christianity is Stupid" was partially blamed for the David Brom ax murders in Rochester, Minnesota.
Founding member Mark Hosler is in town for Negativlandland, a group exhibition which runs through June 10 at Creative Electric Studios. It's brilliant - go see it!
RELATED VIDEO:
Mark Hosler on Copyright
Negativland videos on YouTube
RELATED LINKS:
Negativland web site
Some Assembly Required podcast featuring Negativland songs + interview
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 07:52 AM | Comments (7)
April 13, 2006
Discovering Origins
This video comes to us from artist and educator Kari Tauring, who writes:
The following is the work samples submission for the 2005 Bush Artist Fellows in Multimedia Performance Art. While I was not selected as a finalist this year, I am so proud of the work samples that Kip Overbo helped me get together. We were both struggling with new software and mini DV format etc.
The learning curve was steep but I am happy to share the results with you all. Many thanks, of course, to Kathi Polley and Julie Dalgleish at the Bush Foundation Office for their encouragement and assistance.
See Kari Tauring and Friends live in a Discovering Origins Building Traditions May Day Show at the Bryant Lake Bowl Monday May 1st, doors at 6pm.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 02:44 AM | Comments (0)
February 20, 2006
Zombies on Ice
Last fall, Zombie Pub Crawl took this town by storm. Was it the end? Are we safe??? Hell no! Our favorite frozen blood-encrusted zombie troupe took to the ice this time, Medicine Lake to be exact, as part of Art Shanty Projects. Those of you not brave enough to face the undead (or the cold) can enjoy this spectacle from the comfort of your living room. Just don't think, for a second, that you're safe. You never know where zombies are gonna show up next.
In their waking life, the zombies-in-chief are part of a local theater troupe called Live Action Set. Their interview at the end of this video was for a mini-documentary being produced about the zombies by filmmaker Jeremy Wilker.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 04:12 AM | Comments (1)
January 23, 2006
Graphic Noise
Last Friday, graphic design and rock intersected at MCAD's opening party for Graphic Noise: Rock posters at 1,000 dBs. It's a stunning showcase of both national and local poster art running through Feb 19. Minneapolis bands The Deaths and STNNNG played in the cafeteria. Sadly we missed The Deaths, but STNNNG really, uhh, killed.
RELATED VIDEO: STNNNG at Minnesota Music Awards
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November 29, 2005
Vlog Remix
November is remix month! So says the seminal vlog news site We Are the Media. I had to throw my hastily-assembled hat into the ring before the month was up. Enjoy, remix, and send in your stuff.
SOURCES: Rocketboom, Ryanne’s Vloggercon video, my Vloggercon outro, the Random Show’s VlogMap video, Justin Hall, and various archive.org finds.
VLOG SANTA: Got a question or holiday wish? Email Vlog Santa and he'll set you straight every Friday till Xmas, right here on Minnesota Stories.
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November 18, 2005
Word.
Ms. O'Malley and the Hill City Rockers hosted "WORD!" at Duluth's Pizza Luce on Thursday, November 10. Billed as the open mic to end all open mics, "WORD!" heard the Duluth poetry scene colliding with the Duluth hip-hop scene. Nobody was hurt in the altercation, although several people were reported to have enjoyed a delicious mashed potato pizza.
CONTRIBUTOR: Mike Scholtz, Free Range Film Festival
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November 08, 2005
24x24
Have you seen any good stuff at the City Pages Get Reel filmfest? You have if you've gone, I'd bet. Not only is it like a trip through the passionate and obscure inner reaches of Rob Nelson's brain, it's a showcase for the best emerging Minnesota documentary work.
Tonight is no exception. Mike Reano's trailer for 24x24 screens at 9:30 before The Outsider. We have the first few minutes for you here, a Minnesota Stories exclusive! Reano's doc profiles the gravel-throated Chicago film critic Michael Wilmington. Watching this trailer, you get the feeling Wilmington is the last of a certain breed of American intellectual character.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 02:01 AM | Comments (3)
November 04, 2005
Caravan: From Cairo to Cordoba
CONTRIBUTOR Allison Herrera writes:
Yell yallah! Olé! This weekend after seeing Caravan: From Cairo to Cordoba at the Varsity Theatre. Flamenco Dancer Colette Illarde and Middle Eastern Dancer Margo Abdu O'dell collaborate their wonderful talents to celebrate a golden age in history, when Jews Muslims and Christians all got along in Medieval Spain.
Twin Cities Journalist Allison Herrera got a sneak peak at the show and wants to share it with you! Go see the show! Its Tonight and Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 3pm for more info go to www.fuegoflamenco.com or www.margo1.com
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 04:30 PM | Comments (2)
October 27, 2005
Wizards & Swords
This is what happens when you give cameras to high school kids. Awesome is born.
CONTRIBUTOR: Duane Kuss and ROCORI multimedia students, DigElogROCORI
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October 18, 2005
Blogumentary tonight
This is the part where I shamelessly promote my other project, Blogumentary. It's my feature-length documentary about the blog phenomenon, screening at 7pm tonight at Bryant-Lake Bowl.
You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll be edutained! Oh heck... just read the Mother Jones review or Rex's interview. I hope to see you there.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 06:27 AM | Comments (5)
September 20, 2005
Tooth
Perhaps this would be a good time to say: Minnesota Stories wants your short fiction films! Oh sure, we wholeheartedly focus on non-fiction, but let's shake things up a bit shall we?
I don't know much about this short film, other than it springs from the depths of Tom Siler's web site and mind. Tom is perhaps best-known as the instrumental half of Tulip Sweet. But you can catch him in a real cool gig this Sunday, Sept 25, with his new group Larmes de Colere. They'll be serving up a soundtrack to D.W. Griffith's melodramatic masterpiece Broken Blossoms (1919) at the Varsity Theater. So there.
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 04:38 AM | Comments (6)
September 13, 2005
Night Gamers
I know Halloween is a ways off, but hey - Target has loads of sugary sinister treats in stock, so it's the season of the witch. Or in this case, the vampire. Night Gamers explores the youthful netherworld of vampire role-players. Right here in Minneapolis. Mwooa-ha-ha-ha.
CONTRIBUTOR: Juliah Rueckert
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September 07, 2005
Talk Talk Talk
A poem from Susu Jeffrey, a talking head talks about the power of talk.
CONTRIBUTOR: Media Mike Hazard, The Center for International Education
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 02:54 AM | Comments (0)
September 01, 2005
State Fair: Trippy Midway
Here's a trippy trip to the Minnesota State Fair midway, culminating in a long-anticipated ferris wheel ride. No magic mushrooms were harmed in the making of this video.
MUSIC: Autopilota, courtesy Adonis Music
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 07:28 AM | Comments (9)
August 26, 2005
Bare Honesty
St. Paul filmmaker Elizabeth Hoodecheck is in the midst of an immersive new documentary called Bare Honesty. The film finds inspiration in photographer Frank Cordelle's The Century Project, "a series of nude photographs accompanied by highly personal and moving statements by women whose lives span 100 years." Elizabeth's film follows some of the women grappling with the decision to bare their souls before Cordelle's camera, and indeed our own perceptions of the female body.
Tonight (Friday) you have a special opportunity to view an extended trailer from the film and meet Frank Cordelle, who will be exhibiting his powerful work:
4 - 8 pm on Friday, August 26th
IFP MN Center for Media Arts
Suite 100
2446 University Ave. W.
St. Paul, MN 55114
651-644-1912
For more information contact Elizabeth Hoodecheck at 651-276-2538 or ehoodecheck@comcast.net
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August 19, 2005
PEZCon X
It's okay. We all missed it. I'm talking about MN PEZCon X, "The Premier International PEZ® Convention." People even came from other states. Good thing, because Kelly from Chicago totally vlogged it dude.
CONTRIBUTOR: Kelly, life with kellybelly
MUSIC: Jonathan Casey, You Need It So Good (So Bad)
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August 11, 2005
Violet Days
You might recognize Chris Monroe's artwork from the Pizza Luce menu. More likely, you know her from Violet Days – her comic strip every Friday in the Strib's Freetime section (also available in book form). Our vlogger-to-the-north Starfire pays her a visit for quiet conversation while she draws.
CONTRIBUTOR: Starfire, Le Garage
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August 08, 2005
Powderhorn Art Fair
We originally planned on visiting all three art fairs this weekend: Powderhorn, Loring Park, and big daddy Uptown. Powderhorn Park was so perfectly inviting, and the artists so interesting, we spent the whole afternoon there and never looked back.
Featured Artists: Charlotte Fung Miller, Steve Tomashek, and Jim Ayers
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August 03, 2005
Free Range Film Fest
Nothing sounds cooler to a city kid than watching films in a big ol' barn. Apparently that's how Phil Harder got his start. Here's a taste of the Free Range Film Festival in Wrenshall, Minnesota.
CONTRIBUTOR: Starfire, Le Garage
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August 02, 2005
A Vehicle for Change
Short and sweet today. "Their scrappy car is a symbol for scrappy Paul."
CONTRIBUTOR: Media Mike Hazard, The Center for International Education
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 03:21 AM | Comments (4)
July 27, 2005
At the Crossroads
What is beyond the pale lens of moon? A poem rendered cinematic.
CONTRIBUTOR: Media Mike Hazard, The Center for International Education
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 02:34 AM | Comments (4)
July 11, 2005
Ace Malaysian: Action Painter
By day, he's a mild-mannered real estate agent. When the sun approaches the horizon, he becomes Ace Malaysian, Action Painter. Grooves by DJ Arm Chair. Catch more live painting and music on the first and last Tuesday each month at Bobino's "Easel Hour."
Posted by Minnesota Stories at 09:13 PM
July 07, 2005
Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge Anniversary
Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge landmark is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. To celebrate, the city commissioned artists to create miniature interpretations of the bridge now on display around the city. (Better than Peanuts characters, eh?) Here's an interview with artist G. Lee Zimmerman, who's bridge statue is called Reflecting Beauty.
CONTRIBUTOR: Starfire, Le Garage
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