Why did you join the Walker?

Alex says, “My first Minneapolis experience was attending the British Arrows Awards in 2004. They were funny, witty, artistic, but still somehow down to earth. That show reinforced my decision to move to this new city when I didn’t have a plan in the world.”

Jessi adds, “We then got involved in the many Walker activities, which align with our values of simplicity, playfulness, and connectivity to community and space. Interactive exhibitions, Free Thursday Nights, and family art-making activities allow us to pass those values onto our children. Becoming Walker members is how we support something that gives so much to us.”

What’s your favorite Walker memory?

“Jessi and I like to commit to things, so Christian Marclay’s The Clock (2004) was perfect. We watched for ten hours. There was just something magical about drifting off to sleep and waking up with the same movie playing. Nothing was lost, because there was no plot, but it still felt as if something fascinating was happening,” describes Alex.

“I was brought to tears while peacefully lying in the Walker’s Garden Terrace Room, surrounded by adults being sung lullabies during the late hours of Northern Spark. That piece, Marcus Young and Grace Minnesota’s The Lullaby Experiment (2011), was a beautiful glimpse at how gentle and vulnerable we all are as humans,” says Jessi.