Picture This: Be a Part of the Walker People's Archive
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Picture This: Be a Part of the Walker People's Archive

We want to see your pictures. We’re putting together a Walker People’s Archive (WPA) and invite you to be a part of it. In fact, we’re so excited to see your photographs that we’re hoping you stop by this summer to have us scan them and listen to the stories that really bring them to life. We’re interested in whatever you’ve got! The one requirement is that your photo gives a glimpse into how you feel connected to the Walker.

We have pictures like this:

1977 Calder Cake Margy Ligon photo
Big, arty cake.

 

Artist (John Cage) with cake.
Artist (John Cage) with cake.

 

Playing with puppets.
Playing with puppets

 

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Children with mustaches. (Or, families connecting through creativity.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


We want pictures like this:

Sippy cups for art!
Sippy cups for art!

 

 

 

 

 

 The photo you took of an artist at work during a visit to the Walker. Did Keith Hering know you were taking his picture? What did he say to you?

The photo you took of an artist at work during a visit to the Walker. Did Keith Haring know you were taking his picture? What did he say to you?
 That artist's film you were a part of many moons ago. (Lorna Simpson's Recollection)

That artist’s film you were a part of many moons ago. (Lorna Simpson’s Recollection)
 Friends posing with art, or simply posing while having fun near art.

Friends posing with art, or simply posing while having fun near art.
That adorable snapshot your dad took of you at a Walker event 33 years ago. Is this you? Let us know!
That adorable snapshot your dad took of you at a Walker event 33 years ago. Is this you? Let us know!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ll of course accept more pictures of cakes, puppets and kiddos with facial hair.

Look through your shoe boxes of Polaroids, find those old slide carousels (we can scan slides!), and come to one of the Walker’s scan days.

Dates and Times (all at the Walker Art Center):

  • Thursday, June 19 from 5 pm-8 pm
  • Sunday, July 13 from 1 pm-4 pm
  • Saturday, August 2 from 11 am-2 pm
  • Thursday, August 7 from 5 pm-8 pm

No registration required. Questions? Call 612.375.7574 and we’ll do our best to answer them.

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