The Walker Art Center’s experimental digital publishing platform, the Walker Reader, explores new horizons for writing about the arts and culture. Each year, the Walker Reader presents evolving series of original scholarly essays, interviews, videos, special projects, and unruly permutations that illuminates the art and ideas reshaping us and our world.
Minnesota State Fair: 170 Years of Creative Activities
In the lead up to its revamping, Kathy Berdan traces the history of the Minnesota State Fair’s Creative Activities Building–from its origins as the Womans’ Activities Building to today’s bounty of artistic expression we all know and love.
Intersection: Trisha Brown and Robert Rauschenberg, Glacial Decoy (1979)
What led to the first theatrical dance collaboration between Trisha Brown and Robert Rauschenberg? We dive into the history of this unique creative partnership.
Dyani White Hawk: Love Language Roundtable Conversation
Moderated by Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), this roundtable gathers Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota) and her women artistic peers Christi Belcourt (Métis)and Marie Watt (Seneca Nation) for a generative exchange about their artistic practices, supports, and commitments.
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