State of the Arts Blog

Art after 9/11/01
Walker curator Bartholomew Ryan looks at art both shaped and changed by the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Art on a barn
A public art project in Door County, Wisconsin is adorning farm buildings with quilt squares.
Marc Anthony brings salsa to State Fair
When singer Marc Anthony takes the Grandstand stage at the Minnesota State Fair tonight, he'll be greeted as a superstar by salsa music fans, and an adored favorite son by Puerto Ricans.
As summer comes to an end, arts venues are revving up their calendars; we take a look at some of this month's highlights.
Art Hounds:  Mark Manders, The Goondas, and finding art in a construction zone
This week's hounds are reveling in "post-conceptual" sculpture, celebrating raw, seductive rock from some nice Minnesota boys and fine-tuning their powers of observation along the Central Corridor.
Art Hounds: Hamlet, Latino artists, and a neighborhood art crawl
This week's hounds can't resist a Latino art show inspired by miracles, an art crawl the Longfellow neighborhood way--from home to home, and an attempt to scale the theatrical heights of Hamlet for the first time.