State of the Arts Blog

Oliver Herring: TASK oriented
The conceptual artist is in town to help people explore their own creativity using a game he created called "TASK."
Jude Nutter took home the Minnesota Book Award for poetry this weekend with her collection "I Wish I Had A Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman."
More than 250 books were nominated for this year's Minnesota Book Awards. Here are the winners.
Inauguration Day at MCAD
President Jay Coogan gets his own party, in true art school style.
Minnesota artists at the ACC show
The American Craft Council presents a great opportunity to check out artisans not only from around the nation, but also from around the state.
Scott Holthus takes us on a tour of Vintage Music Company while giving us a lesson in record history.
Walker loses another curator to NYC
Visual Arts Curator Peter Eleey heads to P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Looking for a lost land
Gallery 13 in Minneapolis presents two artists who are both concerned with the same stretch of land in Louisiana.
Art Hounds: Art-O-Mat, Salome, Harty Boys
The hounds tell us about swapping art the size of a cigarette pack, a Richard Strauss opera about the woman who falls in love with a biblical figure's severed head and a pair of intrepid, sibling sleuths who were a big hit at the Fringe.