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State of the Arts Blog

Retired violinist Tom Kornacker takes new role at the SPCO

Just days after his name was on the list of 10 Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra veterans who took an early retirement package violinist Tom Kornacker will be returning to the SPCO. In a letter this morning SPCO President Bruce Coppock announced Kornacker will become Special Assistant to the President, serving in a number of roles, but perhaps most…
by Euan Kerr

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Both sides in MnOrch dispute mum over claim of an impending musician vote

A posting on the widely-read classical music blog Slipped Disc today claimed that locked-out musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra likely would vote today on a return-to-work proposal developed with the help of a mediator. The post also claimed that the musicians’ negotiating committee is calling for a unanimous rejection of the deal. Representatives of the musicians…
by Euan Kerr

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M.I.A. celebrates a big year

M.I.A. celebrates a big year

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is celebrating record attendance following a year of blockbuster shows. MIA President Kaywin Feldman announced that  attendance for FY2013 is at an all-time record of 679,753 – an increase of 48 percent over  last year’s total of  456,410.  A lot of that is due to exhibits that were big draws.…
by Euan Kerr

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Art Hounds: Reggae, dance in Duluth, and ‘Push Button. Get Bacon’

Art Hounds: Reggae, dance in Duluth, and ‘Push Button. Get Bacon’

    Film and theater director John Gaspard highly recommends The Recovery Party’s “Push Button. Get Bacon.” Okay, I’ll admit that it took me a moment to figure out the graphic for The Recovery Party’s new show at the Bryant Lake Bowl, “Push Button. Get Bacon.” My bad. Like the graphic and title, the show…
by Molly Bloom

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Winona Shakespeare festival seeks bigger audience for the bard

Winona Shakespeare festival seeks bigger audience for the bard

Winona’s Great River Shakespeare Festival draws actors from across the globe each summer to stage the bard’s classic works. This year,  the festival’s 10th season, organizers hope to lure a lot more Minnesota audiences, too. The company is staging performances of King Henry V and Twelfth Night. King Henry V is essentially a meditation on leadership and…
by Marianne Combs

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Are small literary presses the future of publishing?

Last week Random House and Penguin merged to create what they’re calling “the world’s first truly global trade book publishing company” – Penguin Random House. Boris Kachka writes in the New York Times that, by trimming the number of book publishers, such consolidations threaten the diversity of literature, which has dire consequences for both writers…
by Marianne Combs

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SPCO announces list of retiring musicians

One of the remaining shoes to drop in the St Paul Chamber Orchestra contract settlement was just how many musicians would take the retirement package offered to orchestra members aged 55 or older.  Half the SPCO players were eligible and in a letter to SPCO board members and supporters today newly re-appointed President Bruce Coppock…
by Euan Kerr

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Winona brings world class art to the riverfront

The Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona is quickly becoming a destination for serious art lovers in the Midwest. Founded in 2006, the museum began as the home of the Maritime Heritage Society, displaying model ships, royal sailing flags and paintings with a nautical theme. But the riverside museum, whose motto is “Great Art Flows…
by Marianne Combs

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