State of the Arts Blog

Art Hounds: FOB, Get on the Grid, and Duluth goes ‘Underground’
This week, a multi-generational perspective on the Chinese immigrant experience, a new venue that's enlivening the Duluth art scene, and a networking party for part time musicians.
Meanwhile lock out forces Minnesota Chorale to cut staff hours.
Hmong-American hip hop hits a vinyl milestone
A Minnesota man recently released what appears to be the first vinyl record put out by a Hmong-American musician.
MIA acquires two busts: one heroic, one ‘Heroica’
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts acquires a 16th century bust of St. John the Baptist and a 20th century bust of Beethoven.
The former leader of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra was named president and managing director this afternoon.