State of the Arts Blog

The Southern Theater is paying off its debts, but still owes the McKnight Foundation nearly $370,000.
Both Mixed Blood and Ten Thousand Things theater companies will have a fully funded playwright on their staffs for the next three years to join them in creating new work.
From the moon to the MN History Center
The Minnesota History Center is displaying moon rocks from the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 lunar landings.
The longtime Saint Paul institution exceeded its fundraising goal, and will resume staging theater this spring.
Art Hounds: Aida, Jesters Comedy Improv, and contemporary Native American art
The hounds start the new year by spreading the word about a Minneapolis theater company interpreting a Disney musical, a Duluth exhibition that places traditional American Indian art and culture in a modern context, and a Mexican restaurant in Roseville that's become a weekend hangout for improv comedy.
While artists continued to do what they do best, 2012 has been a year marked by struggle and loss, both personal and professional.
Art Hounds: 2012 visual art and music highlights
We've asked our Art Hounds to tell us about their Minnesota arts and culture highlights of 2011. Here are the music and visual art highlights that we didn't have to get to on air.
A new wave of Latino artists come into their own
A group of artists share their perspectives on a vibrant Latino community in which some are third and fourth generation Minnesotans, while others are still adjusting to their new home.
The program that brings authors to Twin Cities libraries has announced the line-up for its next season and the emphasis is on Minnesota writers.
Art Hounds: 2012 Highlights, part two
We've asked our Art Hounds to tell us about their Minnesota arts and culture highlights of 2011. Here is the second on-air installment.