Thursday, August 1, 2013

Works Progress: This is Somewhere by Colin Kloecker

This is Somewhere from Works Progress on Vimeo.   We first met Brian Frink when we saw him give a talk about his pet portraits, realistic large-scale paintings of dogs and cats, many of…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 12:26PM
Thursday, April 4, 2013

Works Progress: Everyday Ways by Colin Kloecker

Everyday Ways from Works Progress on Vimeo.   After meeting Mankwe Ndosi for the first time, we knew that our process for creating this video would be different than the others in the s…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 01:46PM
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Laura Zabel: Zig-Zagging Careers and the Artists Who Love Them by Laura Zabel

State of the Artist note: This post, from Laura Zabel, is in response to our Visualizing Artists’ Careers project, which you can see here.   I can’t stop looking at these graphi…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 04:55PM
Thursday, January 31, 2013

Nancy Rosenbaum: The Hidden Costs of Being a Shadow Artist by Laura Zimmermann

  This is a call out to all the crackerjack arts administrators out there, working behind the scenes to make it happen. Same goes for you—loyal arts patrons, showing up for every show…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 08:00AM
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Works Progress: The Topic Was Air by Shanai Matteson

The Topic Was Air from Works Progress on Vimeo. As artists who often work across disciplines, we’re excited by efforts to get beyond silo thinking. Thankfully, there seem to be more and mo…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 11:50AM
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Works Progress: The State of These Artists by Shanai Matteson

One of the fortunate by-products of making documentaries in collaboration with artists is getting to know more about their works in progress. Some of those works have made their way into the…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 09:00AM
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Works Progress: Skewing the Lens by Shanai Matteson

Skewing the Lens from Works Progress on Vimeo. “It’s hard sometimes to think outside your own very complicated, very personal, very busy, life-is-overwhelming lens, but when you go t…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 02:46PM
Monday, September 17, 2012

Works Progress: Bog Walk by Colin Kloecker

Bog Walk from Works Progress on Vimeo. Artist Christine Baeumler wants us to get our feet wet. When we approached her about creating a short video for McKnight’s State of the Artist projec…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 01:11PM
Friday, September 7, 2012

McKnight Artist Fellows Celebrate 30 Years by Laura Zimmermann

McKnight Foundation’s Artist Fellowships 30th anniversary celebration from Minneapolis on Vimeo. This summer, we celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the McKnight Artist Fellowship progr…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 05:01PM
Friday, August 3, 2012

Welcome to the Data of the Artist by Laura Zimmermann

Last fall, 120 artists sent me their résumés. They were not applying for a job at the Foundation, nor was I creating a hard copy LinkedIn. Artists agreed to share this career documentation…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 02:17PM
Friday, June 29, 2012

Works Progress: Putting Poetry in Motion by Shanai Matteson

Poetry in Motion from Works Progress on Vimeo. How can poets collaborate with other artists and communities to bring poetry into the world in new ways? Dobby Gibson is a poet, but he doesn&#…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 01:07PM
Friday, June 15, 2012

Works Progress: A Few Questions, Lots of Answers by Shanai Matteson

Over the past two months we’ve been busy working with a handful of artists to develop the remaining videos for our State of the Artist Documentary Project. For those who are new to thi…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 03:08PM
Friday, May 18, 2012

John Caddy is the 2012 McKnight Distinguished Artist by Admin

The McKnight Foundation announces poet and naturalist John Caddy as the 2012 McKnight Distinguished Artist. For those not yet familiar with John’s work, he is a well-respected poet and tea…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 12:45PM
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Lauren Yee: Identity on Stage and Radical Acts of Playwriting by Lauren Yee

Name me any prominent Asian American playwright out there today, and I will quickly be able to point out their “identity” play. We have at least one. For Asian American artists, our ethn…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 11:31AM
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Rick Shiomi: Some Thoughts on the Future of Mu, and Other Ethnic Companies (Part II of II) by Rick Shiomi

No sooner do we recognize the strength and achievement of the Asian American theater community, than someone raises the specter of “the withering away of the ethnic company.” That is, on…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 03:03PM
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Rick Shiomi: A Brief History of Mu Performing Arts (Part I of II) by Rick Shiomi

Asian American theater artists in Minnesota? How did this happen? In New York or LA, San Francisco or Seattle? Sure. But here in the Twin Cities? (I almost feel like breaking into a song fro…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 04:43PM
Monday, April 2, 2012

Works Progress: Perpetual Inspiration Machine by Colin Kloecker

Perpetual Inspiration Machine from Works Progress on Vimeo. What happens when creating work for a gallery audience isn’t enough? During our visit to visual artist Carolyn Swiszcz’s�…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 09:21PM
Monday, March 26, 2012

Angelique Power: A Tourist in this Life by Angelique Power

Why aren’t there more artists of color in mainstream arts institutions? I’ve been getting this question a lot as I make my way across the Great Lakes region hosting information sessions …

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 10:50AM
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The professional lens: Are we a sector of underemployed ‘professional’ artists or successful ‘pro-ams’? by Diane Ragsdale

While we may be graduating tens of thousands of students with arts degrees each year, including some percentage billed as ‘professional training’ degrees, as everyone in the arts knows, …

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 07:12AM
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Bill Cleveland: Yes, and… by Bill Cleveland

Note from State of the Artist: Thanks for all the thoughtful and provocative comments on Laura Zabel’s thoughtful and provocative post “The Importance of Being Ordinary.” I…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 11:00AM
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Mary Ellen Childs: Art and Intimidation by Mary Ellen Childs

Thanks to our lively mother, my childhood household was full of making things—food, poems, make-believe, sweaters, parties, baskets, candles, music, paintings, dances, costumes. We all par…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 04:34PM
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Works Progress: Old Rhythms Making New Sense by Colin Kloecker

When we set out on our State of the Artist Documentary Project, working with some of the McKnight Artist Fellows of the past 30 years, we immediately saw a chance to satisfy our own curiosit…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 10:45AM
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Works Progress:The State of the Artist Documentaries by Shanai Matteson

As Collaborative Directors of Works Progress, Colin Kloecker and I have been fortunate to work in partnership with artists from many different communities and professional backgrounds. In ou…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 10:49AM
Friday, February 17, 2012

Recommended reading: Diane Ragsdale by Laura Zimmermann

Hello! Today State of the Artist highly recommends that you check out Diane Ragsdale’s article, “What are the aims of direct subsidies to artists?” on Jumper. To wit, Direct grants to …

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 11:09AM
Monday, February 13, 2012

Laura Zabel: The Importance of Being Ordinary by Laura Zabel

“Artists aren’t special. WE are not special!” I’m in a conference room at a prestigious university with 30 of my colleagues from across the country and the world – most of whom I h…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 09:57AM
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Patrick Scully: Who owes who, and what? by Patrick Scully

I have found that surviving as an artist in our free market world is a life-long challenge. To make sense of it I have to resolve two questions for myself: What is an artist’s responsibil…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 08:35AM
Monday, February 6, 2012

Welcome to the State of the Artist by Laura Zimmermann

We decided to start a conversation about artists. “We” in this context is The McKnight Foundation, a foundation based in Minnesota that, among other things, has given fellowships to arti…

SOURCE: State of the Artist at 01:00AM

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