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Exhibitions The Shape of Time Shadowland: An Exhibition as a Film Urban Cocktail Quartet: Johns, Kelly, Mitchell, Motherwell Quartet: Barney, Gober, Levine, Walker Elemental Mythologies Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967- 2005 House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective ANDY WARHOL/SUPERNOVA: Stars, Deaths, and Disasters 1962-1964 Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005 OPEN-ENDED (the art of engagement) Sharon Lockhart: Pine Flat Diane Arbus Revelations |
Touring Exhibitions
Strangely Familiar: Design and Everyday Life Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005 Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005 House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective ANDY WARHOL/SUPERNOVA: Stars, Deaths, and Disasters, 1962-1964 Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses Artists-in-Residence Catherine Sullivan Rirkrit Tiravanija |
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Performing Arts 2 Foot Yard + Carla Bozulich and Ches Smith 33rd Annual Choreographers' Evening, curated by Mathew Janczewski Black Dice + 13 & God The Builders Association/dbox: SUPER VISION* (World Premiere) Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum with special guest Ruth MacKenzie: Between the Fire and Ice (Mjøllnir II)* (World Premiere) Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Split Sides, Native Green, Suite for Five Deja Donné: In Bella Copia Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker: Once Douglas R. Ewart and Inventions, featuring Ed Wilkerson Jr. and Mwata Bowden + the William Parker/Hamid Drake Duo Bill Frisell's Unspeakable Orchestra with Hal Willner Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Blind Date Jon Langford: The Executioner's Last Songs* Mabou Mines, Mabou Mines Dollhouse Juana Molina + Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt Sekou Sundiata: the 51st (dream) state* Meg Stuart/Benoît Lachambre/Hahn Rowe: FORGERIES, LOVE AND OTHER MATTERS Sarah Michelson: Daylight (for Minneapolis)* (World Premiere) Myra Melford Trio + Michael Haberz + Dawn Saito: Knock on the Sky* (World Premiere) SUNN O))) with Oren Ambarchi + Boris Tinariwen Zeitgeist/Martin Bresnick: Pine Eyes* (World Premiere) ZORN x 3: Zorn in Conversation, Electric Masada, John Zorn and Essential Cinema |
Artists-in-Residence Joe Chvala Momentum: New Dance Works* Risa Cohen: Two Worlds Out There 18 Entertainment by Dan Graham and Tony Oursler featuring Japanther and the Huber Marionettes: Don't Trust Anyone Over Thirty* Superamas: Big Episode #2 (Show/Business) Everett Dance Theatre: Home Movies Kassys: Kommer Summer Music & Movies: Catching Rays (Nicholas Ray) Arcwelder * = Walker commissions |
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Artists-in-Residence Christian Marclay: Sound Art Cinema Spencer Nakasako: Everyone Has a Story Li Zhenhua: Virtual China Film Festival Women with Vision: Confronting Silence Premieres Alison Chernick: Matthew Barney: No Restraint Regis Dialogues Ang Lee with James Schamus: East Meets Western Lili Taylor with B. Ruby Rich: Independent Spirit Best Buy Film/Video Bay Alluring Illumination Lecture Room Screenings/Commissions Abigail Child: Cake and Steak; Dark Dark
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Special Series/Events 2005 British Television Advertising Awards 4th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (BEFF4): Bangkok Democrazy Project 304, Bangkok An Evening with Robert Towne Andy Warhol: Factory Films Animation Innovation Global Lens (Fall 2005/Spring 2006) International Children's Films at Free First Saturdays Queer Takes Summer Music & Movies: Catching Rays Nicholas Ray The Parallel Universe(s) of Matthew Barney: Cremaster 1-5 The Wave: A program of short films from China Sharon Lockhart: Pine Flat Music + Films John Zorn's Music for Films Partnerships Cinema and Society in the Arab World Conference: Yousri Nasrallah: Mercedes Screenings at Exhibition Openings Andy Warhol: Kiss |
Education and Community Programs | |
> Public Programs The Artist's Bookshelf Art Labs Drawing on the Grid, Games of Chance, Just Like Andy Artist Talks
Alec Soth with Andrei Codrescu Classes Body as Subject Drawn Here: Contemporary Design in Conversation Series James Dayton Free Verse Series Kenneth Goldsmith Gallery Talks Carol Brash Lectures Howard French Panel Discussions Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses: Michael Sylvester, Geoffrey Warner, Charlie Lazor, Ron Radziner, Michelle Kaufmann, Maria Rutensköld, Joseph Tanney, Julie Schaefer The Revelations of Diane Arbus: Elisabeth Sussman, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Neil Selkirk, Elizabeth Carpenter Special Events Your Future in Our Hands Performance: Piotr Szyhalski and Richard Shelton OPEN-ENDED (the art of engagement) Programs Mail-in Activity: Ralph Lemon OPEN-ENDED (the art of engagement) Resident Artists Matt Bakkom: The Society for Collective Investigation; Inaugural meeting of the Anagram Club of Minneapolis; Capture the Flag Gülgün Kayim: Performance with Skewed Visions > Teen Programs Classes Absolutely Pre-Fabulous Art Challenge OPEN-ENDED (the art of engagement) Programs Karaoke Battle Special Events Spencer Nakasako's Freedom Project
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> School and Tour Programs Art Labs Art Today, Randanimals, Spin Out, Take a Chance, Up Close Makeover ArtsConnectEd Launch of Art Today Web site Teacher Workshops Anoka-Hennepin Public Schools; Concordia College, Moorhead; Duluth Public Schools; Forest Lake Public Schools; Minnesota State University, Moorhead; St. Paul Public Schools; University of Minnesota Student Film Screenings Animation Innovation School Outreach/Presentations/Workshops Anoka-Hennepin School District, Art Educators of Minnesota Fall Conference, Buffalo High School Arts Magnet, Buffalo High School Diversity Symposium, L'Etoile du Nord, Minneapolis Public Schools: Arts for Academic Achievement, Roosevelt High School, Osseo Public Schools Arts Department, Perpich Center Media Arts Initiative Workshop, Ramsey International Fine Arts, University of Minnesota's College in the Schools Program, University of St. Thomas Teacher Institute Art Today Summer Teacher Tours and Art Labs Tour Programs Art Today Tours for K-12 students > Family Programs Summer's Cool All About Me!, Comic Creations, Culture Camp, Hip-Hop Moves, Kids Rock!, Once Upon a Garden, The Making of a Music Video Free First Saturdays Behind the Scenes, Flights of Fantasy, Inspired by Me, Once Upon a Place, Pop-Mart, Press Play, Pretty Fabulous, Random Ruckus, Sound Garden, Stories with Sara, Totally Modular, What's Your Story? > Community Programs Artists-in-Residence Ralph Lemon Community Screenings/Artist Talks Lost Boys of Sudan with Santino Majok Chuor and director Megan Mylan OutreachFree Arts Minnesota Portrait Power Workshop Civic Engagement Initiatives: Events PEACE Games Civic Engagement Initiatives: Community Dialogues Contemporary Art and Artists: Critical Choices in a World of Freedom and Diversity Rap Sessions: Race and Hip-Hop: DeAnna and Roger Cummings, Bakari Kitwana, Adam Mansbach, Ernie Paniccioli, Oliver Wang The Spectacle of Death: The Role of Disaster and Tragedy in Shaping Community: Timothy Mennel, Yasmil Raymond, Robyn Robinson, John Schott Civic Engagement Initiatives: Community Space SharingInternational Leadership Institute: Art and Civic Rights Roundtable, Minnesota AIDS Project, Minnesota Creative Arts & Aging Network, Minnesota Opera Children's Choir Retreat, National Probations Chiefs Annual Meeting, Red Door Clinic, Responsible Minnesota Business Annual Meeting, Vital Aging Network Explore Program Walker on Wheels (WoW) > mnartists.org mnartists Mix CD Release Artist Registration Workshops Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Art Reach Alliance, Central Minnesota Arts Board, Intermedia Arts, Lake Region Arts Council, Metropolitan Region Arts Council/ Springboard for the Arts, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Region 2 Arts Council, Rochester Arts Center > Publications Art Today Online Classroom Resource |
New Media Initiatives | |
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New Media Initiatives tickets.walkerart.orgArtists-in-Residence (air.walkerart.org) Geography Trilogy (geography.walkerart.org) mnartists.org/forums Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses (design.walkerart.org/prefab) Art Today (schools.walkerart.org/arttoday) House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective (visualarts.walkerart.org/oracles) design.walkerart.org Art on Call (newmedia.walkerart.org/aoc) |
Interactive Media Art on Call (special exhibition content, podcasts, and iPod interface) Signage Hennepin Avenue (redesign) |
Design | |
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Exhibitions Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses Programs and Lectures Drawn Here: Contemporary Design in Conversation
Julie Snow with Andrew Blauvelt Some Assembly Required Opening-day Panel Discussion
Michelle Kaufmann, Michelle Kaufmann Designs Pre-Fabs of Steel . . . and Glass, Concrete, and Wood: A Tour of Minneapolis Modular Homes Insights '06 Design Lecture Series Co-organized with the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Minnesota Chapter |
Publications Chuck Close: Self Portraits 1967-2005 (exhibition catalogue) Expanding the Center: Walker Art Center and Herzog & de Meuron (book) House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective (exhibition catalogue) Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005 (exhibition catalogue) ANDY WARHOL/SUPERNOVA: Stars, Deaths, and Disasters, 1962-1964 (exhibition catalogue) Awards Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole Expanding the Center: Walker Art Center and Herzog & de Meuron House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective Walker Expanded Walker without Walls Recognition "Crit," Creative Review, October 2005 "Identifying Marks," Dynamic Graphics, February/March 2006 "Unfurling artwords," Eye #59, Spring 2006 AIGA/Minnesota Design Show 2006, Where ______ meets ______. campaign Idea, #316, May 2006 Design director/curator Andrew Blauvelt nominated for a communications design award for Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Meeting: Business+Design, College for Creative Studies, Detroit (March-April 2006) |
