Sculpture

Ice artist Chris Swarbrick talks technique, plans for the Saint Paul Winter Carnival

​The Saint Paul Winter Carnival has been a Twin Cities favorite since 1886, when legend has it that the event began after some thought the city seemed uninhabitable and boring during the winter. Since then, the festival has developed a huge following, with events including the crowing of the Fire ... More >>

Cache

​The Saint Paul Winter Carnival has been a Twin Cities favorite since 1886, when legend has it that the event began after some thought the city seemed uninhabitable and boring during the winter. Since then, the festival has developed a huge following, with events including the crowing of the Fire ... More >>

Comed Together

​The Saint Paul Winter Carnival has been a Twin Cities favorite since 1886, when legend has it that the event began after some thought the city seemed uninhabitable and boring during the winter. Since then, the festival has developed a huge following, with events including the crowing of the Fire ... More >>

Western Sculpture Park Festival

​The Saint Paul Winter Carnival has been a Twin Cities favorite since 1886, when legend has it that the event began after some thought the city seemed uninhabitable and boring during the winter. Since then, the festival has developed a huge following, with events including the crowing of the Fire ... More >>

Mark Manders Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments

​The Saint Paul Winter Carnival has been a Twin Cities favorite since 1886, when legend has it that the event began after some thought the city seemed uninhabitable and boring during the winter. Since then, the festival has developed a huge following, with events including the crowing of the Fire ... More >>

Czeslaw's Loop: The Final Opus

​The Saint Paul Winter Carnival has been a Twin Cities favorite since 1886, when legend has it that the event began after some thought the city seemed uninhabitable and boring during the winter. Since then, the festival has developed a huge following, with events including the crowing of the Fire ... More >>

Monster Drawing Rally 3

​The Saint Paul Winter Carnival has been a Twin Cities favorite since 1886, when legend has it that the event began after some thought the city seemed uninhabitable and boring during the winter. Since then, the festival has developed a huge following, with events including the crowing of the Fire ... More >>

A chill Q&A with master ice carver Chris Swarbrick

Courtesy of Ice OccasionsA Chris Swarbrick masterpiece​Have you hung out at the Ice Bar at the Chambers or admired ice carvings at local weddings, festivals, or corporate events? Then no doubt you've enjoyed the work of Chris Swarbrick, master ice carver and all-around chill guy. In 1998, he was s ... More >>

Ice Chamber

Courtesy of Ice OccasionsA Chris Swarbrick masterpiece​Have you hung out at the Ice Bar at the Chambers or admired ice carvings at local weddings, festivals, or corporate events? Then no doubt you've enjoyed the work of Chris Swarbrick, master ice carver and all-around chill guy. In 1998, he was s ... More >>

Sol LeWitt

Courtesy of Ice OccasionsA Chris Swarbrick masterpiece​Have you hung out at the Ice Bar at the Chambers or admired ice carvings at local weddings, festivals, or corporate events? Then no doubt you've enjoyed the work of Chris Swarbrick, master ice carver and all-around chill guy. In 1998, he was s ... More >>

Open Field picnic at Walker Art Center

Walker Art Center​Picnicking days are coming to a close, but here's one of your last opportunities: Walker Art's Open Field is hosting a picnic Friday, September 3, from 6 to 8 p.m.  This year they've added a grill to the sculpture garden and smartly stocked it with food, beer, wine, and ma ... More >>

mnartists.org Field Day and Local Artists Mart

Walker Art Center​Picnicking days are coming to a close, but here's one of your last opportunities: Walker Art's Open Field is hosting a picnic Friday, September 3, from 6 to 8 p.m.  This year they've added a grill to the sculpture garden and smartly stocked it with food, beer, wine, and ma ... More >>

Iron Pour

Walker Art Center​Picnicking days are coming to a close, but here's one of your last opportunities: Walker Art's Open Field is hosting a picnic Friday, September 3, from 6 to 8 p.m.  This year they've added a grill to the sculpture garden and smartly stocked it with food, beer, wine, and ma ... More >>

FLOW: Northside Arts Crawl

Walker Art Center​Picnicking days are coming to a close, but here's one of your last opportunities: Walker Art's Open Field is hosting a picnic Friday, September 3, from 6 to 8 p.m.  This year they've added a grill to the sculpture garden and smartly stocked it with food, beer, wine, and ma ... More >>

Vagina on beaver sculpture causes controversy [PHOTO]

Deborah DavisIs that a vagina on that beaver's stomach?​Is that a vagina on that beaver's belly?At least 20 passersby on the Bemidji Sculpture Walk certainly thought so, and they called City Hall to complain.That led to City Manager John Chattin removing the offending beaver.Now some are crying ce ... More >>

Walker Art Center launches digital scavenger hunt

​ There's more to do than take photographs of the Spoon Cherry the next time you visit the Sculpture Garden. Bring your cell phones and get ready for an interactive scavenger hunt.

Free First Saturdays: Webshare, v.2

​ There's more to do than take photographs of the Spoon Cherry the next time you visit the Sculpture Garden. Bring your cell phones and get ready for an interactive scavenger hunt.

Studio Bricolage: Performance Sculpture: Kinetic Art

​ There's more to do than take photographs of the Spoon Cherry the next time you visit the Sculpture Garden. Bring your cell phones and get ready for an interactive scavenger hunt.

Minnesota's flying shed

It's like our own Wizard of Oz, but not quite as awesome.

Sick of Sarah, "Bittersweet"

The local ladies show their love for First Ave's star-studded wall.

Free First Saturday: Super Sculptures

The local ladies show their love for First Ave's star-studded wall.

5 Questions with famous hip-hop photographer Lauri Lyons

She's photographed everyone from Common to Jam Master Jay and worked as a photo editor at the Source. And she's got Minneapolis ties.

Hot Metal Pour

She's photographed everyone from Common to Jam Master Jay and worked as a photo editor at the Source. And she's got Minneapolis ties.

Fantastic Fourth

She's photographed everyone from Common to Jam Master Jay and worked as a photo editor at the Source. And she's got Minneapolis ties.

Lookbook kick off promising Sky Pesher concert series

The electro duo were the first in a series to play the Pesher at the Walker Art Center.

The Decemberists: Maybe not so lame after all?

Check out this video of the D-team covering Heart.

The Quick and the Dead

Check out this video of the D-team covering Heart.

Spoon and cherry to be reuinited Friday

After getting a fresh new coat of red paint, the Walker will plop that sucker right back where it belongs.

Chris Larson: Deep North

After getting a fresh new coat of red paint, the Walker will plop that sucker right back where it belongs.

Spoonbridge won't have its iconic cherry for five weeks

The cherry atop the Walker Art Center's sculpture garden spoonbridge is getting a fresh coat of bright red paint starting Monday.

Spoonbridge and Cherry artist dies

Hot Iron Pour

Spoonbridge: It's Art, but Is It Good Art?

Small Metal Objects: A sharp take on public art, community and friendship

Back to Back Theatre: Small Metal Objects

Design for the Other 90%

MCAD Faculty Show: Rotten Sun: On the Grotesque in Art and Design

Happy on the Inside

Sculpture, sunshine, and soul-sustaining sandwiches in Seward

Walker woes

Sculpture, sunshine, and soul-sustaining sandwiches in Seward

Eight Feet Are Better Than Two

Sculpture, sunshine, and soul-sustaining sandwiches in Seward

Praise Be

With Hallelujah, choreographer Liz Lerman gives thanks to the beauty of chaos and disorder

Hail Mary

More public art for the Red Bull and Doritos set

Home Is Where the Art Is

Artists and city planners are shopping for a new home for a north-side landmark

Success, on a Small Scale

While some monumental artists starve, Jason Barnett carves out a creative niche in the figurine business

Two for the Show

Amy Toscani sizes up sculpture; Carol Padberg pictures quilting and collage

Oh, Henrik!

A purloined sculpture of Henrik Ibsen is finally on the verge of returning to Como Park

Political Theater

The Guthrie's search for new digs casts the company in a Minneapolis development drama

Visible Vision

Choreographer Bill T. Jones focuses on form and aesthetics

Is First Avenue being pushed to second?

Choreographer Bill T. Jones focuses on form and aesthetics

Art House on the Prairie

Rough-and-ready art at the Franconia Sculpture Park