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Contemporary art is increasingly “untethered” and moves from the white cube of the gallery to any site – including the virtual – to engage the public in its own realm. Public art is an ever-expanding field of inquiry, with artists of all stripes exploring the public realm. Beyond murals, monuments, memorials (and the occasional mime) public art has become a vibrant and engaging practice. From the spectacular to the quotidian, permanent to ephemeral, sited to virtual, material to performative, conceptual to cinematic, we believe there are unprecedented opportunities for new art practices in our shared environment. This is the critical focus of Public Address.

Patricia Briggs to write for Art(ists) On the Verge
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02.21.2012
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Patricia Briggs and Caly McMorrow

Mike Hoyt, Poho Posit

Patricia Briggs and Mike Hoyt

Mike Hoyt, Poho Posit

Patricia assumes the position for Near the Ghosts of Sugarloaf by Drew Anderson

Drew Anderson and Patricia Briggs

Drew Anderson and Patricia Briggs

Aaron Westre and Patricia Briggs

Aaron Westre assumes the position for City Fight!

Caly McMorrow working on Status Update

We’re thrilled that Patricia Briggs will be writing an essay for the Art(ists) On the Verge exhibition at the Soap Factory, opening on March 3. She was in town this past weekend visiting with the artists about their installations.

Drew Anderson, Near the Ghosts of Sugarloaf
Michael Hoyt, Poho Posit
Caly McMorrow, Status Update
Anthony Tran, Wire less
Aaron Westre, City Fight!

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Discourse and Discord
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02.21.2012
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Architecture of Agonism from the Kitchen Table to the City Street

Public Symposium

April 12–14
Co-Presented with and at the Walker Art Center

In an era of cultural conservatives and the liberal elite, Occupiers and Tea Partiers, civil uprisings and government crackdowns, perhaps the one point of agreement today is there’s no shortage of disagreement. But if that’s true, then why isn’t there more debate—not online flame wars, not the televised jockeying of political candidates, but live, in-person dialogue?

Join with a range of other unlike-minded people to debate and discuss, disclose and expose—and find out what happens when you move beyond agreeing to disagree.

More information here.

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Art(ists) On the Verge – 4(!)
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01.25.2012
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Northern Lights.mn announces a fourth round of Art(ists) on the Verge commissions (AOV4). AOV4 is an intensive, mentor-based fellowship program for 5 Minnesota-based, emerging artists or artist groups working experimentally at the intersection of art, technology, and digital culture with a focus on network-based practices that are interactive and/or participatory. AOV4 is generously supported by […]

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Give to the Max Day
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11.16.2011
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http://vimeo.com/30395685

Like an art comet that blazes through the night sky once a year, Northern Spark enters the Twin Cities’ orbit on Saturday, June 9, uniting two cities and bringing together a multitude of artists, art projects, arts organizations, and venues in a confluence of culture and nature.

On Give To The Max Day, Wednesday, November 16th, you have a special, one-day opportunity to support a special, one-night project: Northern Spark, Minnesota’s only nuit blanche.

Online fundraising for Northern Spark

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American Censorship Day November 16
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11.12.2011
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An organization like Northern Lights depends on a fair and open Internet, as do many of the artists we work with. Join us in protesting legislation that places, once again, commercial interests as a higher value than open culture.

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Wearable Gardens
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10.19.2011
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standing story far

crafting together

maps sticks seeds

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hung seed

On a sunny, unseasonably warm October afternoon, nine people gathered in a circle and wrote a story. The story was of a tree seed – the sugar maple – at risk of survival due to the environmental impacts of climate change, and the possibilities of its migration north. It was a story in action and of action…

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