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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.

Northern Spark 2017 Open Call – Little Mekong, Little Africa, West Bank
Author
Elle Thoni
Post
11.17.2016

Northern Spark 2017 Open Call — Little Mekong, Little Africa, West Bank Application Deadline: Monday, January 16th, 2017 at 9pm CST Northern Spark: Climate Chaos | Climate Rising, will be held the night of June 10th, 2017 along the LRT Green Line from sunset to sunrise, 8:59 pm-5:26 am.  This open call is for night-long […]

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Northern Lights.mn Newsletter – November
Author
Northern Lights.mn
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11.11.2016

A Message From Our Staff Dear Reader, You could say that Tuesday night we experienced the political equivalent of a 1,000 year storm, a storm that seemed to come out of nowhere but that in reality is something we made. It is dismaying to contemplate a government that acts as if climate change is a hoax when we can […]

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Northern Lights.mn mini Newsletter – Even More Artist Opportunities!
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Northern Lights.mn
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11.2.2016

Announcing the Fifth Annual Creative City Challenge Christopher Lutter, Heid E. Erdrich, Coal Dorius, Kim Ford, Paul Tinetti, Karl Stoerzinger, and Ian Knodel, Wolf and Moose — 2016 Creative City Challenge winner. Photo: Jayme Halbritter. The Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Program of the City of Minneapolis in collaboration with The Commons and Northern Lights.mn and […]

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Northern Lights.mn Newsletter – October
Author
Northern Lights.mn
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10.14.2016

October AAA: What is the Anthropocene? Photo: Beyond Neon, Worried Snow Monkey, [Flickr] is licensed under CC BY 2.0. AAA: What is the Anthropocene? Wednesday, October 19th, 7-8pm Fulton Taproom 414 6th Ave N, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 Facebook event Perhaps you’ve heard of our new club AAA: Anthropocene Awareness Association, and maybe you’ve been at a party and overheard […]

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Northern Lights.mn Newsletter – September
Author
Northern Lights.mn
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09.15.2016

Feeling Overwhelmed about Climate Change? Join AAA: Anthropocene Awareness Association Image: Holbergsgade Cyclists by Tony Webster [Flickr] is licensed under CC BY 2.0 We’ve entered the Anthropocene — a new planetary age when human activities exert a dominant influence on Earth’s geology and ecosystems. As a way of exploring (and coping) with this reality, Northern Lights.mn invites you […]

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Northern Lights.mn Newsletter – August
Author
Northern Lights.mn
Post
09.6.2016

IN Light IN Northern Lights.mn is heading to Indianapolis! Check out IN Light IN, a historic “100 year event” in Indianapolis, August 26 and 27 from 9 pm to 1 am. From interactive projection mapping of the largest Scottish Rite cathedral in the US to projected documentation of the oldest African American church in Indianapolis. From shadow sculptures […]

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Northern Lights.mn Newsletter – July
Author
Northern Lights.mn
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09.5.2016

    Visit Us at Summer 4Play @Fort Snelling State Park Robin Schwartzman and Desiree Moore, Minnesotan Ice. Northern Spark 2016. Photo: Dusty Hoskovec Northern Spark @ Summer 4Play Saturday, July 30 at Fort Snelling State Park 11am – 4pm More details on Facebook. Northern Lights.mn returns to Fort Snelling State Park this July with a bevy […]

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Business Manager
Author
mediachef
Post
08.11.2016

Help Northern Spark take care of business. We are looking for an energetic individual with good communication skills willing to sell the arts as critical to the region and help identify and implement ways for the Twin Cities community to support Northern Spark. From sponsorships to food vendors to merchandise to advertising, you will be a key member of the Northern Spark team, helping to make this annual festival a successful and sustainable event. More information

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Eating with Strangers to Save the Earth
Author
Tyler Stefanich
Post
06.9.2016

With Northern Spark 2016 and 2017 as bookends, Making the Best of It: Dandelion(MtBoI:D) is a 12-month experiment in hospitality and companionship. Through a series of pop-up community meals hosted throughout different neighborhoods across Minnesota, collaborators Marina Zurkow, Valentine Cadieux, Aaron Marx, and Sarah Petersen will sustain conversations about “the risks of climate chaos, our […]

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Northern Spark Partnership and Outreach Coordinator
Author
Northern Lights.mn
Post
05.5.2016

Northern Lights.mn seeks a Partnership and Outreach Coordinator to support the partnership work of the Northern Spark festival. Northern Lights.mn is a collaborative, interactive media-oriented, arts organization from the Twin Cities for the world. We create platforms with and for artists, audiences, and partners to experiment with and experience innovative art in the public sphere. […]

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A Murmuration of People in the Streets
Author
Tyler Stefanich
Post
04.6.2016

  Walk outside during lunchtime on any given day in downtown Minneapolis and you could count out about 100 people crossing the street, waving cars to keep going, or sidestepping each other on a clogged sidewalk, all doing the familiar pedestrian dance. Now imagine about 100 performers arranged alongside West River Parkway all moving together […]

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Northern Lights.mn Newsletter – March
Author
Northern Lights.mn
Post
03.9.2016

AOV7 Exhibition Opens March 12 Open Call for VR Projects for Northern Spark net.works.mn is Back! Climatic Conditions Introducing the AOV8 Fellows Report from Salzburg Climate Link of the Month In the News

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Beyond Green: The Arts as a Catalyst for Sustainability
Author
mediachef
Post
03.3.2016

Opening Conversation: Artists Inspiring Change: Alexis Frasz, Kalyanee Mam, Frances Whitehead

With Northern Lights.mn’s decision to devote the next two years of Northern Spark and related year-round programming to the effects of climate change under the rubric Climate Chaos | Climate Rising, team, we have been thinking a lot about the possible relations of art and artists to the future of humanity.

I was thrilled, therefore, to get the opportunity recently, with the support of the Bush Foundation, to attend a Salzburg Global Seminar (the 561st since 1947), Beyond Green: The Arts as a Catalyst for Sustainability. With a worldwide roster of incredibly accomplished attendees, it promised to be fertile grounds for research and thoughtful discussion.

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Northern Lights.mn Newsletter – February
Author
Northern Lights.mn
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02.16.2016

net.works.mn Northern Spark 2016 call for proposals Announcing the winner of the Creative City Challenge Prairie Grass Ballet at Jamestown Arts Park Thanks for coming out to the ARTathlon Climate Link of the Month In the News Projects we like

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