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As part of the Target Studio Collaboration Culmination and Performance, join us for a Conversation on Performance and Public Art, presented with Forecast Public Art.

In contemporary art, “performance” stands for an extremely broad range of creative practices that use live action as the basis of work. Meet artists Nooshin Hakim, Pedram Baldari, Monica Sheets, Pramila Vasudevan, and Peng Wu for a conversation about ways in which their diverse performance-based work activates public spaces, and the challenges and opportunities the public sphere imposes on ephemeral art practices.

The conversation is moderated by Jen Krava, the Director of Programming and New Initiatives of Forecast Public Art, and Boris Oicherman, the Curator for Creative Collaboration in the Target Studio.

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Lake Street Truth Collective Public Conversation [Transcript]

A tent on the Roberts Shoes Lot on Lake Street with the Midtown Exchange in the background and the setting sun.

Hear from Lake Street Truth Collective Truth & Repair facilitators Quito Ziegler, Jennings Mergenthal, and Kya Concepcion about their work engaging the Lake Street community during summer 2021 on the former Roberts Shoes lot on Lake St. & Chicago Ave. Moderated by WAM’s curator for creative collaboration, Boris Oicherman. This event was recorded on December 1, 2021. Learn more about the Lake Street Truth Collective’s Target Studio Residency >> Boris Oicherman: Hello, and good evening everyone. Welcome to the Weisman…

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Recap: Target Studio Collaboration Culmination & Performances

Wu lies on his back on stage, looking up to the ceiling; the frame includes two audience members watching him.

  On May 15, community members gathered alongside the Target Studio cohort and their UMN collaborators to celebrate the very first year of the Target Studio for Creative Collaboration program. The evening began with studio activations and performances from 2018–2019 artist-fellows Terry Hempfling and Rachel Jendrzejewski, Marcus Young and students at HECUA’s Art for Social Change program, Anna Marie Shogren, Peng Wu, Yuko Taniguchi, Alison Hiltner, and Monica Sheets. A panel conversation commenced, comprised of a number of incubator artists and…

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Meet Boris at the Water Bar

WAM’s curator for creative collaboration, Boris Oicherman, is relocating his office hours to the the Water Bar, a space that is nurturing creative collaborations in the Twin Cities. As the curator of WAM’s Target Studio for Creative Collaboration, Boris is dedicated to cultivating collaboration opportunities at WAM. During his office hours he will be available for an informal conversations, no appointment needed. Stop by the Water Bar  and enjoy a glass of H2O and a refreshing conversation. Water Bar &…

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