Hippocrates Cafe illuminates health care through story and song, performed by leading Twin Cities’ actors and musicians, incorporating equal measures of humor and reflection. Using a variety of materials, including poems, short stories, novels, scientific journals, and instrumental interludes, actors and musicians illuminate the history of neurology. Creator and director Jon Hallberg, MD, will host the show.
Reserve your ticket at z.umn.edu/WAMhip.
The other week at Art-A-Whirl, I (David Reimann) spoke to a woman who was working an iced-coffee stand in a parking lot where a band was playing and people were dancing. She and I spoke, and I learned that she was the owner of the newly opened café named, Maeve’s Cafe, located on 13th Ave NE. The following week I decided to pay a visit to the cafe because she told me that they show artists’ work and it was…
Crafting Memories with the Weisguides
On Sunday the 25th of November, at WAM, the Weisguides had a DIY activity for people to do from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. From 2011 to 2012 two graduate interns processed the Weisman’s archival collection leading to the opening of the exhibition, The WAM Files: The Art of the Archives. Their hard work led to the exhibition space being filled with scrapbooks, photographs, and documents from the Weisman spanning back 40 years. Tour guides of WAM lead groups through the…
Faculty
Expand classroom learning, interact with exhibitions, enhance student experiences, and create lasting multi-departmental relationships through the Weisman Art Museum. Read on to learn more about WAM’s resources, and how they might work for you and your students. Museum as Classroom WAM invites you to make our galleries part of your classroom this year. All tours and workshops are free to University of Minnesota classes. Schedule a guided tour from our tour menu options or work with our education department to…