January 22, 2021
On View: January 29 – May 16, 2021 In the midst of the Great Depression, visual artists in the United States were put to work through the relief efforts of the New Deal, not only to provide a living wage but to bolster the spirits of the general public. Many used the opportunity to portray…
December 28, 2020
Piotr Szyhalski—the Polish-born and trained, American multimedia artist—has built a dynamic, richly varied body of work over the last thirty years. The Weisman Art Museum’s Piotr Szyhalski/Labor Camp: We Are Working All the Time! will be the first exhibition featuring works from across his extraordinary career to be critically considered together. Central to this project,…
November 24, 2020
Upon entering Vesna Kittelson’s North Loop Minneapolis studio, you notice that her space is populated with the faces of Young Americans. The painted portraits, slightly larger than life, are unfettered by frames and hung directly on the wall, most of them at eye level or just above. You can’t help but meet their gazes;…
November 20, 2020
WAM will Reopen on Thursday, February 11, 2021 Weisman Art Museum (WAM) plans to reopen its galleries to the general public on Thursday, February 11, 2021. On November 21, WAM announced a temporary closure, in accordance with Governor Walz’s Executive Order 20-99 and aligned guidance from University of Minnesota leadership and public health officials. Now,…
August 25, 2020
Download accessible text (PDF) About the Artist L. Kling (they/them) making zines and fermenting food with care and magic on occupied Dakota and Anishinaabe land. Instagram @YOLOWzines @picklewitch ©YOLOW zines 2020, excerpted and reproduced with permission Read more from How Does Your Garden Grow? >>
August 25, 2020
About the Artist heather c. lou (she/her/hers) is an angry gemini earth dragon, multiracial, asian, queer, cisgender, disabled, depressed, and anxious womxn of color artist based in st. paul, minnesota. Instagram @hclou About the Artist Arnée Martin (she/they) is an artist/arts educator originally from Charleston, SC/Edisto Natchez/Kusso land. Instagram @argh_margh ©YOLOW zines 2020, excerpted…
August 25, 2020
Download accessible text (PDF) About the Artist Paulina Hoong (she/her) is a 2nd-generation Chinese woman from rural Minnesota. Instagram @paulinahoong ©YOLOW zines 2020, excerpted and reproduced with permission Read more from How Does Your Garden Grow? >>
August 25, 2020
Download accessible text (PDF) About the artists Soraya Daneshmand (they/them) is a biracial, queer vegan that lives in the Twin Cities. Instagram @soraya_dee sen holiday (they/them) makes art and comics on stolen Dakota and Anishinaabe land. skyveincomic.com ©YOLOW zines 2020, excerpted and reproduced with permission Read more from How Does Your Garden Grow? >>
August 25, 2020
Gardens can be literal places for growing our flowers and vegetables, or gardens can be inside our hearts and minds. How are we tending our gardens? How are we sowing our seeds for a harvest where no one will be hungry? What magic are we finding in the sunshine, water, and soil? I asked these…
March 26, 2020
While WAM is now open to the general public, our staff and partnering artists continue to develop programming to engage audiences and build community online. WAM events, programs, workshops, and tours will mostly be online until further notice. Wherever we are, at home or in a fabulous building by the river, WAM is committed to shining a…