Index of Articles and Essays

Dr. Megan Finch on James Baldwin's The Price of the Ticket | Lecture

This talk was recorded on March 20, 2024 and is available via the Weisman’s YouTube channel. This discussion was led by Dr. Megan Finch, Assistant Professor in the English department at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Dr. Finch's expertise lies in American literature, with a focus on representations of "madness" within late 20th-century black women's novels.
Courtney M. Leonard, Breach Logbook 22: Cull (detail), installation view, 2022. Ceramic, paint, and video. Weisman Art Museum commission. Images of three indigenous women in circle frames. Perspectives on Water | Artist Talk

This talk was recorded on March 20, 2024 and is available via the Weisman’s YouTube channel. Ceramic artist Courtney M. Leonard (Shinnecock) discusses her work BREACH Logbook 22: Cull in conversation with Dr. Kate Beane, Executive Director of the Minnesota Museum of American Art and adjunct faculty in American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota. This conversation was moderated by Dr.
A light skinned man with short, cropped graying hair blows into a large bright orange straw which is connected to a wooden, plywood sculpture that leans against the wall. The Other Four | Artist Talk

This talk was recorded on April 3, 2024 and is available via the Weisman’s YouTube channel.  In connection with the Weisman's spring exhibition, THE OTHER FOUR, participating artists Liza Sylvestre, Christopher Jones, and Rotem Tamir convene for a roundtable discussion on the ways in which THE OTHER FOUR promotes intimacy between audience and artwork through touch, breath, and close listening.
James Baldwin on a light blue background More Various, More Beautiful, & More Terrible: Thinking with Baldwin

The Weisman Art Museum’s collection contains primarily painting and sculpture of the United States. More Various, More Beautiful, and More Terrible, currently on view in the Woodhouse Gallery, is a reinstallation of a small portion of this collection. Senior Curator Diane Mullin’s original goal was to select artists from the collection that had not been exhibited often, or ever, at WAM.
A reddish-orange hand sits face-down, studded all over the palm with nail-like steel pins Weisman Art Museum presents "The Other Four," multimedia works by contemporary artists exploring touch, taste, smell, and sound

Weisman Art Museum (WAM) presents The Other Four as its first new exhibition of 2024, on view from February 9 – May 19, 2024. The opening event, on Thursday, February 8, includes an early look at the show, plus music, small bites, photo booth, and a cash bar. Register for tickets now!