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Judy Arginteanu

Judy Arginteanu

Judy Arginteanu, a former editor and reporter for the Pioneer Press and Star Tribune, writes about visual arts and other topics.

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College of St. Catherine: Kevin Kling brings his high-wire magic to The O'Shaughnessy for Valentine's Day

By Judy Arginteanu | 01/26/09
Love is a many splintered thing. Playwright and storyteller Kevin Kling takes that idea and runs with it in his Valentine's Day performance, "Breakin' Hearts and Takin' Names." FROM THE COLLEGE OF ST. CATHERINE
Arts & Culture

Backing the arts on the campaign trail, in our back yard

By Judy Arginteanu | 01/10/08
The results are in, and after the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, the American electorate is clearly showing a stunning groundswell of support for ... anyone's guess.
Arts & Culture

Nicola Lopez's ambivalence about cityscapes makes for a thought-provoking show

By Judy Arginteanu | 01/03/08
On the surface, Nicola López's "Constriction Zone" appears to be all about architecture, roads and maps. But every time you think you've figured out her collages, the tumbling Escher-like blocks twist back on you.
Arts & Culture

A look at Alison Hiltner's body of art

By Judy Arginteanu | 12/11/07
It doesn't take a rocket scientist, or even an M.D., to see that artist Alison Hiltner is, in her own words, "fascinated with the medical and scientific realm." Her works, as varied as an organ donor vending machine and super-villain kits, abound
Politics & Policy

Need a crop-art fix? Book on 'Seed Queen' might suffice until next year's Minnesota State Fair

By Judy Arginteanu | 11/30/07
By Judy Arginteanu Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 Author Colleen Sheehy chronicles the life of Owatonna hairdresser Lillian Colton whom she credits with bringing attention and respect to an art form long dismissed as mere housewifely hobby.
Arts & Culture

Signs of artistic life return to downtown Minneapolis

By Judy Arginteanu | 11/26/07
The last nail went into the coffin of the fabled Warehouse District's arts scene a good 15-16 years ago, when the Target Center behemoth lumbered into town and planted its big-arena butt right in the middle of First Avenue in Minneapolis.
Politics & Policy

Kahlo and O'Keeffe: a tale of two icons, two shows

By Judy Arginteanu | 11/19/07
By Judy Arginteanu | Monday, Nov.
Arts & Culture

(Mostly) intelligent design: form + function at CVA

By Judy Arginteanu | 11/12/07
  "Design" is the new black.