The Minnesota State Art Board’s Sue Gens: ‘I’m so grateful to the arts community’
As a state agency and part of state government, MSAB provides financial support to keep the arts community strong and connect Minnesotans to the arts.
Arts & Culture
A MinnPost stay-at-home survival guide: 21 things to watch, read and talk about while you shelter in place
MinnPost staff-recommended picks for books, movies and TV shows to tide you over during the coronavirus bunkering.
Walking Shadow’s ‘Beowulf’ is powerful theater; Patrick Stewart is reading a Shakespeare sonnet every day
ALSO: Playwrights’ Center announces spring season, all online; The Vatican Museum is offering eye-popping virtual tours and videos; and more.
Artscape
Springboard’s Laura Zabel on COVID-19: ‘It feels like utterly new territory, and we feel like this is our purpose’
Over its 42 years – first as a program of United Arts, then as an independent nonprofit – Springboard has evolved into a wealth of programs and resources for artists in Minnesota and beyond.
Artscape
Live jazz is hurting, but there’s hope; Walking Shadow to present ‘Beowulf’ online
ALSO: Virtual performances by the Miró Quartet, Theatre Pro Rata, Theater Mu and more.
Artscape
Friends President Beth Burns on canceling the Minnesota Book Awards ceremony: ‘Out of adversity comes creativity’
While the ceremony won’t happen, there will be some sort of event on April 28. And it will be hosted by T. Mychael Rambo, a cause for celebration all by itself.
Artscape
McKnight Foundation names arts leader; Brave New Workshop livestreaming comedy
ALSO: Online screenings from MSP Film Society; free audiobooks from Audible; and more.
Arts & Culture
‘Music’s going to help get us through it’: Teachers take online music lessons to their at-home students
“Music is critical at all points in time, but now it’s even more,” said Paul Babcock, president and CEO of MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis.
Business
Signs of the pandemic times: A photo essay
MinnPost took a tour of the marquees and storefronts of the ghost town that is the Twin Cities.
Artscape
MSP Film Society’s Susan Smoluchowski on postponing MSPIFF: ‘A very difficult decision to make’
The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival has never been postponed before. We talked to Susan Smoluchowski, executive director of the MSP Film Society, about her organization’s plans.
Artscape
Virtual museum tours: from Mia to the Uffizi and beyond
According to Hyperallergic, 2,500 museums and galleries now offer virtual tours and online collections on Google’s Arts & Culture pages.
Artscape
MCA’s Sheila Smith on COVID-19 and the arts: ‘It’s devastating’
Sheila Smith, executive director of Minnesota Citizens for the Arts and chair and project manager for Creative Minnesota, has a big-picture view of the arts in Minnesota: the organizations and people, why the arts matter, the economic impact of the arts on the state.
Artscape
Twin Cities arts organizations join forces to ‘flatten the curve’ on COVID-19
Many arts organizations canceled, postponed, suspended or rescheduled events — and some are providing online versions and/or substitutions.
