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Free Thursday Night: Learning Lab, 2024. Photo: Kameron Herndon. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

The Walker’s Public Engagement, Learning & Impact (PELI) department centers learning for everyone, at any age.

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What is Contemporary Art?

The answer is simple: contemporary art is art made today by living artists. As such, it reflects the complex issues that shape our diverse, global, and rapidly changing world.

Through their work, many contemporary artists explore personal or cultural identity, offer critiques of social and institutional structures, or even attempt to redefine art itself. In the process, they often raise difficult or though-provoking questions without providing easy answers.

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Free Thursday Nights
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Free Thursday Nights

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Community Partnerships

Lead support for the Walker’s Learning and Public Programs is provided by the Pohlad Family Community Engagement Fund. Additional support is provided by the Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation and Susan and Rob White.