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mnartists.org Presents Two Installments of Art Talk Series on Contemporary Art and Culture at the Weisman Art Museum and Loft Literary Center

mnartists.org presents two installments in its free Art Talk series at 7 pm Wednesday, May 18, at the Weisman Art Museum, and 7 pm Tuesday, June 7, at the Loft Literary Center. This ongoing series of dialogues, panels, and presentations features curators, artists, critics, scholars, and cultural producers discussing contemporary art and culture. For a schedule of upcoming talks, visit www.mnartists.org.

mnartists.org is an online database of Minnesota artists and organizations from all disciplines developed and maintained in partnership with the Walker Art Center and the McKnight Foundation.
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Art Talk is presented by the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, mnartists.org, the Walker Art Center, and the Weisman Art Museum. Media support provided by Rake magazine.

Working with the Weisman

Wednesday, May 18, 7pm FREE
Weisman Art Museum
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455
For information, call 612.375.7611

The Weisman Art Museum believes in nurturing strong ties to the community. Join Weisman Art Museum Director Lyndel King, curator Diane Mullin, and Education Director Colleen Sheehy to discuss the Weisman Art Museum’s relationship to, and opportunities for, artists in Minnesota. The event will begin with brief presentations of projects and other events in which the Weisman has worked with Minnesota artists in the past. Then join an informal discussion about the present and future of this vital part of the Weisman’s programming and practice.

The State of Words

Tuesday, June 7, 7pm FREE
The Loft Literary Center
1011 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
For information, call 612.375.7611

Join Ann Klefstad, mnartists.org editor, and a panel of writers, publishers, and readers for a conversation on the current condition of literature in Minnesota. Speakers will discuss opportunities for writers, how cultural shifts are affecting writing, ways in which technologies like blogs, zines, publishing software, Web sites, and listservers are changing the ways literature is produced and disseminated, and how readers are responding to writing.