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Radical Play

Cas Holman

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Radical Play

Toy designer Cas Holman outlines how framing play as acts of rebellion informed their guest-edited Walker Reader series Radical Play.
Something to Say Magazine: Mapping Our Tethered Futures

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Something to Say Magazine: Mapping Our Tethered Futures

Twin Cities based artists Taoheed Bayo and Mark Odumuyiwa reveal their collaborative approach to creating the locally focused Something to Say Magazine.
Considering Land Acknowledgment

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Considering Land Acknowledgment

A conversation between two Walker Art Center educators that explores the intent of using and speaking land acknowledgments into one’s space, particularly that of a public institution.

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Tracing recent re-examinations of what museums are and can be, this series considers bold re-envisionings for the shape of museums both within their walls as well as throughout communities.

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Examining how artists practice, engage with, and foster care while recognizing the creative labor it takes to nurture themselves and others.

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A behind-the-scenes glimpse that celebrates the staff, volunteers, artists, and others whose work forms the life and character of the Walker Art Center.

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Gathering various creative perspectives, Radical Play considers play as an act of rebellion—a joyous method for learning, expressing oneself, forming empathetic connections, pushing boundaries, and reshaping our world.

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Children’s Exhibitions at the Walker

Jill Vuchetich

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Children’s Exhibitions at the Walker

From a 1948 Children’s Fair to Keith Haring, Glenn Ligon, and a toy by the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, archivist Jill Vuchetich explores the Walker's history of exhibitions for children.
Arts Funding in Local Public Schools

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Arts Funding in Local Public Schools

With schools facing budget cuts, what new approaches can ensure students have access to arts education? La’Kayla Williams explores case studies.
Something to Say Magazine: Mapping Our Tethered Futures

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Something to Say Magazine: Mapping Our Tethered Futures

Twin Cities based artists Taoheed Bayo and Mark Odumuyiwa reveal their collaborative approach to creating the locally focused Something to Say Magazine.
Heart Gallery

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Heart Gallery

Members of the 2024–25 Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council declare a globally dispersed museum that is nowhere and anywhere—a Heart Gallery—made of treasured belongings that comfort, memorialize, and transport.
The Expansive Library

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The Expansive Library

How can museums partner with non-art institutions to further greater civic impact? Anna Van Sice, Hennepin County Library adult services librarian, reflects on how museums and libraries can extend past physical buildings and preconceived notions.
Considering Land Acknowledgment

Learning

Considering Land Acknowledgment

A conversation between two Walker Art Center educators that explores the intent of using and speaking land acknowledgments into one’s space, particularly that of a public institution.
Care and the Handmade

Learning Visual Arts

Care and the Handmade

An exploration into how the handmade is a source of power and radical change.
The Play Found on the Dance Floor: Jamal Dixon on DJing and Joy

Jamal Dixon, Cas Holman

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The Play Found on the Dance Floor: Jamal Dixon on DJing and Joy

Through an original playlist and accompanying conversation, DJ Jamal Dixon explores music, dance, and DJ'ing as forms of creative play.
Radical Play

Cas Holman

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Radical Play

Toy designer Cas Holman outlines how framing play as acts of rebellion informed their guest-edited Walker Reader series Radical Play.
In Defense of the Playful Dangers of Drag

Lil Miss Hot Mess

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In Defense of the Playful Dangers of Drag

In an area when drag is under attack, Lil Miss Hot Mess explores drag as a creative and imaginative form of play that utilizes dress-up to envision and enact new worlds as well as build community through feelings of camaraderie and commiseration.
Pleasure Pigs

Ginger Brooks Takahashi

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Pleasure Pigs

Ginger Brooks Takahashi explores pleasure-centered research around foraging, cooking, and their connection to place.
Some of the breathing people

Anna Marie Shogren

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Some of the breathing people

Anna Marie Shogren pulls from interdisciplinary experience as a dance artist, a hospice CNA, and writer to question the capacity of a written score to support or invite care.
Skate and Grow: A Culture of Care

Amara Thomas

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Skate and Grow: A Culture of Care

How do skating and community gardening form care? MoMA's Amara Thomas delves into this unexpected relationship.
Learning through Care at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Museum of Contemporary Art

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Learning through Care at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Museum of Contemporary Art

Explore the unique models for participatory, responsive learning found at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA).
Here to Help: The Walker’s Educators

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Here to Help: The Walker’s Educators

Whether public, private, or for a school group, all tours at the Walker are led by a professional museum Educator. This amazing and energetic group of Walker staff are always here to help translate the sometimes, shall we say complex, artwork jargon into language anyone can understand.

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A series of essays, translations, interviews, and excerpts examining the past, present, and future of art education, presented by the Walker Education and Public Programs staff.

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Avant Museology is a two-day symposium exploring the practices and sociopolitical implications of contemporary museology.

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Through a single interface, an array of voices are invited to respond to pressing questions that surround the work of making, presenting, understanding, and living with art today.