Essay: On “Sherin Guirguis: Here I Have Returned”
Curatorial Assistant Mia Laufer offers a deeper look into creative process and historical research informing the M’s installation by L.A.-based artist Sherin Guirguis.
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation makes $1.5 million investment in Minnesota Museum of American Art
Knight Foundation just announced a major contribution to the M, along with several new investments focused on establishing downtown St. Paul as a place for community, creativity, and inclusive economic growth.
We Are All Connected
Read more about documentarian Melissa Olson’s “We Are All Connected” project to tell present-day stories of Native people adopted by non-Native families in the U.S., including a recent audio doc featuring artist Brad Kahlhamer created in partnership with the M.
Laura Wertheim Joseph is Named the M’s Curator of Exhibitions
Meet the M’s new Curator of Exhibitions, curator and art historian Laura Wertheim Joseph, a Twin Cities-based curator and scholar with a track record of producing resonant, nationally significant exhibitions.
Finding the Great Outdoors in Museum Storage
In March 2019, multidisciplinary artist Moheb Soliman was artist-in-residence at the M. In this essay, he relates how his search for Great Lakes-related landscapes in the M’s collection led to an unexpected deep dive into unexpected waters: the seldom-considered, eccentric database used to catalog and store archival information about the artworks held by the museum.
Conversation: Moheb Soliman, March 2019 Artist Takeover Artist-in-Residence
Before he began his residency at the M this past spring, artist and poet Moheb Soliman spoke with Curator of Learning and Engagement about his work and what he hoped to explore during his time at the museum. Don’t miss your chance to hear from the artist in person at an event on Thurs., July 11, 6 p.m. at the M!
The M Partners with TPT on a New Video Series
TPT, MN Original, and the M are partnering to produce a series of shorts digging into the fascinating backstory of the M, and to shed light on the exciting horizons ahead for this little museum that could. Watch all the videos in the series thus far.
Comfortable with Chaos: A Conversation with Brad Kahlhamer
The M profiles New York-based artist Brad Kahlhamer, whose work defies easy categories, remixing influences and styles through the artist’s own lens of adopted and inherited identities.
Dig Deeper: Select articles from Craft Horizons magazine
Read a curated selection of articles from archives of Craft Horizons magazine, and dig deeper into the stories of makers in the burgeoning American craft movement of the mid-20th century. All reproduced with permission of the American Craft Council.
In Memory: Warren MacKenzie (1924 – 2018)
Curator of Exhibitions Christopher Atkins remembers Warren MacKenzie, paying tribute to his lasting legacy at the M and in the American craft movement.