Caponi Art Park
Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Art, Twin Cities | No Comments »Last weekend I went to Caponi Art Park in Eagan, Minn., to check out the art. If you're not familiar with it (I wasn't), artist Anthony Caponi bought a chunk of land in the 1950s and build his home and ...
Simple Living: Artwork for Darfur
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Art, Society | 2 Comments »I love this painfully poignant Darfur poster from Nadia Plesner: "My illustration Simple Living is an idea inspired by the media's constant cover of completely meaningless things. My thought was: Since doing nothing but wearing designer bags and small ugly dogs ...
Mmm… Felt Food
Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in Art | No Comments »Ninja Eema, my sister-in-law's Etsy site I mentioned a few weeks ago, is now stocking produce. Well, felt produce. Looks tasty.
Ninja Eema: My Sister-in-Law on Etsy
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Art | No Comments »My sister-in-law, Limor, has set up shop on Etsy, selling her crafty wares under the name Ninja Eema. She's made some great stuff for Lexi for various presents, and now you can get your own stuff. I'm partial to Dudley the ...
Start Seeing Art on MNSpeak
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Art, Company News, Twin Cities | No Comments »My little side project, Start Seeing Art, made it on the Twin Cities blog MNSpeak today. I'm pretty excited about the exposure. And a little frightened--though so far no one has mocked the rudimentary design, and for that I'm thankful.
Busy Week at Start Seeing Art
Saturday, January 26th, 2008 Posted in Art, Company News, Twin Cities | No Comments »Last week I was all excited to announce that Start Seeing Art had mapped 100 works of public art across the Twin Cities (if 'across' means primarily in St. Paul). But in the past week alone we've added 25 more ...
Start Seeing Art Hits 100
Saturday, January 19th, 2008 Posted in Art, Company News, Twin Cities | No Comments »My little side project, Start Seeing Art--which maps and identifies public art in the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis--hit 100 yesterday. The site has now mapped 100 pieces of public artwork. It's been a fun little project. I've really ...
Monkey Outta Nowhere Launches Local Art Site
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 Posted in Art, Company News, Twin Cities | No Comments »About a week ago Monkey Outta Nowhere launched its first independent project, a local art site called Start Seeing Art. The site is all about finding and identifying public art in the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, ...
Goodwill Junk Art
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 Posted in Art, Twin Cities | No Comments »This bird sits on University Avenue in St. Paul, beckoning pedestrians from the street up through the parking lot to a Goodwill store. It's called "Red Alert" and it's by Al Wadzinski. It just seems right--a sculpture made of junk in ...
Artsy Twin Cities Photo Group on Flickr
Thursday, November 8th, 2007 Posted in Art, Twin Cities | 1 Comment »I gave in and started the Artsy Twin Cities photo group on Flickr today, a group for public art in the St. Paul-Minneapolis area. I say 'gave in' because I've been thinking about doing it for a while and finally ...
