Are you ready for commencement? This top photo was 1989 when Annie Leibovitz gave the commencement address. She has been one of many famous and inspired artists who have visited us here to teach and create. See more photos from Christo in 1966, to Richard Avedon in 1995 in the lower photo, on MCAD Library’s flickr site.
See more of the Minneapolis School of Art, our former self, in the old days of black and white film, indoor smoking, bookshelves to the ceilings and more formal clothing. Go to the MCAD Archives Flickr Collection at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/69184488@N06/collections/72157628207051069/
New additions to the Artists’ Books Collection!
Our Artists’ Books collection has 7 new additions acquired from the Art Libraries Society of North America Conference in Pasadena, CA.
“Flowers in Hotel Rooms Volume III” by Sarah Bodman
“A Subversive Stitch” by Fiona Dempster
“Language Mobius” by Jana Sim
“The Intersection” and ”Moonset Cordiero” by Kyoko Matsunaga
“Artist Books Ideation Cards” by Barbara Tetenbaum & Julie Chen
“14 Mysteries” by Bea Nettles
Stop by the Library and browse!
The first warm day of spring at the Minneapolis School of Art was the same then as it is today at MCAD. Except, now you can sit on the steps and look at these old pictures on your ipad. Are you out there? Look at more old students on the MCAD Library’s Flickr set.
BOLD ENERGY WESTERN SADDLE
Entering a space I move through often. They are called acres because I own them.
The lake water has been dragged out of the lake. Its volume is prodigious, but not unknowable. The middle body harvested makes a slow and dirty humidifier.
The acres are marked by a fence, and the barbed wire catches parts of deer, sometimes the whole deer. You can’t pass through, but you can climb over, maybe.
Dry traces, rubs, marks, rough patches, knives, and aluminum cans. Dry hooves across from small open water. A knife is hanging as with any room. The cautious body knows this. It moves.
Christine Peterson
2013
Christine Peterson’s new Library Gallery exhibition BOLD ENERGY WESTERN SADDLE.
Opening reception is on Friday April 26th, at noon.
See you there!
Visiting Artists: Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel
This Thursday, April 25 in Auditorium 150 at 1pm.
The work of internationally known artists Jones and Ginzel has been referred to as sheer magic. Their complex works reveal not only the nuances of site but amplify our place in a greater environment. As exquisitely placed compilations of objects, the works become a place to visit and explore while constantly expanding in experience.
Jones and Ginzel have worked collaboratively since 1985 on many commissioned private and public projects, as well museum and gallery exhibitions internationally. Current major works include the Visual Arts Complex at the University of Colorado - Boulder, the Hoboken Ferry Terminal in New Jersey, the airports of Kansas City and Tampa, the Tiber River in Rome, and public buildings in Orlando, Chicago, Utah, and St. Louis.
Happy Earth Day MCADers!
Today is a day of celebration and climate-problem awareness raising. Stop by MCAD Library and flip through this awesome book with lots of beautiful and moving photographs of our Fragile Earth and its rapidly changing landscape.
We also have a wealth of books on sustainability, green design, green art practices, and lots more.
Sincerely,
MCAD Library
Little Library
When: Today over the noon hour.
Where: The Student Center.
What: Today’s theme is books about Patterns and Color.
MIA LECTURE:
Where Cutting Edge meets cultural heritage
Saturday, April 20 in Pilsbury Auditorium at 11am.
Alexis Catsambis dicusses the investigation of deeply submerged archaeological sites.
April 15th-19th is our 6th annual National Library Week celebration!
Pictured are some of the books and DVDs we will be giving away Monday through Friday.
Starting Monday, April 15th, stop by the Library to enter your name in the drawing.
Best of luck!
Schedule of Giveaways:
Monday: Blankets by Craig Thompson, Century edited by Bruce Bernard, and Colors: What They Mean and How to Make Them by Anne Varichon
Tuesday: Batman Begins directed by Christopher Nolan, Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton, and Open City: Street Photographers Since 1950
Wednesday: Black Hole by Charles Burns, Brand Bible edited by Debbie Millman, and Photographic Memory: The Album in the Age of Photography by Verna Posever Curtis
Thursday: By Brakhage: An Anthology Vol. 2, Drawn In: A Peek Into the Inspiring Sketchbooks of 44 Fine Artists, Illustrators, Graphic Designers and Cartoonists, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Friday: Hans Ulrich Obrist Interviews Volume 1, The Art of Walt Disney, and Mars Attacks: 50th Anniversary Collection
