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From Minnesota Public Radio News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what's exciting in local art.

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January 26, 2023 4:00 AM

Art Hounds have ideas to exercise your art brain

A discussion at Open Book in Minneapolis explores artist Sam Robertson’s illustrated art-book take on the King James Bible. Sarah Nassif’s hands-on “Weaving Water” workshop connects the ancient art of indigo dyeing and spinning fiber with local water systems. And at The Southern Theater, the group Cumar combines West African rhythms and Celtic dance to create something new.

by Emily Bright

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January 19, 2023 4:00 AM

Art Hounds explore an artist’s legacy, and recommend a 'Haunting' play

This week’s Art Hounds recommend the spine-tingling play “The Haunting of Hill House” at Rochester Repertory Theatre and “Act III: Who the Heck is Hoffman?” a posthumous exhibit of painter Frank Hoffman’s life’s work, curated by a St. Paul artist.

by Emily Bright

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January 5, 2023 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Last chance to see 'Paj qaum ntuj' at the Walker

In the first week of 2023, Art Hounds recommend visual artist Paula Barkmeier, Led Zepplin cover band Zeppo and Pao Houa Her’s exhibition at the Walker Art Center.

by Jacob Aloi and Max Sparber

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December 15, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds recommend works that celebrate our connection with water

Anne Labovitz’s painting series “Water Stories” is on view at Minnesota Marine Art Museum. The podcast “Back Channel Radio” tells the history of the boathouse community on Wolf Spider Island. Meanwhile in Burnsville, the Church Basement Ladies are back in a new installment of the musical comedy.

by Emily Bright

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December 8, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Music for dancing, theater and a recreation of a popular Moorhead live venue

The Hounds this week say you should get your dance on at the Minneapolis Afrobeats Dance Party at the Cedar Cultural Center. Watch Minneapolis Musical Theatre’s production “Striking 12,” based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story, “The Little Match Girl.” See Ralph’s Corner Bar, the Moorhead music venue that closed in 2005, come to life in an exhibit at the Hjemkomst Center.

by Emily Bright

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December 1, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Rural artists reveal a complex world

“Field Notes: 7 Truths about the Rural” highlights rural Minnesota artists and issues for an urban audience at Form+Content Gallery in Minneapolis. “Spiked!” brings music, comedy and holiday cheer to the Granada Theater in Minneapolis over the next two weeks. Four female photographers stretch and innovate the form in “Surface Tension” at Olson Gallery at Bethel University.

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November 17, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Minnesota multimedia shows challenge viewers

In “Between the Stripes, Under the Stars” at St. Catherine University, 10 female artists explore American identity. The juried art show, “Trail Mix” at the Whit Gallery in St. Cloud celebrates the beauty of nature and the work to combat climate change. “Careful, May Fall Apart” by art therapist Lauren Callis explores love and loss at Pink Slip Gallery.

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November 10, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds recommend irresistible rhythms of Taiko drumming and jazz guitar

The documentary “Finding her Beat,” about premiere Taiko drumming women gathering in Minnesota, makes its state premiere at the Sound Unseen festival this weekend. The Jazz and Fingerstyle Guitar Concert Series features two duos playing hot club jazz and swing next Tuesday. Plus, an exhibit at Madison Mercantile celebrates the “Life in Art” of the influential artist Franz Allbert Richter.

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November 3, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Minnesota children’s book authors divert airport audiences

The Picture Book Parade displays a rotating series of art by Minnesota authors at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s concourse C. All 100 of Carolyn Sue Olson’s “Essential Worker” portraits are on display for the first time in Duluth and Annmarie Geniusz’ multimedia art show opens Thursday at Wussow’s Concert Cafe in Duluth, with ska band Woodblind performing.

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October 27, 2022 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Add some theater to your Halloween weekend

Cabarave combines theater and circus performance with a Halloween-themed nightclub atmosphere this Friday and Saturday night in Minneapolis. Drag performer Roxie Manacoochi performs a Halloween cabaret at Austin Country Club and the Twin Cities Film Fest has a full lineup of shows through Saturday night.

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