Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis (pronounced IPA| [ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs] ) is the largest city in the state of Minnesota in the United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County.

Minneapolitans support a dozen large art, cultural, science, and historical museums alongside smaller galleries and museums, four large ballet, dance, and folkdance companies, as well as filmmakers groups and numerous theater companies. [cite web| title= Art & Museums| publisher= City of Minneapolis| date=| url=http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/residents/artmuseums.asp| accessdate=2007-02-12 and cite web| title= Music & Theater| publisher= City of Minneapolis| date=| url=http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/residents/musictheater.asp| accessdate=2007-02-12] The city publishes updates to "The Minneapolis Plan for Arts and Culture" which has produced results such as the formal recognition of the Northeast Arts District in Northeast Minneapolis. [cite web| publisher=City of Minneapolis| title= City of Minneapolis Plan for Arts and Culture: Process for Development| date=| url=http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/dca/planofplan.asp| accessdate=2007-02-12]

Visual art

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts founded in the late 1890s and early 1900s is located near the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in south central Minneapolis. Already the largest art museum in the city, the institute completed a second major expansion in 2006. The Minneapolis Park Board collaborated with the Walker Art Center to build the outdoor Minneapolis Sculpture Garden near downtown and across the street from the center. The home of modern and contemporary art, the Walker recently doubled in size. The Warehouse District adjoining downtown was a hub of studio and gallery activity in the 1980s, but artists have been driven out by high rents. Today Northeast Minneapolis is perhaps the most vibrant visual arts community in the city, including the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District established in 2001, and the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association. Art-a-Whirl in May and Art Attack at the Northrup-King building in November are open-studio events in Northeast Minneapolis. The Stone Arch Festival is held on the riverfront across from downtown. The Uptown Art Fair and art fairs in Loring Park and Powderhorn Park are held during August. Minnesota Center for Book Arts is a national leader in celebrating and preserving the traditional crafts of hand papermaking, letterpress printing and hand bookbinding, as well as supporting contemporary art and artists utilizing these disciplines. Founded during the 1970s to include women who are often missing in the male-dominant history of the art world, the [http://www.thewarm.org/ Women's Art Registry of Minnesota] (WARM) collective and gallery was in Minneapolis until it moved to Saint Paul where it continues as a volunteer organization.cite web
title=WARM Records
author=Women's Art Registry of Minnesota
publisher=Minnesota Historical Society, PALS number: 09-00027956
date=1962-1992
url=http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00101.html
accessdate=2007-01-14]

Music

Minneapolis is fortunate to have live music performances of all kinds. Koerner, Ray & Glover played West Bank cafes while the Metropolitan Opera stopped at Northrop Auditorium. The State Theatre, Orpheum Theatre, Dakota, Walker Art Center and Guthrie Theater bring new music to Minneapolis. Classical music is performed at Orchestra Hall as well as small venues like the Bakken Library and Museum. The Minnesota Opera moved back to Minneapolis from Saint Paul in 1990. Concerts at stadiums and theaters in the area continue to draw the world's finest musicians. The MacPhail Center for Music founded in 1907 built new facilities near the Mississippi riverfront in 2006. Prince is Minneapolis's most famous musical progeny. With fellow local musicians, many of whom recorded at Twin/Tone Recordscite web
author= The Twin/Tone Records
title= The Twin/Tone catalog
date= 1978-1998
url= http://www.twintone.com/ttcat.html
accessdate= 2007-01-15] , he helped make First Avenue & 7th Street Entry and Minneapolis one of the most important music venues in the United Statescite web
title=First Avenue & 7th Street Entry Band Files
author=Minnesota Historical Society, Catalog ID 002942632
date=1999-2004
url=http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00233.html
accessdate=2007-01-14] . The Time, The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Soul Asylum, Boiled in Lead and Tapes 'n Tapes are well known Minneapolis bands. The city has garnered notice for rap and hip hop and the underground group Atmosphere. A home to poetry readings in live music venues, Minneapolis has also developed a vibrant spoken word community.

Theater

The region is second only to New York City in live theater per capita and is the third-largest theater market in the U.S., supporting Theatre de la Jeune Lune, the Jungle, Mixed Blood, Skewed Visions, Penumbra theaters, the Brave New Workshop, Theater Latté Da and the Children's Theatre Company.cite web
author= The McClatchy Company
title= Newspapers: Star Tribune
date= 2007
url= http://www.mcclatchy.com/146/story/456.html
accessdate= 2007-02-11] cite web
author= Horwich, Jeff
title= Council moves closer to theater deal, but concerns remain
publisher= Minnesota Public Radio
date= April 6 2005
url= http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/04/06_horwichj_vote/ and cite web
author= City of Minneapolis
title= Music & Theater
url= http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/residents/musictheater.asp
date= 1997-2007
accessdate= 2007-03-17]

The Guthrie Theater has 32,000 subscribers and moved in 2006 to a riverfront complex designed by Jean Nouvel for three stages—thrust (1,100 seats), proscenium (700 seats) and experimental (200 seats). The 178-foot cantilevered bridge to the Mississippi is open to visitors during box office hours.cite web
author= Joubert, Claire
title= Boom Town
publisher= Minneapolis St. Paul
date= May 2006
url= http://minneapolis.org/mediaroom/assets/mplsnews/sa1E74.pdf and cite web
author= Baenen, Jeff
title= Guthrie Theater brings curtain down on original home
publisher= AP
url= http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/05/03/guthrieoverview/
date= May 5 2006 and cite web
author= Guthrie Theater
title= Theater History
date= 2006
url= http://www.guthrietheater.org/INSIDETHEGUTHRIE/TheaterHistory/tabid/83/Default.aspx
accessdate= 2007-03-17] Founder Tyrone Guthrie who directed a modern-dress production of "Hamlet" for the opening in 1963, was devoted to innovation. For the opening of the new Guthrie, artistic director Joe Dowling chose "The Real Thing".cite web
author= Minnesota Historical Society
title= Guthrie Theater
date= 2007
url= http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/04guthrie.html and cite web
title= Press Release #1157
author= Guthrie Theater
date= July 14 2006
url= http://www.guthrietheater.org/Portals/0/MediaLibrary/release_realthing.pdf
accessdate= 2007-03-17]

Minneapolis purchased and renovated three historic theaters on Hennepin Avenue which are leased and managed through 2035 by a non-profit trust and guaranteed by Clear Channel Communications subsidiary SFX Entertainment and spin-off Live Nation. The Orpheum (2,618 seats), the State (2,122 seats) and the Pantages (900 seats) were built between 1916 and 1921 for vaudeville, movies and music and now offer concerts and Broadway and off-Broadway shows.cite web
author= City of Minneapolis
title= Lease agreement with Hennepin Theatre Trust
date= 2005
url= http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/2005-meetings/20051007/Docs/Theatres_Lease_Agreement.pdf and cite web
author= Hennepin Theatre Trust
title= Theatre History
date= 2002-2007
url= http://www.hennepintheatredistrict.org/history/ and cite web
title= Preliminary Official Statement, Series 2005-1 Bonds
date= December 2005
url= http://www.muni-source.com/Pages/pdf/2005/Minneapolis-120805.pdf and cite web
author= Clear Channel Communications
title= Company History
date= 2007
url= http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=1166
accessdate= 2007-03-17]

Literature

The [http://www.loft.org/ Loft Literary Center] founded in 1974 and the [http://www.pwcenter.org/ The Playwrights' Center] support many of the writers, poets, and playwrights who flourish in the area.

Dance

A number of dance and performance arts organizations are based in Minneapolis. These includeorganizations that range from the James Sewell Ballet to Cheer, Dorothy, Cheer!, a six person troop that performs choreographed cheerleader inspired routines.

The Shubert Theater building was physically moved three blocks to a new location on Henepin Avenue to be re-purposed as a center for dance and music, now named the Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts and Education Center.

ee also

*Music of Minnesota
*Theater in Minnesota

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