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• Artist presents 'Scattered Lights' at the Northern Spark arts festival
  Northern Spark is a 'nuit blanche' or white night festival, running from dusk till dawn. It will feature hundreds of artists: performers, sculptors, and a host of others all with work designed to be seen at night.June 3, 2011
• Walker exhibit explores voyeurism as art
  Nowadays it seems cameras are everywhere and many people complain privacy is fast becoming a thing of the past. However a new exhibit at the Walker Art Center shows photographic invasions began not long after the invention of the camera itself.May 20, 2011
• Dashing war documentarian killed in Libya
  Tim Hetherington lived to bring the viewer painfully close to the raw and terrible truths of battle. That's how he died on Wednesday.April 20, 2011
• Birder aims to revolutionize nature guides
  Richard Crossley wants to revolutionize birding. The British author has developed the Crossley ID Guide. Instead of having one picture of each bird, it presents multiple images taken from different distances and angles in carefully designed photo spreads.March 8, 2011
• Steelroots sculpture show born of many challenges
  "Steelroots: Touching the Earth and Sky" doesn't officially open at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen until mid-April. However the 16 sculptures are already in place, and on view.March 8, 2011
• Titian, Veronese works come to Mpls. Institute of Arts
  A treasure trove of Renaissance Venetian painting opens at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts this weekend.February 3, 2011
• The Mourners arrive in Mpls. from the 15th century
  A group of foreign dignitaries arrives at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts this weekend. They're called "The Mourners" They are some three dozen alabaster figures carved for the tomb of a 15th century French Duke. The statues have caused a sensation at other stops on their U.S. tour.January 21, 2011
• In new book, photographer Leo Kim searches for peace in St. Paul
  Some prominent St. Paul residents say photographer Leo Kim has captured a sense of place about the city they love -- St. Paul. It's a surprising feat for a man who has spent most of his life looking for a place to call home.January 18, 2011
• A photographer's search for the elusive 'unguarded moment'
  The photographer best known for the arresting image of a young Afghan girl that appeared on the cover of National Geographic in 1985 joins Midmorning to talk about his work, his innate curiosity about the world, and how he chose to use the last roll of Kodachrome film.Midmorning, October 1, 2010
• First mural unveiled for Native American Cultural Corridor
  The first mural on the newly-designated Native American Cultural Corridor was unveiled Friday in Minneapolis. Three local Native American leaders are honored in the mural.September 25, 2010
• New York Mills: Corn Stalk Chopper
  An outdated piece of farm equipment is re-purposed as a music box.September 17, 2010
• Restoring public artworks to their former glory
  It's only in recent years that communities have understood the need to care for, preserve or even restore public art works when they've been damaged or defiled. They've mainly been turning to one woman to get the job done.September 15, 2010
• Voices of the homeless featured in Mpls. photography show
  A new photography show in downtown Minneapolis lets visitors learn more than usual about the people in the portraits. The exhibition is called "Homeless is my address, not my name."September 15, 2010
• Canoe to canvas, painter captures voyageurs' history
  Since 2000, Robert Perrizo has dedicated himself to painting the voyageurs -- the French fur traders of the 17th and 18th centuries who explored Minnesota and much of Canada, conducting trade with the native people.August 15, 2010
• Multiple art fairs bring artists to Twin Cities
  More than 700 artists are in the Twin Cities this weekend for multiple art fairs. The Loring Park Art Festival, Powderhorn Art Fair and Uptwon Art Fair are all this weekend.August 7, 2010

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