Having met its year-end financial fundraising goal, Penumbra Theatre is set to resume performances this spring. After a little over a year of evident financial troubles – including many canceled shows and significant staff lay-offs – some very good news came from Knight Arts grantee, Penumbra Theatre, this week. Thanks to donations from the community – more […]

Jessie McNally, “Witches Be Talkin’”, mixed media, 2012. Courtesy of the artist Artist Jessie McNally first came to my attention a little over a year ago, at the 1st Annual Lowertown Art Show, where her surreal, artfully “upcycled” mixed media sculptures immediately caught my eye. A member of the artist-run co-op, AZ Gallery, McNally also works […]

Jil Evans, “Breaking Light #5,” 2011, oil on canvas, 72 x 84 inches. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of the MMAA If you’ve not yet stopped by Knight Arts grantee, Minnesota Museum of American Art’s new Project Space in Lowertown, this Friday evening’s pop-up program offers a perfect excuse to do so. Artist and filmmaker Kristen […]

Rough Cuts takes place monthly with two shows – one in St. Paul, one in Minneapolis, on the second Monday and Tuesday of the month. Only about 20 people turned out this Monday night for Nautilus Music-Theater’s Rough Cuts show in Lowertown, and a number of them are slated to perform at some point. Everyone seems […]

Last week, Public Art Saint Paul (a Knight Arts grantee) announced the addition of two new Saint Paul City Artists in Residence (CAIR) – Amanda Lovelee and Sarah West. Lovelee and West join Marcus Young, who has served as the city’s Artist in Residence since 2006; together they make a collaborative, creative team based in […]

Late last week, Public Art Saint Paul (a Knight Arts grantee) announced the expansion of its City Artist in Residence (CAIR) initiative, a six-year-old partnership between PASP and the City of St. Paul (also a Knight Arts grantee). The CAIR program stems from a desire to move artists “upstream” in infrastructure development and civic creative […]

For the first time since its closure more than 40 years ago, St. Paul’s historic Union Depot will once again be open for business beginning this Saturday. The depot was put out of commission, thanks to restructuring of area rail service in 1971, but in 2006 the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority (RCRRA) purchased the […]

“A world-class city deserves a world-class art museum,” declared Joe Spencer, City of St. Paul’s Art and Culture Director, at Saturday evening’s soft launch for the Minnesota Museum of American Art’s new, 3500-square foot Project Space in Lowertown. And this looks to be a well-positioned site for such a museum: right on the light rail […]