Elizabeth Erickson and Patricia Olson, directors of the Women's Art Institute, discuss their reasons for founding the Insitute in 1999 at MCAD, recalling an atmosphere increasingly hostile towards women students after the women's movements of the 60s-70s and their belief in the same-sex classroom as an environment where women students' "perceptu...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Erickson, Elizabeth; Olson, Patricia
Created:
2014-01-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jeremy Iggers, journalist and executive director of the Twin Cities Media Alliance, talks to Peter Shea about his career in journalism, as well as his transition from the Star Tribune to the non-profit sector. He discusses the shortfalls of today's journalism, and the mission of the Twin Cities Daily Planet to bring light to underreported storie...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Iggers, Jeremy
Created:
2014-01-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Danny Robinson Clark talks to Peter Shea about his wife, Mattie. He recalls memories of her: their childhood experiences in Mississippi, her personality and determination, her family and upbringing, her love of reading, and her labor in cotton fields. He remembers her exposure to the "southern argot" and recalls her gifted storytelling, beginnin...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Clark, Danny Robinson
Created:
2014-01-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Tim Hoogland, historian, talks to Peter Shea about his work as the coordinator of History Day. He discusses the challenges involved with students learning about history, lack of teacher resources, and the role of the Minnesota Historical Society in solving these conflicts. He talks about how History Day is used as a vechicle for underprivileged ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hoogland, Tim
Created:
2014-02-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Joe Amato, author and teacher, talks to Peter Shea about how his interest in history and culture developed, his experiences in Europe and Canada, and his research on the decline of regions. He discusses how his family and his upbringing affected his career and life. He also reads from a poem titled "A Trip to a Detroit Cemetary." He also discuss...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Amato, Joe
Created:
2014-02-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Chris Citron talks to Peter Shea about The Uncharted Course from Realism to Abstraction, at the Hillstrom Museum of Art at Gustavus College, a retrospective exhibit of artwork by her grandmother, leading abstract expressionist Minna Citron. She talks about her involvement with Minna Citron's art, growing up in an artistic milieu and acting as he...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Citron, Chris
Created:
2014-02-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Rhoda Gilman, retired historian, talks to Peter Shea about the influence of her parents on her personal convictions, her work in social justice and human rights, and role as an activist for women historians. She also discuesses the surprises she's come across throughout her career, most of which stem from her research of Buddhism. She talks abou...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Gilman, Rhoda
Created:
2014-02-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jack Zipes, Professor of German, talks to Peter Shea about his experiences living in Germany. He discusses his how these experiences shaped the way he views and understands the United States, as well as his Jewish heritage. Zipes talks about his varied interests in literature and language, and how these passions have converged throughout his aca...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Zipes, Jack
Created:
2014-02-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Andy Wilhide is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History, researching the histories of migration and refugee resettlement in Minnesota and focusing on the Somali community and the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Wilhide, Andy
Created:
2014-03-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Julie Landsman, author of A White Teacher Talks About Race, taught in the Minneapolis public schools for 25 years and blogs on the TC Daily Planet. In this interview, she talks to Peter Shea about her writing and how she came to write about racism and her students. She explains how her primary pursuits in later life have moved away from direct i...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Landsman, Julie
Created:
2014-03-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jennifer Streb is Curator of the Museum of Art and Associate Professor of Art History at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Streb’s doctoral dissertation at Juniata dealt with Minna Citron’s social realist paintings of the 1930s-40s. Together with Christiane Citron, Streb ia curator of The Uncharted Course from Realism to Abstracti...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Streb, Jennifer
Created:
2014-03-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Daniel Trudeau is Assistant Professor of Geography at Macalester College. As an urban social geographer, Trudeau is particularly interested in ways that social, political, legal and economic processes influence city life and landscapes, as well as the ways that people and organizations create meaningful places and landscapes through participatio...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Trudeau, Dan
Created:
2014-03-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Emilie Buchwald talks to Peter Shea about how she became a children's writer: her early fascination with poetry, her college opportunities to study with John Cheever and George Plimpton, the completion of her English thesis at the University of Minnesota, her involvment at the Loft Literary Center, and her founding of Milkweed Chronicle with Ran...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Buchwald, Emilie
Created:
2014-03-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Professor Peter Weisensel, Professor of History at Macalester College, is a specialist in modern Russian history. In this March 2014 interview, he talks to Peter Shea about current events in Ukraine.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Weisensel, Peter
Created:
2014-03-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Taking Anna to the Zoo: Going to the Same Place A Lot, and Then Writing About What Happens Writers Katrina Vandenberg and John Reimringer frequently take their young daughter Anna to the Como Zoo and Conservatory. Katrina is working on a book about a girl named Anna, somewhat older than her daughter, who also frequently visits that zoo. We will ...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Shea, Peter
Created:
2014-03-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Larry Millett is a journalist and author. He is the former architectural critic for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the author of several books on the history of architecture in Minnesota. He has also written a series of Sherlock Holmes mysteries set in the United States and Minnesota in the 1890s.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Millett, Larry
Created:
2014-03-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Dominique Tobbell is a historian of health care, business, and politics in the 20th century United States with a particular interest in the history of pharmaceuticals, health policy, and nursing.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Tobbell, Dominique
Created:
2014-03-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Lisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the University of Minnesota Libraries’ Children’s Literature Research Collections. In this interview, she talks about "Rejoice the Legacy!", the exhibit she curated for the Kerlan Collection centered around the work of Andrea Davis Pinkney.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Von Drasek, Lisa
Created:
2014-04-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Catherine Meier's work explores the meaning of "open space" through animation, site-specific installations, and large-scale prints and drawings. Representing a state of mind as well as a state of being, these expansive works are redolent of the artist’s own travels crossing the Great Plains of North America and the Mongolian Steppe where her e...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Meier, Catherine
Created:
2014-04-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Hong-Ming Liang, Ph.D., is Chief Editor of The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies and Assistant Professor of History and Politics at The College of St. Scholastica, in Duluth. He teaches and studies world history, Asian history, Taiwanese history and politics, human rights, global history and politics, nationalism and nation...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Liang, Hong-Ming
Created:
2014-04-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Interns at The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies, supervised by Hong-Ming Liang, Assistant Professor of History and Politics at The College of St. Scholastica, in Duluth.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Created:
2014-04-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Shane D. Courtland is the managing director of the Center for Free Enterprise at West Virginia University. His main research interests lie in three different areas: political philosophy, ethical theory and applied ethics. With Gerald Gaus, he is the author of the entry on Liberalism in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. His reviews have ap...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Courtland, Shane
Created:
2014-04-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Will Weaver‘s debut novel was Red Earth, White Earth, about a native Minnesotan returning to his home town due to conflicts between white farmers and local Native Americans. It was made into a CBS-TV movie in 1989. His 1989 short story collection, A Gravestone Made of Wheat and Other Stories, won many awards, including the Minnesota Book Award...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Weaver, Will
Created:
2014-04-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Ann Treacy has a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science and has worked extensively with the Internet since 1995. As a former librarian, she is interested in making information accessible to more users -- by improving the pipes that the information travels through as well as improving organization of information. Towards that end, s...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Treacy, Ann
Created:
2014-04-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Paul Hillmer is director of the Hmong Oral History Project and Professor of History at Concordia University. He is author of A People’s History of the Hmong (2009), based on over 200 oral history interviews. His six-part History Channel-funded documentary, From Strangers to Neighbors, examines Hmong people and their resettlement in the Twin Ci...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hillmer, Paul
Created:
2014-04-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Louis Jenkins, poet, talks to Peter Shea about his work. As an Okalahoma transplant who settled in Duluth, Jenkins' work was deeply influenced by Minnestoa culture and landscape. His connections with other Minnesotan artists and poets have allowed him to take part in numerous meaningful collaboratives. Jenkins discusses his upbringing in Oklamho...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Jenkins, Louis
Created:
2014-04-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Margot Fortunato Galt grew up a Yankee in South Carolina during the 1950s. Her memoir, poetry, and prose often return to this period, or to her Italian/American background. She has published seven books, two of which were nominated for Minnesota Book Awards. Her poetry and creative prose appear in five anthologies and many small-press journals.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Galt, Margot
Created:
2014-04-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mike Hazard, poet and filmmaker, talks to Peter Shea and reads poems illustrating his remarks from his book, This World is Not Altogether Bad. He establishes the influence of his parents--his mother, a Renaissance scholar, and his father, an English professor--on his life and work. He reflects on America's "conflict between the two Walts" (Disne...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hazard, Mike
Created:
2014-04-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Peg Meier has written seven books about Minnesotans, past and present. She was an award-winning reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune for 35 years before happily retiring in 2006. At the newspaper, she wrote mostly about ordinary Minnesotans who told her their extraordinary stories. Meier also found stories about Minnesota history, presented...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Meier, Peg
Created:
2014-04-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Thia Cooper is Associate Professor in Religion, Latin American Studies, Peace Studies, and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College. Her teaching and research interests include theology and liberation, theology and development, faith and practice in faith-based aid agencies, non-western Christianities, and religion in Lat...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Cooper, Thia
Created:
2014-04-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Leigh Fondakowski, playwright, talks to Peter Shea about her upcoming work on a TV miniseries based on the research that went into her prior play, The People's Temple, about the Jonestown massacre. She stresses faithfulness to history, the public domain, and interviews, and her direct involvement as screenwriter. She considers how to work with t...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Fondakowski, Leigh
Created:
2014-05-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Poet, environmentalist, and oral historian Joe Paddock grew up in Litchfield, Minnesota, and was educated at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of the poetry collections Earth Tongues (1985) and Handful of Thunder: A Prairie Cycle (1983) and the essay collection Soil and Survival: Land Stewardship and the Future of American Agricultur...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Paddock, Joe
Created:
2014-05-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mary Treacy, librarian and activist, talks to Peter Shea about her passion for information accessibility. She describes the conception of The Minnesota Center for the Book and how the center filled an important void in the world of libraries and information ciruculation. The Minnesota Center for the Book's first major project involved the preser...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Treacy, Mary
Created:
2014-05-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Freya Manfred, poet, talks to Peter Shea about the influence of her childhood embedded in nature on her writing. She discusses the different poets and writers who have impacted her work and guided her as a person and poet. Growing up, Manfred had a rather solidary childhood. This is manifested in much of her work, which focuses on the human rela...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Manfred, Freya
Created:
2014-06-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Peter Redfield is Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina. His areas of expertise include Anthropology of Science, Technology and Medicine;Humanitarianism and Human Rights;Colonial History;Ethics, Nongovernmental Organizations and Transnational Experts;Europe;French Guiana;Uganda;South Africa.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Redfield, Peter
Created:
2014-07-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Chris Kosowski is a founder of the North End Community Garden. In this interview, she talks about how and why the garden was established, its constituency, and how the land is managed.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Kosowski, Chris
Created:
2014-07-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Joe Gergen, author, talks to Peter shea about his childhood. He discusses how he transformed from an introverted child to a confident writer. He studied both mathematics and English, and his full-time occupation is in analysis. Gergen discusses how he balances his passion for writing with his career. Gergen is the author of two books, and he als...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Gergen, Joe
Created:
2014-07-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Katrina Vandenberg, professor and author, talks to Peter Shea about her latest work. She discusses the book inspired by a trip to the zoo with her daughter Anna, as well as reading an excerpt from it. John Reimringer, professor and author, talks to Peter Shea about his motivation for writing. Reimringer talks about the necessity of pushing one's...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Vandenberg, Katrina; Reimringer, John
Created:
2014-07-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Michelle Filkins, professor and librarian, talks to Peter Shea about the conception of Spout Press. As a founder and editor, Filkins discusses the evolution of the publishing business, as well as how Spout Press has adapted and changed since 1989. Filkins also talks about her involvement with the writing scene and community of Minneapolis. She i...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Filkins, Michelle
Created:
2014-07-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Sarah Stonich, best-selling author, talks to Peter Shea about her writing process. She discusses the influence of Minnesota in her novels. Stonich recounts the story of her building a cabin in northeastern Minnesota with her young son following her divorce. This process motivated her to write a memoir on the events. She discusses how this connec...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Stonich, Sarah
Created:
2014-07-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Rachel Jendrzejewski is a playwright and interdisciplinary artist. She has written, performed, and otherwise collaborated on performance, film, music, and public art works throughout the U.S. and internationally.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Jendrzejewski, Rachel
Created:
2014-08-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Christopher Fischbach is Publisher at Coffee House Press. In this interview, he talks to Peter Shea about how he became involved with Coffee House, the publication decisions he makes, his relationship to the authors of published works, and the Press's commitment to experimental writing and diverse writers.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Fischbach, Christopher
Created:
2014-08-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.