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Description:: Danny Robinson Clark came north from rural Mississippi to Minneapolis at 19, went to work in the post office, and began to act. He got his big break at the Goodman Theater in Chicago, in August Wilson‚Äôs The Piano Lesson, and toured with that play and others for several years. Now taking only occasional work, he reflects with Peter Shea on how ...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Clark, Danny Robinson
Created:: 2013-07-30
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Erika Kate MacDonald, playwright and actor, talks to Peter Shea about the challenges she has faced acting in theater and writing one-woman shows, from Fluid, a "bisexual coming-of-age story", to Tap Me On The Shoulder, scheduled for five performances at the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival. They discuss different kinds of goals and mindsets that i...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: MacDonald, Erika Kate
Created:: 2013-07-29
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Christine Kliesen Wehrman talks to Peter Shea about the pluralist spirit of her upbringing, the ways in which art helps her understand theology, and comparisons between theater acting and pastoral work.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Wehrman, Christine Kliesen
Created:: 2013-07-16
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Katrina Vandenberg talks to Peter Shea about her current project, inspired by visits with her daughter to the Como conservatory. John Reimringer talks to Peter Shea about the sensibilities of his students and the screenplay of his novel Vestments. Together they talk about their past year of parenting.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Reimringer, John; Vandenberg, Katrina
Created:: 2013-07-12
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Ruth Mazo Karras talks to Peter Shea about her early interest in fantasy literature, her work reviving archived manuscripts, and love, sex, and marriage in Medieval times.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Karras, Ruth Mazo
Created:: 2013-07-12
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Dakota Hosta, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about how she came to consider herself an artist and her involement in the 2013 Women's Art Institute at St. Kate's University. She talks about some ideas from feminist art theory which inform her work, the future of her art practice, and she exhibits three pieces she produced at the I...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Hosta, Dakota; Olson, Patricia
Created:: 2013-07-10
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Jodie Ahern, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about her artwork, her involvement in the 2013 Women's Art Institute at St. Kate's University, her rediscovery of feminist art, and her renewed artistic drive. She exhibits three pieces she produced while at the Institute. She thinks about the future of her art practice.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Ahern, Jodie; Olson, Patricia
Created:: 2013-07-10
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Justine DiFiore, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about how she came to consider herself an artist. She exhibits a portrait of photographer Wing Young Huie she produced at the 2013 Women's Art Institute at St. Kate's University. She discusses her affinity for portraiture and what she considers valuable and authentic in her work. Sh...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: DiFiore, Justine; Olson, Patricia
Created:: 2013-07-10
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Kristin Hoelsher-Schacker, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about her family, her early interest in art and theater, and her choice of fiber as a medium. She discusses her involvement in the 2013 Women's Art Institute at St. Kate's University, and exhibits three pieces she produced while at the Institute. She thinks about the futur...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Hoelsher-Schacker, Kristin; Olson, Patricia
Created:: 2013-07-10
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Linda Levin, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about the origins of her artmaking and her involvement in the 2011 and 2013 Women's Art Institutes, the latter at St. Kate's University. She identifies a need in the art world for more recognition of women's work. She exhibits four pieces she produced at the 2013 Institute which draw fr...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Levin, Linda; Olson, Patricia
Created:: 2013-07-10
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13