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Description:: Cherif Keita talks to Peter Shea about growing up in Mali, his intellectual life in Minnesota and Africa, come surprising connections he has discovered between Northfield, Minnesota and South Africa, dating back to the 19th century, and about the work done by his father to further education in Mali.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Keita, Cherif
Created:: 2012-11-23
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Isabel Ettenauer, concert toy pianist, talks to Peter Shea about how she came to perform on toy pianos through the music of John Cage. She describes varieties of the instrument, her collaborations with composers, and why she likes playing the toy piano. She considers her relationship to the classical piano canon.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Ettenauer, Isabel
Created:: 2014-10-02
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Natalie Rae Wass, writer and actor, talks to Peter Shea about her play, Fashion Risk, or the Accidental Nudist, at the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival. She talks about growing up in England, the place of nude vacations in her family‚Äôs life, and her attitudes toward cultural proscriptions around clothing and nudity.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Wass, Natalie Rae
Created:: 2013-08-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Kathleen Ryor talks to Peter Shea about her development as an art historian and her work on the Ming dynasty painter Xu Wei. She talks about her recent interest in the connections between the world of the military and the world of the artist in late Ming China. She discusses the ways in which the subject of art history is explicitly interdiscipl...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Ryor, Kathleen
Created:: 2012-11-28
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: 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.
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:: 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 Baeumler talks to Peter Shea about her formation as an artist, about work in East Palo Alto, in the Bruce Vento Nature Preserve, and as the artist-in-residence for two watershed districts in St. Paul, and also about a course she is teaching in spring 2013 with two colleagues, Kristine Miller and Valentine Cadieux, called "Slow Art and ...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Baeumler, Christine
Created:: 2012-12-04
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: 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.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Ravi Malhotra talks to Peter Shea about his two book projects: "E.T. Kingsley and the Legal Politics of Disablement," examining the connections between workplace injury, disability law and labour history (with Benjamin Isitt) and "Exploring Disability Identity and Disability Rights Through Narratives," which examines systemic discrimination and ...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Malhotra, Ravi
Created:: 2013-03-05
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13