Bent steel

Another iPhone manipulation using TiltShiftGen to focus on the guy walking under the beam and Distressed FX to enhance color and make the shadows pop. This was at the ruins of the mill fire that now makes up part of the Mill City Museum in Minneapolis.

Going down... or up?

The Walker is currently showing an exhibit entitled Lifelike featuring works that challenge our notion of scale and turn everyday objects into art (think Warhol). This piece is a real crowd pleaser. Overhead: Oooh! I want to see Stuart Little here!

Perspective

I just visited the renovated Weisman over Thanksgiving weekend, but was glad to see this monumental study of perspective (aka chicken coop) still has pride of place on one of the main walls. I love standing near this painting as people walk up and realize what it is.

1968

A new exhibit has opened at the Minnesota History Center - 1968 - and the first thing visitors see is news images of the Tet offensive in Viet Nam. History many of us can remember.

Hmmm... fresh bread

The Mill City Museum is more than visual exhibits. You can smell and taste what comes out of the museum's baking lab.

Still constructing

So much construction going on in these cities. A lot of it for the light rail line between St. Paul and Minneapolis like this bit along the Washington Avenue bridge which goes through the U of M campus. This also reminds me to schedule a visit to the Weisman which has reopened after a renovation.

Life is just a bowl

It's the start of a new week and a new collection of photos that follow a theme. We've been here before at the sculpture garden at the Walker Art Center, but this is a bit different view to satisfy this week's theme.

Baseball bats

Baseball season is upon us (though I'm not sure that Twins fans are having much fun at the outdoor stadium this cold and wet spring) and the Gallery of Wood Art in St. Paul's Landmark Center features this unique collection of bats.

Pancakes, anyone?

The Mill City Museum traces the history of milling in Minneapolis which could be a pretty dry topic, but the Minnesota History Center tries really hard to engage visitors - especially children - in fun ways.