Weisman Art Museum http://www.weisman.umn.edu/ 333 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-625-9494 Hours: Tues., Weds., Fri. 10am–5pm; Thurs. 10am–8pm; Sat. & Sun. 11am–5pm

You can’t miss the distinctive stainless steel and brick building designed by architect Frank Gehry. Step inside to take in the museum’s incredible collection of early 20th century American artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe and Marsden Hartley, as well as a diverse selection of contemporary art. With our exciting array of programs and special exhibitions, there is always something interesting to see and do at the Weisman.

Exclusive Museum Adventure Pass Offers 10% off a single purchase in the museum store Free parking in the Weisman parking ramp, under the museum (you must bring your Museum Adventure Pass to the front desk for validation)

Passes are limited to general exhibit admission only. Passes may not be applied towards educational and group tours. Special exhibitions and other attractions may not be covered, and other restrictions may apply.

Please visit http://www.weisman.umn.edu/ for specific exhibition information.

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All Ages

The Building: Weisman Art Museum, Frank Gehry Designs

University of Minnesota, and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, 2003

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum online

website: www.okeeffemuseum.org/indexflash.php

Mimbres Pottery at the National Museum of Natural History

website: www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/cm/mimbres.htm

Weisman Art Museum: The Collection, The Museum

Distributed by University of Minnesota Press, 2004

Charles Biederman on-line

website: www.charlesbiederman.net

Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography

Sam Hunter, John Jacobus, and Daniel Wheeler, Prentice Hall, 2004

Guggenheim Museum - Frank Gehry Exhibition

website: http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/gehry

Roy Lichtenstein Foundation

website: http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org

The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa

Michael Kimmelman, Penguin Press, 2005

Art in the Modern Era: A Guide to Styles, Schools and Movements 1860 to the Present

Amy Dempsey, Harry N. Abrams, 2002

Everything that Rises: A Book of Convergences

Lawrence Weschler, McSweeney's Books, 2006 yes

How to Read a Modern Painting: Understanding and Enjoying the Modern Masters

Jon Thompson, Abrams, 2006

Makers of Modern Architecture

Martin Filler, New York Review Books, 2007

Pop

edited by Mark Francis, Phaidon, 2005

Portraits: Talking with Artists at the Met, the Modern, the Louvre, and Elsewhere

Michael Kimmelman, Random House, 1998

Writers on Artists

In association with Modern Painters, Dorling Kindersley, 2001

Kids

Faces, Places, and Inner Spaces: A Guide to Looking at Art

Jean Sousa, Abrams Books for Young Readers/Published in Association with The Art Institute of Chicago, 2006

More Than Meets the Eye: Seeing Art with All Five Senses

Bob Raczka, Millbrook Press, 2003

Seen Art?

Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, Viking, 2005

There Goes the Neighborhood: Ten Buildings People Loved to Hate

Susan Goldman Rubin, Holiday House, 2001

Frank O. Gehry: Outside In

Jan Greenberg, DK Ink, 2000

Express Yourself: Activities and Adventures in Expressionism

Joyce Raimondo, Watson-Guptill Publications, 2005

How Artists Use… (series)

Paul Flux, Heinemann Library, 2001

Make it Pop!: Activities and Adventures in Pop Art

Joyce Raimondo, Watson-Guptil Publications, 2006

My Name is Georgia: A Portrait

Jeannette Winter, Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace, 1998

The Shape Game

Anthony Browne, Farra, Straus and Giroux, 2003

What Is a Sculpture?

Anne Civardi, Sea-To-Sea Publications, 2006

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Upcoming Events

The Exquisite Book: The International Library by Helmut Löhr, et al., December 2007­-Ongoing
The Exquisite Book features selections from Helmut Löhr's ongoing project, The International Library. For this project, Löhr created a series of altered books with their torn pages on the outside and their covers on the inside, and sent them to a number of artist-collaborators around the globe who were charged with further transforming them and returning them to Löhr. The Exquisite Book features collaborations with such internationally renowned artists as Lawrence Weiner, Buzz Spector, and Doug Beube. Also featured are several Twin Cities-based artists including James Conaway, Harriet Bart, and Nancy Randall.

Who is a Citizen? What is Citizenship?, December 2007-Ongoing
Curated from the Weisman's permanent collection, Who is a Citizen? What is Citizenship? features thirty paintings, photographs, and prints exploring citizenship, ranging from Lewis Hine's photographic portraits of immigrants at Ellis Island taken in 1905 to Twin Cities photographer Joseph Allen's contemporary portraits of American Indians. Other artists included in the exhibition are Jacob Lawrence, Robert Gwathmey, Isabel Bishop, Rockwell Kent, Walker Evans, Joseph Beuys, Jerome Liebling, Thomas Arndt, and Sue Coe. The exhibition features three thematic sections: "Who is a Citizen?," "Civic Life in the City," and "The Artist as Citizen." This exhibit is the first in a year-long series of WAM exhibitions and programs examining the role of art and artists in a democracy.

By the People, for the People: New Deal Art, May 8 - July 27
The Weisman Art Museum holds a vast and diverse collection of art created as part of the New Deal programs of the 1930s and 1940s. New Deal programs were launched by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933 to provide relief, reform, and recovery to the people and economy of the United States following the Great Depression. The New Deal programs employed millions of people, including thousands of artists. The Weisman is an official federal repository of some 1,000 works created by nearly 200 New Deal artists. The museum's collection includes prints, photographs, paintings, murals, and other works that survey the accomplishments of New Deal artists from Minnesota and across the country--artists like Dorothea Lau, Walker Evans, Edward Weston, and others who went on to accomplished artistic careers after the New Deal programs ended in the early 1940s. "By the People, for the People" showcases selections from the Weisman's vast holdings in this area, including several pieces by artists working on the University of Minnesota campus in the 1930s. The show also highlights works by women artists employed by the New Deal programs.