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The Walker’s permanent collection includes work from artists such as Matthew Barney, Roy Lichtenstein, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, and Andy Warhol, and its performing arts program has commissioned Merce Cunningham, Ornette Coleman, Wooster Group, Robert Wilson, Bill T. Jones, Meredith Monk, Mabou Mines, Trisha Brown and hundreds of others.
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The Walker was founded in 1879 by Thomas Barlow Walker (1840-1928) and was formally established at its current location in 1927 as the first public art gallery in the Upper Midwest.
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The Works Progress Administration was the largest New Deal agency, employing millions of people and affecting most every locality in the United States, especially rural and western mountain populations. It was created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidential order, and funded by Congress on April 8, 1935. Between 1935 and 1943 the WPA provided almost 8 million jobs. The program built many public buildings, projects and roads and operated large arts, drama, media and literacy projects. Almost every community in America has a park, bridge or school constructed by the agency.
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An advisory group which provided support and advice for the Walker’s programs. The Walker’s staff usually coordinated the CAC meetings.
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The Guthrie Theater was founded in the city of Minneapolis, MN, by Sir Tyrone Guthrie in 1963 as the first regional theater with a resident acting company that would perform the classics in rotating repertory with the highest professional standards. After four decades, the original Guthrie closed down and moved to a new location by the Mississippi River to open a new theater complex with three different stages in 2006.
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The Guthrie Theater was housed in the same building with the Walker’s gallery and other facilities until it closed down to relocate and re-open in 2006.
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Titled “BITS & PIECES PUT TOGETHER TO PRESENT A SEMBLENCE OF A WHOLE,” the catalogue can be purchased at the Walker gift shop or online. The Walker has been publishing catalogues every 8 or so years.
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Target Corporation is an American retailing company that was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1902. In 1962, the first Target store opened in Roseville, Minnesota, and in 2000 the company changed its name from Dayton Hudson to Target. It is the fifth largest retailer by sales revenue in the United States, and The company is ranked at number 31 on the Fortune 500 as of 2008.
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The Schubert Club, established in 1882 in Saint. Paul, MN, is a non-profit arts organization that presents concert series annually, operates a Museum of Musical Instruments, and provides various programs to promote classical music.
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See "Arts Organization of the Month"