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of the Red River Valley
A guide to the area’s arts and culture
january/february 2013
Photos by Ann Arbor Miller
Cultivating an appreciation of
our food By Randi Olsen hen you sit down with a delicious plate of fresh garden veggies, how often do you take a moment to ponder where that food actually came from? In a society where convenience is everything, and we are getting more and more detached from our food, people like photojournalist Ann Arbor Miller come along to help remind us of our roots. Miller is partnering up with The Green Market to present On the Farm and In the Garden. This exhibit will feature photographs of produce, plant life, and other scenes taken from a small farm near Shelly, Minn., called Red Goose Gardens. Because of her journalism and documentary photography background, none of the photos have been manipulated or positioned, capturing the farm experience in its most natural state.
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Ann Arbor Miller’s photos capture the nature and beauty of farm life, as seen in these photos from her upcoming show.
The artist will see you now:
Sanford’s resident artist creates a more ‘human’ hospital A
By Kris Kerzman rtists work in some of the most peculiar places: expansive studio spaces; cramped, cluttered holes in the wall; on stages; in garages; or out in public. But here’s a new one. Heather Zinger works in a hospital. Specifically, she works in the Roger Maris Cancer Center at Sanford Health as their artist in residence, a part-time position she’s held since September 2012. So, you’re probably wondering, what exactly does an artist in residence at a hospital do? Zinger’s duties are similar to what resident artists do in other settings, which typically include leading workshops and developing curricula for a program. The big difference, of course, is the unorthodox setting. She plans and coordinates special projects, including one in the works that will hang environmental portraits of the hospital’s doctors engaged in their favorMore Sanford
Courtesy of Heather Zinger and Sanford Health
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During a participatory art project led by Heather Zinger for the 2012 Embrace Cancer Survivor’s picnic, people picked one of the ribbons based on their role in a survivor’s life and attached the ribbon to a balloon in various ways. The balloon will eventually be hung at the hospital.
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