The Gymnasium

The Gymnasium

The Gymnasium is a consortium of creative risk-takers from the arts and from outside the arts who are in search of good ideas and new connections.

17/05/2018

First EVER OFF SITE ODD SOCKS! Friday, June 1! This one is sure to be actively interesting: Chess and Blacksmithing.
http://thegymtc.com/2018/05/16/off-site-odd-socks-june-1-chess-and-blacksmithing/

Photos from The Gymnasium's post 28/11/2017

Lindy Dancing and Biomimicry—think of the Odd Sock possibilities! This Friday December 1. Find out more at www.thegymtc.com. Tickets at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3167178

ODD SOCKS December 1- Lindy Dancing and Biomimicry! 08/11/2017

ODD SOCKS December 1- Lindy Dancing and Biomimicry!

ODD SOCKS December 1- Lindy Dancing and Biomimicry! Shane Allen, musician and software engineer, loves to swing dance.  For the past few years, he’s been an organizer for the Midwest Lindy Fest, as well as the world’s largest swing dance camp in the Mecca of Swing--Herrang, Sweden. He’ll talk about his passion for the lindy and maybe demonstrate a fe...

30/10/2017
This coming Friday... October 13th-Bogs and Poultry! 09/10/2017

This coming Friday... October 13th-Bogs and Poultry!

This coming Friday... October 13th-Bogs and Poultry! Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin began working on economic development projects with indigenous Guatemalan communities in 1988. He served as a consultant for the United Nations Development Program’s Bureau for Latin America and as an advisor to the World Council of Indigenous Peoples. He was a founding m...

This is your brain on art 08/10/2017

This is your brain on art: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/your-brain-on-art/?utm_term=.d08543ab0269

This is your brain on art When we experience art, we feel connected to something larger. Why? A new field of science has the answers to some of art’s enduring mysteries.

Just 12 days til ODD SOCKS... October 13th-Bogs and Poultry! 02/10/2017

Just 12 days until ODD SOCKS-Bogs and Poultry on October 13 with Christine Arle Baeumler and Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin...Please join us!

Just 12 days til ODD SOCKS... October 13th-Bogs and Poultry! Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin began working on economic development projects with indigenous Guatemalan communities in 1988. He served as a consultant for the United Nations Development Program’s Bureau for Latin America and as an advisor to the World Council of Indigenous Peoples. He was a founding m...

ODD SOCKS is back-October 13 and December 1! 22/09/2017

The ODD SOCKS season begins! October 13th-Bogs and Poultry with Christine Arle Baeumler and Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin;
December 1st-Lindy and Biomimicry with Shane Allen and Marc Swackhamer.
We look forward to seeing you! Shawn, Kira, Irve and Bob

ODD SOCKS is back-October 13 and December 1! Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin began working on economic development projects with indigenous Guatemalan communities in 1988. He served as a consultant for the United Nations Development Program’s Bureau for Latin America and as an advisor to the World Council of Indigenous Peoples. He was a founding m...

Pollinator "Sky Rise" Launched - Public Art Saint Paul 16/09/2017

Congratulations to this amazing team!

Pollinator "Sky Rise" Launched - Public Art Saint Paul Artists Amanda Lovelee, Christine Baeumler and Julie Benda unveiled their first "sky rise" on Como Lake.

A Minneapolis tale for those who downplay white privilege 15/09/2017

Thanks for this David Lawrence Grant...

A Minneapolis tale for those who downplay white privilege See more of the story For those who doubt the existence of white privilege, I’d like to tell a story. A number of years ago, my wife (who is black) and my two biracial children and I lived in a well-off neighborhood near Lake Harriet. It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon in late May, and we had com...

14/09/2017

3 minute diversion from The Petrie Lounge

At Cornell Tech, Art Engineered for the Imagination 13/09/2017

“The entire building is designed to spur imagination and innovation and sometimes unintentional interactions,” said Patricia Harris, chief executive of Bloomberg Philanthropies.

At Cornell Tech, Art Engineered for the Imagination From the early design stages, architects have integrated five immersive installations throughout the main academic building. Plop art it is not.

13/08/2017

The power of play!

www.sandiego.gov 13/07/2017

www.sandiego.gov

This 140-Person Art Collective Is Pursuing an Alternative Model for Artists to Make a Living 11/07/2017

This is funky.

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-140-person-art-collective-pursuing-alternative-model-artists-living

This 140-Person Art Collective Is Pursuing an Alternative Model for Artists to Make a Living With their installation ‘House of Eternal Return,’ the Santa Fe-based artist collective Meow Wolf made $6 million in revenue over the course of a year.

1000 GESTALTEN / G 20 Hamburg Summit 08/07/2017

Yes

1000 GESTALTEN / G 20 Hamburg Summit This is "1000 GESTALTEN / G 20 Hamburg Summit" by 1000 GESTALTEN on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Hans Breder, Who Created a New Frontier, Breaking Artistic Boundaries, Dies at 81 26/06/2017

“My program conceived of intermedia not as an interdisciplinary fusing of different fields into one, but as a constant collision of concepts and disciplines.”

Hans Breder, Who Created a New Frontier, Breaking Artistic Boundaries, Dies at 81 The German-born Mr. Breder left New York for the University of Iowa to establish the first interdisciplinary art program of its kind.

Timeline photos 25/06/2017

Great Odd Socks Friday night. Thanks to our wonderful presenters David Grant and Nick Boetticher.

Odd Socks - Finding Family in Ghana meets Gut Flora 16/06/2017

Odd Socks-one week from today-June 23 -Finding Family in Ghana meets Gut Flora-author/screenwriter David Lawrence Grant and gastroenterologist Nick Boetticher. Make your reservations at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2966540

Odd Socks - Finding Family in Ghana meets Gut Flora A scintillating smash up coming up!

Timeline photos 15/06/2017

Thrilled to have designer Sonya Berlovitz rehearsing her work Familie at TheGym/206 with Barbra and Jennie Berlovitz- choreographer Laurie Van Wieren. Go see her Work in Progress at Mixed Blood on June 26th!

Photos from The Gymnasium's post 14/06/2017

Get ready for ODD SOCKS -June 23-These beautiful images were taken by David Lawrence Grant who will share his Genetic Journey from Minneapolis to Ghana. Nick Boetticher will talk about Discovering the Frontiers of Gut Flora! How mis-matched is that! So hope you can join us! Shawn, Kira, Bob and Irve. Reserve your tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2966540

02/06/2017

This IS cool

Timeline photos 30/05/2017

Loved having The Jungle Theater at Studio 206 for the last month rehearsing their upcoming musical Fly By Night! Thanks to all for filling the space with your creative energy! And to the amazing John Novak! The Jungle Theater

Timeline photos 25/05/2017

Save the Date, Odd Socks coming on Friday June 23: Finding Family in Ghana meets Gut Flora.
Please join us for an evening with David Grant, who will speak about his Genetic Journey from Minneapolis to Ghana; and Nick Boetticher, a gastroenterologist who is Discovering the Frontiers of Gut Flora.

The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen 24/05/2017

For those of you who made it to our last Odd Socks-Appetites and Bias-and everyone else--check out Beth Dooley's newest collaboration with Sean Sherman The Sioux Chef!

The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen Award-winning recipes, stories, and wisdom from the celebrated indigenous chef and his team

Photos from The Gymnasium's post 23/05/2017

Cool new project from Gymnasium collaborators Peng Wu and Amanda Degener and Professor Lu Jingren-the future of paper and book making in the digital era. Cave Paper thegymtc.com

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An invigorating HIVE Innovation Workshop this past weekend for the UofMinn Bee Lab and Squad with 20 plus creative think...
St. Olaf and Augsburg Gymthinking event -- playing the freshly invented game, This Is Not a Plunger.