Colleen Powers

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May’s Artist in Residence at MPLS.TV is David Paul Seymour, a self-described “proud low-brow” creator whose work is influenced by street art, skateboarding culture, cartoons, and other pop culture. Read the interview to learn more about his background, his methods, and why he’s in Minneapolis to stay.

“…I immediately fell in love with how clean, energetic, smart and creative Minneapolis was. I’ll literally never leave now. You’re stuck with me. I also love that despite it’s a metropolis and all, it’s also a really small town. I’m starting to see how I’m running into the ‘so-and-so told me about you,’ or the ‘I’ve already heard of you. Yeah.’”

I quite enjoyed putting together and reading this month’s Artist in Residence interview for MPLS.TV—check it out.

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Filmmaker Rosemary Williams hired a private investigator to learn more about the ’50s pinup girl who shares her name. Now she’s making a movie about that other Rosemary and the scandal that ended her career—and she needs your help, on Kickstarter.

“I see Rosemary as a very powerful person who was stuck in an era and circumstances which ultimately trapped her. In a different time, she might have been a CEO, but in 1950, she had to use what she had, which was her beauty and her intelligence, to try to achieve the power she craved.”

One of my favorite Kickstarters of the week yet—check it out.

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April’s Artist in Residence at MPLS.TV is Aimeé Pijpers, an illustrator, photographer, and zine maker who graduated from MCAD in 2011. Read what she has to say about art and Minneapolis here!

My favorite part: “Minneapolis is America’s best-kept secret.”

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Artist in Residence Kyle Coughlin created this poster especially for MPLS.TV—just in time for food truck season. The commissioned piece will soon be available in a limited run of posters.

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Protest at Edina’s Westgate, Two Years into the Theater’s 114-Week Run of Harold and Maude

The Westgate Theater in Edina, Minnesota, began showing a little-noticed independent film called Harold and Maude on March 22, 1972. Soon the quirky movie with its two unlikely protagonists—a wealthy young man with a death obsession and his feisty septuagenarian companion—started catching on with Twin Cities audiences, and the Westgate began extending its run. Exhibitors around the country took notice of the goings-on in Edina, and within weeks Harold and Maude was a national phenomenon. The film ended up running for a record-setting 114 weeks at the Westgate. Near the end of the run, frustrated local residents began picketing the theater, demanding more variety.

Source: Twin Cities Picture Show by Yours Truly

Photo via Minnesota Historical Society

Just learned about this Tumblr through Caroline’s post for MPLS.TV—Twin Cities plus photos from the ’70s covers quite a lot of my favorite ground!

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Join us this month in getting to know Kyle Coughlin, MPLS.TV’s first-ever Artist in Residence. Throughout March, we’ll share his artwork and tell you more about the man behind it. Watch for an interview with Kyle coming this Thursday.