WALKER ART CENTER

     The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden site for Studio 3D was open from 1999 through 2002. Youth worked on a variety of independent and collaborative projects, including digital movie making, digital art and photography, kinetic sculpture, construction with Lego Mindstorms, computer programming, web page design, and 3D design and animation. Because of the proximity to the Walker Art Center and Sculpture Garden, students were able to draw upon these sites as resources.

     Students and mentors met in the Walker on Wheels, a mobile art space created by Joep van Leishout. This trailer was based in the Sculpture Garden during the school year, when it was open to youth three afternoons every week. In the summer, the Walker on Wheels traveled to parks around Minneapolis, where mentors shared activities with neighborhood youth.

     Participating students came from a variety of schools in the Twin Cities metro area, including North High School, Johnson High School, the West Metro Interdistrict Downtown School, Chiron Middle School, Emerson Elementary School, The Blake School, Groves Academy and St. Helena's.

     This site was co-facilitated by the Science Museum of Minnesota and the Walker Art Center. Mentors included Roger Barrett, Keith Braafladt, Anne Dugan, Meg Goetz, Morgan L'Argent, Kristen Murray, Molly Reisman, Matthew Stenerson, Andy Korf, Mandy Chowen, Joshua Seaver, Bryan Kennedy, and Saul Taylor.

     The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Walker Art Center are located at Vineland Place and Hennepin Avenue, near downtown Minneapolis.