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Portraits of the Red Tails

by Robyne Robinson
posted on Nov. 13, 2008 - 5:55pm

Matt Bakkom believes the essence of who we are as Americans is just a nail scratch below the surface. The Minnesota artist has made a career of scouring through dusty records, exploring a changing America through documents that capture the ideas and accomplishments of everyone from the infamous to Joe the Plumber.

Blue Door: A Door to the Future?

by Cristina Cordova
posted on Jan. 24, 2008 - 2:23pm

I was definitely feeling something at the end of Blue Door, but it wasn't necessarily satisfaction. I was left with a lingering something: a desire to probe the questions asked by the play, but also the need to challenge some of its core ideas. Perhaps it was Tanya Barfield's intention to make her audience squirm a little, to make us slightly uncomfortable about the way we view race and race relations.
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