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LAND OF PLEASURE LAND OF TREASURE

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TELL is bringing influence to the Midwest — collecting objects, people, and stories that make this place feel anything but ordinary.—————

The Unseen & Unheard Stories of the Midwest.

INTERIOR DESIGNER VICTORIA SASS AND ARTIST ALEXIS STITELER DISCUSS MAKING THE OBJECTS THAT LIVE WITH US LONGER, DEEPER, AND CLOSER TO PLACE.

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JOE HORTON SITS DOWN WITH COMEDIAN COMRADE TRIPP FOR A DARKLY FUNNY DIVE INTO IDENTITY, ANXIETY, AND THE ART OF NOT WEARING A FACE.

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  • EMMA BEATREZ - ARTIST

    IN A CANDID CONVERSATION, TELL TALKS TO ARTIST EMMA BEATREZ ON RECASTING MIDWESTERN NOSTALGIA AS SOMETHING STRANGER, DARKER, AND IMPOSSIBLE TO LOOK AWAY FROM.

  • KATHERINE GOERTZ - ART HISTORIAN

    KATHERINE GOERTZ SITS DOWN WITH TELL TO UNPACK THE MYTH OF THE MIDWESTS ART SCENE. JOINED BY LYNNE LOCKE, CO-FOUNDER THE WOMENS'S ART REGISTRY OF MINNESOTA (WARM), FOR A CONVERSATION ON BUILDING NETWORKS, BREAKING NORMS, AND REMEMBERING WHAT GOT LEFT OUT OF THE STORY

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MIDWEST DISPATCH

KEEP THE LINE OPEN. NO ALGORITHMS, NO FEEDS — JUST YOU + TELL. DROP YOUR EMAIL TO JOIN.

ADAM MILLER TALKS WITH LIFELONG FRIEND BRYCE BERNARDS ABOUT SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, EARLY GUITARS, BASEMENT SHOWS, AND HOW MUSIC BECAME A GATEWAY THROUGH LIFE

  • MEET ARTROPOLIS

    TAOHEED BAYO AND UBAH "RIIYO" ABDULLAHI OF ARTROPOLIS OPEN UP TO NICOLE CROWDER ABOUT COLLABORATION, CITY LIFE AS CANVAS, AND THE WAYS THEIR WORK REIMAGINES URBAN SPACE

  • MEET CERAMICIST CYM WARKOV

    FROM HORST TO HOLLYWOOD AND BACK AGAIN. CYM WARKOV TELLS ON ANNIE LENNOX, CRAZY BEVERLY HILLS HOUSEWIVES, AND FINDING HER WAY HOME TO THE MIDWEST WITH CLAY UNDER HER NAILS.

  • MEET TYLER COPELAND - FOUNDER OF DADDY ISSUES

    TYLER COPELAND OF DADDY ISSUES TALKS WITH MATHEW SWENSON ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS NIGHTLIFE, THE MENS ROOM, HANKY CODE EXPERIMENTS, AND HOW HIS PARTIES REIMAGINE QUEER CLUB CULTURE

  • ASSEMBLY FOR THE FORGOTTON

    ARTISTS EMILY JANE KUNTZ AND JOSHUA McGARVEY TALK ON GHOSTS, KNIVES, AND THEIR DUELING APPROACHES TO ASSEMBLAGE

  • MEET OUR FOUNDING FATHERS

    MICHAEL CINA + MATHEW SWENSON IN CONVERSATION ABOUT THE POWER TO TELL AND SHIFTING THE LENS ON MIDWEST IDENTITY

  • MEET OUR FOUNDING COLLABORATORS

    ELENA STANTON + JOE HORTON TALK ABOUT RESHAPING THE VISUAL NARRATIVE FOR THE REGION.