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FUNDING FOR OFF 90 IS PROVIDED IN PART BY
THE MINNESOTA ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND
AND THE CITIZENS OF MINNESOTA.
CRUISING YOUR WAY ON THIS EPISODE OF OFF 90:
IT'S THE BEST OF SEASON THREE.
WE'VE COVERED A LOT IN THIS SEASON OF OFF 90,
FROM MUSEUMS AND MUSICIANS,
ARTISTS AND ACTORS, TO HISTORY AND HERITAGE.
WE'LL BRING YOU OUR FAVORITE STORIES WE'VE COVERED THIS YEAR.
IT'S ALL JUST AHEAD, OFF 90.
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HI. I'M BARBARA KEITH.
THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON THIS EPISODE OF OFF 90.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH
THREE SEASONS OF OFF 90.
DIGGING UP THE BEST ARTS, CULTURE AND HISTORY STORIES
FROM SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
AND THIS PAST SEASON WAS NO EXCEPTION.
WE CRISSCROSSED THE STATE, FROM WINONA TO MANKATO,
OWATONNA TO FARIBAULT,
AND FOUND SOME INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS.
ALL HELPING TO MAKE OUR PART OF THE STATE SHINE.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SNIPPETS
FROM MANY OF THE STORIES WE FOUND THIS SEASON.
WE HOPE THEY INSPIRE YOU AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT
OF SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA PRIDE.
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I LOVE MAKING MOSAICS BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF UNIQUE.
LOOK AT THA.
ISN'T THAT PRETT?
THIS ONE'S KIND OF COOL.
ISN'T THAT COO?
IT'S LIKE A FRO.
I MEAN, LOTS OF PEOPLE PAINT AND PHOTOGRAPHY AND EVERYTHING,
BUT NOT SO MANY PEOPLE WORK WITH GLASS.
LOOK AT THEE RICH COLOR,
IT'S LIKE CAND, YOU KNO?
IT'S SORT OF LIE GLASS HEAVE.
AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ALLURE FOR ME TO DO SOMETHING
THAT'S A LITTLE OFF BEAT.
SO I THINK I'LL JUST STAT COLLECTING SOME GLAS.
SO, I NEED ONE F THOSE BIG CART.
TIME TO GO FR A RID.
MOSAICS ARE GREAT BECAUSE THEY GIVE ME THIS GREAT FEELING
WHILE I'M WORKING ON THEM, BUT I JUST FEEL GOOD DOING IT. BEING CREATIVE.
COULD PUT THIS OE NEXT TO ONE OF THES.
WHEN I MADE A LOT F CATS I USED THIS KIND F GLASS FOR THEIR EYE.
IT'S ALMOST A SHAME O CUT IT DOWN BECAUSE ITS
JUST SO PRETTY O JUST LOOK AT I.
I'M BARBARA BENSON KEITH AND I DO STAINED GLASS MOSAICS.
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COME ON DOWN TO MY SHO.
COME ON
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ONE THING I LIKE A LOT ABOUT MOSAICS IS KIND OF THE GRAPHIC QUALITY
AND YOU CAN'T REALLY BLEND IT LIKE PAINT.
BUT YOU CAN BLEND DIFFERENT COLORS TOGETHER,
SO I REALLY LIKE THAT ABOUT WORKING WITH MOSAICS.
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I STARTED PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND DECIDING WHAT GOES WHERE
AND WHAT WOULD BE GOOD.
IT'S A LOT LIKE DOING A PUZZLE.
I'VE BEEN MOSAIC-ING ALL DAY. SOMETIMES WHEN I'M TRYING TO FALL
ASLEEP I SEE SHAPES, I CAN'T GET OUT OF MY HEAD.
ACTUALLY FOR 12 YEARS I WAS A TEACHER
AND THEN DURING THAT TIME I TOOK A CLASS IN STAINED GLASS WINDOWS.
AND, SO I STARTED JUST, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS,
JUST FOR FUN AS A HOBBY. I THOUGHT, OH, I'M GONNA MAKE SOME MOSAICS
AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING, BUT I JUST TRIED IT
AND I DID ONE AND THEN I DID ANOTHER,
AND THEN I DID ANOTHER ONE
AND I ENTERED THAT IN THE STATE FAIR.
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AND THAT WON SECOND PLACE,
AND IT'S A REALLY COMPETITIVE COMPETITION,
SO I WAS ENCOURAGED TO GO ON.
SO SHE KINDA, SHE KINDA STARTED, STARTED EVERYTHING.
AND THEN I THOUGHT, WELL, WHY DON'T I TRY
PUTTING SOME IN GALLERIES, AND SO GALLERIES SAID YES
AND WHY DON'T I AND THEN THE ART CONSULTANTS CALLED ME
AND THINGS JUST KIND OF PROGRESSED ONE THING TO THE NEXT.
SO, I DIDN'T REALLY PLAN THAT IT WOULD BE ANY LIFE CHANGING THING,
IT WAS JUST ANOTHER THING TO HAVE FUN LEARNING TO DO,
AND SO, IT JUST HAPPENED.
THAT IT BECAME MY CAREER.
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I'VE DONE ABOUT 250 MOSAICS SO FAR.
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I'LL BE HONEST, I'VE BEEN TEACHING SCHOOL FOR 27 YEARS
AND I THOUGHT I KNEW A LOT ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR.
I FOUND OUT I KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO GLORIFY WAR.
OUR GOAL HERE IS TO TEACH PEOPLE,
TO SHOW 'EM WHAT THE LIFE WAS LIKE BACK THEN,
WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH, AND HOW THEY DID IT.
THEY'RE JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS, DOING THEIR PATRIOTIC DUTY,
BECAUSE THEY THINK WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS RIGHT.
WHETHER THEY WERE NORTH OR SOUTH
THEY ALL FELT THE SAME THING.
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I KNOW GUYS THAT ARE STILL REENACTING ARE IN THEIR 70S
AND I DON'T THINK I WANNA TRY AND OUT WALK 'EM.
WE HAVE ALL DIFFERENT RELIGIONS,
DEFINITELY DIFFERENT POLITICAL VIEWS,
AND WE GET ALONG.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT BRINGS, YOU KNOW,
EVERYBODY TOGETHER ON IT.
UNION BY BIRTH, CONFEDERATE BY CHOICE.
THAT'S ABOUT AS EASY AS I CAN SAY IT.
FIRST SOUTH CAROLINA FALL IN
WITH FIRST SOUTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS
I PORTRAY CAPTAIN WILLIAM HASKELL.
DEFINITELY BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA, GREW UP ON A PLANTATION.
WAS TUTORED ON THAT PLANTATION, AND THEN ATTENDED UNIVERSITY
IN VIRGINIA AND CAME BACK, DID A LITTLE BIT OF TEACHING,
A NEWSPAPER MAN AND SPEAKER
AND THEN WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT,
SIGNED UP WITH THE MILITIA.
FRONT RAN!
READ!
AI!
FIR!
WAIT FOR THE COMMAD
WHO FIRED FIRS?
FIR!
THAT WAS BD THAT WAS BD
SO, YOU COULD GET WOUNDED AND KILLED.
YOU COULD GET WOUNDED TWICE.
BUT WE LIKE TO DO THIS BECAUSE,
WHEN WE DO IT TODAY THEY'RE GONNA GO,
LOOK AT THAT, THEY'RE FIRING AT EACH OTHER
AND NOBODY'S DROPPING.
WELL, IF YOU DO IT THE WAY IT WAS ACTUALLY FOUGHT
IT WOULD BE OVER IN FIVE MINUTES.
SO WE DO THIS, WE TRY AND TAKE AS MANY HITS AS WE CAN
AND RECYCLE 'EM BACK INTO THE LINE.
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A MINIATURE IS A CONDENSATION OF SOMETHING LARGER.
I DON'T DO INSECTS; I DON'T DO THINGS THAT ARE NATURALLY TINY.
I MAKE THINGS THAT ARE LARGER SMALLER.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY HOLD THESE THINGS IN YOUR HANDS,
IT'S AN EASIER THING TO GRASP AND IT'S NOT THREATENING EITHER.
YOU BECOME A, LIKE A VESSEL OF IT.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HANDS
AND A MINIATURE OBJECT.
I'VE BEEN EXPLORING IT FOR 15 YEARS.
I'M STEVE THOMASHEK AND I'M A PROFESSIONAL WHITTLER.
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YOU KNOW, NO ONE GROWS UP THINKING THEY'RE GONNA BE A WHITTLER.
I GOT STARTED IN WOOD CARVING WHEN I WAS A KID,
PROBABLY AROUND 12, 13 YEARS OLD.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL COLLEGE THAT I REALLY TOOK IT UP
AS A FULL-TIME HOBBY, AS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED
TO DO EVERY DAY AND AT ONE POINT I DECIDED
I REALLY WANT TO CARVE EVERYTHING.
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IT WASN'T UNTIL THE THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR OF COLLEGE
THAT I ACTUALLY STARTED DOING THIS EVERY DAY
AND AT FIRST I WASN'T ALL THAT GOOD,
SO IT WASN'T LIKE I STOOD OUT, YOU KNOW.
I WAS JUST THE GUY THAT HAD THE BANDAGE ON HIS HAND.
MY CARVINGS RANGE IN SIZE FROM ABOUT A QUARTER INCH
UP TO ABOUT FIVE INCHES.
I'VE PROBABLY MADE ALMOST 10,000 CARVINGS.
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THE MINIATURE MENAGERIE IS A COLLECTION OF EXOTIC CREATURES.
IT'S KIND OF A LOSE TERM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M BUILDING AN ARK
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I JUST HAVE A COLLECTION OF ANIMALS THAT I'M MAKING
AND THAT INCLUDES MONSTERS AND BEASTS,
BUT ALSO STUFF OUT OF MY OWN IMAGINATION,
OR WHATEVER I CAN COME UP WITH.
THEY'RE MINIATURE OBJECTS ALL AROUND US,
IT'S JUST THAT I'M TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE THEM SPECIAL.
I'M DOING THEM ONE AT A TIME AND I'M USING MY HANDS TO DO IT.
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I'M USED TO PEOPLE ASKING ME QUESTIONS ON HOW WE LIVE
AND I CAN SEE WHY I DID, THEY'RE ALWAYS WONDERING AND,
WITH ALL, I GUESS WE DON'T ADVERTISE TOO MUCH THE WAY WE LIVE.
IT'S GETTING TO BE QUITE A BIT OUT THERE ANYMORE.
SO, THE MORE INFORMATION YOU HAVE ON US OR THE MORE
THAT'S OUT THERE, THE LESS UNIQUE WE WILL BE.
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MY GRANDPARENTS WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE
TO MOVE OUT HERE, THEY MAY BE MOVED IN '75.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WAS IT '74 OR '75.
AND THEN MY PARENTS DECIDED
THEY WE'RE GONNA MOVE OUT HERE, TOO FROM OHIO AND THAT WAS IN '85 THEN.
IT WAS A NICE AREA, I GUESS, FOR FARMING,
THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON WHY THEY SETTLE INTO THIS AREA.
THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT CAME AROUND HERE, YOU KNOW,
THAT WERE OUT LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO MOVE TO
STOPPED HERE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE
A GOOD PLACE FOR US TO FARM.
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I GREW UP AMISH AND FOR SOMEBODY THAT NEVER WAS AMISH
AND GOES AMISH, I HAVE NO WAY OF TELLING YOU WHAT THAT GUY
WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND THERE IS NO WAY I'LL EVER BE ABLE TO,
BUT I IMAGINE IT WOULD BE PRETTY TOUGH.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE SIMPLE THINGS AS FAR,
FOR YOU HAVING A BATHROOM IN THE HOUSE.
THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY BE A BIG CHANGE AND NOT HAVING A PHONE
OR ELECTRIC OR AS FAR AS IF HE WANTED TO USE THE MICROWAVE
THERE IS NO WAY TO QUICKLY HEAT UP A CUP OF COFFEE
UNLESS YOU GOT HOT WATER AND THE STOVE GOING.
YOU CAN DO IT.
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THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF THINGS THAT I DON'T ENVY YOU GUYS FOR,
WHAT YOU HAVE ON A LOT OF THINGS, I GUESS.
WE ALSO DO HAVE OUR HECTIC, IT SEEMS HECTIC FOR US TOO
BUT YOU GUYS HAVE ANOTHER LEVEL ON THAT ONE ON US.
WELL, I KNOW YOU ARE PEOPLE JUST LIKE WE ARE,
WE'RE ALL HUMANS, AND THE OLDER I GET THE MORE I REALIZE IT.
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I GOT, I THINK ALL TOGETHER, IN MY CAREER OF SENDING OUT LETTERS,
I'VE GOTTEN HUNDREDS OF REJECTIONS,
MAYBE EVEN LIKE AT LEAST A THOUSAND MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE I TOOK IT REALLY HARD
AND I SAID I WAS NOT GOING TO WRITE ANYMORE,
I WAS JUST GOING TO GIVE UP.
AT THAT TIME I WAS THIS IS JUST, I HAVE TO KEEP DOING THIS
AND IF THIS IS JUST PART OF THE GAME THEN WE'LL JUST
TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND I'LL KEEP TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT UNTIL
I FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS.
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BUT I'VE WRITTEN, I THINK, 19 BOOKS NOW
AND I'VE SOLD, I THINK OVER 1.5 MILLION,
KIND OF STOPPED KEEPING TRACK AFTER I SOLD A MILLION.
YEAH, ABOUT 1.5 MILLION
I'M AMANDA HOCKING AND I WRITE BOOKS,
MOSTLY YOUNG ADULT BOOKS.
FIRST SERIES THAT I PUBLISHED WAS MY BLOOD APPROVES SERIES
AND IT'S ABOUT VAMPIRES IN MINNEAPOLIS.
THE NEXT SERIES I PUBLISHED WAS THE TRYLLE BOOKS
AND THAT'S ABOUT A GIRL WHO FINDS OUT SHE'S A CHANGELING.
MOST DEFINITELY LIKE PARANORMAL.
MY OTHER SERIES IS THE HOLLOWS,
WHICH IS ABOUT ZOMBIES.
MY NEXT SERIES COMING OUT THAT'S NEW IS CALLED WATERSONG.
IT WILL BE FUN.
I AM 27 YEARS OLD. I LIVE IN AUSTIN, MINNESOTA.
I WAS BORN HERE AND I'VE LIVED HERE MOST OF MY LIFE.
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID I WAS ALWAYS TELLING STORIES
AND THEN AS SOON AS I COULD WRITE I WAS WRITING.
OTHER KIDS WERE PLAYING WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVING FUN AND PLAYING GAMES.
AND I WAS USUALLY OFF BY MYSELF EITHER READING OR WRITING.
I FINISHED MY FIRST BOOK WHEN I WAS 17,
AS SOON AS I FINISHED WRITING IT, LIKE I WAS SENDING IT OUT,
AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GOING BE PUBLISHED AND EVERYTHING
WOULD JUST BE KIND OF DONE FROM THERE.
BUT THEN I KIND OF HAD THE REALITY OF THE PUBLISHING WORLD
IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I HAD THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
AFTER I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL I WORKED.
I WORKED AS A DISHWASHER FOR A LITTLE BIT
AND THEN I WORKED IN GROUP HOMES WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES,
AS A CARETAKER FOR THEM.
I'D GET DONE WITH WORK AND I WOULD COME HOME
AND I WOULD JUST WRITE UNTIL, YOU KNOW LIKE,
9 OR 10 IN THE MORNING.
WHEN I WAS WORKING ON A BOOK,
IT WOULD BE USUALLY 8 TO 12 HOURS A DAY.
DRANK A LOT OF RED BULL AND I JUST FOCUS ON IT,
IF THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED TO DO AND THIS IS WHAT
I WAS GOING TO DO.
LIKE WHEN YOU, YOU FIRST START DATING SOMEONE
AND YOU'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THEM AND YOU STAY AWAKE
ALL NIGHT BUT YOU DON'T MIND BECAUSE YOU'RE WITH THEM,
IT'S LIKE THAT KIND OF HIGH, WHERE YOU'RE NOT TIRED
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE TIRED.
WRITINGS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I DID.
IT'S LIKE ASKING ME WHY DO YOU LIKE BREATHING.
IT'S WHAT I DO, IT'S HOW I KIND OF FUNCTION.
I DON'T THINK I WOULD REALLY KNOW HOW TO FUNCTION WITHOUT IT.
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{SPEAKING IN NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE}
HELLO TO MY RELATIVES, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
WELCOME TO MANKATO POW WOW.
I'D LOVE TO HAVE PEOPLE GET TO KNOW US AS WE REALLY ARE
AND ONE GOOD WAY OF DOING THAT IS COMING
TO A POW WOW AND DANCING WITH US.
AND YOU'LL FEEL IT OUT THERE.
YOU REALLY FEEL CONNECTED TO THE EARTH. THE POW WOW IS INCREDIBLE
AND IF I COULD CHOOSE WHAT END MY DAYS ON EARTH,
IF I COULD END IT AT A POW WOW,IT WOULD BE PERFECT.
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THE POW WOW HERE IS A REMINDER THAT WE ARE THE PEOPLE,
WHO AT ONE TIME, WERE ESSENTIALLY THE MANAGERS
OF ALL THE RESOURCES IN THIS ENTIRE REGION.
AND I THINK WE WERE DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND WE SAID IN THE BEGINNING OF LIFE
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WORLD,
NOTHING EXISTED EXCEPT FOR GOD,
THE CREATOR OF WAKANTANKA.
AND FROM THE CREATORS HEART AND MIND HE CREATED
THE HEAVEN AND INDICATE TO HEAVEN,
HE PUT UP THE SUN AND OUR WORD FOR THE SUN IS "WE".
AND TO PUT A PLACE FOR THE HUMANS TO LIVE
TO CREATE MOTHER EARTH, THE CREATOR STARTED
WITH A LARGE MOLTEN ROCK.
WE QUESTION WHERE DO WE BELONG ON THE EARTH,
AND THE CREATOR SAID, WHEN YOU COME TO THE EARTH
STEP *** THE GROUND, ON MOTHER EARTH
AND IF THAT'S WHERE YOU BELONG,
MOTHER EARTH WILL HOLD YOU,
IF IT'S NOT WHERE YOU BELONG YOU PASS THROUGH
TO ANOTHER PART OF THE EARTH.
SO WHEN WE CAME HERE TO THIS PART OF THE EARTH
AND STEPPED HARD AND MOTHER EARTH HELD US
WE LOOKED AROUND AND SAW ALL THE BEAUTY OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS HERE.
THERE WERE TREES, THERE WERE BIRDS,
THERE WERE ANIMALS, THE GRASS, EVERYTHING WAS HERE
BEFORE US AND WE SAW THE BEAUTY, AND WE WERE SO IMPRESSED
WITH THAT, WE WERE SO MUCH IN LOVE WITH THIS PLACE,
THAT WE GAVE A SECOND STEP, A LIGHT STEP.
THE FIRST HARD STEP TO SEE, DO WE BELONG HERE,
AND THE MOTHER EARTH HELD US.
WE TOOK ANOTHER LIGHT STEP THANKING THE CREATOR
FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY HERE
AND THAT'S OUR DANCE. A HARD STEP, THEN A LIGHT STEP
OF ONE FOOT, AND THE SAME THING WITH THE OTHER FOOT.
EVERY TIME YOU TAKE A STEP AND YOU'RE DANCING
YOU'RE PRAYING, YOU'RE THANKING THE CREATOR,
OR THANKING GOD, FOR LETTING US BE HERE.
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WELCOME TO THE MINNESOTA MARINE ART MUSEUM.
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WHAT IS THE MINNESOTA MARINE ART MUSEUM?
WE ARE A YOUNG MUSEUM.
WE OPENED IN JULY OF 2006 IN WINONA, MINNESOTA.
OUR FACILITY AND GARDENS ARE ON THE BANKS OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND WE EXHIBIT GREAT ART
INSPIRED BY WATER.
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THE MUSEUM HAS ABOUT 1200 OBJECTS,
EVERYTHING FROM TRADITIONAL MARINE MARITIME THEMED ART
TO HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL AND IMPRESSIONISM
AND SOME MODERN MASTERS.
THE CONSTANT THEME BETWEEN THE COLLECTIONS
IN WHAT WE ALWAYS SHOW, THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF ELEMENT
TO RIVER TOWN CULTURE OR WHETHER IT'S A DEPICTION
OF A BODY OF WATER OR LANDSCAPE THAT HAS WATER IN IT
OR THE CULTURE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN SHOWING.
I THINK THAT'S A UNIQUE THING. I MEAN, I GUESS,
I DON'T KNOW OF OTHER MUSEUMS THAT ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
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MUSEUM AUDIENCES DIFFER DRAMATICALLY.
ONE PERSON MIGHT GO FOR THIS REASON AND ANOTHER MIGHT,
MIGHT GO FOR THAT REASON. I THINK, NO LONGER DO PEOPLE
NECESSARILY IN YOUNGER GENERATIONS GO TO SEE A SPECIFIC WORK OF ART.
BUT, YOUNGER GENERATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN MEANINGFUL
AND AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCES.
YOU CAN TAKE MUSIC, FOR EXAMPLE, AND HOW MUSIC
IS TRADED AS A COMMODITY AND IT'S DIGITAL NOW.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE LOSING THERE IS THE AUTHENTICITY
IN THE ACTUAL OBJECT.
WHICH MAKES THE OBJECT MORE VALUABLE.
THIS OBJECT HAS VALUE BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED
WITH PASSION AND WITH SINCERITY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
IT'S ALL A PART OF AN EXPERIENCE OF VISITING A MUSEUM.
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IF WE DO OUR JOB RIGHT, YOUR CHILDREN, MY CHILDREN,
AND THEIR CHILDREN, AND SEVEN GENERATIONS WILL BE ABLE
TO EXPERIENCE THE WORKS IN OUR COLLECTION IN THE SAME STATE
THAT THEY EXIST TO TODAY.
WE ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE, I THINK, IN WORKING WITH
AND SUPPORTING LIVING ARTISTS.
I THINK, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE IN A WORLD WHERE
THEIR CHILD SAYS, I WANT TO BE AN ARTIST.
THAT THAT CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
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THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EPISODE.
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SEE YOU NEXT SEASON, OFF 90.
♪ MUSIC ♪
FUNDING FOR OFF 90 IS PROVIDED IN PART BY
THE MINNESOTA ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND
AND THE CITIZENS OF MINNESOTA.