{"id":1138,"date":"2015-07-14T14:36:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T19:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/?page_id=1138"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:41:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:41:57","slug":"vianorthfield","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/vianorthfield\/","title":{"rendered":"The Via Northfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h2>February 19 \u2013 April 17, 2016<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/opening-tvn\/\">Opening Reception<\/a>:\u00a0Friday, February 19,\u00a07\u20139 p.m., remarks at 7:15 p.m.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/waterford-walk\/\">Artist-led walk to Waterford<\/a>: Saturday, April 16, 11 a.m., departing from Flaten Art Museum<\/h2>\n<div class=\"soliloquy-outer-container\" data-soliloquy-loaded=\"0\"><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-7562_1\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade soliloquy-fade soliloquy-arrows-active  soliloquy-theme-base no-js\" style=\"max-width:500px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-7562_1\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-id-1273 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1273\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/02\/via_14-500x300_c.jpg\" alt=\"via_14\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-2 soliloquy-id-1275 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1275\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-2 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/02\/ViaNorthfieldOpening_1-500x300_c.jpg\" alt=\"ViaNorthfieldOpening_1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-id-1279 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1279\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-3 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/02\/via_18-500x300_c.jpg\" alt=\"via_18\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-4 soliloquy-id-1277 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1277\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-4 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/02\/ViaNorthfieldOpening_18-500x300_c.jpg\" alt=\"ViaNorthfieldOpening_18\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><noscript><div class=\"soliloquy-no-js\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden;height:0;line-height:0;opacity:0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/02\/via_14.jpg\" alt=\"via_14\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/02\/ViaNorthfieldOpening_1.jpg\" alt=\"ViaNorthfieldOpening_1\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/02\/via_18.jpg\" alt=\"via_18\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/02\/ViaNorthfieldOpening_18.jpg\" alt=\"ViaNorthfieldOpening_18\" \/><\/div><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andysturdevant.com\/\"><br \/>\nAndy Sturdevant\u2019s<\/a> installation <em>The Via Northfield<\/em>, commissioned by Flaten Art Museum, builds on the artist\u2019s ongoing exploration of history, place, and walking in Minnesota. In September 2015, Sturdevant walked from Minneapolis to Northfield over the course of two days. The forty miles between the two cities crosses nature trails, industrial corridors, suburban developments, cornfields, dirt roads, strip malls, six-lane county highways, historic sites, soybean farms, cemeteries, freeway interchanges, and several Target stores \u2013 quintessential southern Minnesota sights. With its wall-sized map, interpretive publications, and specimens of interest, the gallery functions not only as an archive of Sturdevant\u2019s singular journey, but as a waypoint and visitor\u2019s center for the pedestrian experience.\u00a0Visitors will also have the opportunity to contribute their own pedestrian reports to the exhibition \u2013 stories of travel on foot up and down the Via Northfield corridor, from south Minneapolis to Eagan to Greenvale Township.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the News:<\/strong><br \/>\nAndrew Miller, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sunthisweek.com\/2016\/02\/08\/exhibit-chronicles-artists-walk-from-minneapolis-to-northfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exhibit chronicles artist\u2019s walk from Minneapolis to Northfield<\/a><\/strong>, <em>Sun This Week<\/em>, February 8, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Sonja Nelson,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/manitoumessenger.com\/article\/gallery-documents-overlooked-pedestrian-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gallery Documents Overlooked Pedestrian Experience<\/a><\/strong>, <em>Manitou Messenger<\/em>, February 26, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2015\/07\/Via-Northfield-Invite.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1251\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/vianorthfield\/via-northfield-invite-outside-2-1024x528-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/02\/Via-Northfield-Invite-Outside-2-1024x528-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,528\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Via-Northfield-Invite-Outside-2-1024&amp;#215;528-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/02\/Via-Northfield-Invite-Outside-2-1024x528-1.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1251 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2016\/02\/Via-Northfield-Invite-Outside-2-1024x528-1-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"Via Northfield - Invite - Outside\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This exhibition\u00a0is\u00a0generously supported by the Glen H. and Shirley Beito Gronlund Annual Exhibition Series Fund, and is\u00a0organized in conjunction with Carleton College&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.carleton.edu\/walk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Festival of Walking &amp; Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0museum is closed March 19 \u2013 28, 2016 for Spring Break.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit:\u00a0Small Multiples.<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 19 \u2013 April 17, 2016 Opening Reception:\u00a0Friday, February 19,\u00a07\u20139 p.m., remarks at 7:15 p.m. Artist-led walk to Waterford: Saturday, April 16, 11 a.m., departing from Flaten Art Museum Andy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":275,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1138","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7563,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1138\/revisions\/7563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}