{"id":8139,"date":"2026-08-17T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/?page_id=8139"},"modified":"2026-08-31T13:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:17:11","slug":"stay-awhile-conversations-for-loving-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/stay-awhile-conversations-for-loving-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Stay_Awhile_Social_Media\" style=\"background-image:url('');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-6a96dc622d0b7 {\n\t\t\t\theight: 500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-6a96dc622d0b7\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-middle\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title bold\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStay Awhile: Conversations for Loving the Planet\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>September 26, 2026, 1-3 p.m.<br \/>\nCenter for Art and Dance Lawn<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Settle into a pair of colorful lawn chairs and slow down for a few minutes with a friend or someone new. <em>Stay Awhile<\/em> is a playful conversation experience inspired by Alyssa Baguss&#8217;s public art project <em>Face to Face: 20 Questions That Lead to Loving the Planet<\/em>, along with the themes of observation, relationship, and connection found in Flaten Art Museum\u2019s current exhibition<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/mystic-topographies\/\"> <em>Michon Weeks: Mystic Topographies<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using a custom-designed paper &#8220;chatterbox&#8221; featuring original artwork by Michon Weeks, pairs will move through eight questions that spark curiosity, storytelling, reflection, and a deeper connection to the natural world. Part conversation, part nostalgia, part invitation to pay attention \u2014 <em>Stay Awhile<\/em> offers a space to slow down, connect, and spend a little extra time outdoors together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acom\u00f3date en un par de coloridas sillas de jard\u00edn y t\u00f3mate unos minutos para relajarte con un amigo o con alguien nuevo. \u00ab<em>Qu\u00e9date<\/em> un Rato\u00bb es una experiencia de conversaci\u00f3n l\u00fadica inspirada en el proyecto de arte p\u00fablico de Alyssa Baguss \u00abFace to Face: 20 Questions That Lead to Loving the Planet\u00bb, junto con los temas de la observaci\u00f3n, las relaciones y la conexi\u00f3n que se encuentran en la exposici\u00f3n actual del Museo de Arte Flaten, \u00abMichon Weeks: Mystic Topographies\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mediante una \u00abcaja de conversaci\u00f3n\u00bb de papel dise\u00f1ada a medida, decorada con ilustraciones originales de Michon Weeks, las parejas ir\u00e1n respondiendo a ocho preguntas que despiertan la curiosidad, invitan a contar historias, fomentan la reflexi\u00f3n y profundizan la conexi\u00f3n con el mundo natural. En parte conversaci\u00f3n, en parte nostalgia y en parte invitaci\u00f3n a prestar atenci\u00f3n, \u00ab<em>Qu\u00e9date<\/em> un Rato\u00bb ofrece un espacio para tomarse un respiro, conectar y pasar un rato m\u00e1s juntos al aire libre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__imagetext panel panel-imagetext site-section__bg--light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"imagetext\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters site-section__bg--gray site-panel__imgtxt-img-right\">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<figure  class=\"c-image c-image--rect\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Alyssa Baguss\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2026\/08\/Alyssa-Baguss-820x600.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2026\/08\/Alyssa-Baguss-520x300.jpg 520w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2026\/08\/Alyssa-Baguss-820x600.jpg 820w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/flaten\/files\/2026\/08\/Alyssa-Baguss-1120x900.jpg 1120w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col site-grid__col-safari-fix\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-text\">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"about-the-artist\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">About the Artist<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-text__desc t-content\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-autop=\"true\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alyssa Baguss is a Minneapolis based artist and creative director who spends her days producing public art experiences that you didn\u2019t even know you wanted. Her work includes drawings, large scale installation, and interactive public happenings that exist in galleries, parks, on bodies of water, and even flying through the skies over Minneapolis. She is a joy seeker who loves spending time in her studio, leading creative teams, and connecting the public to nature, each other, and themselves. She is also the first artist to serve as a park director within the Three Rivers Park District at Silverwood Park, a regional center for the arts and environment in Saint Anthony, Minnesota, which welcomes over 500,000 guests annually through a sculpture garden, indoor gallery, event center, and year-round art and environmental programming.<\/p>\n<p>Alyssa is a 2024\u201325 McKnight Community Engaged Artist Fellow, a multi-year recipient of the Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative and Creative Support Grants, and a Jerome Foundation Fellow for Emerging Artists. She has also participated in the Minnesota Artist Exhibition Program at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Her work has been exhibited at the Rochester Art Center, Minnesota Center for the Book Arts, Minnesota Museum of American Art, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and has been supported through a Forecast Public Art Mid-career Artist Professional Development Grant.<\/p>\n<p>Alyssa Baguss es una artista y directora creativa afincada en Minneapolis que dedica sus d\u00edas a crear experiencias de arte p\u00fablico que ni siquiera sab\u00edas que quer\u00edas. Su obra incluye dibujos, instalaciones a gran escala y eventos p\u00fablicos interactivos que tienen lugar en galer\u00edas, parques, en la superficie del agua e incluso surcando los cielos de Minneapolis. Es una persona en busca de la alegr\u00eda a la que le encanta pasar tiempo en su estudio, dirigir equipos creativos y conectar al p\u00fablico con la naturaleza, con los dem\u00e1s y consigo mismo. Adem\u00e1s, es la primera artista en ocupar el cargo de directora de parque en el Three Rivers Park District, concretamente en Silverwood Park, un centro regional dedicado a las artes y el medio ambiente situado en Saint Anthony (Minnesota), que recibe a m\u00e1s de 500 000 visitantes al a\u00f1o gracias a su jard\u00edn de esculturas, su galer\u00eda cubierta, su centro de eventos y su programaci\u00f3n art\u00edstica y medioambiental durante todo el a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<p>Alyssa es becaria del programa McKnight Community Engaged Artist para el periodo 2024-25, ha recibido durante varios a\u00f1os las subvenciones de la Iniciativa para Artistas y de Apoyo a la Creatividad de la Junta de las Artes del Estado de Minnesota, y es becaria de la Fundaci\u00f3n Jerome para Artistas Emergentes. Tambi\u00e9n ha participado en el Programa de Exposiciones de Artistas de Minnesota del Instituto de Arte de Minneapolis. Su obra se ha expuesto en el Centro de Arte de Rochester, el Centro de Artes del Libro de Minnesota, el Museo de Arte Americano de Minnesota y el Instituto de Arte de Minneapolis, y ha recibido el apoyo de una beca de desarrollo profesional para artistas en mitad de su carrera de Forecast Public Art.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Produced by Alyssa Baguss for the Flaten Art Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Event Settle into a pair of colorful lawn chairs and slow down for a few minutes with a friend or someone new. 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