current NEWS
February 2012: Randy Walker has received the first McKnight Foundation/ Forecast Public art Project Grant for mid-career public artists. Walker's grant proposal, Filling the Void, will examine how a work of public art might bridge the gap between permanent and temporary. He will work with the Kulture Klub Collaborative, a Minneapolis-based non-profit organization that brings artists and homeless youth together to create a permanent sculptural framework that will be woven in a series of temporary installations over a one year period to initiate a process that is intended to continue indefinitely.
January 2012: Woven Prism selected for inclusion in Art on The Plains XI, a juried exhibition at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North Dakota
November 2011: Passage, a temporary installation that transforms the historic Shanaska Creek Bridge in Lake Washington Park, Minnesota, is completed. See the following story that aired on KEYC TV Mankato: http://www.keyc.tv/story/16012998/shanaska-creek-bridge-transformed-into-a-work-of-art
An artist reception will be held at the site on Sunday, November 20th from 1-3pm. Everyone is welcome.
November 2011: The City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, has given approval to begin work on The Dream Elevator, a permanent public sculpture proposed by Randy Walker. The outdoor structure will mark Walker's largest commission to date, and is expected to be completed by Fall 2012.
July 2011: Walker invited to show three works at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale. Cheongju, South Korea.
June 2011: Woven Cube and Woven Cylinder on display in WWW. Exhibit at the Northfield Arts Guild. Northfield, Minnesota.
May 2011: Randy will use an antique piano as a framework for a temporary public artwork as part of Pianos on Parade, sponsored by Keys 4/4 Kids in St. Paul, MN: http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_18037625
April 2011: Randy Walker selected as finalist for public art project at the University of Wisconsin-Stout campus, Menomonie, WI
March 2011: Randy Walker featured on Twin Cities Television's MN Originals: http://www.mnoriginal.org/art/?p=3618
March 2011: Walker selected as finalist for the public art at the International Hot Air Balloon Museum,Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 2011: Randy Walker awarded Minnesota State Arts Board Grant
July 2010: Randy Walker's Shimmer Frames featured on SOFA West Santa Fe catalog cover