Fritz Haeg: At Home in the City at the WALKER ART CENTER

2013 Artist Residency, Project Commissions and Exhibition

CALENDAR
Feb 8: Edible Estates open call
May 1-3: Foraging Circle installation in Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
May 9: Edible Estates site announcement
May 24-26: Edible Estates planting weekend
Jul 30: Edible Estate #15 photos on view in Walker Art Center Bazinet lobby
Jul 30 - Aug 2: Domestic Integrities public rug production in Walker Art Center Cargill Lounge
Aug 8: opening events and reception including Domestic Integrities A05 and Edible Estate #15 video premiere
Nov 23-24: Closing marathon of conversations, presentations and activities

LINKS
Project pages...
Edible Estate #15: Twin Cities
Foraging Circle
Domestic Integrities part A05

Walker Art Center...
'At Home in the City' webpage
'Making Fritz Haeg's Rug' - by Ashley Duffalo (Aug 10, 2013)
'Talking Food at the Birchwood' - conversation with Michael Pollan and Tracy Singleton (Aug 8, 2013)
'Heading Home: Michael Pollan and Fritz Haeg on Reviving Domesticity' (Aug 7, 2013)
'Tearing up the Lawn' - by Julie Caniglia (Jul 15, 2013)
'From Lawn to Garden' - by Anna Bierbrauer (June 10, 2013)
'Meet the Residency Interns' - by Ashley Duffalo (Jun 10, 2013)
'Previewing Fritz Haeg's Forgaing Circle' - by Ashley Duffalo (May 24, 2013)
'Meet the Schoenherrs' - by Julie Caniglia (May 9, 2013)
'Suburban Front Lawn wanted for Edible Estate #15' (Feb 8, 2013)
'Introducing the Walker Home and Garden Club' - by Chloe Nelson (Dec 11, 2012)
'Gardening Between Home and Doom' - interview with Paul Schmelzer (Nov 24, 2012)

Press...
Minnesota Post - 'At home in the Twin Cities' by Fritz Haeg (Aug 16, 2013)
The Splendid Table - 'Reclaiming the Front Yard with Edible Estates (Aug 10, 2013)
Minnesota Public Radio - 'Artist Fritz Haeg Domesticates the Walker' by Marianne Combs (Aug 8, 2013)
City Pages - 'Fritz Haeg: We are Arriving...' by (Aug 7, 2013)
KARE 11 - 'Edible Estate Winner' (Aug 3, 2013)
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 'Catching up with the Edible Estate' by Kim Palmer (Jul 16, 2013)
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 'Edible Landscape Makeover Transforms Woodbury Lawn' by Kim Palmer (Jun 11, 2013)
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 'Woodbury Family Chosen for Edible Landscpe Makeover' by Kim Palmer (May 20, 2013)
Saint Paul Pioneer Press - 'Coming Soon to a Woodbury Lawn' by Bob Shaw (May 20, 2013)
Minneapolis Star Tribune - ' California artist looking for Twin Cities Suburban Lawn to Transform' by Kim Palmer (Mar 12, 2013)
St. Paul Pioneer Press - 'Could Your Yard be an Edible Estate' by Kathy Berdan (Feb 2, 2013)
KARE 11 - 'Edible Estates Coming to Minneapolis' with Belinda Jensen (Feb 23, 2013)

Blogs...
'Chez Schoenherr Garden: Edible Estate #15' - Schoenherr family blog
'5H Club' - 'AtHome in the City' interns blog

Videos...
'Making Ourselves at Home' - Walker Art Center production
'Edible Estate #15' - by Fritz Haeg and Jacinto Astiazarán

CREDITS
Curators: Sarah Schultz and Eric Crosby
Residency coordinator: Anna Bierbrauer
Project manager: Ashley Duffalo
Administrative assistant: Abigail Anderson
Interns: Brett Baldauf, Will Gobeli, Katherine Lee, Bridget Mendel and Bjorn Sparrman
Preparators/installation: David Dick and Cameron Zebrun
Museum director: Olga Viso

Edible Estate garden in Woodbury, Minnesota:
Owner/gardeners: Catherine Schoenherr, John Schoenherr, Andrea Schoenherr and Aaron Schoenherr
Peter Rusk - carving
Photography: Alison Malone and Olga Ivanova
Video camera: Jacinto Astiazarán
Video directing and editing Fritz Haeg and Jacinto Astiazarán camera Jacinto Astiazaráng
Garden Volunteers: Laura Bigger, Katy Vonk, Alyson Coward, Karen Otto, Sarah Wolbert, Jean Abbott and John Smith, Kelly English, Dan Ibarra and Clover Ibarra, Dana and Andrea Schumacher, Margaret, Oskar and June Pezalla-Granlund, Phi Lai, Dr. Chris Strunk, Emily Haskins, Rosalie Starenko, Stephi Drago, Zak Schmidt, Justin Densberger, Alan Sabat, Maggie Richardson, Pam Sawyer, Bea Hoskins, Kelsea Dombrovski and Scott Mitchell, Katy Berglund, Kathy Lenius, Nick Vlcek, Michelle LeBlanc, Rebeca Ratte, Diane Anderson, Audrey Cullen, Atanu Sen, Caroline Casey, Claire Casey, Aaron Merrill, Atanu Sen, Janel Larson, Michael Trom, Akoni Garcia, Larry Haeg, Mary Haeg, Danny Haeg, Andrew Haeg, Emily Saunders, Jen Murphy, John Andrew. // Neighbors: Brett and Lisa Bursch and family, Bill and Peggy Elsasser, Greg and Kathy Whaley, Widerski Family, Jacob Elsasser, Julie Hoffend, Susan Vance, Laura and Todd Robinson, Rich and Penny Sitz, Becky Hagen, Sophie Gutzman. // Schoenherr family: Catherine Schoenherr, John Schoenherr, Andrea Schoenherr, Stanley Leonard, Aaron Schoenherr, Kristin Beardsley, Roseann Schoenherr, Ken and Carol Koscik, Karla and Markus Toft, Sara Kruper. // Walker Art Center: Sarah Schultz, Eric Crosby, Anna, Dieter and Seeley Bierbrauer, Christy Meyer, Elicia Greene, Ashley Duffalo, Bartholomew Ryan, Ilene Mojsilov, Masami Kawazato, Andrea Brown, Robin Dowden, Christi Atkinson, Will Gobeli, Bridget Mendel, Christina Alderman, Sami Swisher, Asiya Youngmark, Brett Baldauf and Chesney Engquist.
In-kind support for the garden: Toro Foundation, Gardens of Eagan, Mother Earth Gardens, Gertens, Ecological Gardens, Eggplant Urban Farm Supply, Outback Nursery, Rumpca Companies, Glacial Ridge Growers, Cherry Tree House Mushrooms
Wood bread oven: Tom Lenartson Construction, Greg Wright (Director, North House Folk School), Derek Lucchese (Oven Builder and Instructor, North house Folk School), and Mike Senty

'Foraging Circle' installation in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
Landscape consultant: Anna Bierbrauer
Gardening interns: Brett Baldauf, Katherine Lee and Bridget Mendel,
Consultants: Jane Shey (Homegrown Minneapolis) and Ginger Cannon (Minneapolis Parks and Recreation)

'Domestic Integrities' in Walker Art Center galleries:
Gallery tenders: Will Gobeli, Stephen Gregg, Hillary King, Ann Norberg, Sheila Novak, Peter Rusk, Bjorn Sparrman
Spinning wheels on loan: Pamela Caserta, Hillary King, Catherine and Aaron Schoenherr
archive contributions: Pollinaria, Abruzzo, Italy; MoMA, New York; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; DeCordova Museum, Licoln, Massachusetts
Thrift furnishings: Practical Goods
Woodcut: Leonard Stanley
Knitter in residence: Kristi Fackel
gallery tenders: Will Gobeli, Stephen Gregg, Hillary King, Ann Norberg, Sheila Novak, Peter Rusk, Bjorn Sparrman

Opening reception (Aug 8, 2013)
Choreography: Body Cartography
Presentations: Jane Shey (Homegrown Minneapolis) and Ginger Cannon (Minneapolis Parks and Recreation)
Food and drink: Birchwood Café & Verdant Tea

Closing events (Nov 23-24, 2013)
Guest presenters: J Morgan Puett (Mildred's Lane, Beach Lake, PA) and Gaetano Carboni (Pollinaria, Abruzzo, Italy)
Conversation participants: Matt Olsen (Rolu), Katie Bachler (Joshua Tree, CA), Keith Clougherty (Braintree, MA) and Tracy Deutsch (Minneapolis)
At Home in the City participants: Brett Baldauf, Will Gobeli, Katherine Lee, Bridget Mendel, Bjorn Sparrman, Stephen Gregg, Hillary King, Ann Norberg, Sheila Novak and Peter Rusk
Edible Estate household: John, Catherine, Aaron and Andrea Schoenherr
Food and drink: Tao Foods
Movement exercises: Body Cartography and Tony Orrico