Arts, Entertainment, and Popular Culture

» 8 MINNESOTA TV MOMENTS

• 1970: Mary Tyler Moore throws her hat in the air on Nicollet Mall.
• 1974: Little House on the Prairie airs, with a landscape that looks nothing like Minnesota.
• 1975: Blake School writing partners Al Franken and Tom Davis are hired for Saturday Night Live.
• 1978: Loni Anderson plays receptionist Jennifer Marlowe in WKRP in Cincinnati.
• 1994: Friends debuts with the theme song “I’ll Be There for You” by Minneapolis band The Rembrandts.
• 1995: Kevin Sorbo plays the title role in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
• 2000: Genevieve Gorder appears on Trading Spaces.
• 2001: Peter Krause appears in the dark HBO hit Six Feet Under.

» 10 WEIRDEST WALKER EXHIBITS

• 2009: The Quick and the Dead
• 2003: Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns since 1983
• 2002: Things Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art
• 1997: Joseph Beuys Multiples
• 1994: Duchamp's Leg
• 1994: In the Spirit of Fluxus
• 1989: Vanishing Presence
• 1983: Ash Can to Abstract Expressionism: Selections from the Permanent Collection
• 1982: Happy Birthday John Cage: Selections from the Permanent Collection
• 1973: Ettore Sottsass/Superstudio: Mindscapes

» 10 FAMOUS MCAD ALUMS

• Paul Shambroom Photographer extraordinaire

• Kinji Akagawa Conceptual artist, sculptor, and beloved MCAD prof for nearly 40 years

• Peter Seitz Started MCAD’s graphic design department

• Lisa Nankivil Her paintings/prints are shown internationally

• Mary GrandPré Illustrator for the Harry Potter books

• Clara Elsene Peck (1883–1968) Famed magazine and children’s book illustrator

• Esther Bubley (1921–1998) Groundbreaking magazine photographer

• Wanda Gág (1893–1946) Illustrator of the children’s classic Millions of Cats

• Adolph Dehn (1895–1968) Influential lithographer and caricaturist for The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Vogue

• F. Keogh Gleason (1906–1982) Academy Award–winning MGM set designer for 40 years

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