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Victor Van has become the first Interact artist to have work acquired by the Walker Art Center. ✨📖✨ 
We’re thrilled to announce that @walkerartcenter has acquired two artist books by Victor Van – a significant milestone for Van and Interact, as we enter our thirtieth year of representing contemporary artists with disabilities. This is the first museum acquisition of original work by an Interact artist. Exploring translations of found audio, imagery, and animations, Van’s books are part of a larger body of work that he has continued for over a decade. In “KS95 Best Variety Songs 2013-2014,” a small hand bound book, Van transcribes the lyrics of songs he heard on the Twin Cities radio station that plays “today’s variety from 2k to today.” Filling hundreds of pages with infinitesimally small handwriting, Van adds drawings of cars, liquor, and snacks in the margins. In “Maria Valentina and the Mr. Piper Collection,” Van adapts a Canadian children’s TV show from the 1960s into a set of four books, using found paper for the covers. Both works express Van’s larger interest in labor-intensive acts of observation and the gathering of cultural material.   Van’s books will be added to the Walker Art Center Library’s Rosemary Furtak Collection, which houses about 2,000 artist books and is named after the former Walker librarian, who was an early champion in the field of artist books.  Van (b. 1993) has practiced at Interact since 2016. His work will be featured in Interact’s booth at @outsiderartfair in New York from March 19-22.  #VictorVanArtist Image descriptions are in the comments.

Support White Columns ✨ A work by Victor Van is included in the White Columns 2026 Benefit Auction alongside over 100 artworks generously donated by artists and galleries. Victor approved the donation through @interactcenterarts , and we’re grateful to support spaces that continue to champion artists and creative community 🤍 To view all donated works, register to bid, or purchase tickets to the May 27 live auction, visit @white_columns image:
Victor Van
Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, 2019
Acrylic on paper
11 x 14” #whitecolumns2026 #VictorVan #openstudiogallery @interactcenterarts #interactcenterarts #ProgressiveStudios

🪾🍂 It’s the final week to catch “Something there in the woods...” an exhibition curated by Robert Cozzolino (@cozzomonster ) at Interact Gallery! Swing by today (Tuesday) through Thursday, May 14, during gallery open hours from noon — 4 p.m. to catch this fantastical exhibition featuring 13 Interact artists and alumni. Cozzolino writes, “ ‘Something there in the woods…’ is a celebration of the places in nature we might go, with our bodies or in our minds, as envisioned by thirteen artists. They re-create places of memory, depict settings that are both real and fantastic, and bring visitors close to these immersive worlds. Visitors will find landscapes that feel familiar, places dear to the artists from experience or an admired photograph, and even dream (and nightmare) environments. All of the artists entice us to travel imaginatively to these lands, feel what it might be to inhabit them. Each depicted world brings forth powerful emotions, tapping into joy and exhilaration, suspense and thrills, but ultimately conveys a sense of wondrous discovery.” EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Katie Bretzman, Carl Clark, Bill Crane, Jesse Ferdinand (@jesse.ferdinand ), Peder Hagen, Ingrid Hansen, Kramer Hegenbarth, Ashlea Karkula, Andie Kiley, Caleb Nesbitt, Jill Reedy (@wheels4542 ), Solana R. (@sol.r.arts ), and Gary Rorby Image descriptions are in the comments.

🏁 🏁 It’s the final week of David Wright’s solo show, “Extra Gum London Bus,” which closes May 15! 🌅 Come on by Interact Gallery during open hours: Tuesday through Thursday, 12 — 4 p.m. Wright has been practicing at Interact since 2002. His voice is understated, dazzling, and clever, and his drawings are infused with a singular sense of visual logic and humor. Throughout the exhibition, observing the streets of Tokyo, Atlanta, and Sanaa, one wonders, has David been there? In conversation and in his work, Wright gives little away, providing just enough to hint at something out of frame. It’s as if each drawing is from the b-roll of a movie, and the camera, slyly, never pans left. We linger. Cars on busy streets, buildings with grids of windows, the recognizable hum of a city that is thousands of miles away. No matter the continent or whether one has been, there is always something familiar. In Extra Gum London Bus, David Wright closes great distances. #DavidWrightArtist Image descriptions are in the comments.

Our studio is buzzing with energy as we prepare for our 30th Anniversary Pearl Fantasy Festival! 🐚✨🫧 Our performers are busy rehearsing songs and scenes, while our visual artists are hard at work getting ready to transform Interact into an under-the-sea wonderland. We are so excited to celebrate 30 years with all of you! 🌊 When: Saturday, June 13th | 1 – 4 PM Where: Interact Center & Interact Gallery Dive into the details here: interactcenterarts.org Stay tuned for more info!

What a dream to deliver Victor Van’s artist books to @walkerartcenter last week. ✨ Many thanks to Head of Library + Archives Meg Black as well as Lead Educator Anna Haglin, who hosted us for a discussion of Van’s process and practice as well as the work of some of his contemporaries in the Walker’s Rosemary Furtak Artist Book Collection. It is a true joy to know that Van’s singular works will be preserved and cared for here for years and generations to come. Go visit them in the library! 😉 Van’s impressive year continues: his debut NYC solo exhibition at @openstudionewyorkcity closes today, Friday, April 24! 💘 #VictorVanArtist Image descriptions are in the comments.

last days to see Victor Van ✨ Thought we’d share Victor in his element —
in the studio, his comfort zone. A glimpse into what these progressive studios make possible. He’s often surrounded by dozens of ongoing projects,
repurposing paper he finds around him even drawing on the backs of discarded sketches, giving them new life. — On view through Saturday there’s something here for everyone Come spend some time with it 🤌🏻✨ 📹 courtesy of @interactcenterarts , shared with Victor’s permission @interactcenterarts #VictorVan #trueartist #selftaught #advancingartistcareers #artistontherise

For our theater lovers, some selections from Victor Van’s solo show, currently on view @openstudionewyorkcity . ✨✨ NY friends, you can check out the show through April 24! Van’s far-reaching interests include movies, food, art history, mass produced images, current events — and of course, musicals. In Van’s show, “Great Expectations,” which includes 48 paintings, visions of triumph and excess sit alongside moments of longing and unease, forming a body of work that feels both overwhelming and intimate. Depending on the subject, Van has described his work as “excruciating” and “exhilarating.” In these four paintings, he highlights the anniversaries of major Broadway productions, inviting us to consider the enduring cultural impact of each one. Image descriptions are in the comments. 1 Wicked 15th Anniversary, 2021 Acrylic on paper 19 x 13 inches 2 Hairspray 30th Anniversary, 2022 Acrylic on paper 11 x 17 inches 3 West Side Story 60th Anniversary, 2021 Acrylic on paper 19 x 24 inches 4 Cats 40th Anniversary, 2022 Acrylic on paper 19 x 14 inches

Installation Views 
Victor Van, 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔
 On view through April 25 Thur - Sat, 12-6 #victorvanart @interactcenterarts 💗

Big thanks to everyone who visited us @outsiderartfair last week! 😘☺️🙂 We had such a blast. Our heartfelt congratulations to Carl Clark, Michael Engebretson, Janice Essick, Jesse Ferdinand, Cal Nesbitt, Lucy Picasso, Scott Sorensen, and Victor Van on a fantastic presentation of work. ✨ #CarlClarkArtist #MichaelEngebretson #JaniceEssick @Jesse.ferdinand #CalNesbitt #LucyPicasso @sorensen_scott VictorVanArtist Image descriptions are in the comments

Two more days of @outsiderartfair New York! Come visit us at booth D5 today (Saturday) until 8 and tomorrow from 11-6. ✨✨✨

Day one of @outsiderartfair is off to a great start! Cal Nesbitt is here! 🍓❤️✨ Come find us at booth D5 if you’re in town. 🙂 #CalNesbitt