Andrew Blauvelt

Blauvelt, the Walker Art Center’s Design Director since 1998, has been named Design Director and Curator, effective immediately, to reflect his role in curating design and architecture exhibitions and developing related public programs. In his role as Design Director, Blauvelt provides creative leadership for the Walker’s design studio – the recipient of more than 80 design awards over the past decade recognizing the institution’s graphic communications. As curator, he is organizing the exhibition Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses, on view at the Walker December 11, 2005 –March 26, 2006, and coordinating a new series, Drawn Here: Contemporary Design in Conversation, focused on the local design scene, which launches in September on Target Free Thursday Nights with Minneapolis-based architect Julie Snow.