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One of the most celebrated art museums in the country, the Walker Art Center is known for presenting today's most compelling artists, as well as modern masters, including Andy Warhol, Matthew Barney, Jasper Johns, Yoko Ono, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, and Kara Walker. In addition to traveling exhibitions and its world-renowned collection, the Walker presents a broad array of contemporary music, dance, and theater, and the best in film from around the world and down the block. The Walker's 11-acre Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is one of the country's largest urban sculpture parks. At its center is the beloved Twin Cities landmark—the playful fountain-sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry. The Garden features more than 40 works of art and the Cowles Conservatory.

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WALKER ART CENTER INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL GOLDEN KITTY AWARDED TO THE ORIGINAL GRUMPY CAT

Thu, Aug 29, 2013 09:28 CET

The Walker Art Center presented the second Internet Cat Video Festival this evening at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand, drawing an audience over 10,000. The people’s choice award, the Golden Kitty, was presented to The Original Grumpy Cat. Grumpy responded to the honor with a characteristic “Whatever.” Chosen by online voting of nearly 20,000 responses, the Golden Kitty was shown as the finale of the festival and was awarded by last year’s winner Will Braden, creator of Henri Le Chat Noir, and festival producer Scott Stulen of the Walker Art Center in front of a Minnesota State Fair

INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL FEATURES HOST JULIE KLAUSNER AND CELEBRICATS GRUMPY CAT, KEYBOARD CAT, NYAN CAT, LIL BUB AND HENRI AND THEIR CREATORS

Mon, Jul 15, 2013 19:53 CET

GOLDEN KITTY VOTING NOW OPENThe Walker Art Center presents its second Internet Cat Video Festival on Wednesday, August 28, 7 pm, at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. Last year the Festival (#catvidfest), the first of its kind in the nation/world, drew a crowd of over 10,000 to the Walker. Originally conceived as a modest celebration to bring online communities together in the real world, #catvidfest has now become its own viral sensation. Over the last year the Festival has spawned an international tour including events in Boston, San Diego, Austin, Memphis and Portland with upcoming

WALKER ART CENTER PRESENTS SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL AT MINNESOTA STATE FAIR GRANDSTAND ON AUGUST 28

Thu, Feb 14, 2013 12:00 CET

Minneapolis, February 14, 2013—The Walker Art Center presents its second Internet Cat Video Festival on Wednesday, August 28, 7 pm, at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. Last year the Festival (#catvidfest), the first of its kind in the nation/world, drew a crowd of over 10,000 to the Walker. What began as a social experiment testing the boundaries of online communities and crowd-sourced content resulted in attention from local, national, and international audiences and media and spawned “copy-cat” festivals around the country. For its second edition, the Festival is moving to the Great

AUDIENCE OVER 10,000 GATHERED ON OPEN FIELD FOR THE CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL AT WALKER ART CENTER

Fri, Aug 31, 2012 09:30 CET

GOLDEN KITTY AWARDED TO HENRI 2, PAW DE DEUXMinneapolis, August 30, 2012—The Walker Art Center presented the first Cat Video Festival this evening at its Open Field, drawing an audience over 10,000. The people’s choice award, the Golden Kitty, was presented to William Brandon, creator of Henri 2, Paw de Deux. Brandon comments “This is a great honor. I don't think I've ever purred this loudly!" Chosen by online voting, the Golden Kitty was the shown as the finale of the festival and will be broadcast during the season finale of Animal Planet’s My Cat From Hell

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD REVEALED AT THE FIRST INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL, AUGUST 30, AT THE WALKER ART CENTER’S OPEN FIELD

Thu, Aug 16, 2012 20:33 CET

AWARD-WINNING VIDEO TO BE BROADCAST DURING ANIMAL PLANET’S MY CAT FROM HELL SEASON FINALEMinneapolis, August 16, 2012—The Walker Art Center’s summer-long experiment, Open Field, presents the first internet cat video festival Thursday, August 30, 4–10 pm. Chosen by online voting, the winner of the People’s Choice Award, the Golden Kitty, will be announced at the festival and the producer of the winning video will be present. The video will also be broadcast during the season finale of Animal Planet’s My Cat From Hell on September 8 at 8 pm

OVER 7,000 NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED FOR THE FIRST INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL, AUGUST 30, AT THE WALKER ART CENTER’S OPEN FIELD

Thu, Jul 26, 2012 20:00 CET

ONLINE NOMINATIONS END SOON AND MERCHANDISE NOW AVAILABLEMinneapolis, July 26, 2012—The Walker Art Center’s summer-long experiment, Open Field, presents the first internet cat video festival, Thursday, August 30, 4–10 pm. The Internet Cat Video Festival takes a subject of popular cultural relevance and crowd sourced content and presents it as communal social experience. Cat videos are a guilty pleasure for most, yet they are also one of the most shared entities on the internet–be it through email, blogs, social media, or even word of mouth. Why has this online phenomenon, which has such a

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