Individuals within a Network

A Network within a landscape

Works Progress is a loosely affiliated group of creative collaborators who bring unique skills and experience to our collective work. A few of us make up the core Works Progress crew, while others contribute on a project-by-project basis.

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Colin Kloecker

Trained as an architect, Colin has spent a lot of time thinking about where people come together. About a year into the profession, he realized he had more to share. Focus shifted to why people come together, he brings a design background to creating meaningful experiences that bring people together. He started out slinging frozen custard at a place called Kopp's in Milwaukee, WI (still the best in town).
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Shanai Matteson

Shanai has been producing creative programs since she was six, when she wrote and directed a musical in her living room. These days, her focus is on science, art and cultural sustainability. She also knows museums, and gets excited about exhibits and educational programs. She is from North Central Minnesota. Her first job was pulling weeds in a cranberry bog.
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Troy Gallas

Growing up in a family of artists and performers, Troy has always valued being a part of a creative community. Experiences building with traditional methods and materials in Mexico, Spain, and Ethiopia have sparked a passion for multidisciplinary collaboration that carries through in all his work. A Twin Cities native, he got his start alongside ex-cons at Octopus Car Wash on University Avenue.
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current collaborators

Andy Dayton

From websites & short videos to illustrations and the occasional taco, Andy loves making things. He finds that creative collaboration is a great way to learn and connect with other people — for instance, the people you see on this page. Andy is from the Twin Cities metro area, and his first job was turning wrenches at a suburban bicycle shop.
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Ben Shardlow

As the son of an urban planner and an English teacher, Ben is fascinated by the interplay between the built environment, community, culture, and social capital. Ben is from the Twin Cities, and he likes it here. His first job as a caddy was hampered by an unconvincing delivery of "Nice shot, sir" and nearsightedness.
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Andy Sturdevant

Trained as a painter at a fine public university in the Upper South, Andy quickly learned that while he loved making art, solitary studio practice was not for him. Since moving to Minneapolis in 2005, he has worked collaboratively on visual art, curating, performance and writing projects that emphasize community, history and interactivity. His first job was working the drop-off window at a suburban dry cleaners in Kentucky.
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