Selections from Ana Voog's Anacam

Local musician, photographer and artist Ana Clara Voog first turned a 24-hour webcam on herself on Aug. 22, 1997. "Anacam" was the second famed webcam ever, the first conceptual art webcam and -- running for 12 years - the longest-lived 24/7 webcam in history. Anacam allowed the world visual access to Voog's life, from the mundane to surreal plays, to conceiving and giving birth to two daughters. Voog, aka Rachael Olson, was the frontwoman of '90s alt-pop band the Blue Up? and continued performing solo as Ana Voog. For this show at Smitten Kitten, Voog personally selected several long strips of images from tens of thousands in her digital archive. More event details.

Cyn Collins

Woman as Photographer: Documenting Life as a Woman

Even though women have been taking photographs since the medium's inception, there's apparently still so much novelty in their ability to click a shutter that the Mpls Photo Center could do an international call for pix by women and get entries from 14 countries and 25 states. Who would have imagined? Surprisingly, a preview online look at the show's catalog suggests that there may indeed be something special about the exhibit, which is being billed as "a smart and critical take on women with cameras in this day of a more open and subtle notion of gendered identity." More event details.

Mary Abbe

Inside Out: The Self Portrait Show

You've seen how they view the world around them. But with "Inside Out," you'll get a glimpse at the way local artists view themselves. It should be a thrill to see what artists like Jennifer Davis, Sean Smuda, Jon Whitney, Luke Hillestad, Suzy Greenberg and 22 others choose to reveal (and conceal) about themselves. Some lean to the abstract, others bare their flesh, and one even shows his bones. More event details.