“What kinds of institutions could be better positioned to gather diverse groups of people around complex dialogue?” Deborah Cullinan, CEO of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, surfaced this question—in reference to art centers—in the inaugural edition of Soundboard, the Walker Art Center’s new multi-author tool we launched in March 2018. It seems a fitting way to launch a recap of the diverse array of engaging stories presented by Walker Reader last year—from a politically engaged curatorial essay on SIah Armajani’s Seven Rooms for Hospitality to a call to arms for more ethical graphic design to an array of commissioned essays critique art institutions themselves. Read on.