Help the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC) continue to improve art access in our region by becoming a grant review panelist. MRAC’s grantmaking process is unique in that they use a peer panel process to read and review grant applications. All panelists receive a virtual orientation, a $150 stipend, and reimbursements for caregiver expenses. Panelists […]
Paul Miller of Minneapolis Public Works gets a unique view of Northeast’s latest “stone soup”-style project. Traveling in and out of Minneapolis by the Northstar commuter train, he sees JROW, XOXO and the two apartment developments that surround the soon-to-be sculpture path. Neighborhood residents see JROW from 22nd Avenue as a sidewalk at the base […]
Minneapolis city government set transparency and one-stop-shop goals for its new Public Service Center. Several Northeast Minneapolis-based artists helped create the environment in which 1,100 city employees will work and interact with the public toward those goals. The building, kitty-corner from City Hall at 505 South 4th Avenue, consolidates departments that were scattered in several […]
Piotr Szyhalski wrote on Instagram: “I am so happy for this: the first exhibition of the complete COVID-19: Labor Camp Report project outside of the US! From December 11, 2021 until February 20, 2022, all 225 prints will be on display at the ACC Galerie in Weimar Germany. It is presented as part of an […]
The 2022 Northeast Calendars are available free at participating sponsors. For a list, see NE Calendar. Suzanne Skon’s image is on the cover and the following were chosen for the months: Mike Anderson, Janet Bayliss, Owen Brown, Sonja Hutchinson, Jason Jenkins, Jeffrey Kraker, Angela Lundberg, Mark Peterson, Dennis Ready, Pete Sandvik, August Schwerdfeger, Hannah Steen. […]
The Arts at Work!
When the sale of the Northrup King Building was made public in 2019, artists who occupied the building’s studio, gallery, and retail spaces took a wait-and-see attitude, said Loretta Bebeau. She has had a studio in the building for 19 years, served on the board of directors of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association and volunteered […]
When is a wall more than a wall? Through art, a community can make a utility shed or an outhouse into a symbol of themselves. The latest examples of this have popped up in three Northeast neighborhoods: Logan Park, Beltrami, and Northeast Park, the latter of which hosted a celebration unveiling the newly minted artwork […]
Thanks to everyone who supported the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District on Give to the Max Day November 18. The link is still available at https://www.givemn.org/organization/Northeast-Minneapolis-Arts-District The Arts District’s mission is to catalyze the innovative spirit of artists through generative community arts development. It is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. The goal of $2,500 was […]
Art Force is requesting submissions for the first exhibit of 2022 at the gallery at NordHaus. The theme of the show is “Reflections.” The work should depict or respond to this theme. The exhibition will be installed in late December 2021/early January, 2022 and will remain installed for six months. Artwork will be available for […]
