Nick Heille passed away on Christmas Eve. That news is a reflection point. I have known Nick for over a quarter century. Northeast Minneapolis has changed and Nick was a big part of that movement. He wanted to reinvigorate his community from down-and-out to shining beacon of arts and culture and he succeeded. While Nick […]
The Northeast Minneapolis Arts District commissioned Nat Case of INCase, LLC to design a series of maps to help define the Arts District both for people to find the Arts District and understand what is in it. We wanted to showcase the 18 arts buildings and how to find public art throughout the Arts District. […]
The Visual Arts Fund of Midway Contemporary Art awards grants to artist-organized projects in the Twin Cities region with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Midway Contemporary Art has awarded Kieran Tverbakk and Northeast Minneapolis resident Witt Siasoco for their project PAIR (Pilot Artist in Residence). @midwayart PAIR The Visual […]
Art to Change the World has received an Arts Education Grant of $34,600 from the Minnesota State Arts Board (MSAB). Executive Director of ACW Barbara Bridges said “This will take care of the basic needs for our educational programming in 2024. These monies will support the training and stipends for our four major projects below.
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The Arts at Work!
Looking back over the last two years the Arts District community celebrated a lot of accomplishments, collectively and for individuals, starting with winning back-to-back Best Arts District awards 2022-2023. Many artists were featured in museum shows around the country including the Whitney and Renwick and here in the Twin Cities at the Walker, MIA and […]
By Katherine Boyce Throughout 2023, this publication featured Northeast Minneapolis Arts District artists who are focused on the environment in their art practice. Each in their own way is probing our human relationship with the rest of the natural world. Each is considering the unique power art can hold in calling our collective attention to […]
By the first week in December, all sponsors of the 2024 Northeast Calendar should have them available for pickup while supplies last. The calendar tradition started over a decade ago as a fundraiser for Northeast Community Development Corporation, which merged at the end of 2020 with the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. The calendar also includes […]
We recently became aware of a company that pays its employees to volunteer at organizations of the employee’s choosing. This community-centered company sees these opportunities as not only ways to connect to community, but also to give their people new skills and, potentially, leadership training. Within the Arts District, volunteer opportunities run from greeting or […]
