Year: 2025

Explore how a small Colorado city transformed its downtown into a thriving outdoor art walk over four decades—and what Minneapolis’ own Arts District can learn from its creative reinvention and community momentum.

Arts in Minneapolis from the 1970s to the 2000s – there’s nuance and complexity to the story that is often told as a migration from the vibrant, concentrated downtown scene, to Northeast. An exhibit team is working on gathering stories and visuals for a history exhibit to debut this spring at the Arts District Welcome Center.

She was recently named Artist of the Year by the Minnesota Star Tribune, received a Vision Award from the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, was featured among ArtNet’s top artists to watch, and celebrated through a major midcareer retrospective at the Walker Art Center.

Right now your voice can shape the future of Central Avenue’s public art — urging planners to integrate murals, sculptures, and creative placemaking into Minneapolis’s next big street design.

The ever-popular Northeast Calendar will be available for pickup at a location near you.  It contains images created by 12 Northeast artists. The calendar also includes fun facts about the neighborhoods, information on the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.

Start the year with new shows and open studios across the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. What Is Still Lovely? by Isabel Emerson pairs paintings and poetry to reflect on beauty and grief (January 2–30, opening January 8 at Holland Arts East Gallery). Atlas: Western Anthology by Liz Miller fills Kolman & Reeb Gallery with bold, wall-based sculptures made from reclaimed materials (January 3–March 7). And Feline Fantastica 3 returns to the Northrup King Building with cat-themed art, prizes, and in-studio events—plus a visit from Bitty Kitty Brigade Kitten Rescue.
Make it a full day with Open Studios at the California Building (January 10, 11–4), Flux Arts Building (Saturdays, 10–5), and Northrup King Building (Saturdays, 12–4, with extended hours until 8 pm on January 10).

June is filled with powerful exhibitions, public art, open studios, and community celebrations.

On the 29th of October, 185 people turned out at the Hollywood Theater to honor the recipients of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District Vision Awards. Kari Dziedzic (Posthumus), Marko Fields, Nicholas Harper, Jonathan Query, Peyton Scott Russell, Dyani White Hawk. High-profile community members, family members, and the press were in attendance, with two Council members […]

Discover how the Eau Claire Sculpture Tour turns public streets into a dynamic open-air gallery — over 120 sculptures on view year-round, inviting the community to experience art wherever they walk.

Minnesota’s arts leaders are calling for a unified, community-driven visual-artist archive to prevent decades of creative history from being lost forever.