The Northeast Minneapolis Arts District Board are a group of arts advocates, community activists, artists, and business owners dedicating our time, energy, and skills to defend the artistic environment and culture by encouraging thoughtful preservation and development of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. Merging (12/30/2020) with Northeast Community Development Corporation made us “stronger together. We look forward to continuing to tell stories of the artists of the Art District.
Meet the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District/NECDC Board
Officers - who meet as the Executive Committee:
Josh Blanc
Chair
Our visionary leader, the constant contributor to the organization through the development of the newsletter and community adobe pizza cookouts. A tile artist working in NE and the district since 1996 at Clay Squared to Infinity and a co-owner of Flux Arts Building since 2018.
Jennifer Young
President
Co-owner of art buildings since 1991 (currently California Building, Casket Arts and the Carriage House). The volunteer equivalent of a CEO for the Arts District, weighs in strategically on everything we do.
Dawn Williams
Vice Chair
Owner of residential real estate, her career was in nonprofit employment training. Works with Northeast Calendar advertisers, raising significant funds and keeping the Northeast Community Development Corporation legacy alive.
Sarah Bogenreif
Vice President
Sarah Bogenreif is Marketing Manager at Northeast Bank in Northeast Minneapolis. Sarah has a passion for both visual and musical arts, specifically local artistry. She is a long-time arts advocate and a former musical performer.
Paul Ostrow
Treasurer
While serving as First Ward Minneapolis City Council Member, made sure the Arts District was established by the city. Former NEMAA board member. Current member of the district’s Land Trust Task Force helping navigate city government.
Andrew MacGuffie
Vice Chair II
Andrew MacGuffie is a sculptor, installer of other sculptors’ work (MacGuffie Rigging) and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Art and Art History at Gustavus Adolphus College. He is an Arts District connection to NE Sculpture | Gallery Factory.
Ingrid Restemayer
Secretary
Ingrid Restemayer is a printmaker and fiber artist based in the Northrup King Building. Her volunteer endeavors include time on the board of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA) and service on the committees that initially developed the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.
Michael Schardin
President of Magnum PR and representing Solar Arts Building’s joyous community of artists, he is assisting the Dispatch publication. Solar Arts has hosted many of our events and forums.
Tom Dunnwald
Attorney with interests especially in the field of co-operative governance. An astute observer of neighborhood and political issues. Serves on the Arts District's Land Trust Task Force.
Remo Campopiano
An arts advocate since his days producing Artpaper. Currently building a portfolio of public art. Designed and maintains this website and the web products associated with our airport exhibits.
Lorrie Stromme
Lorrie Stromme was Council Member Ostrow's aide and instrumental in developing the Arts Action Plan, the founding document that created the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District in 2003. Lorrie is a lawyer, has a Master's of Agriculture in Horticulture from the U of M. She has been a dedicated Master Gardener/Tree Care Advisor for 30 years and has written a book on Tree Law, Trees and Minnesota Law: A Layperson's Guide. She currently works as the building manager for Grace Center in NE Minneapolis.
