John Rasmussen, Director of Midway Contemporary Art announced that the nonprofit organization has purchased 1509 Marshall St. NE and will open there in May 2022 on the top floor. (Fletcher’s Ice Cream and other tenants are on first floor.)
It is exciting to see another well-respected arts organization finding a permanent home right in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, joining the renowned American Craft Council, Theater Latté Da and Coffee House Press, to name a few. It is a goal of the District to remain attractive and conducive to arts organizations as well as preserve affordable space for individual artists. We applaud the former owner of the building, Karen Bernthal, an artist herself, for “keeping it in the artistic family,” so to speak.
Midway’s current location is close by – 201 Sixth Street SE, Suite 4, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414.
Founded by artists in 2001, Midway Contemporary Art is a nonprofit, non-collecting visual arts organization that presents temporary exhibitions, awards Visual Arts Fund grants, maintains a public research library and presents regular public programs.
“Our exhibitions primarily focus on commissioning and developing new projects with artists who have typically never shown in the Midwest or, often, in the United States,” according to the website, www.midwayart.org.
We hope to feature Midway Contemporary Art in more depth once they get established in the new space.
Reported by Margo Ashmore