Looking back to move forward

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 Weisman including artist Piotr Szyhalski, … Read more

A Year Focused on Art & the Environmentalist Cause

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 an environmentalist cause. Among the … Read more

Get your 2024 Northeast Calendar at local businesses

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. We salute the artists who made the monthly images: … Read more

Does your company support volunteer hours?

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. Art District Map with buildings Within the Arts District, volunteer opportunities run from greeting or … Read more

Thanks for support – and checks still welcome

We are thankful for the people who used the Give to the Max Day GiveMN platform to contribute to the work of Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. We also heard from many who wanted to save the transaction fees and send us good old-fashioned checks. If you are motivated to do so, the address is Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, 2505 Howard … Read more

New airport exhibit is on the runway

Our next airport exhibit is on the runway – figuratively, not literally. The Northeast Minneapolis Arts District is taxiing toward a new exhibit at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport, having applied to the Arts@MSP program and been accepted. There are no details at this point, but the call for artists will be developed. Artists who want to be notified … Read more