Now in its second year, Northeast Artists at MSP Airport has become a staple of the Arts District’s programming. Here are the people who helped make this year’s exhibition happen:
Mike Curran, Program Manager
Mike Curran is an arts writer and independent curator living in Minneapolis. From his time organizing Chroma, he greatly appreciated the opportunity to work directly with the Arts District’s multigenerational community of artists.
Remo Campopiano, Program Webmaster
Remo set up the online application process and the web display systems for Chroma. He is a conceptual artist currently focusing on public art commissions. As an arts organizer, Campopiano co-founded ARTPAPER in the ’80s; led a digital art movement in NYC called ARTNETWEB in the ’90s; and currently he is a board member of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.
Leslie Palmer-Ross, Overall Program Support
Leslie has represented the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District Board since the inception of Northeast Artists at MSP Airport, overseeing the process from start to finish. She serves as the Director of Art Services for Art Force, which provides art and art services to businesses and organizations of all types.
Margo Ashmore, Historic Context and District History
Margo Ashmore compiled, designed, and selected photos for the historical panels featured in the exhibition that explore the history of Northeast Minneapolis. Formerly a curator for Franklin Bank and longtime publisher of the Northeaster community newspaper, Margo’s arts are photography, writing and organizing.
CURATION OF JURIED EXHIBITS
In selecting curators for Chroma, we sought out dedicated artists and art workers from a range of perspectives. Composed of artists, curators, and critics, this cohort brought a deep level of attention and care to selecting and arranging artwork.
Raye Cordes
Raye is a queer, Puerto Rican-German visual artist and sculptor based out of Minneapolis, MN. She has attended residencies at Franconia Sculpture Park in Shafer, MN, Kimmel-Harding-Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, NE, Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, and is currently a PF Studios Incubator Resident with Public Functionary in Minneapolis. Her work explores intersections between natural and artificial processes, functions, and aesthetics that create new contexts and connections between these two seemingly opposed worlds through the use of mixed-media. She is continuing this exploration while evaluating varying impacts of consumerism.
Keisha Williams
Keisha is an independent curator and arts administrator at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. She holds an MA in Visual Arts Management and Curating (2017) and an MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies (2015). She is curator of “Joe Horton: Vessel” (2019), co-curator of “Mapping Black Identities” (2019-2020) and “Mapping Black Identities: 3 Films” (2019) exhibitions, and co-founder of the Curatorial Advisory Committee at Mia. She is a contributing author to the Routledge publication “Accessibility, Inclusion, and Diversity and Critical Event Studies”, 2019. She currently serves on the Board of Directors at Highpoint Center for Printmaking.
Sheila Dickinson
Sheila Dickinson, PhD, is an art critic and curator, who has published in Artforum, ART News, The Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, MNArtists, InReview, Hong Kong’s Artomity, among others. She is currently Visiting Assistant Professor in the Art and Art History Department at Macalester College. Most recently she held the position of Artistic Director of the Rochester Art Center where she curated art from a number of Northeast Minneapolis artists.
MANY THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE AIRPORT
Sam Fuentes | Exhibitions Coordinator, Arts@MSP, Airport Foundation MSP
Ben Owen | Director, Arts@MSP, Airport Foundation MSP
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As Arts@MSP’s Director, Ben has championed the Northeast Artists at MSP Airport program from its conception. Sam Fuentes provided truly invaluable insight and support from start to finish, from providing feedback and offering innovative solutions, to leading the preparation and installation of artwork. The exhibition would not have been possible without his expertise and dedication.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OUR SPONSORS
Exhibition support was generously provided by Artspace, the American Craft Council, the Harlan Boss Foundation for the Arts, and Mike Vennewitz in honor and memory of State Representative Diane Loeffler, a longtime supporter of the arts in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District and statewide.
