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Arts District News
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June 1, 2021 - Issue 114
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The future of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District lives in understanding the environment that artists need to be successful. To do this we need to study who is here and what type of resources are available. What types of zoning are available or needed in the city-designated Northeast Minneapolis Arts District to grow to its full potential. With the help of the Kris Nelson Community-Based Research Program at the U of M’s Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) we were awarded an intern (more below).
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Over the summer we will collect data to be able better inform artists, city officials, businesses groups and the community to better make decisions for the future. What we can tell you in our preliminary compilation is that the Arts District has significantly more artists than was previously thought. With Artspace purchasing the Northrup King building complex late last year a plethora of opportunities and ideas are becoming apparent to build upon the campus that is the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.
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The future of the Arts community is in a new phase, on the way to becoming an international arts destination for artists to build large scale work, for lectures, workshops and to bring art enthusiasts, gallery directors and museum staff to visit art studios to collect art. By early fall we will have a lot of great information to share.
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Josh Blanc, Chair of the Northeast Minneapolis Board of Directors.
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Two shows on the Southwest and Northeast corners of the Arts District are going on simultaneously. Zoran Mojsilov's show at the Grain Belt Bottling House, and Witt Siasoco's paintings in a Lowry/Central storefront. Mojsilov's exhibit hosted a collaborative pop up poetry reading (Vimeo below) by Bryan Thao Worra Thao Worra commented: "Reading my poem "The Dancer Introduces One Of His Aspects" …
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Call for Artists: Creative Response Funds Available for Community-Based Artists to Support Community Well Being
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The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy invites applications for the Creative Response Fund- Community Well-Being grant opportunity. Community based artists in Minnesota are invited to gather a team and apply for Creative Response Fund grants of up to $15,000 per project, 13 projects will be awarded in 2021. Learn more here. Application Deadline: June 30th, 2021 at …
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Remembering Spencer Silver
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Described in the Casket Arts directory as a retired 3M chemist who has spent the last 30 years painting in acrylics and oils, Spencer Silver’s latest multi-canvas floral and natural works featured ideas about the prairie. When he passed away at age 80 on May 8, we learned (if we didn’t know already) of his fame as the co-inventor of …
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Meet Kenny Niemeyer, intern
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University of MN graduate student Kenny Niemeyer will use his GIS (Geographic Information System) skills to help the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District’s Land Trust Task Force catalog arts spaces, industrial uses and businesses in the Arts District, and meet with arts and industrial building owners. Niemeyer is in his second year at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, concentrating in …
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If Northrup King Buildings' walls could talk
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The undeveloped buildings in the Northrup King complex, 1500 Jackson St. NE, each present interesting challenges or opportunities. Northeast Minneapolis Arts District board members got a sneak peek tour May 24. Artspace is committed to maintaining the existing artist studio space in current configuration. Planning around redevelopment of vacant buildings is actively underway. A six-story building sits at the end …
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The District is an all volunteer organization. Send us an email letting us know how you would like to help.
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Your contribution will support artists and our Northeast Minneapolis Arts District community. We have become a 501(c)(3) organization.
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The Northeast Minneapolis Arts District (NE-AD) is officially designated as an Arts District by the City of Minneapolis. NE-AD’s Board of Directors was established in 2014 and merged December 30, 2020 with Northeast Community Development Corporation.
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