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Arts District News
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January 3, 2021 - Issue 109
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Another original passed away on December 31st. David Felker was a legend in Northeast arts lore. By all accounts he was the artist who came up with the idea of an art studio tour, what became Art-A-Whirl®. He pushed and got funding to make it happen. We intend to gather a full profile for next month's newsletter. In this newsletter, a tribute from Dougie Padilla to the person who was arguably the spark and inspiration for many that transformed Northeast from a place few thought to visit, to one of the most dynamic art communities in Minnesota history.
It is important to the Arts District to share our history. Without that knowledge and respect — if we don’t care about yesterday, we cannot expect the same for our contributions today. Few of us would be in Northeast without people like David Felker and Aldo Moroni who we lost this past year, and so many more. |
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AnOriginal Art A Whirl Creator Dies
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for dave felker when you write a poem for someone that's left us, someone that's passed on, you're always looking for a doorway in, a passage towards something deeper, something significant, something that touches the soul. my door to dave was his sweetness. now i know that i just wrote about how sweet charlie thysell was, and he was one …
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Our society has had many years of difficult political conversations. What is right and wrong? How do we solve problems? How do our choices in policy affect those we don’t know or understand? A popular way for the public to digest complicated political conversations is the political cartoon featured in newspapers and social media. Steve Sack, an …
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“STRONGER TOGETHER,” Northeast Minneapolis Arts District and Northeast CDC have merged
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The Northeast Minneapolis Arts District and the Northeast Community Development Corporation directors announce they have merged, as of Dec. 30, 2020, to become Northeast Community Development Corporation, dba (doing business as) The Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. “Some of the recent land development within the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District threatens the integrity of the land designated by …
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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 Arts District community. Help us raise $25K in the next 6 months.
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The Northeast Minneapolis Arts District (NE-AD) is an officially designated Arts District by the City of Minneapolis. NE-AD’s Board of Directors was established in 2014. Fiscal sponsor: Northeast Community Development Corporation, 501(c)(3).
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