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Arts District News
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February 1, 2021 - Issue 110
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What does it take to embolden artists to leverage their natural assets? Especially in
the self-deprecating Midwest, we tend to undersell ourselves. In this e-newsletter
we’re treated to three ways that individuals helped us look in the mirror and see
ourselves as others see (or should see) us.
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Perhaps David Felker’s greatest gift as instigator of Art-A-Whirl 25+ years ago was
his insistence that Northeast artists’ art was as good as or finer than any he’d seen
before. Denise Tennen envisioned the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District appearing
at the MSP International Airport — and we’ve been awarded two of their prime
display spots for a year. Barbara Bridges and Art to Change the World welcome new
apartment residents in a way that challenges a new generation, an influx of potential
art collectors, something often talked about but in a much more tangible way –
starting as gifts from their building owner and the community.
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Call it a gift or a Valentine, February marks another month down in the journey
toward post-pandemic. Be good to yourselves, and elevate each other.
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— Margo Ashmore Vice President of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District
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Northeast Minneapolis Arts District at MSP Airport
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By Margo Ashmore
Travelers spending time at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport will enjoy viewing art by hundreds of Northeast Minneapolis Arts District-based artists. Part of the Airport Foundation’s Arts@MSP program, the exhibit “Passages” includes a slide show of images by 182 artists and a history of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District as well as two-dimensional and three-dimensional works by 21 …
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Call for Art: The Huxley Commissions 224 Artworks
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By Barbara Bridges
Art to Change the World (ACW) has issued a call for art, and objects, coupons or other contributions from Northeast businesses, restaurants, organizations and banks. The non-profit ACW is organizing a neighborhood networking project to welcome more than 100 new neighbors at The Huxley apartments. It’s named Arts District Palette: Where Artists and Neighbors Meet (ADP:WANM). The …
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Artist and Art-A-Whirl Instigator David Felker dead at 80
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By Mark Peterson
When his friends were asked for a word to describe David Felker, “visionary” came up more than once. Felker, who died December 31st in Washington State following an earlier stroke and COVID-19, played a pivotal role in the creation of Art-A-Whirl and the resultant flowering of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District in the 1990s. California Building president John …
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Northeaster awarded for arts and more
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Arts figured prominently in the Northeaster newspaper’s awards from the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, judged by journalists from another state. The Northeaster won a first place for Use of Photography as a Whole in its circulation category, and , a photographer with studio in the Casket Arts Building won a first in Portrait & Personality for his portrait of Warren Thomas Fenzi. Liz Jensen’s …
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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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