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March 2nd, 2021 - Issue 111

Dear reader,
There is a lot of behind the scenes work being accomplished currently gathering data about the Arts District. We are looking forward to giving an update on the statistics of what the Arts community has become in the past 18 years. Over the course of the coming months we will showcase our findings to help artists and supporters of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District to have more detailed talking points on the successes that the artists have brought to Northeast Minneapolis and the city as a whole.

— Josh Blanc Board Chair of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District

Dyani White Hawk 2020 Bemis Alumni Award Winner!

By: Josh Blanc

Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota) is a visual artist and independent curator based in Northeast Minneapolis Arts District in the Thorpe Building. White Hawk was a 2017–18 Bemis exhibiting artist in Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly. The annual $5,000 unrestricted award is designed to provide financial support to increase the capacity of a …

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Dyani White Hawk is the 2020 Bemis Alumni Award Winner!

Woodworkers make their mark

By: Josh Blanc and Margo Ashmore

“People looking at art furniture are not price shopping,” said Tom Schrunk. They’ve already gone to other stores and they’re looking for something that makes their own statement, fits their physical stature or the size of their rooms. “It might cost more, but maybe not a lot more.” In the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, there are about 200 artists working …

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Woodworkers make their mark

American Craft Council - gem in our midst

American Craft Council - gem in our midst
By: Margo Ashmore

When the COVID-19 pandemic tanked art fairs and craft sales last year, the American Craft Council teamed up with other national organizations to host hundreds of people on a series of Zoom calls talking about relevant survival topics. This national organization occupies a suite at the former Grain Belt Brewery, 1224 Marshall St. NE, where a library of archives of many regional craft …

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NEMAA ponders May event

NEMAA ponders May event
By: Margo Ashmore

At their annual meeting February 23, Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association’s board and staff talked about plans to support member artists in promoting even more robust online stores than they mounted for recent events, and to launch those improvements around the typical weekend for Art-A-Whirl. They reviewed some of the government guidelines for social distancing, and are leaving it up to …

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