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Funding to Preserve Black History
A Racial and Economic Justice grant helps Memorialize the Movement preserve murals made after George Floyd’s murder.
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The Great Northern
The Minneapolis Foundation is, once again, happy to help sponsor the Great Northern festival. The Great Northern celebrates Minnesota's cold, creative winters through ten days of diverse programming that invigorate mind and body.
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Community radio station honored by Here is MPLS
Congratulations to KRSM and the 12 other people, projects, and organizations honored by Here is MPLS! Check out this story featured on Fox 9.
The arts are essential to who and what we are in Minnesota. We are committed to ensuring that the arts remain a strength in our state and are accessible to all communities.
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Funding to Preserve Black History
A Racial and Economic Justice grant helps Memorialize the Movement preserve murals made after George Floyd’s murder.
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Community radio station honored by Here is MPLS
Congratulations to KRSM and the 12 other people, projects, and organizations honored by Here is MPLS! Check out this story featured on Fox 9.
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The Great Northern
The Minneapolis Foundation is, once again, happy to help sponsor the Great Northern festival. The Great Northern celebrates Minnesota's cold, creative winters through ten days of diverse programming that invigorate mind and body.
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The Arts in 2022: Mixed Blood Theatre
Watch this conversation with R.T. Rybak featuring longtime Mixed Blood Theatre artistic director Jack Reuler, who spent 46 years running the organization, and the new artistic director Mark Valdez.
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Native Star Light
Our President and CEO, R.T. Rybak, was invited to Fashion Week Minnesota’s “Native Star Light," an event showcasing Native design and style. Watch this video for a glimpse of the brilliance and creativity of Native designers in our community.
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Seeding Cultural Treasures
Regional Cultural Treasures, an initiative for which the Minneapolis Foundation was honored to serve as a grant administrator, is taking its next step. Seeding Cultural Treasures will cultivate the landscape of emerging arts and culture organizations run by and for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color through grants administered by Propel Nonprofits.
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The Arts in 2022: The Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center ranks among the five most-visited modern/contemporary art museums in the United States. R.T. Rybak sat down with Mary Ceruti, the Walker's Executive Director, to talk about the state of the arts in Minnesota.
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The Arts in 2022: Juxtaposition Arts
Juxtaposition Arts is a teen-staffed art and design center, gallery, retail shop, and artists' studio space in North Minneapolis. R.T. Rybak spoke with their CEO, Gabrielle Grier, about the organization's goals and vision for the future.
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The Arts in 2022: Guthrie Theater
The Guthrie Theater produces a mix of classic and contemporary plays and continues to set a national standard for excellence in theatrical production and performance. R.T. Rybak spoke with the Guthrie's Artistic Director, Joseph Haj, about how the pandemic affected theater and what's needed to move forward.
Watch VideoRegional Cultural Treasures
A $12.6 million regional initiative of America’s Cultural Treasures will provide new funding for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American-led arts organizations. The funding, to be distributed in two phases, is made possible by a collaboration of the McKnight, Ford, Bush and Jerome Foundations. The Minneapolis Foundation will administer the Regional Cultural Treasures grants.
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