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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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Art is one of those tools to help you make sense of things that seem otherwise nonsensical and that you can't rationalize. Art is the language of the spirit.- Tish Jones
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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.
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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Nikki McComb
Nikki McComb is the owner of Art is My Weapon and the founder of the #ENOUGH Campaign for Gun Safety. Chanda sat down with Nikki to discuss the ripple effect of gun violence, holistic approaches to community work, and the healing power of art.
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Tish Jones
Tish Jones is a poet, narrative strategist, educator, and the Founder & Executive Director of TruArtSpeaks. Chanda and Tish discuss the connection between art and healing, the relational work within the education system, and why there’s hope for our new generation of creators.
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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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Uzoma Obasi
Uzoma Obasi is a creative entrepreneur, producer, and photographer from Minneapolis. He sat down with Chanda to talk about using his skills to document history, his advice to creatives, and the evolution of his storytelling.
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Safe Communities: TaikoArts Midwest
TaikoArts Midwest received a micro grant from our Fund For Safe Communities. Watch this video to learn more about this unique arts organization.
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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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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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