The 2024 Edition of Community Supported Art presale is happening now. Now in its 7th year, the 2024 edition will feature three boxes of artwork, each one curated by our partner organizations and featuring handcrafted artwork by local makers. Boxes of artwork and creative goods will be delivered in February, March and April. Shares will go on general sale on November 27 for a price of $300. All presales will receive a bonus gift in December.
50 shares are available, don't wait to buy yours!
Discover beautifully crafted one-of-a-kind pieces by local artists and makers across Minnesota!
Kemi Schleicher
Kemi Schleicher (she/her) is a ceramic artist and educator based in Minneapolis. Her working background is mostly in graphic design and community engagement, and has recently shifted to ceramics over the last few years. Her work consists mostly of homeware and accessories aesthetically and functionally inspired by the concept of home and place.
Ishwari Rajak
Ishwari Rajak (she/her) is an entrepreneur, a chocolatier and a published author. Ishu’s Himalayan Foods was started in 2019 when Ishwari recognized the need for Nepali women-owned businesses and Nepali cooking instructors. She focuses on creating unique products that celebrate Nepali flavors and culture. In addition to the chai, ginger and cayenne chocolates, the achar (chutneys); Vitamin C bomb Lemon and Lime, flavorful Tomatoes, and fiery Himalayan Sriracha are the favorites. Ishwari’s hands-on immersive cooking classes provide an opportunity to explore the traditional Nepali recipes. Ishwari’s poetry book, "Screams of a Goddess” is available on Amazon.
Victoria Eidelsztein
Victoria Eidelsztein (she/her) is an Argentinian visual artist. Her practice is focused on screenprinting. She prints her drawings on fabric and sews it into different wearable and usable objects. She was the 2022-2023 Full Color Print Fellow at Highpoint Center for Printmaking and was awarded Spirit of Powderhorn at the 2023 Powderhorn Art Fair. Victoria’s artwork reflects about selfcare, how to feel at home in our bodies. All her imagery flourishes from her feelings and experiences, especially being far away from her home in Buenos Aires. Besides screenprinting, she also loves painting murals and hand building ceramic sculptures.
Roseline Friedrich
@roselinescandles | www.roselinescandles.com
Roseline Friedrich (she/her) is the Founder, Visionary, Creator behind Roseline's Candles and Roseline’s Place. She started Roseline’s Brands to meet a dire need we have in our communities: a need for more sustainable business practices. We must care for each other and the world in every act. In business, in life, and in our homes.
Kari Lee Art
Kari Lee (she/her) is a Korean American artist who’s mixed media pieces are focused on all things cute and fun. Working in a range of materials from digital illustration, to felt, and clay, often within the theme of food and food culture, Kari’s creations are always made with the hope they invoke a sense of joy in others. Kari currently resides in Minneapolis with her husband and English Bulldog Leroy.
Christy Johnson
@unitedgoodsusa | www.unitedgoodsusa.com
Christy Johnson (she/her), the founder and CEO of United Goods, started working as a freelance graphic designer and artist in 2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She makes State Icons, which are high-quality, mini framed landmark prints that celebrate the U.S. landmarks that mean the world to you. These “memories in a frame” are small-but-mighty, high-quality giclée prints that she draws digitally—with a mouse! Once printed, Christy places the tiny art pieces in frames that are hand-made by her parents.
Awanigiizhik Bruce
Awanigiizhik Bruce (they/them/theirs, Mikinaak-Wajiw Anishinaabe, Nehiyaw, Michif) is a Two-Spirit diverse-media artist based on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation. Their artistic practice traverses traditional and ceremonial Nehiyaw-pwat forms, mixed media, and multimedia work. Their primary mediums include ledger art, quillwork, beadworking, painting, and computer-coded LED art. As an activist embodying this continuum central to their Tribal culture, Awanigiizhik brings practices from ancestral traditional revitalization to the exploration of Indigenous futurism. Awanigiizhik earned a BA in Ojibwe Language, Culture, and History at Turtle Mountain Community College. Awanigiizhik spends much of the year completing site-specific and collaborative projects around the country.
The staff of Ecolab volunteered to helped us package and mail the 2023 CSA Edition. Here's the shares before they were sent off to their new homes. Thank you, Ecolab!
