Shares of the 2024 Edition of Community Supported Art are on sale now. Returning for a 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.
A limited number of shares are available.
Discover beautifully crafted one-of-a-kind pieces by local artists and makers across Minnesota!
Kemi Schleicher (February 2024)
Ikokomi | wwww.ikokomi.com
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 (February 2024)
www.ishushimalayan.com
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 (February 2024)
instagram.com/holavicksz
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 (Guest Curator, March 2024)
@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.
Addis Alemu (March 2024)
@addiiiissss
Addos Alemu (they/them) is a clay and ceramics artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota Their work explores the intersections of shape, texture, and color. They founded the Amò (pronounced “ah-MOH”) Collective, a Minneapolis-based potters collective, with Kemi Schleicher in 2021.
Julia Anastasi (March 2024)
@indigoclayjewelry
Indigo Clay Jewelry is a classic, handmade jewelry business started in the Twin Cities by Julia Anastasi. Julia’s love for creativity and fashion sparked the desire to create a shop that provided accessories that were unique, stylish, and festive. Every piece in each collection is created with special attention to detail and hand sculpted with love.
Nashipai (March 2024)
@mynashipai
Specializing in exquisite brass and beaded jewelry, Nashipai collaborates closely with talented craftswomen, ensuring each piece is a testament to their skill and creativity. Committed to ethical practices, we guarantee fair wages for every artisan, fostering financial independence and community development. Nashipai's jewelry not only reflects a blend of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary design but also embodies a commitment to sustainability and social responsibility.
Kari Lee Art (April 2024)
@karileeart
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.
Awanigiizhik Bruce (April 2024)
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.
Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay (April 2024)
www.refugenius.net | @refugenius
Saymoukda is a Lao American writer. CNN’s “United Shades of America” host W. Kamau Bell called her work “revolutionary.” She’s an advisory board member of the nonprofits More Than A Single Story and Asian Pacific Islander American Film Collective. Other community contributions include having served on the City of Saint Paul Cultural STAR Board and the Governor’s State Poet Laureate program design and interview/selection committees. Saymoukda is currently a Bush Fdn Leadership Fellow in playwriting, a Mellon Fdn Playwright in Residence at Theater Mu, a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow in playwriting, a Jerome@Camargo Artist in Residence in Cassis, France, and a Center for Cultural Power Narrative Design Lab Fellow. Upcoming plays include commissioned work from Mixed Blood Theatre (MN), Theater Mu (MN), and InterAct Theatre Co. (PA)
Christy Johnson (April 2024)
@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.
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!
