Adventures in Americana aims to serve as a multimedia music coverage outlet that seeks to support artists and inspire music lovers to do the same.
Save the Boards aims to preserve and activate the powerful artistic expressions of resistance that emerged during the 2020 Minneapolis uprisings following the murder of George Floyd. By redistributing these plywood artworks within impacted communities and creating a digital archive of them, we honor the past while advocating for awareness, justice, and accountability for the future.
Lotus Arts Center aims to provide a platform for South Asian artists to learn and create art. They aim to empower them to market our creations, build sustainable livelihoods, and preserve cultural artistry for future generations.
AKPÉ aims to design culturally responsive music education projects & programs that empower communities, foster social change, and bridge cultural gaps through the transformative power of music.
Third Space Theater aims to creative work that challenges artists and audiences with new ideas, stories, and aesthetics while also connecting people to quality local resources working to improve their communities.
Kan Keenya aims to serve as a collective for Oromo people that creates spaces for authentic connection and self-expression through media and community events. They aim to empower individuals to share their stories, shape a narrative that bridges generational divides, and celebrate our collective identity.
Running Errands aims to pursue relevant, boundary- breaking live theater. Recognizing theater as a niche art form, they identify methods to combine experimental & commercial practices, stay in conversation with the zeitgeist, and celebrate the uniqueness of live theater.
The Birth Play Project aims to place birth in public memory by developing representational practices for staging reproductive stories.
Silicate Arts aims to provide clay and glass classes for elderly, disabled, and/or vulnerable adults in congregate living centers.
The mission of DRKRM MPLS is to foster an analog photography community where emerging photographic artists feel welcome to creativity as kinship, analog as resistance, education as freedom, and care as a way of life.
Open Flame Theatre aims to create outdoor, site- responsive operatic performances about rewilding and the transgender experience. Through live music, dance, large scale climbable sculptures, and circus arts, Open Flame opens portals into surreal other-realms where the power of the imagination is released and reclaimed as part of the larger struggles for justice and freedom from colonization and the culture of capitalism.
Teen Tech Fashion Industry Day aims to empower youth by bridging the gap between technology and fashion. They aim to provide teens with hands-on, real-world experiences that blend their interests in design, technology, and fashion. By connecting these students with industry professionals and offering them a platform to explore and develop their creative talents, they seek to inspire the next generation of fashion innovators while fostering a more inclusive and equitable fashion community in the Twin Cities.
Twin Cities Saxophone aims to provide the Twin Cities saxophone community with free concerts and educational opportunities.
MADROSA aims to create thoughtful performance art and intimate gatherings that blend together fiction and non-fiction, aiming to initiate pondering and dialogue.
Late Night Copies aims to cultivate queer and trans independent print culture locally & regionally by providing affordable equipment access, serving as a steward of the Midwest Zine Archive Project, and organizing the Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest. They distribute artist publications about Midwestern LGBTQ history to a national audience.
MinnAnimate aims to supporting local animators. Its flagship program is an annual festival that celebrates the craft of animation, and the unique perspectives and techniques of Minnesota-based artists. They have noticed that independent animation often skews toward solitary practice which we seek to correct by providing social and collaborative opportunities.
Memory, Movement, Montage aims to build an inclusive platform for diverse perspectives on migration and creating an innovative curriculum for global engagement.
Banana Leaf Collective aims to serve as a Twin Cities- based community exploring the intersection of storytelling; mutual aid practices; and cultural work as a means of combating systems of oppression.
1 Earth United aims to inspire and motivate connections among different cultures. They do this through the universal healing power of the arts, music and dance connecting the right Indigenous artists with the right venue.
BuckSlam MN aims to facilitate regular poetry slams, readings, and performances in and around the Twin Cities. They believe poetry is a necessary tool of collective liberation and seek to empower a diverse community of spoken word poets by making the art form welcoming, safe, and accessible for all.