Minneapolis graffiti artist Peyton Scott Russell used a global economic inequality conference as the backdrop for a gallery exhibition confronting Operation Metro Surge, ICE violence and the state of Black and biracial identity in Minnesota.
Callisto Martinez
Callisto Martinez is a recent Macalester graduate and contributing writer for the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
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Celebrating past and current artists who’ve made the Northside a beacon for jazz, R&B, soul and all facets of the Minneapolis Sound
Live jazz echoed along the North Minneapolis riverfront as the first annual Northside Jazz & Heritage Festival united generations of Black musicians, entrepreneurs, and community members.
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New Minneapolis mural imagines Black and Indigenous futures among the starsÂ
Leslie Barlow’s new 66-by-33-foot mural, “Belonging to the Entire Universe,” brings Afrofuturism and Mae Jemison’s legacy to downtown Minneapolis. Callisto Martinez reports on the piece and the artist behind it.