Skintones, a Minneapolis-based fashion brand and creative agency, has secured a permanent home at 1227 Hennepin, solidifying its role as a driving force in art, fashion, and cultural innovation, with plans to expand its impact and offer a space for artists to collaborate and showcase their work.
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Flavor World and the Vibrant Storefronts Project: Revitalizing Minneapolis Through Creativity
Flavor World, a Minneapolis-based creative brand, is transforming a vacant downtown space into a community-driven art and cultural hub, with its mission of “leaving the world more creative than we found it.
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A Night of Creativity and Connection: The Legacy Building Open House
The Legacy Building, a vibrant hub for local Black creatives in South Minneapolis, is hosting its highly anticipated Open House on February 19, 2025, featuring a live jam session, creative activities, and the launch of the Creative Freedom Fund, an initiative designed to empower local creatives.
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Reviving Forgotten Treasures: A jewelry exhibit celebrating personal stories and memories
The Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery (MAAHMG) is proud to present a new exhibit, Reviving Forgotten Treasures, Reviving Memories, featuring one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces crafted by participants of a special community course led by COMPAS teaching artist Amy Wilderson. Community members can view the exhibit now through Feb. 28. The exhibit showcases jewelry made […]
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Mia’s ‘Artists at Work’ exhibition showcases the creative talents of museum staff
The Minneapolis Institute of Art is showcasing the creative talents of its staff in the “Artists at Work: The Mia Staff Art Show” exhibition, which features over 60 works from nearly every department and serves as a reminder of the multifaceted nature of creativity.
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Black Business Spotlight: Mosaic on a Stick
Lori Greene’s Mosaic on a Stick studio offers a safe space for people to make art, explore themes of pain, healing and hope, and foster community healing, while her public works reflect her connection to her African and Native American heritage and her belief in art as a powerful tool for recovery.
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Black Business Spotlight: Sean Garrison Art
‘To me success is when I can generate enough revenue from my art to start programs and help people.’
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How did ‘white’ become a metaphor for all things good?
When and how did the color white come to mean all things good and pure?
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Mia exhibit reinserts African and Native Americans contributions
Alex Bortolot, chief content strategist at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia), explains that its Charleston Drawing and Dining Rooms, along with the 16 other interiors that the museum has on display, is “Mainly about the history of decorative arts.” Art, however, is not created in a vacuum. There are always cultural, social and political […]