STOREFRONT EXHIBITION

Storefront Art Exhibition on Central Avenue
Exhibition Opening/Walking Tour Wednesday, October 16, 6 pm
Eastside Food Co-op Community Room
2551 Central Ave NE Minneapolis

Exhibition Dates: Wednesday, October 16 through Sunday, November 17

This summer, Creative Citymaking Artist Witt Siasoco and printmaker Mischa Kegan worked with 11 young artists in an arts focused workshop about Minneapolis history and urban planning.  Throughout the class, students participated in mix of lectures, walking tours, and museum visits. As a culmination of their project, students produced a series of screenprints that will exhibited in storefront windows along Central Avenue.

PROJECT PARTNERS:
Intermedia Arts
City of Minneapolis, Community Planning and Economic Development
Brian Coyle Center
Holland Improvement Neighborhood Association
Minnesota History Center
University of Minnesota Dept. of Art

ARTISTS:
Ricardo Colin
Dante Davison
Mollie Hinderaker
Shacni Hussein
Emma Johnston
Oshana Reich
Kosar Mohamed
Finnnegan Roy-Nyline
Lydia Sharpe
Kya White
Asiya Youngmark

What is Creative Citymaking?
Artists will have a hand in five city planning projects in 2013, thanks to a new program that is helping Minneapolis develop into a city that is a living work of art.  Creative CityMaking is a partnership between Intermedia Arts and the City of Minneapolis that fosters collaborations between local artists and City planners to develop fresh and innovative approaches for addressing the long-term transportation, land use, economic, environmental, and social issues facing Minneapolis. In 2013, Creative CityMaking will embed four artists/artist teams in the Long Range Planning Division of the City’s Community Planning and Economic Development Department (CPED).  The partnership of artists and planners is intended to forge, enhance, or develop new strategies for working through the creative processes inherent in visionary planing and city making. IntermediaArts.org/Creative-CityMaking

Links:
Project Blog: http://drawingonmpls.blogspot.com
Creative Citymaking Blog: http://creativecitymaking.wordpress.com
Witt Siasoco: http://wittsiasoco.com
Mischa Kegan: http://mrkegan.com/

Contact:
Witt Siasoco
612.207.3312
witt.siasoco@gmail.com