ART AND ACTIVISM
A VOICE
A PURPOSE
WE GATHER
CATALYST ARTS
Changemakers
A Small Arts Incubator interested in the intersection of Art + Activism and Artists who define themselves as Changemakers. We place a particular emphasis on increasing the visibility of and providing a platform for artists whose voices have historically been underrepresented in the arts.
JUXTAPOSITION ARTS
Building the Future
A teen-staffed art and design center, gallery, retail shop, and artists’ studio space in North Minneapolis. Juxtaposition Arts develops community by engaging and employing young urban artists in hands-on education initiatives that create pathways to self-sufficiency while actualizing creative power.
GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE
Support Your Community
Info on community events @ 38th & Chicago. Justice/Mutual Aid Links.
“It’s not only an intersection in terms of it being a place where roads cross; it’s an intersection in terms of where issues meet, where poverty, inequality, homelessness, Jim Crow justice converge in a very visible form—at 38th and Chicago,”
- Dr. Yohuru Williams
BLACK TABLE ARTS
Because Black Life
Black Table Arts is a community driven arts cooperative located in Minneapolis, Minnesota gathering black communities through the arts toward better black futures. Complete with a bookstore, shared workspace and a performance space (BTA) makes bold the connection between art and grassroots organizing.
MILLION ARTIST MOVEMENT
Be the Change
A global vision and movement that believes in the role of Art in the campaign to dismantle oppressive racist systems against Black, Brown, Indigenous and disenfranchised peoples. We stand at the nexus of art and politics, using art as an agent to coalesce people, art, and power into change.
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Join the Global Movement
A global organization whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. We are working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically targeted for demise. The call for Black lives to matter is a rallying cry for ALL Black lives striving for liberation.