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Galleries

ArTrujillo Studio Gallery
315 East Lake Street, Suite 01
Minneapolis MN 55408
[p] 612.821.9076
[e] artrujillo@artrujillo.com
[w] www.artrujillo.com
ArTrujillo is home to a collective of artists from diverse cultures. The group includes painters, sculptors, photographers, designers, musicians and poets. Life-long professionals and beginning students are often found working side-by-side on group and individual projects as well as producing public events. ArTrujillo members have exhibited all over the Twin Cities in galleries, corporations, open studio events, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Science Museum of Minnesota and on the street.

Circa Gallery
1637 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
[p] 612.332.2386
[f] 612.313.2690
[w] www.circagallery.org
Focus: contemporary artists who work in a broad variety of media, including painting, sculpture and graphics
Tue - Fri: 10am - 4pm
Sat: 11am - 4pm [Also by appointment]

Creative Electric Studios
2201 NE 2nd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55418
[p] 612.706.7879
[e] dave@creativeelectricstudios.com
[w] www.creativeelectricstudios.com
Focus: visual art, live music, and independent film

Franklin Art Works
1021 Franklin Avenue East
Minnapolis, MN 612.872.7494
[p] 612.872.7494
[f] 612.872.7403
[e] tim@franklinartworks.org
[w] http://www.franklinartworks.org
Director: Tim Peterson
Wed - Sat: Noon - 5 pm

Gallery 13
302 13th Ave. N.E.
Minneapolis,  MN 55413
[p] 651.592.5503
[e] info@gallery13.com
w] http://www.gallery13.com
Thu, Sun: 1pm - 6pm
Fri, Sat: 1pm - 8pm

Gallery 360
3011 West 50th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55410
[p] 612.925.2400
Supports Local Artists
Monday - Friday: 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 12 pm - 5 pm

Icebox Gallery
2401 Central Avenue NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418-3711
[p] 612.788.1790
[f] 612.788.6947
[e] icebox@bitstream.net
[w] www.iceboxminnesota.com
Curator: Howard Christopherson.

Inside Out Gallery [@ Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts]
212 Third Avenue North, Suite 140
Minneapolis, MN 55401
[p] 612.339.5145
[e] interactcenter@aol.com
Cooperative studio for actors and artsist with disability labels. Professional artists work as advocates and mentors.
Mon - Fri: 10am - 4pm
Sat: 12pm - 5 pm [Also by appointment]

Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery
400 1st Avenue North, Suite 318
Minneapolis, MN 55403
[p] 612.339.1094
[f] 612.339.1094
[e] kellierae@theissgallery.com
[w] www.theissgallery.com
Original classical, surrealistic, and impressionistic painting and sculpture.
[Wed - Fri] 11am - 5pm [Sat] 11am - 4pm [Also by appointment]

Midway Contemporary Art
2500 University Avenue West, Suite C2
Saint Paul, MN 55114
[p] 651.917.1851
[f] 651.917.1851
[e] info@midwaycontemporaryart.org
[w] www.midwaycontemporaryart.org
Wed - Sat: 12 - 5pm and by appointment
Director: John Rasmussen
johnr@midwaycontemporaryart.org

Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1011 Washington Avenue South, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
[Open Book Building]
[p] 612.215.2520
[f] 612.215.2545
[e] mcba@mnbookarts.org
[w] www.mnbookarts.org
Tue: 10 am - 9 pm
Wed - Sat: 10 am - 5 pm
Sun and Mon: Closed
The mission of Minnesota Center for Book Arts is to engage diverse artists and learners in finding creativity, expression, and inspiration through the book arts. The artistic vision of Minnesota Center for Book Arts is to preserve the traditional crafts of bookmaking, advance the book as a vital contemporary art form, and interpret the book in its aesthetic, historic, and cultural contexts.

Minnesota Center for Photography

165 13th Avenue NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
[p] 612.824.5500
[e] info@mncp.org
[w] www.mncp.org
Tue - Sun: 12 - 5 p.m. + Thurs: until 8 pm
A framework for inspiration

MCAD Gallery [Minneapolis College of Art and Design]
2501 Stevens Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
[p] 612.874.3700
[e] lisa_baumann@mcad.edu
[w] www.mcad.edu/news/fs-news.htm
PR Coordinator: Lisa Baumann
Mon - Fri: 9 am - 8 pm
Sat: 9 am - 5 pm
Sun: Noon - 5 pm
The MCAD Gallery is committed to presenting the work of local, national and international artists and interpreting contemporary art and design through a schedule of diverse exhibitions

Occasional Art

289 Banfil St.
Saint Paul, MN 55102
[p] 651.353.2451
Director: Aaron VanDyke
During exhibitions • Sat: 11am - 2pm and by appointment
[e] info@occasionalart.com
[w] website

O|N Art Source
2836 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408-2108
[p] 612.872.2325
[toll free] 800.339.1576
[w] www.onframe-art.com
Founded in 1975, ON Art Source began as a fine art gallery specializing in the theatrical arts. It has expanded and grown into a successful fine arts custom framing studio and gallery.

OX-OP
1111 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
[p] 612.259.0085
[e] Waiting List info: wes@ox-op.com
[e] Art Purchase: haze-xxl@ox-op.com
[w] www.ox-op.com
[Tue-Fri] 4- 8pm [Fri] 2 - 8pm [Sat] 1 - 5pm [Sun & Mon] Closed

pARTs Photographic Arts

711 West Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55408
[p] 612.824.5500
[e] parts@bitstream.net
Executive Director: Vance Gellert.
Event Coordinator: Heather Willems.

Premier Gallery

141 South 7th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
[p] 612.338.4541
[f] 612.338.4769
[e] mail@premiergallery.com
[w] www.premiergallery.com
Director: Kelvin Miller
In the classic tradition.

Rosalux Gallery
1011 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
[Open Book building]
[p] 612.252.0124
[e] info@rosaluxgallery.com
[w] http://www.rosaluxgallery.com
Mission: To provide a commercial exhibition space for its member artists, where they can exhibit their work in any way they desire.
[Tue-Fri] : 11am - 7pm [Sat - Sun]: Noon - 5pm

Shelley Holzemer Gallery
4810 Nicollet Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55409
[p] 612.824.0640
[toll free] 888.488.0640
[e] shelleyholzemer@holzemergallery.com
[w] www.holzemergallery.com
[Tue - Sat]: Noon - 5pm
[Late Dec - Feb]: Open by appointment only

The Soap Factory
P.O. Box 581696
Minneapolis, MN 55458-1696
[p] 612.623.9176
[e] info@soapfactory.org
[w] www.holzemergallery.com
Administrator: Karen Kasel
No Name Exhibitions is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to supporting emerging artists; enhancing the public's understanding and appreciation of their artistic expressions; and fostering strength and vitality within the arts, cultural and educational communities of the Twin Cities.
[Thu] 2 - 8pm [Fri] 2 - 8pm [Sat] 12 - 5pm [Sun] 12 - 5pm [Opening receptions] 7 - 10pm

Soo Visual Arts Center
2640 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
[P] 612.871.2263
[e] information@soovac.org
[w] www.soovac.org
Contact: Suzy: suzy@soovac.org / Emily: emily@soovac.org
The non-profit gallery space and studio is based in the founder's relationship with art-one that views the artistic as vital to personal and cummunity health and vision. SooVAC is a place where community can be built, a place where artists and viewers challenge each other to learn, create, and question. Perhaps most notably, SooVAC is a place where accessablity of the arts has been considered from the start.

Weinstein Gallery
908 West 46th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55409
[p] 612.822.1722
[f] 612.822.1745
[e] weingall@aol.com
Contemporary photography, painting, sculpture, works on paper and vintage photography.
[Tue - Sat] 12pm - 5pm
Also by appointment.


Museums

The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum

333 East River Road
Minneapolis MN 55455
[p] 612.625.9494
[f] 612.625.9630
[w] www.weisman.umn.edu
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 10am - 5pm
Thursday: 10am - 8pm
Saturday, Sunday: 11am - 5pm
Closed Monday

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
[e] wlee@artsMIA.org
[w] www.artsmia.org
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Thursday: 10am - 9pm
Sunday: 1pm - 5pm
Closed Monday
Curators: Jason Busch, Richard Campbell, Sue Canterbury, Joe Horse Capture, Betsy Carpenter, Ted Hartwell, Robert Jacobsen, Dennis Jon, Jennifer Komar Olivarez, Evan Maurer, Lisa Michaux, Christopher Monkhouse, Patrick Noon, Christian Peterson, Cynde Randall, David Ryan, Lotus Stack, Stewart Turnquist, Matthew Welch.

Minnesota Museum of American Art

50 West Kellogg Blvd. at Market St.
St. Paul, MN 55102
[p] 651.266.1030
[w] www.mmaa.org
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 11am - 4pm
Thursday: 11am - 8pm
Sunday: 1pm - 5pm
Closed Monday

Walker Art Center
725 Vineland Place
Minneapolis, MN 55403
[p] 612.375.7622
[w] www.walkerart.org
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday: 11am-5pm.
Thursday, Friday: 11am - 9pm
Closed Monday

Artist Resource

Mpls Art
[w] MplsArt.com
[e] Emma
Documentation and Calendar for Minneapolis art openings

mnartists.org
[w] www.mnartists.org
An online database of Minnesota artists and organizations from all disciplines. It offers a central gathering place on the web to Minnesota-based artists and a new way to explore art and get to know artists for the public. mnartists.org is a project of The McKnight Foundation and Walker Art Center.

Minnesota State Arts Board [MSAB]
[w] www.arts.state.mn.us

PrintLust
300 Broadway Street, Studio 607, Saint Paul, MN 55101
[p] 651.340.4333
[w] www.printlust.net
[e] info@printlust.com
Specializing in the reproduction of artist's work

Spring Board for the Arts

308 Prince Street, Suite 270, St. Paul, MN 55101
[p] 651.292.4381
[w] www.springboardforthearts.org
To strengthen the arts community of the Twin Cities and Upper Midwest by providing affordable management information, consulting, and training services designed to improve the business competence and confidence of independent artists and cultural organizations.

Twin Cities Fine Arts Organization
308 Prince Street, Suite 270, St. Paul, MN 55101
[p] 612.423.9673
[w] info@twincitiesfinearts.org
The Twin Cities Fine Arts Organization is a non-profit group whose mission is to advocate visual arts literacy by connecting the public with galleries, museums and community art centers. Arts literacy is promoted to the public through experiences such as exhibition programs and visibility (Gallery Guide, special events, intern programs and speakers’ bureau). We work in galleries, are artists or simply love art and the art scene.

Literary Resource

Graywolf Press
2402 University Avenue, Suite 203, Saint Paul, MN 55114
[f] 651.641.0036
[e] wolves@graywolfpress.org
[w] www.graywolfpress.org
A commitment to quality, and a willingness to embrace or invent new models, has kept Graywolf at the forefront of the small press movement. Today, Graywolf is considered one of the nation's leading nonprofit literary publishers.

The Loft Literary Center

Suite 200, Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave. S Minneapolis, MN 55415
[p] 612.215.2575
[f] 612.215.2576
[w] www.loft.org
Tue - Fri: 9 am - 5 pm
Founded in 1974 in a loft above a Minneapolis bookstore, the Loft is now the nation's largest and most comprehensive literary center, offering programs and services for readers and writers. The mission of the Loft is to foster a writing community, the artistic development of individual writers, and an audience for literature.

Open Book
1011 Washington Ave. S Minneapolis, MN 55415
[e] info@openbookmn.org
[w] www.openbookmn.org
Open Book is a center in which all who are interested in the literary and book arts can feel at home.  The building includes wonderful places for contemplation, conversation, and literary and artistic creation, including: a book club room with an outdoor deck, individual studios for writers and artists, a resource library, comfortable classrooms and meeting rooms, an exhibition gallery, a performance hall, and a congenial literary commons with conversation nooks. 

The Playwrites' Center
2301 Franklin Avenue East, Minneapolis, MN 55406-1099
[p] 612.332.7481
[f] 612.332.6037
[e] info@pwcenter.org
[w] www.pwcenter.org
The Playwrights’ Center is America’s premier incubator of new work for the stage, and the nation's most powerful resource for playwrights.

Rain Taxi
[w] www.raintaxi.com
Rain Taxi, a winner of the Alternative Press Award for Best Arts & Literature Coverage, is a quarterly publication that publishes reviews of literary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction with an emphasis on works that push the boundaries of language, narrative, and genre. Essays, interviews, and in-depth reviews reflect Rain Taxi's commitment to innovative publishing.

Talking Image Connection
[e] tic@talkimage.org
[w] www.talkimage.org
Talking Image Connection connects emerging poets and writers with adventurous visual artists in ways that entertain all audiences.

Online

Anitspot
[w] www.antispot.com
The 30 and 60 second commercial spot has become one of the most powerful forms of communication in the world. Antispot re-defines the term "spot" by recognizing its potential as a commercial-free platform for all time-based artists to share their innovative and creative ideas regarding storytelling and production technique.

HowWasTheShow.com
[w] www.howwastheshow.com
Reviews of live shows in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul and around the world

Industry Minne-zine
[w] www.industrympls.com
Art Music Fashion LIfe Culture

MNSpeak.com
[w] www.mnspeak.com
Twin Cities: All Day, All Night

MplsArt.com
[w] www.mplsart.com
Arts Calenar and photos of aritsts and their shows

Minnesota Stories

[w] www.mnstories.com
Daily Videoblog

Robotlove
[w] www.robotlove.biz
Art meets Design

Twin Cities Daily Planet
[w] www.tcdailyplanet.com
Local News For Global Citizens

Twin Cities Fashion Weekend
[w] www.mnfashion.com
Music meets Fasion

Events

Art-A-Whirl
[w] www.art-a-whirl.org
[e] info@nemaa.org
Coordinator: Candace Leigh
Promoting and supporting the quality and diversity of artistic resources based in Northeast Minneapolis to benefit the greater community

Fring Festival

[w] http://www.fringefestival.org
Presenting hundreds of performances every year, the Minnesota Fringe Festival features theater, dance, kids' shows, performance art, spoken word and visual art

Saint Paul Art Crawl

[p] 651.292.4373 Saint Paul Art Collective
[w] http://www.stpaul-artcrawl.org
[e] info@artcrawl.org
To create an artist-run venue which facilitates a mutually beneficial and meaningful interaction between the arts community and the public

Sound Unseen
[w] www.soundunseen.com
Music and Film and lots of it

Twin Cities Book Festival
[w] www.raintaxi.com/bookfest
The Twin Cities Book Festival features readings and talks by phenomenal writers from around the country (including Rick Moody, Harvey Pekar, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and many more), Book Arts Demonstrations by the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Rain Taxi's annual Used Book Sale and Literary Magazine Fair, and a fantastic Exhibit showcasing a wide range of publishers, book artists, booksellers, writing centers, and literary magazines.

Voltage Fashion Amplified
[w] www.voltagefashionamplified.com
Local News For Global Citizen

Funding (see artist & literary resource for national funding)

Jerome Foundation
400 Sibley Street Suite 125
St. Paul, MN 55101-1928
[p] 651.224.9431| 1.800.995.3766
[w] www.jeromefdn.org
[e] info@jeromefdn.org
The Jerome Foundation supports programs in dance, literature, media arts, music, theater, performance art, the visual arts, multidisciplinary work and arts criticism. It provides financial assistance to nonprofit, tax-exempt arts organizations that support emerging creative artists who are residents of Minnesota and New York City.

McKnight Foundation
710 South Second Street, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55401
[p] 612.333.4220
[f] 612.332.3833
[w] www.mcknight.org
Programs that respond to community needs, help stakeholders collaborate, and attempt to change systems and public policy.

Business

Fox Tax Service
Alyssa Fox and Mark Fox
343 E. 43rd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55409
[p] 612-824-2829
[w] www.foxtaxservice.com
[e] info@jeromefdn.org
Professional tax preparation and electronic filing, year round planning and advice, small business setup and consultation, payroll setup and services, quickbooks consultation, and tax organizer products.
 
       
 
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