Juxtaposition Arts

#JXTA is a teen-staffed art and design center, gallery, retail shop, and artist studio space in North MPLS. Putting creativity to work since 1995.

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We aren't active here on X. Find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, or contact us at https://t.co/Rs4Otw2RpA✌🏿

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We are retiring our X account on April 1, 2024. We'll see you on LinkedIn, FB, IG, YT, & TT ✌🏾

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🪚 Longboard building workshop back in 2019! Thank you to Urban Boat Builders and @MississippiWMO who partnered with us for this special workshop.

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✨VISIT JXTA THIS FRIDAY!!! ✨Meet the artist @dinaabdulkarim and experience this striking & vibrant new works exhibition: FOR EVERY PIECE OF IT

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(1995) JXTA's very first VALT session took place in Sumner Olson public housing.

For 29 years, Juxtaposition Arts has provided arts education, employment, and development opportunities for young people in North Minneapolis.

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📅 Exhibition News: Join us for the Opening Reception of For Every Piece of It by Dina Abdulkarim - on Fri Jan 26th, 6PM - 8PM at Juxtaposition Arts (2007 Emerson Ave N, Mpls)

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Did you know? 💡LUMINOUS CURRENT is a large-scale light-based installation designed by JXTA's Environmental Design Lab - a permanent fixture at @guthrietheater (Pohlad Lobby on the 9th Floor) built in 2019 by two JXTA apprentices: Temesgen Besha and D’Angelo Raymond.

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Shout out to artists Annie Schiferl and Ben Lohr who donated 50% of ticket sales from their annual Merry Little Cabaret at Bryant Lake Bowl. Your donation of over $1090 covered the salary of two youth apprentices for a month at JXTA!!! Thank to all the artists involved!

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In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., JXTA will be closed, but our commitment to his dream of equality and justice never rests. Today, we reflect on his words, work, and legacy. ✊🏽

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#throwback to 2018 when South African visiting artist, Kealeboga Tlalang, worked with Contemporary Art apprentices!

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SAVE THE DATE - "For Every Piece of It" - Opening Reception: Jan 26th, 6-8pm. Meet LA-based artist, Dina Abdulkarim, and experience this striking & vibrant new works exhibition!

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Visit us Jan 8-10 & check out ENCOUNTERS - our lasted Contemporary Arts Lab exhibition! 10am-4pm. ARTISTS: Cristina Lumppio, Ella Alden Pope, Harmonee Harrison, Henry Adams, Janai Ford, Myles Pohlman, Tano Unpingco

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These 👏🏾 Young 👏🏾 Artists 👏🏾 are 👏🏾 The Future!!! 👏🏾

Visit us next week to experience this creative and powerful exhibit made from the things we find. Artists: Cristina Lumppio, Ella Alden Pope, Harmonee Harrison, Henry Adams, Janai Ford, Myles Pohlman, Tano Unpingco

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❄️ JXTA will be closed December 25th to January 5th. We'll be celebrating the season with loved ones and recharging for a new year of incredible opportunities. ✨ We're so grateful for our amazing Northside community. Wishing you peace, joy, and a season filled with creativity.

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🎇 MEET JXTA: Cameron Patricia Downey, JXTA Alum & Contemporary Lab Lead 🎇 Cameron (b. 1998) is anti-disciplinary artist born & raised in North Minneapolis, MN whose work oscillates between photography, film, body, sculpture, curation and otherwise. https://t.co/DlMhPvL4DV

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🌟 MEET JXTA: Kimberly Rashad, Graphics Lab Lead 🖥️ Multidisciplinary designer with 8+ years of experience in◢◤ graphic + 🌳 environmental design. She's worked all over the country creating good, clean and effective print/digital graphic communications design & so much more!

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A gift to JXTA this month 📯AMPLIFIES our MISSION & IMPACT for 2024!

JXTA develops community by engaging and employing young urban artists in hands-on education initiatives that create pathways to self-sufficiency while actualizing creative power. ✊🏿 https://t.co/E88QtkyRax

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🎇 MEET JXTA: Julia Garcia, VALT Instructor 🎇 Julie is a Cuban-American artist who works in painting, drawing, and wearable textiles. 🖌️ 🎨 🧣 and holds a BFA from School of Visual Art (NY) + an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

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✨ MEET JXTA: Nesra Cummings (M.A.), Development Director ✨ Nesra oversees all things FUNdraising 😃. A proud Hampton Univ. alumna, Nesra is passionate about education and developing future leaders 🌟. Her favorite memory working at JXTA is co-leading the Sunshine Committee🌞

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HIRING! ✨ The JXTA TEAM is looking for an energetic + organized educator with a background in environmental design or architecture. P/T position educating young apprentices, overseeing client work, and contributing to our JXTALABs program. https://t.co/0vzmF3MY5s