Juxtaposition Arts

"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."{{Cite web|title=Juxtaposition Arts {{!}} Teen-Staffed Art & Design Center in N. Minneapolis|url=https://juxtapositionarts.org/|access-date=2020-08-14|website=Juxtaposition Arts|language=en}}

Juxtaposition Arts was founded in 1995 by DeAnna Cummings, her husband Roger Cummings, and Peyton Scott Russell. The organization's mission is to empower youth and community to use the arts to actualize their full potential. It originated as an after-school program teaching airbrushing and graffiti art. JXTA's youth artists work with local organizations such to learn how to make money while embracing their passions.{{Cite web|title=Communities that KARE: Juxtaposition Arts|url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/outreach/communities-that-kare/communities-that-kare-juxtaposition-arts/89-a86f2ffe-1bf1-41e9-bbde-e50d997730f1|access-date=2020-08-14|website=kare11.com|language=en-US}}

Juxtaposition Arts provides visual arts literacy training and design based jobs for the youth in the community. This approach not only motivates the next generation of creative workers, but the production and output from these jobs that include murals, public art, graphic design, art installations, and clothing.{{cite web|title=Posts Tagged 'Juxtaposition Arts'|url=http://artworks.arts.gov/?tag=juxtaposition-arts|publisher=ArtWorks|access-date=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309164938/http://artworks.arts.gov/?tag=juxtaposition-arts|archive-date=9 March 2013|url-status=dead}} They employ 70 artists ages 14 – 22 as art apprentices and teach free art classes for students ages 8 – 22.{{Cite web|date=2019-11-07|title=Project for Pride in Living, Juxtaposition Arts share $400,000 from Bank of America|url=https://www.twincities.com/2019/11/07/project-for-pride-in-living-juxtaposition-arts-share-400000-from-bank-of-america/|access-date=2020-08-14|website=Twin Cities|language=en-US}}

It is in the middle of an $8.2 million, six-year expansion.

In 2019, Juxtaposition Arts partnered with City of Skate to build a "Skate-able Art Plaza" which included flexible open spaces, art installations, a skate plaza, and sustainable storm water management.{{Cite web|title=Juxtaposition Skate-able Art Plaza|url=http://www.cityofskate.org/juxtaposition-arts-skatepark-north-minneapolis|access-date=2020-08-14|website=City of Skate|language=en-US}} This project received $50,000 in funding each from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, a Kickstarter, and Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee Legacy Fund.{{Cite web|title=Super Bowl LII is set to transform Minneapolis; Northside is no exception|url=https://mynorthnews.org/new-blog/2018/1/29/super-bowl-lii|access-date=2020-08-14|website=North News|language=en-US}}

Bank of America funded both Juxtapostion Arts and Project for Pride in Living through a $400,000 grant in 2019.

In September 2021, the organization broke ground on a new building on its campus in North Minneapolis.{{Cite web |last=Raemont |first=Nina |date=2021-09-09 |title=Juxtaposition Arts Breaks Ground on New Campus |url=https://mspmag.com/api/content/7f4eb860-10bb-11ec-80ee-1244d5f7c7c6/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Mpls.St.Paul Magazine |language=en-us}} In June 2023, the new building designed by 4RM+ULA was completed and opened.{{Cite web |date=June 23, 2023 |title=Juxtaposition Arts opening new building |url=https://www.kare11.com/video/news/local/juxtaposition-arts-opening-new-building/89-83e929a0-9f60-488c-b7ae-00818ce84163 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=kare11.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Juxtaposition Arts |url=https://www.entermn.com/articles/juxtaposition-arts |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=ENTER |language=en-US}} The new facility includes a library with public art-focused holdings from the donation of the Forecast Public Art Library.{{Cite web |last=Dolen |first=Jen |date=2021-08-12 |title=A library devoted to art in public finds new home as a resource for creative North Minneapolis community |url=https://forecastpublicart.org/public-art-library-donated-to-jxta/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Forecast Public Art |language=en-US}} It also features a stormwater retention and reuse system that was supported with funding from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.{{Cite web |title=JXTA Campus Stormwater Improvements |url=https://www.mwmo.org/projects/jxta-campus-stormwater-improvements/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=MWMO |language=en-US}}

The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis commissioned JXTA to create a work for its building as part of the theater's anti-racism commitments.{{Citation|title=Anti-Racism Work and Commitments|url=https://www.guthrietheater.org/anti-racism-work-and-commitments/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Guthrie Theater }} The sculpture, "Luminous Current" by D’Angelo Raymond and Temesgen Besha, was installed in 2019 on the ninth floor. Raymond and Besha worked as artist apprentices under the guidance of lead designers and architects Niko Kubota and Sam Ero-Phillips. The glowing 40-foot long, 200-pound aluminum sculpture hangs from the ceiling and is meant to evoke the area where the theater is located between the Mississippi River and downtown Minneapolis.{{Citation|title=New art at the Guthrie|url=https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2019/08/new-art-at-the-guthrie-and-a-happening-about-survival-irv-williams-100th-at-the-dakota/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=MinnPost}}

In 2023, JXTA collaborated with Red Wing Shoes on a capsule collection that included a limited-edition boot and a hoodie. The collection sold out and proceeds supported programming for JXTA. The collaboration also featured a series of seven billboards in Minneapolis featuring art from apprentices, alumni, and friends of JXTA.{{Cite web |last=Kranz |first=Bridget |title=Hands-On Experience: JXTA apprentices design limited-edition collection with Red Wing Shoes |url=https://www.mplsart.com/written/2023/01/hands-on-jxta-red-wing |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=MPLSART.COM |language=en}} While the billboards were temporary, the art can still be seen on an online map.{{Cite web |title=Juxtaposition Arts / Red Wing Shoes |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1saRqc4-695z30xKHmdDF_7DZi-rfkXg |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Google My Maps}}

In May 2023, youth from Juxtaposition created a multimedia installation in the lobby of Orchestra Hall in downtown Minneapolis as part of the world premiere of brea(d)th by Carlos Simon and Marc Bamuthi Joseph to honor the struggle for racial justice.{{Cite web |title=Minnesota Orchestra commissioned ‘bread(d)th’ to honor George Floyd |url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-orchestra-to-debut-brea-d-th-a-work-commissioned-in-wake-of-george-floyds-murder/600271726/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Star Tribune}}

Juxtaposition worked with the City of Brooklyn Center in 2023 on the design for a memorial to Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was shot and killed during a traffic stop in the city in 2021.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-18 |title=Brooklyn Center unveils design for memorial to Daunte Wright |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/07/18/brooklyn-center-unveils-design-for-memorial-to-daunte-wright |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=MPR News |language=en}}

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) worked with a group from JXTA's Environmental Design lab on a sculptural bike bridge that was installed in Hall Park in the Near North neighborhood in November 2023.{{Cite web |title=Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board on Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/MinneapolisParks/posts/pfbid0Y3UuRmtwK1zVjSdRkjRzoe7s2RtCacrg9XXpuNWMasyvDdYGZxmLfiqZCLNxiQisl |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.facebook.com}} JXTA apprentice Isaiah Hunter's design for a community table was selected by MPRB for the rebuilt pavilion at Bde Maka Ska, and the wood and steel table was installed in November 2023. Hunter worked with the fabrication company Concrete Pig on the table.{{Cite web |title=Juxtaposition Arts on Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/JuxtapositionArts/posts/pfbid0JmLDtZWGSwnnzoxLnWmuDCMN9kogJrBGrjLF9rNu4PiqxEd1RgtL9AhenS7CMwF6l |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.facebook.com}}

Minneapolis city council member Jeremiah Ellison got his start at Juxtaposition painting murals.{{Cite web|last=Marsh|first=Steve|date=2020-08-12|title=Jeremiah Ellison on Making Real Change in His City|url=https://mspmag.com/api/content/7608bbb0-bc80-11ea-9597-1244d5f7c7c6/|access-date=2020-08-14|website=Mpls.St.Paul Magazine|language=en-us}} Aaron Seymour-Anderson was an apprentice with JXTA in his youth, and in 2023 was Red Wing Shoe's head of brand and creative after working as a creative director for Nike.{{Cite web |last=Nachbar |first=Madeline |date=2023-01-11 |title=Cool Collab: Red Wing Shoes x Juxtaposition Arts |url=https://mspmag.com/api/content/fe448c42-90fa-11ed-ac64-12b3f1b64877/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Mpls.St.Paul Magazine |language=en-us}} Ameen Taahir is a multidisciplinary artist from Brooklyn Park, MN who was in the JXTA Textile Lab in 2006-07. His designs were featured on tech accessories by Target in 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-07 |title=Brooklyn Park artist's design featured in Target's tech accessories line - CBS Minnesota |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/brooklyn-park-artists-design-featured-in-targets-tech-accessories-line/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}

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• {{official website|http://www.juxtaposition.org}}
• [http://millcitytimes.com/news/nonprofit-leader-roger-cummings-chief-cultural-producer-and.html Mill City Times interview with co-founder Roger Cummings]

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