Minnesota Street Project
{{Short description|San Francisco art space}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Minnesota Street Project
| formation = {{start date and age|2016}}
| image = Minnesota Street Project 2022.png
| founder = Andy Rappaport and Deborah Rappaport
| headquarters = 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco, California, U.S.
| coordinates = {{Coord|37.754719|-122.389697|display=inline,title}}
| website = [https://minnesotastreetproject.org/ Official website]
}}
Minnesota Street Project (MSP), is a dual for-profit/foundation model art space founded in 2016 in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco, California;{{Cite web |last=Bravo |first=Tony |date=October 21, 2019 |title=Minnesota Street Project announces new nonprofit Minnesota Street Foundation |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/minnesota-street-project-announces-new-nonprofit-minnesota-street-foundation |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US |issn=1932-8672}} and features 13 art galleries, an event space, and a restaurant.{{Cite web |last=Huang |first=Jia Jia |date=2022-11-11 |title=San Francisco’s Vibrant Art Scene Isn’t Dying Out Anytime Soon |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/san-francisco-art-scene-dealers-curators-artists-respond-times-report-1234646443/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Baumgardner |first=Julie |date=2017-01-11 |title=A Guide to America’s Next Great Art Neighborhood |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/t-magazine/art/dogpatch-san-francisco-fog-fair.html |access-date=2022-11-20 |issn=0362-4331}}
History
Minnesota Street Project was founded in 2016 by venture capitalist Andy Rappaport, and Deborah Rappaport. The Minnesota Street Project Foundation (founded in 2019), and the California Black Voices Project and Grants for Arts Equity (founded in 2021), are two grant programs born from this project, created to “begin addressing the systemic racism in the art world”.{{Cite web |last=Bravo |first=Tony |date=July 8, 2020 |title=Minnesota Street Project opens first group gallery show in atrium, launches virtual portal |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/minnesota-street-project-opens-first-group-gallery-show-in-atrium-launches-virtual-portal |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US |issn=1932-8672}}{{Cite web |last=Bravo |first=Tony |date=December 22, 2021 |title=Visual art in 2021 explored big issues and didn’t shy from controversy |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/visual-art-in-2021-explored-big-issues-and-didnt-shy-from-controversy |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}}
Minnesota Street Project is a three building complex, with 35,000 square feet of gallery space; they also offer subsidized art studio space at 1240 Minnesota Street (just across the street).{{Cite news |last=Lasky |first=Julie |date=2016-12-03 |title=Dogpatch, San Francisco: A Hub for the Creative |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/realestate/dogpatch-san-francisco-a-hub-for-the-creative.html |access-date=2022-11-20 |issn=0362-4331}} The gallery space features an atrium, the building was designed by Jensen architects.
Galleries represented in the space have included Anglim/Trimble, Rena Bransten Gallery, bitforms gallery, Casemore Kirkeby, Adrian Rosenfeld, and Jack Fischer Gallery.{{Cite news |last=Nagourney |first=Adam |last2=Pogrebin |first2=Robin |date=2022-08-29 |title=San Francisco’s Art Market Struggles in the Shadow of Los Angeles |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/arts/design/san-francisco-art-market.html |access-date=2022-11-20 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Desmarais |first=Charles |date=2016-10-10 |title=N.Y. art gallerist Adrian Rosenfeld to open Minnesota Street Project space |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/art/article/N-Y-art-gallerist-Adrian-Rosenfeld-to-open-9957172.php |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Gentile |first=Dan |date=2022-11-03 |title=The $48,500 elephant in the room at an SF AI art exhibit |url=https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-ai-art-exhibit-17552821.php |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=SFGate |language=en-US}} The space has been the event host of the annual Fog Design + Art Fair, and the annual San Francisco Art Book Fair (launched in 2016).{{Cite web |last=Whiting |first=Sam |date=2016-07-18 |title=1st SF Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Project |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/art/article/1st-SF-Art-Book-Fair-at-Minnesota-Street-Project-8385314.php |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Chang |first=Kristina |date=2022-06-27 |title=San Francisco Art Book Fair Returns After a Two-Year Break |url=http://hyperallergic.com/741583/san-francisco-art-book-fair-returns-after-two-year-break/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://minnesotastreetproject.org/ Official website]
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Category:Art museums and galleries in San Francisco
Category:Arts organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area
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