Creative CityMaking Call for Artists 2015-2016

Intermedia Arts, a nonprofit arts center in Minneapolis, MN, is seeking two artists or artist teams to participate in Creative CityMaking Minneapolis (CCM), a partnership with the Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy program of the City of Minneapolis. This initiative fosters collaborations between local artists and City departments to develop fresh and innovative approaches to address long-term planning, neighborhood and community relations, engagement, and social issues facing Minneapolis. During 2015, Creative CityMaking Minneapolis will embed artists in five City projects; this call is to embed two artists or artist teams for the initial two departmental projects.

This project is designed as a 20 hour per week commitment for 12 months, from February 2015 to February 2016. Selected artists or artist teams will receive a fee of $30,000. Following these 12 months, hours will be adjusted and tailored to the needs of the project, including sharing the story of the work. There is potential for this project to become multi-year work. The collaborative work produced by the teams will be showcased throughout the year at community meetings, citywide community events, and will culminate in a public exhibition. Artists and City personnel will meet throughout the year in a series of participant convenings to exchange ideas, share progress, and learn about effective cross-sector partnership.

Two opportunities are available: (1) Placement in the Long Range Planning Division of the Minneapolis Department of Community Planning and Economic Development for a creative asset mapping initiative focused within Areas of Concentrated Poverty and Racially Concentrated Areas of Poverty in Minneapolis; and (2) Placement in the Neighborhood & Community Relations Department of the Minneapolis City Coordinator's Office for the Blueprint for Equitable Engagement, a multi-year strategic action plan to ensure an equitable community engagement system for the City of Minneapolis.

Eligibility: Experienced artists, designers, or artist teams from a broad range of artistic disciplines (visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, media arts, interdisciplinary and/or multidisciplinary arts) with experience in social, interactive, and physical artistic processes. Artists must have a strong history of at least two years of collaboration and be available to attend all participant convenings and scheduled program dates. Creative CityMaking is open to all artists within a reasonable commuting distance from Minneapolis. Members of the Minneapolis Arts Commission, the Commission's Public Arts Advisory Panel, Intermedia Arts staff and board, and City of Minneapolis staff are not eligible to apply. Applications due: January 20, 2015. Information sessions: December 15, 4-5 PM and January 7, 2015, 5-6 PM at Intermedia Arts. Last day for questions: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Midnight.