Minneapolis American Indian Center

This grant will support Minneapolis American Indian Center's mission and efforts to preserve and promote traditional Native arts and cultural assets, knowledge systems, and lifeways in your community for the benefit of future generations as well as increase organizational sustainability.

Through the Two Rivers-Many Generations Project, we seek to increase capacity in the community by providing opportunities for 45 Native youth and young adults to work directly with Native elders and artists to learn traditional arts skills, and to retain these lessons through digital documentation and sharing.

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The ultimate purpose is to (1) utilize the Two Rivers art gallery to its full potential, providing a venue for local American Indian artists to exhibit their work and gain exposure; (2) to create opportunities for synergistic efforts by two or more agencies or organizations to work together through art; and (3) to leverage other assets and revenues to sustain the efforts of Two Rivers Gallery.

The ultimate purpose is to 1) utilize the training to ensure proper management of our relationships with our employees and Two Rivers Gallery clients. 2) Increase the trust of our clients encouraging them to produce art for shows to our community. 3) Creating a welcoming environment that will engage our youth, elders and community members, revitalizing a very important aspect of our culture. The training will provide professional learning materials and increased management capacity for our organization.

The ultimate purpose is to (1) utilize the art gallery to its full potential, providing a venue for local American Indian artists, and (2) increase the visibility and vitality of the MAIC. This project will allow local American Indian artists to overcome some major barriers to success by providing a venue for the exhibition and sale of their work, providing assistance in preparing their work for exhibition through fabrication and feedback. The Two Rivers Gallery has always supported emerging artists, by providing assistance in career development, helping them develop their work for exhibition, and providing opportunities for exposure and sales.