MIDWAY CONTEMPORARY ART
527 2ND AVENUE SE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55414 www.midwayart.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: MIDWAY CONTEMPORARY ART IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF AND REFLECTION UPON VISUAL ART. MIDWAY FACILITATES SIGNIFICANT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD AND PRESENTS AUDIENCES WITH INTIMATE ACCESS TO VISUAL CULTURE.

EXHIBITIONS: IN 2019, MIDWAY PRODUCED FOUR SOLO EXHIBITIONS. EACH OF THESE NEW PROJECTS CONNECTED OUR MINNESOTA AUDIENCE TO ARTISTS WORKING GLOBALLY. THE EXHIBITIONS FEATURED NEWLY COMMISSIONED WORKS BY ARTISTS RODRIGO HERNNDEZ, JAGDEEP RAINA, AND JASPER MARSALIS, AND AN INTIMATE SERIES OF WORKS BY YUTAKA MATSUZAWA, WHICH WAS CO-ORGANIZED BY GUEST CURATORS ALAN LONGINO AND REIKO TOMII. MIDWAY COVERS ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION, FABRICATION, SHIPPING, TRAVEL, AND OTHER RELATED EXPENSES FOR EACH EXHIBTION, AND PROVIDES EXTENSIVE TECHNICAL SUPPORT. MIDWAY ALSO OFFERS A $5,000 STIPEND TO EACH SOLO ARTIST AND/OR GUEST CURATOR. MIDWAY PUBLISHED THREE CATALOGS IN 2019, INCLUDING BHNENBILDER, WHICH FOCUED ON THE WORK FROM SILKE OTTO-KNAPP'S 2017 MIDWAY EXHIBITION; NEARING ON TO DO, FOCUSED ON THE WORK FROM NATHAN HYLDEN'S 2017 MIDWAY EXHIBITION; AND CRATER SPEAK, PUBLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH JASPER MARSAILS' 2019 EXHIBITION. PUBLIC PROGRAMS WERE HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH BOTH JAGDEEP RAINA'S AND YUTAKA MATSUZAWA'S EXHIBITIONS. LIBRARY AND EDUCATION: "LAUNCHED IN 2007, OUR LIBRARY'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE RESOURCE FOR RESEARCH INTO CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE REGION. WE ADD BETWEEN 500-1,000 SELECTED TITLES TO THE COLLECTION ANNUALLY. HOLDING OVER 10,000 VOLUMES AS OF 2019, INCLUDING MONOGRAPHS, EXHIBITION CATALOGS, REFERENCE BOOKS, DVDS, PAMPHLETS, AND PERIODICALS, IT PROVIDES A BROAD OVERVIEW OF ARTISTIC ACTIVITY AND ART PUBLISHING FROM AROUND THE WORLD. MANY OF THE BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS IN MIDWAY'S COLLECTION ARE NOT OTHERWISE AVAILABLE IN MINNESOTA. THE LIBRARY IS NON-CIRCULATING, AND DOES NOT REQUIRE MEMBERSHIP OR APPOINTMENTS IT IS ENTIRELY FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. BECAUSE OF THIS UNIQUE ACCESSIBILITY, THE LIBRARY HAS BECOME A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR STUDENTS, ACADEMICS, ARTISTS, WRITERS, CURATORS, AND VISITORS TO THE TWIN CITIES. " VISUAL ARTS FUND: "THE VISUAL ARTS FUND IS A GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED IN 2016 BY MIDWAY CONTEMPORARY ART WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS. MINNEAPOLISSAINT PAUL IS ONE OF SIXTEEN METRO AREAS INCLUDED IN WARHOL'S REGIONAL REGRANTING PROGRAM, WHICH IS AIMED AT PROMOTING VIBRANT ARTISTIC ACTIVITY IN CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.THE VAF SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT ENGAGE THE PUBLIC WITH VISUAL ART, AND SEEKS TO SUPPORT A WIDE ARRAY OF INNOVATIVE AND DIVERSE PROJECTS THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT OCCUR. IN 2019, THE VISUAL ARTS FUND AWARDED $60,000 ($5,000 AND $10,000 GRANTS) TO SEVEN ARTIST ORGANIZED PROJECTS IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO REGION. GRANTEES INCLUDED ALEXANDRA BUFFALOHEAD'S YOU ARE ON INDIGENOUS LAND, XOCHI DE LA LUNA'S FLORES OSCURAS HORROR FESTIVAL, AND KRISTIN VAN LOON'S ARTIST-RUN GALLERY HAIR+NAILS."

THE VISUAL ARTS FUND IS A GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED IN 2016 BY MIDWAY CONTEMPORARY ART WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS. MINNEAPOLIS-ST.PAUL IS THE ELEVENTH METRO AREA INCLUDED IN WARHOLS REGIONAL REGRANTING PROGRAM, WHICH IS AIMED AT PROMOTING VIBRANT ARTISTIC ACTIVITY IN CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE VISUAL ARTS FUND AWARDS $55,000 IN GRANTS TO ARTISTS IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THE VAF SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF ESTABLISHED VENUES THAT ENGAGE THE PUBLIC WITH VISUAL ART IN A NEW WAY. PROJECTS MIGHT INCLUDE EXHIBITIONS OR INSTALLATIONS HELD IN TEMPORARY SPACES, NEW PUBLICATIONS, SERIES OF EVENTS OR PERFORMANCES, DIGITAL INITIATIVES, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT OCCUR.

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