Business Support Fund Announcement
Minneapolis Creative Enterprises to Receive Capacity Building Services and Funding
Tuesday November 8, 2022 | Arts & Cultural Affairs
The City of Minneapolis’ Arts & Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce Business Support awards for twenty-six creative enterprises.
The City of Minneapolis’ Arts & Cultural Affairs Department received one-time Federal recovery funding from the American Rescue Plan in 2021 and partnered with Springboard for the Arts, Juxtaposition Arts and Artspace to provide Business Support Services to small creative organizations and businesses that have been economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purpose of Arts & Cultural Affairs American Rescue Plan funded grant programing is to assist the creative sector’s recovery and to support the recovery of the creative workforce, with an emphasis on rebuilding capacity and supporting the most impacted creative sector industries and Minneapolis communities.
These Business Support programs for creatives offer cash assistance, training, planning and other types of support and services that help to rebuild organizational capacity to not only return to business or improve business outcomes, but to plan for the future. Selected enterprises will work with our partners to create long term plans and move forward to implementation.
The twenty-six creative enterprises selected to receive funding and support are divided into three categories. Learn more about the selected organizations here.
Creative Apprenticeships
Offered in collaboration with Springboard for the Arts, programming assists creative enterprises to plan and build job creation and employment opportunities for creative workers. Six creative enterprises were selected to receive services from Springboard and cash support from Arts & Cultural Affairs.
Curiosity Studio
Glamor Africa Design
Fireweed Community Workshop
Minnesota Center for Glass Arts
Taiko Arts Midwest
Z Puppets Rosenschnoz
Capacity Building for Creative Spaces
Offered in collaboration with Artspace Immersion, programming builds organizational knowledge and capacity to plan for workspace needs, ten enterprises were selected to participate in Artspace’s cohort-based Immersion training and receive cash support from Arts & Cultural Affairs.
Arena Dances
Black Table Arts
Minnesota Fringe
Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association
Roho Collective
Soo Visual Arts Center
SPRAYFiNGER®
The Somali Museum of Minnesota
Twin Cities Media Alliance
Voice of Culture
Artist Driven Marketing
Offered in collaboration with Springboard for the Arts and Juxtaposition Arts, programming assists creative enterprises to build long term plans to better connect to their audiences and customers after pandemic pivots and changes. Ten creative enterprises were selected to receive services.
Black Mamba Collective
DanceCo Performance Company
Hopewell Music Cooperative North
Make-a-Scene Scenario Festival
MPLSART
Obsidian Pause
Open Book
Really Spicy Opera
Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts
Sharp Design LLC
Learn more about the selected organizations here.
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Publisher's Note: The name, "The Office of Arts, Culture & the Creative Economy" has been updated on August 13, 2023 where it appeared within the content of this article to "Arts & Cultural Affairs" to reflect its new name as a department of the City of Minneapolis.
