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Welcome to the City of Minneapolis office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy newsletter. Here you will find information on program and partner related news and updates, opportunities, events and special announcements.
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News
Join Us for "Las Flores de Zapata": A 100 year remembrance of Emiliano Zapata and celebration of Días de los Muertos.
 The Weisman Art Museum and the City of Minneapolis present a 100 year remembrance of Emiliano Zapata, as well as a Días de los Muertos celebration. This event is in collaboration between the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Weisman Art Museum, Council Ward 9 City of Minneapolis, Meet Minneapolis, Minneapolis-Cuernavaca Sister City Association and the MSP Film Society’s Cine Latino 2019.
Date: November 2, 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Weisman Art Museum, 333 E River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55455
- The celebration will be attended by dignitaries of the Cuernavaca Sister City delegation hosted by Mayor Jacob Frey and Council Member Alondra Cano.
- Artist Monica Vega will talk about the tradition of Días de los Muertos and the significance of ofrenda-making, and lead the workshop of making obsequio in remembrence of Zapata.
- At 4:00 p.m., there will be a screening of the documentary film Los Últimos Zapatistas, Héroes Olvidados (The Last Zapatistas, Forgotten Heroes), presented as part of the MSP Film Society’s Cine Latino 2019, followed by a conversation with the film creator Francesco Taboada Tabone from Cuernavaca, Emiliano Zapata’s grandson Don Manuel Manrique Zapata, artist Monica Vega.
The event is free and open to the public but number of seats is limited.
Please register in advance here.
For more information, visit the Weisman Art Museum event page.
The event is supported in part by the Minneapolis Vikings Foundation
7th Annual Cine Latino Film Festival
 The MSP Film Society presents the 7th Annual Cine Latino Film Festival, this year taking place on Screen #3 at St. Anthony Main Theatre! The region’s only showcase of Latin American and Ibero cinema, Cine Latino features a rich tapestry of narrative and documentary films from across the globe from some of the world’s most acclaimed and up-and-coming Spanish- and Portuguese-language filmmakers.
Date: November 1-7. 2019.
Tickets Available: Members on October 10, General Public on October 14.
***All-Access Passes, 3-Packs, and 6-Packs are also available.
The MSP Film Society developed Cine Latino in response to demand from the growing Spanish-speaking populations in Minnesota, and curates the annual series of films from countries with rich filmmaking histories and cutting-edge film industries in collaboration with Argentinian guest artistic director Hebe Tabachnik.
For the full Cine Latino schedule, visit the MSP Film Society Website.
The Creative City Challenge returns in 2021
 The Creative City Challenge is a competition for Minnesota-resident architects, landscape architects, urban designers, scientists and artists of all backgrounds to create and install a temporary, destination artwork, which acts as a sociable and participatory platform for the summer and includes onsite programming. The Creative City Challenge is conceived as a showcase for local creative talent, Minneapolis community identities and a tangible symbol of the complex stories that make up the many narratives within our urban landscape
The Creative City Challenge will take a hiatus in 2020. For seven years, the program has showcased local creative talent, while serving as a tangible symbol of the complex narratives that make up the many stories within our urban landscape.
As a partnership between the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy of the City of Minneapolis, Northern Lights.MN and The Commons; Creative City Challenge winners have created and installed temporary, destination artworks that act as sociable and participatory platforms for two months of programming, encouraging a sense of connectedness to the city and its rich cultural and natural offerings.
Led by the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, the Creative City Challenge program will spend 2020 evaluating program results and the challenges and opportunities of implementation. The evaluation will also look at how the Creative City Challenge can better work towards equitably serving emerging POCII public artists and Minneapolis neighborhoods as well as the downtown core.
Join the #WeAreMpls Campaign!
The City of Minneapolis invites you to join in on the #WeAreMpls campaign to amplify positive and welcoming messages about our city and the many cultures and communities that make us stronger.
Use #WeAreMpls to amplify positive and welcoming messages about our city and its many cultures.
Visit the #WeAreMpls City Webpage for more information on how to get involved.
This campaign is brought to you by the City of Minneapolis recently joining a cohort of cities and counties from around the Country to become a Welcoming City through the organization Welcoming America. A Welcoming City is one which is an inclusive community and believes that prosperity comes when everyone feels like they belong. It is the belief that all people, including immigrants, should be valued contributors and are vital to the success of both our communities and our shared future.
To learn more about Welcoming America, visit their informational webpage.
Coming up
Join Gulgun Kayim, Director of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy for office hours in the community, on Fridays from 9-10:30 a.m. Community members are welcome to attend and set the agenda in an informal setting, no reservations necessary. Dates and locations listed below.
*Please note that community hours are postponed until November, when they will resume regularly.
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