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Welcome to the City of Minneapolis Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (ACCE) newsletter. Here you will find information on program and partner related news and updates, opportunities, events and special announcements.
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Creative Response Fund Grantees Spotlight:
Summer Cypher
 Summer Cypher 2021 / Chicago Avenue & Lake Street. Drone photo by Teddy Grimes.
As we dream of summer, we look back at the work of multidisciplinary hip-hop artists Teddy Grimes and Kimani Beard. As the co-founders of Summer Cypher, they create authentic spaces where people in community can immerse themselves into a process of self-exploration and critical reflection within the raw elements of hip-hop culture.
Summer Cypher provides intentional spaces for community where people of all ages can explore raw, uncut, authentic expressions of hip-hop in safe, inclusive, interracial, intercultural, and intergenerational healing environments. Participants are free to be in a safe space that is at peace; free of violence, shock, or fearful elements; free of being told what to do, a respite from trauma.
By the time Teddy and Kimani co-founded Summer Cypher, there was little they couldn’t take on by way of music, video, photography, dance, hip-hop pop-up events, promotions, entertainment, and community building.
Read the full article here.
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The Office of Arts, Culture & the Creative Economy (ACCE) Launches New Online Events Calendar
 Check out the new ACCE calendar of events. We will post Creative Response Fund recipient events planned for this spring, summer and fall as well as ACCE and Public Art grant deadlines, webinars and information sessions. Learn about the City’s February Black History month events hosted by the Department of Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. Be sure to bookmark the calendar as we continue to post arts and cultural events hosted by City Departments.
Minneapolis Public Art Tours
New Geographic Information System (GIS) launches.
 Click on image to link to the new CIS collection.
A new updated and redesigned GIS collection of public art tours is now online and ready for viewing.
In the last five years over 28,000 people have visited the City’s Public Art tour maps.
The City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board collaborated to create seven educational public art tours which showcase the public art collection and art on Park land. The tours include five tours which are geographically focused across large areas of the city, and two special guided tours of the new Public Service Building & Nicollet Mall.
New features in the area tours allow users to:
- Either select a point on a map, or an image in the gallery to learn more about a specific artwork; and
- Switch between tours, by selecting a tour tab at the top of the page.
View the new tours and learn more the public art collection here.
Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants: Cycle 7
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants: Cycle 17
 The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has partnered with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation to administer another year of emergency grants for artists.
Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants are open for Cycle 7. These are one-time grants of up to $5,000 to professional dancers who have experienced dire financial emergencies due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, including lack or imminent endangerment of essentials such as housing, medicine/healthcare, utilities, and food.
Learn more here.
Cycle 7 applications close: February 17, 2023 | 5:00 PM EST
Cycle 8 will open March 21, 2023 with a deadline of April 28, 2023.
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants Cycle 17 is now open. These grants of up to $5,000 support direct treatment expenses for medical, dental or mental health emergencies that occurred July 1, 2022 and later. Choreographers, those creating in the visual arts, and those creating in the film/video/electronic/digital arts are eligible.
Learn more here.
Cycle 17 applications close: March 17, 2023 | 5:00 PM EST
Cycle 18 will open on April 18, 2023 with a deadline of May 19, 2023.
Both programs are open to artists living anywhere in the U.S., its territories, Tribal nations or the District of Columbia. If you have questions, contact the NYFA Grants team at: emergencyfunds@nyfa.org or call 212-366-6900 x 239.
2023 Fringe Festival • Beyond the Box
Open Call for Producers and Performing Artists
 Minnesota Fringe is seeking producers and performing artists in a variety of genres to present their work outdoors for the general public at Xcel Energy Plaza on Nicollet Avenue.
Artists of any genre (dance, puppetry, spoken word, musical theater, clowning, etc.) are encouraged to apply with original and/or newly developed work. Six total performances (30-50 minutes each) from three selected artists (2 performances per artist) will be selected to engage the diverse audiences of downtown Minneapolis and celebrate the reanimation, renewal, and changing relationship to public spaces.
Each selected artist/company will receive a $2,000 development and performance fee plus up to $400 each for rehearsal space reimbursement. Preference will be given to artists/companies who contribute to advancing social equity and promote inclusive engagement.
Learn more and apply here.
Applications due: March 15, 2023
City of Cottage Grove
Open Call for Proposals
 Rendering of the new Glacial Valley Park Building (GVPB)
The city of Cottage Grove is seeking an artist or artist team to create and install a permanent public artwork inside the new Glacial Valley Park Building (GVPB).
The City of Cottage Grove seeks to incorporate public art into the new building to help reflect the values and support the culture of the Glacial Valley Park Building (GVPB), with focus on four themes: Education, Sustainability, Personal Development & Recreation, Accessible Community for All.
As Cottage Grove continues to grow, Glacial Valley Park (9900 Ravine Parkway S) is the newest
community park along the northern boundary of the community. This area has an interesting and strong geological history. Although it appears as a dry prairie basin today, it is also considered a buried bedrock valley. This area was also where the St. Croix River once flowed before it shifted to the east at its current location we know today.
Artist(s) can work in any medium appropriate for installing art on available locations, including
enameled metal, sculpture, metal relief, mosaic, mural or combination of medium. Art must
work within confinements of lighting and electrical provided in the building plans.
City of Cottage Grove Bid link here.
Learn more via the full request for proposal here.
Q & A session: February 15, 2023. 1:00 pm via Teams. Recording will be available post this date.
Project budget: $30,000
Request for proposal & qualifications deadline: March 15, 2023 by 3:00 pm CT
Finalist proposals due: June 1, 2023
 Community members are welcome to reserve virtual 'Office Hour' time with the Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy team.
Join Gulgun Kayim, Director of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy on Fridays from 8:30 - 10:00 am, and Brenda Kayzar, owner of Urbane DrK Consulting on Wednesdays from 1:00 - 2:30 pm for virtual community office hours.
Reservations are necessary. Upcoming dates and contact information below:
For meetings with Gülgün Kayim: e-mail Gulgun.Kayim@minneapolismn.gov to notify that you will be attending and call: 612-710-2232 on Friday, February 17th and 24th at your confirmed time between 8:30 -10:00 am.
For meetings with Brenda Kayzar: e-mail urbanedrk@gmail.com to notify that you will be attending and call: 612-730-7913 on Wednesday, February 22nd at your confirmed time between 1:00 - 2:30pm.
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