Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts

Interact's Visual Arts studio works across multiple disciplines, holding focused workshops and critiques guided by artists from within the community and by local and nationally recognized visiting artists. Interact's gallery aims to advance the recognition of their work through exhibitions, partnerships, licensing opportunities and collaborative opportunities. After launching the online platform in addition to in-person gallery events, artwork sales have continued to grow. Interact pays industry standard commissions on sales of artwork to all artists, with the remainder of the proceeds going back into Visual Arts supplies and programming.

Interact's Performing Arts theater produces original and scripted, fully staged theater productions each year, along with more informal works-in-process designed for special events such as school shows, industry events, and conferences. Interact's ensemble-generated creation and developmental process means that artists with disabilities fully participate in conceiving and Performing new work, developing the original material, writing scripts/songs and incorporating everyone's ideas through improvisation. Additionally, Performing artists work on other scripted material that inspires them. Collaborating with acclaimed guest artists with and without disabilities, Interact is an integral part of the twin cities and regional Arts community. All artists are paid for their performance work.