Juxtaposition Arts

Jxta offers year-round ongoing programs which are provided at no cost creativity. Visual Arts literacy training (valt) is an out-of-school-time intensive introductory visual Arts education program. It is 8-12 weeks, 3 days a week, 3 hours a day and offered throughout the year. It is open to youth ages 8-21. Participants must attend entrance interviews and there is no prerequisite to enroll. The free wall workshops and other seasonal workshops are offered 3-4 weeks, 2-3 days a week and give youth access to visual Arts mediums we do not offer throughout the year. The free wall is open to youth ages 8-21 years old. Participants must attend an entrance interview and there is no prerequisite to enroll.adult artists through a cooperative membership at 1108 west broadway. There are four 2nd floor studios between 100 and 465 square feet each and a shared meeting space. The studios are currently fully occupied. Jxtalab studios year-round programming is offered to youth ages 14-21. Jxtalab studios is a teen staff design social-enterprise that trains and employs youth screen printers, graphic designers, contemporary artists, community developers, and landscape architects. Youth can work year-round for 9-16 hours and are paid $15.00-$18.00 an hour. Professional emerging artists and designers are employed as the lead and assistant artists to conduct the training and professional development of the apprentices. Youth gain skills and experience by making real products and services for outside clients and jxta's organization. Apprentices are hired through an interview process. Apprentices and adult artists generate revenue through contracts, commissions, and other commercial work. This includes client work for murals and public Arts, creative community engagement, graphic design, contemporary artwork rental and commissioned works. These client based jobs help support the youth wages and training. Community art partnership residences bring jxta adult and teaching artist into schools and other spaces to conduct workshops and programs that meet graduation standards. These augment the goals of the partner organizations and their participants. Juxtaposition Arts Inc art exhibitions, master artist classes, festivals, an annual halloween party for the neighborhood, and the guest visiting artists are a sampling of our public events. Northside flow Arts crawl engages local residents and other community members to amplify the work of local, national, and international artists.mission: Juxtaposition Arts (jxta) is a youth education program, teen-staffed design enterprise, and community cultural space located in north minneapolis, Minnesota. Its mission is to develop community be engaging and employing young artists in hands-on education initiatives that create pathways for self-sufficiency while exercising power. Jxta connects its audiences to the region's robust Arts industries and contribute to a more equitable, vibrant communities. More than 33,000 youth have engaged in jxta's programs since the organization's founding. Jxta envisions youth entering the creative workforce as dynamic innovators and problem solvers with the confidence, skills, and connections they need to accomplish their education and professional goals. The organization supports their contributions to revitalize the communities where they live and work. The organization combines design education and youth empowerment with a social-enterprise business model. Students begin with visual-arts literacy training. Following an intensive introductive training, students apprentice with master artists who are jxta's lab leads. They are employed while learning and practicing professional design, production and marketing skills in jxtalab studios that produce high-quality design products and services for sale to local, regional, and national customers.