Midway Contemporary Art

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Mission 
Midway Contemporary Art is a nonprofit organization that supports the creation of and reflection upon visual art. Midway facilitates significant new developments in the field and presents audiences with intimate access to visual culture.

About
Founded by artists in 2001, Midway Contemporary Art is a nonprofit, non-collecting visual arts organization in Minneapolis that presents temporary exhibitions, maintains a public research library and presents regular public programs. Midway’s exhibitions, library and programming are all free and open to the public.

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Exhibitions
Our exhibitions primarily focus on commissioning and developing new projects with artists who have typically never shown in the Midwest or, often, in the United States. Midway offers artists substantial financial and technical support to realize their exhibition and connects them with the Twin Cities community. After a successful series of Off-Site projects running from fall 2020 through spring 2022, we began presenting exhibitions in our new permanent location at 1509 Marshall St. NE in Minneapolis. In January 2023, we began renovations on the building and were excited to welcome the public in for our first exhibition on August 1, 2024. Our current exhibition, Super Deluxe, is by North Minneapolis native Cameron Patricia Downy will be on view through January 25, 2025.

Library
Midway's library opened in 2007 and is the most comprehensive public collection of contemporary art books in our region. It is currently housed in our new building and is free and open for public use during our regular hours. We have continued our curbside lending program that started during the pandemic for those interested in deeper research. Our collection of over 12,000 volumes grows annually and is searchable online through our website: www.midwayart.org/library/ We have plans for a future expansion to the building that will permanently house our library and public educational programs, including workshops, artist talks, film screenings, and book launches. It will accommodate the future growth of the collection and offer a third space for artists and creatives to gather outside of work or home to dream up their next big ideas.

Visual Arts Fund
The Visual Arts Fund is a grant program established in 2016 by Midway Contemporary Art with generous support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Minneapolis–St. Paul is one of thirty-six metro areas included in Warhol’s Regional Regranting Program, which is aimed at promoting vibrant artistic activity in cities across the United States. In 2024 the Visual Arts Fund will award $60,000 to artist-organized projects in the Twin Cities metro region. The VAF supports the development of projects and initiatives that engage the public with visual art outside of established arts venues. Visit our online archive to view information on past VAF grantees: www.midwayart.org/vaf/ 

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Image credit: Midway Contemporary Art, 1509 Marshall St NE, Minneapolis. Photo by Caylon Hackwith.