Give to the Max '24: Celebrate 30 years of JXTA!

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Join us in supporting the future of Juxtaposition Arts as we celebrate 30 more years of transformative arts education and career opportunities for youth. Your support fuels creativity, empowers young artists, and builds pathways to success, self-sufficiency, and community impact in North Minneapolis. Together, we can ensure that JXTA continues to be a vibrant hub for arts, culture, and opportunity for decades to come.

Each year it costs $500,000 to run and operate the JXTALabs. This includes apprentice wages, materials, teaching artist salaries, and other operational costs. That is $41,000 per month,  $8,000 per lab per month, $9,615 per week, $1,369 per day.  

As for apprenticeships, $119 can support one apprentice in one day of labs, $1,369 can fund one day of JXTALabs, and $8,000 can fund one of five labs for one month. 

Our youth are the future. Your support directly contributes to their development at Juxtaposition Arts, so they can work towards their goals.

Founded in 1995, JXTA is dedicated to the empowerment of young artists through hands-on education that fosters self-sufficiency and creative expression. By providing all programs at no cost, JXTA builds North Minneapolis' cultural, financial, and social capital, guiding youth within Minneapolis into creative industries and supporting equitable development in the area.

Each year, JXTA trains about 70 youth, ages 14-21, through a 12-week Visual Arts Literacy Training (VALT) program. Graduates can pursue apprenticeships in JXTALab micro-businesses—Environmental Design, Graphic Design, and Contemporary Design—producing professional design work for a diverse clientele. Apprentices work with teaching artists and Lab Leads on real projects, gaining skills, mentorship, and paid experience that lead to careers, higher education, and entrepreneurship.

Project Highlights

Project: Butterfly Ramp in North Minneapolis

JXTA Artists: Contemporary 

Project Brief: In 2022, Minneapolis Parks commissioned Juxtaposition Arts to design a custom feature for a new bike skills course in North Minneapolis. This feature would be a creative and distinctive addition to Hall Park. 

"This project was very sentimental because I attended Elizabeth Hall Elementary as a kid. It was one of the main parks from my childhood, and this opportunity came with an immense feeling of nostalgia. I assisted with cutting out the wings and shapes, working with our fabricator on the frame, priming and painting the gradient on the wings, and the final process assembly. I was most excited to see my little 2D rendering come to life and be able to bring joy to kids in a place where I once used to find it."  -Harmonee Harrison.

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