Community Engagement Artists

We asked nine artists to reinterpret the Imagine 2050 planning process and their vision for the future of the region in their chosen artistic medium. We received a wide range of incredible projects from sound gardens to posters to projections to youth workshops to community murals and other displays.

 

Upcoming Events 

Caponi Art Park Sound Garden, 1220 Diffley Rd, Eagan, MN 55123

James Everest
Saturday, September 14, noon - 4:00 p.m.
 

Caponi Art Park Sound Garden, 1220 Diffley Rd, Eagan, MN 55123

James Everest
Sunday, September 15, noon - 4:00 p.m.
 

Chromazone Mural & Art Festival, 2171 University Ave W Suite 100, St Paul, MN 55114

Thomasina Top Bear and Angela Casselton 
Friday, September 20, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
 

Parks After Dark Sound Garden, 2595 Crosby Farm RoadSaint Paul, MN, 55116United States

James Everest
Friday, September 20, 8:00 – 10:30 p.m.
 

Art, Policy, Pizza & Ping Pong at Lebanon Hills, 860 Cliff Rd, Eagan, MN 55123

James Everest, Melodee Strong, Peter Haakon Thompson
Sunday, September 22, noon – 4:00 p.m.
 

Youth City Planning Workshop at the MN History Museum, 345 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102

Corrin Wendell
Saturday, September 28, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
 
Meet the artists

Thomasina will coordinate and host a few community workshops to create mural designs based on beadwork that addresses the future of the Metropolitan Council. The mural will be featured in the Creative Enterprise Zone’s Chroma Zone Mural Fesitval

James will create and install interactive sound gardens at multiple regional parks to showcase the connection between parks and water — and invite people to share their thoughts on the future of these systems.
 

Peter will create multiple pop-up events at regional parks. Each event will feature a flag-making workshop where participants visually represent their hopes for the future of Met Council systems. The finished flags will hang in a public space.

Racquel will create and host several community events, each focused on a different theme connected to land use, the environment, or indigenous education. The engagement will culminate in a visual translation of feedback from the events that will be shared with the Met Council.

Witt will host a series of community conversations and individual interviews focused on people not traditionally engaged in future housing policy. Witt will create up to 10 portraits of the participants, turning the portraits and quotes into art that can be used as public policy displays.

Con's focus is on hidden water systems and environmental justice by highlighting water infrastructure. Con will create and present artistic projection events across multiple sites to celebrate the future of water.

Luis designed a poster series featuring the goals or policy areas of Imagine 2050. Luis collaborated with the Art + Policy team to display the poster series at bus stops across the region, in addition to public infrastructure and buildings.

Corrin will host a series of seven hands-on workshops with youth from each of the seven counties, exploring housing, land use, and transit themes. Corrin will capture participant feedback and share it with the Met Council for public comment.

Melodee will help students in North Minneapolis learn more about policy through youth-focused, art-based engagement pop-ups featuring sidewalk stamps, murals, and more.