Juxtaposition Arts Inc

“Roger cummings deanna cummings board member former ed husband-wife”

“Board of directors, managing director, director of finance and operations, and accounting staff review and check against accounting / bookkeeping records before filing”

“Filled out and reviewed annually by board of directors”

“Compensation set by board of directors through the budget and an annual performance review process”

“Compensation is set by directors based on annual performance review and budget”

“Documents are made available upon request.”

“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 by engaging and employing young urban artists in hands-on education initiatives that create pathways to self-sufficiency while exercising power. Jxta works to connect its audiences to the region's robust arts industries and to contribute to more equitable vibrant communities. More than 28,000 youth have been engaged in juxtaposition arts' programs since the organization's founding. Juxtaposition arts envisions youth entering the creative workforce as dynamic innovators and problem solvers with the confidence, skills and connections they need to accomplish their educational and professional goals, and to contribute to the revitalization of 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 and then have opportunities to be 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 and national customers.”

“Jxta offers year round ongoing programs which are provided at no cost to youth or their families: visual art literacy training (valt) is an out- of-school-time intensive introductory visual art education program. It is 8-12 weeks, 3 days a week, 3 hours a day, and offered year round. It is open to youth 8 to 21 years old. Participants must attend entrance interviews. There is no prerequisite to enroll. Freewall intro to aerosol/stem camp/remix your kicks and other seasonal introductory workshops are 3-4 weeks, 2-3 days a week, and give youth access to visual art mediums we do not offer throughout the entire year. This workshop is open to youth 8-21 years old. Participants must attend entrance interview but no prerequisite to enroll. Jxtalab teen staffed design enterprises train and employ youth screen printers, graphic designers, contemporary artists, and landscape architects. Youth can work year round for 9-16 hours and are paid 12.25-16.00/hr. Professional emerging artists and designers are contracted as the lead and assistant artists in the jxtalab studios. Youth gain skills and experience by making real products and services for clients as well as for jxta. Apprentices must be at least 14 years old and are hired through an interview process. A prerequisite is they must have successfully completed valt. Apprentice and adult artists teams generate revenue through contracts, commissions and other commercial work for clients including murals and public artwork, creative community engagement, graphic design logos, brochures, programs, invitations, flyers, screen- printing t-shirts, totes, and fine paper jobs, contemporary artwork rental and commissioned works. These client based jobs help support the youth wages and training . Community art partnership residencies bring jxta adult teaching artists into schools and other spaces to conduct workshops and programs that meet graduation standards and augment the goals of the partner organization and the participants. Art exhibitions, festivals, guest visiting artists and other public events such as flow the northside arts crawl engage local residents and other community members and amplify the work of local, national, and international artists.”