Business, Arts & Recreation Center, Inc.

The Business, Arts & Recreation Center, Inc. (BARC) is an organization that provides endless opportunities for local area residents and business owners. BARC is committed to promoting and enhancing the business, arts, and recreational communities of southern Minnesota for the benefit of everyone.

For more information, please visit: http://www.barcwindom.com/Default.htm.

Intermedia Arts

Intermedia Arts is Minnesota’s premier multidisciplinary, multicultural arts organization. They engage the power of the arts to increase connections and build community between people from different social, economic, and ethnic groups. By stimulating broader civic dialogue and by giving voice to the issues and experiences of underrepresented communities, they contribute to a stronger, healthier society.

For more information, please visit: http://www.intermediaarts.org/.

Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project

The Art of Conflict is a visual art exhibit initiated with the intention of providing American artists and Iraqi artists a unique opportunity: to exhibit their art together. The show does not represent one holistic point of view. Instead, the artists share their ideas through various mediums including film, photography, installation, painting, and book art, to present a compilation of works from various points of view.

The show combines different expressions of identity during times of conflict. Identity encompasses that of a victim of war, a soldier, a veteran, an artist, a bystander, an Iraqi, or an American. Building on the peace-making efforts of the recent Sister City agreement between Najaf, Iraq and Minneapolis, Minnesota… 10 of the 23 artists are from Minnesota, 8 are from Iraq and the remaining 5 are from various cities in the U.S. The artists come from all stages in their career; some have shown their work for many years, some are showing for the first time.

For more information, please visit: http://reconciliationproject.org/.

Main Street Project

Main Street Project has a Media Justice program which states that communication is a fundamental human right. Yet people in many communities, and especially people of color, women, youth, and other disenfranchised peoples, are denied this right every day.

The media justice initiatives work towards digital inclusion, addressing the need for both access and representation so that all community members can participate in the national and global conversation about the future. To learn more, download the Media Justice fact sheet (PDF).

Justice 2.0
Hands-on training for organizations and communities of color on media justice, digital storytelling, and how to effectively use social media tools to combat anti-immigrant and racist voices is an important initiative for Main Street Project and our partners.  PlaceStories site: view stories created by Justice 2.0 digital participants.

For more information, please visit: http://www.mainstreetproject.org/.

Red Wing Arts Association: Diversity Festival

Red Wing Arts Association (RWAA) sponsorship of the annual art show is presented in partnership with the Red Wing Diversity Festival in September each year featuring an exciting mix of cultural food, music, dance, poetry, and art.

For more information, please visit: http://www.redwingartsassociation.org/diversity_festival.htm.