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Minnesota's Legacy showcases the organizations and the people who have benefited from Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment in sound-rich 90-second segments.
Opening: This is Minnesota's Legacy: A look at the organizations and people who have benefitted from Minnesota's unique Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment
Britt Aamodt: Juxtaposition Arts began life as an after-school program, offering airbrushing and graffiti classes. That was 1995. Thirty years later, it has a new campus in North Minneapolis with a library, skate park, classrooms and about 70 art apprentices.
SFX: spray paint can spraying; skateboard sounds
Roger Cummings: It functions as an art center and economic development and workforce development center.
SFX: music with heavy drums
Aamodt: Roger Cummings is a co-founder and chief cultural producer.
Cummings: We train over 100 young emerging artists every year. So we work with people from eight to twenty-three.
Aamodt: The Minnesota Arts and Cultural Fund has been integral in helping Juxtaposition Arts bring their workshops to schools and to train their in-house students.
SFX: sounds of youth talking
Cummings: We help them build their portfolios so they can get into colleges or firms.
SFX: percussion beats; music
Aamodt: And not only can they work in the Juxtaposition Arts' gift store, they can design the socially-conscious streetwear and accessories sold there, and, youth get the opportunity to work on client projects for local companies and organizations. You can check them out at juxtapositionarts.org.
Closing: Minnesota's Legacy is a production of AMPERS, with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, more at ampers dot org.