The Loft

Arleta Little, Executive and Artistic Director of The Loft, shares why Minnesota Legacy funds are so crucial to growing the creativity of independent writers.

Creators and Guests

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Producer

Britt Aamodt

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Producer

Matt Gundrum

What is Minnesota's Legacy?

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: Everybody's got a story in them. That's an old saying, and probably true. But just because you have a story doesn't mean you know how to tell it. That's where the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis steps in. It provides the nuts and bolts of the craft.

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Arleta Little: This means helping writers to build literacy skills or literary skills, to learn how to navigate publishing, to explore and grow their creativity and really to find community.

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Aamodt: Arleta Little is the Loft's executive director. Through classes, workshops, mentorships, readings, and writing festivals, students not only get the know-how but the how-to: How to format a screenplay, plot a novel, write dialogue, find an agent, get over rejection and not give up. And it uses Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage funds to help those writers to accomplish their goals.

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Little: While our programs and people have changed over our 50 years, our core values really have been our through line, and that's creativity, connection, care, justice, curiosity and courage.

Aamodt: The Loft Literary Center lives online at loft dot 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.