ARTS includes posts about muralists (April Knutson); community artists (Tammy Ortegon, Ricardo Levins Morales); writers of books (Marcie Rendon, Jason Sole); poets (Elizabeth Tannen, Teresa Ortiz, Valérie Déus); spoken word artists (Louis Alemayehu, Anna K Binkovitz); prose artists (Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Irna Landrum); film (D.A. Bullock); screenwriting (David Lawrence Grant); dance (Susan De Leon, Isaac Reed); theater (Judy Cooper Lyle); music (Gilberto Vasquez Valle, Ahmed Anzaldua, Jerry Rau); fashion (Jason Sole, Judy Cooper Lyle); and art museums and other public art displays (Roy Taylor, Marcie Rendon).

Jason Sole at Hamline University, January 23, 2020

Jason Sole

Formerly Incarcerated Professor Makes Sacred Trouble

Ahmed Anzaldua

Choral Director of BorderCrossSINGS Revolutionizes Classical and Folk Music

Elizabeth Faue

Feminist Labor Historian Returns to North Minneapolis Roots

Ricardo Levins Morales

Puerto Rican Social Justice Artist Organizes to Win

Acoma Gaither

Public Historian Archives George Floyd Memorial, and History of Minneapolis Mutual Aid

Lisa Albrecht

Lesbian Feminist Educator Still Learning, To Repair the World

Roxxanne O’Brien

Northside Environmental Justice Activist Speaks Truth to Power.

Roya Taylor

Indigenous Radio Host and Actor Begins Her Third Act

Kendrick Wronski

Woman Behind the Painted Signs that Teach Anti-Racism

Tina Burnside

Civil Civil Rights Attorney & Museum Curator Harvests the Stories Community Needs

Tammy Ortegon

Artist Exposes Minneapolis’ Economic Borders

John Samuel Wright

4th Generation Minnesotan Recalls 150 years of Resistance to Jim Crow North

Brenna Dep

Youth Worker Learns Liberating Power of a Poem

Roy Guzmán

Celebrated Queer Honduran Poet Puts Down Roots in Minneapolis

Ruth Voights

Collaborating to Center Native American Women

Celebrating Kirk Washington Jr. Day

Marcie Rendon

Fought Criminal Injustice with American Indian Movement, became Indigenous Mystery Writer

Elizabeth Tannen

NYC Poet Finds Community in Minneapolis Police Abolition Movement.

Artika Tyner

Law Professor, Community Justice Advocate, and Children's Author/Publisher with a Pan-African Lens

Teresa Ortiz

Mexico Ctiy Student Activist 1968, Becomes Latinx Advocate on Lake Street

Patrick Scully

Patrick's Cabaret Founder Lives Authentic Artist Life While Elevating Minneapolis Art Scene

Valérie Déus

Haitian American Poet Misses New York, Builds Artist's Life in South Minneapolis

Barb Tilsen

Singer, Songwriter, Poet, Mother, Grandmother, Organizer

Louis Alemayehu

The Making of A Multicultural Spiritual Elder.

Angela Hooks

Beauty Queen Advocates Black On Black Development & Solidarity with Incarcerated People

Judy Cooper Lyle

From North Dakota Farmer's Union to Urban Spectrum Theatre -- Committed to Community.

David Lawrence Grant

Boyhood at Howard University, with Stars like Toni Morrison, Learned to Write Things That Matter

Filiberto Nolasco Gomez

Chicano Reporter from LA, Centers Marginalized Workers

Anna K. Binkovitz

Poet and MeToo Advocate, on the Politics of Consent.

Philli Irvin (Steven Johnson)

How He Got to Now: The Creative Influences of a North Minneapolis Community Artist

Hye-Kyong Kim

Korean Adoptee's Asian Identity Journey, Leads to Career as Trauma Healer

Katrina Knutson

Urban Queer Artist Fights Police Brutality & Advances Intersectional Liberation

Sherry Quan Lee

Black/ Asian Writer Grapples with Identity, Dares to Nurture Untold Stories

R. Vincent Moniz Jr.

Indigenous Poet on Growing Up "Urban Indian" in Phillips Neighborhood.

Chris Juhn

Social Movement Photographer and ABLE Press Founder

Irna Landrum

Black Queer Lefty From New Orleans Reclaims Nature, God and Politics

April Knutson

Former Leader of MN CP Continues to Build United Fronts

Jerry Rau

Vietnam Veteran Against War becomes Sidewalk Troubadour

Susana De Leon

From Torreón to Minneapolis: Immigration Attorney and Kalpulli Ketzal Coatlicue Dancer

Gilberto Vázquez Valle (1958-2021)

Radio Host Built Solidarity Through Encuentro with Latin American Folk Music

August Nimtz

From Jim Crow New Orleans to Professor in Mpls: The Making of a Black Communist