Midway Contemporary Art

Programs: Exhibition program: each year, midway originates and produces fourfive exhibitions. These new projects by artists from minnesota and around the world connect our local audience to artists working globally. Our exhibitions typically involve the creation of newly commissioned, project-based work. We cover all fabrication, framing, shipping, travel, and related expenses; we also provide extensive technical support, often helping the artist to engineer and create the project on-site. We offer exhibiting artists and guest curators a $5,000 stipend. We produce catalogs alongside selected exhibitions. Library: since opening in 2007, our library has held one of the most current collections on contemporary art in the region. This non-circulating, 7,500-volume resource is easily accessible, adjacent to our gallery and has regular hours. Visitors do not need an appointment and can browse the collection at their leisure, making it useful as an introduction to the field as well as for in-depth research. The library database has a prominent location on our website, where students, artists and researchers can search remotely.

the visual arts fund is a grant program established in 2016 by midway contemporary art with generous support from the andy warhol foundation for the visual arts. Minneapolis-st. Paul is the eleventh metro area included in warhols regional regranting program, which is aimed at promoting vibrant artistic activity in cities across the united states. The visual arts fund awards $55,000 in grants to artists in the twin cities metro area. The vaf supports the development of projects and initiatives happening outside of established venues that engage the public with visual art in a new way. Projects might include exhibitions or installations held in temporary spaces, new publications, series of events or performances, digital initiatives, and other activities that otherwise might not occur.