Minnesota Street Project Explained

Minnesota Street Project
Founder:Andy Rappaport and Deborah Rappaport
Headquarters:1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco, California, U.S.
Website:Official website

Minnesota Street Project (MSP), is a dual for-profit/foundation model art space founded in 2016 in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco, California;[1] and features 13 art galleries, an event space, and a restaurant.[2] [3]

History

Minnesota Street Project was founded in 2016 by venture capitalist Andy Rappaport, and Deborah Rappaport. The Minnesota Street Project Foundation (founded in 2019), and the California Black Voices Project and Grants for Arts Equity (founded in 2021), are two grant programs born from this project, created to “begin addressing the systemic racism in the art world”.[4] [5]

Minnesota Street Project is a three building complex, with 35,000 square feet of gallery space; they also offer subsidized art studio space at 1240 Minnesota Street (just across the street).[6] The gallery space features an atrium, the building was designed by Jensen architects.

Galleries represented in the space have included Anglim/Trimble, Rena Bransten Gallery, bitforms gallery, Casemore Kirkeby, Adrian Rosenfeld, and Jack Fischer Gallery.[7] [8] [9] The space has been the event host of the annual Fog Design + Art Fair, and the annual San Francisco Art Book Fair (launched in 2016).[10] [11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bravo . Tony . October 21, 2019 . Minnesota Street Project announces new nonprofit Minnesota Street Foundation . 2022-11-20 . . en-US . 1932-8672.
  2. Web site: Huang . Jia Jia . 2022-11-11 . San Francisco’s Vibrant Art Scene Isn’t Dying Out Anytime Soon . 2022-11-20 . ARTnews.com . en-US.
  3. News: Baumgardner . Julie . 2017-01-11 . A Guide to America’s Next Great Art Neighborhood . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-11-20 . 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: Bravo . Tony . July 8, 2020 . Minnesota Street Project opens first group gallery show in atrium, launches virtual portal . 2022-11-20 . . en-US . 1932-8672.
  5. Web site: Bravo . Tony . December 22, 2021 . Visual art in 2021 explored big issues and didn’t shy from controversy . 2022-11-20 . . en-US.
  6. News: Lasky . Julie . 2016-12-03 . Dogpatch, San Francisco: A Hub for the Creative . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-11-20 . 0362-4331.
  7. News: Nagourney . Adam . Pogrebin . Robin . 2022-08-29 . San Francisco’s Art Market Struggles in the Shadow of Los Angeles . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-11-20 . 0362-4331.
  8. Web site: Desmarais . Charles . 2016-10-10 . N.Y. art gallerist Adrian Rosenfeld to open Minnesota Street Project space . 2022-11-20 . San Francisco Chronicle . en-US.
  9. Web site: Gentile . Dan . 2022-11-03 . The $48,500 elephant in the room at an SF AI art exhibit . 2022-11-20 . . en-US.
  10. Web site: Whiting . Sam . 2016-07-18 . 1st SF Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Project . 2022-11-20 . . en-US.
  11. Web site: Chang . Kristina . 2022-06-27 . San Francisco Art Book Fair Returns After a Two-Year Break . 2022-11-20 . . en-US.