Mission Team
Program Artists Studio Maps

PF PLATFORM

Public Functionary collaborates with artists to develop larger-scale and longer-term initatives by offering infrastructure support, funding, space or co-production in early development stages (often 1-5 years). For a reciprocal approach and trust-building, Public Functionary partners on projects initiated by artists within the PF team and/or who have been in relationship with the organization. Essentially, Public Functionary challenges gatekeeping practices of arts nonprofits by sharing resources and seeding projects with the intention that they grow and sustain outside of PF in the future.

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STUDIO ARISAEMA | 2024-Current

The Studio Arisaema incubator is a creative studio residency for Black artists of marginalized genders (women, trans femme, trans masc and nonbinary folks) to deepen their craft in music production, engineering and performance.

Studio Arisaema is being designed and led by M. Jamison. Public Functionary provides studio space, mentorship and operating funding.

 

CONFLUENCE | 2023-Current

ConFluence: A Cultured Multiverse is a space for art and connection for BIPOC nerds. In November 2023, 500 attendees brought their beautiful, nerdy selves to a two-day celebration of art, sci-fi, futurisms, and fantasy–– centered on content by and for Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color. ConFluence was dreamt up over the past year to be a creative, inclusive, and liberating space where everyone would feel connected, inspired, and seen.

ConFluence is planned to return in 2025.

This project is initiated by PF Studios Director & Artist Leslie Barlow, supported by a Community Planning Committee, co-produced by Public Functionary.

 

THE PLAYGROUND EXPERIENCE | 2022-Current

The Playground Experience (PGX) is a two-week craft refinement & creative business management residency for musicians and installation artists centered around the spirit of play. The two-week residency culminates in two nights of performances by the participating artists. Artists in the cohort creates a show, all three shows are interwoven into a larger experience for the audience.

The Playground Experience residency will return in 2025. In 2024, a PGX event series, Double Dutch will be presented quarterly at Public Functionary.

Created by Vie Boheme, the Playground Experience and Double Dutch are co-produced by Bohemian Way and Public Functionary.


 

SWAP MEET | 2021-Current

Swap Meet is an annual artist market and installation space, activating PF spaces (144 & 247) throughout Art-A-Whirl Weekend. The project was initiated in 2021 and continues annually to support and highlight BIPOC artists within the neighborhood-wide event by Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association.

Swap Meet is curated annually and organized by Tangible Collective, Public Functionary supplements production funding, space and planning support.

 

CREATIVES AFTER CURFEW | 2020-2024

Creatives After Curfew is a decentralized collective composed of local/independent BIPOC, white-accomplice and Queer artists from the Twin Cities. The group initially mobilized to gather resources, share knowledge and respond to injustice surrounding the killing of George Floyd in 2020. The collective has since transformed into a platform used to create temporary and permanent murals as a source of healing, possibility, and activism for communities in need.

Creatives After Curfew was initiated in 2020 by PF Team Members (Leslie Barlow, Tricia Heuring, Ryan Stopera, Maiya Lea Hartman, Taylan De Johnette and Silent Fox) along with artists Nell Pierce, Bayou, Olivia Levins Holden, Juliette Myers, Katrina Knutson, Jordan Hamilton, Claudia Valentino, and more. Public Functionary provided studio space, operating support, mentorship and fiscal sponsorship from 2020 - 2024. Creatives After Curfew is now a self-sustaining collective.