Education and Community Programs

Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis

Minneapolis’ outstanding community-based arts center, Intermedia Arts was one of 12 midsized and small arts organizations, across the country, recognized as part of Americans for the Arts new Exemplar Program. These organizations are being singled-out for outstanding cultural work and their participation in the Animating Democracy project. Supported by the Ford Foundation, the two-year Exemplar Program aims to “foster a holistic and integrated approach to organizational health, institutional growth, civic engagement, and aesthetic investigation.” A round of applause for the winners please. By the way, if you want a mini-master’s in community arts/cultural development these are the guys you have to study. The reach, intelligence, and breadth of their programming is a wonder. If Intermedia were ever to close I just might have to leave the Twin Cities. Definitely one of the best organizations in this town. I’m so proud! Congratulations Intermedia! You guys definitely rock out!

Intermedia School
with Prof. Tom Borrup, former ED of Intermedia Arts

Intermedia Arts: Bringing Many Voices to the Table
By Tom Borrup

Toward Asset-Based Community Cultural Development: A Journey Through the Disparate Worlds of Community Building
By Tom Borrup

Taking It to the Bank: Unlocking Community Cultural Assets
By Tom Borrup

Creative Organizations: Putting Culture to Work in Community Development
By Tom Borrup

Emerging Paradigms in Organizational Approaches to Community Building
Tom Borrup