Give to the Max 2019
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Juxtaposition Arts, IncIn 2019, we raised money to count the cost and #FundtheLabs. Thank you to our donors!
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GIVE TO THE MAX DAY 2019
#FundtheLabs
This Give to the Max Day, Count the Cost and Fund the Labs!
JXTA provides training and employment for young artists like Justice (Environmental Design & Tactical), Avahnii (Graphic Design), Odis (Textiles & Screen Printing), and Laurel (Contemporary). Apprentices ages 14-21 learn and earn in these five revenue-generating art and design studios called JXTALabs. While making a competitive hourly wage, apprentices in the labs build hard skills (like Photoshop, SketchUp, and pottery-throwing), gain real-world experience working on client projects, and collaborate with peers and professional teaching artists to maximize their learning.
Each year it costs $500,000 to run and operate the JXTALabs. This includes apprentice wages, materials, teaching artist salaries, and other operational costs.
That is $41,000 per month.
$8,000 per lab per month.
$9,615 per week.
$1,369 per day.
Every donation helps. Gifts from $25 to $25,000 are an investment in the creative futures of the next generation of artists and designers. Please support JXTALabs today!
- For $119, you can support one apprentice in one day of labs.
- For $1,369, you can fund one day of JXTALabs.
- For $8,000 you can fund one of five labs for one month.
Or donate at any amount that feels comfortable to you.
Throughout this campaign, stay tuned to hear directly from apprentices like Avahnii about why JXTA is important. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to read these stories.
Help Fund the Labs. Help Fund the Future. #GivetotheMax today or on November 14, 2019.
About JXTALabs:
In JXTALabs, apprentices learn alongside teaching artists and designers by working on real client projects. The skills they acquire in the Labs propel them into careers, higher education, and entrepreneurship, all while getting paid an hourly wage. In JXTALabs apprentices also receive mentorship from experienced art and design professionals. Helping to build their confidence, skills, and portfolio. We need your support. We are so appreciative of our clients! In 2019, JXTA apprentices brought in earnings of $357,000, and JXTA paid out $257,000 in apprentice wages. However, that is just a portion of what it costs to support the labs. We need your support. Please count the costs and help us fund the labs.
Click HERE to view a video we put together that reveals the process for a recently completed Luminous Current light-based installation now on view at the Guthrie Theater.
ABOUT JXTA:
Founded in 1995, JXTA is a youth and community development social enterprise rooted in North Minneapolis. Our mission is to develop community by engaging and employing young urban artists in hands-on education initiatives that create pathways to self-sufficiency while actualizing creative power. At its core, our work builds North Minneapolis’ cultural, financial, and social capital by training our local youth workforce into creative industries and investing in the equitable development of North Minneapolis and the West Broadway commercial corridor. All of our programming is offered at no cost to our participants and their families. JXTA is the only local organization providing year-round creative training and employment for youth and the only organization that trains and employs youth who are entering into careers in urbanism and urban planning.
JXTA employs about 70 youth each year. After completing our 12-week Visual Arts Literacy Training (VALT), young people aged between 14 and 21 are eligible to apply for an apprenticeship in one of our JXTALab micro-businesses (Environmental Design, Graphic Design, Tactical, Textiles, and Contemporary Art), producing high-quality design products and services for sale to local, regional, and national customers. JXTA employs adult professionals, or Lab Leads, to manage client jobs and train apprentices in the required skills and concepts for their respective Labs. Youth work 10 to 20 hours a week, and their wages are $9-11 per hour, moving towards $15 over the next few years.