2022 BY THE NUMBERS
In 2022, we rapidly expanded our work nationally working with over 40 public and private partners in cities nationwide from Red Wing to Alameda, Baton Rouge to Washington DC—from affordable housing developers to council members, community groups to park systems—providing them with tools, planning, and processes to support skilled public artists in their own communities and prioritizing the work of BIPOC artists.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
ARTISTS SERVED
ADMINISTRATORS TRAINED
FORWARD READERS
of commissioned artists are BIPOC
of commissioned artists identify as women or non-binary
We helped pay over $1.35 Million to artists
for public art projects through artist fees and commissions
of those dollars went to BIPOC artists
of those dollars went to artists who identify as women or non-binary
Images: (1) A new space activation in Saint Paul's Securian Financial 401 Building, Girl Friday Creative’s Lagoon is a ceiling installation comprising thousands of strands of vibrant flagging tape. Light enough to hang en masse, this undulating sea of tape in the brand's colors mimics watery depths. When used in other industries, these flagging tape colors also reference water. People are invited to visit this one-of-a-kind gathering space to work, read, and simply enjoy. Forecast is proud to connect artists and designers with an initiative to energize and activate downtown in Minnesota's capital city. A pilot of the Downtown Alliance ALL IN SAINT PAUL connects local artists with business owners to spark collaboration and creativity by reimagining underused spaces in the city's downtown. (2) Artist and curator Lindsey Cherek Waller's pop-up in Red Wing, MN, featured a live painting session inspired by conversations with community members, who were each given flowers. (3) Muralist Noah Lawrence-Holder paints with assistant Petra Lee. The artist was one of four commissioned to paint a mural live at the Minnesota State Fair in 2022. Their murals join the Joyful World Mural Park collection, which began in 2021 and is now a seasonal attraction at the fairgrounds. Photo by Drew Arrieta, 2022. (4) A notebook full of ideas from one of our Making It Public workshops. (5) Wicagnaska—gooseberries or currants—are a part of traditional Lakota diets. Lisa Iron Cloud (Oglala Lakota) teaches people how to find, identify, harvest, and process them for cooking and storage. Photo courtesy Lisa Iron Cloud. Featured in guest curator Mary V. Bordeaux’s Public Art Now collection highlighting five artists who all announce Lakota identity to the world and expand upon popular understandings of public art, in FORWARD Issue 4.