Forecast Public Art – Forecast Public Art is a nonprofit arts organization that connects the energies and talents of artists with the needs and opportunities of communities.

WE TURN YOUR PUBLIC ART AND PLACEMAKING IDEAS INTO REALITY
WE SUPPORT ARTISTS WHO WORK IN PUBLIC SPACES
WE KEEP YOU INFORMED AND ON TREND

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Forecast fosters dynamic, inclusive and resilient communities through public art, community-engaged design and transformative placemaking. We improve our collective life through a unique combination of responsive consulting services, support for public artists, and abundant resources on current issues and trends. Forecast is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT FORECAST

FORECAST CONSULTING ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCED

Five consulting associates will join Forecast in 2019 to work intensively on a variety of public art initiatives.

TULSA NAMED BLOOMBERG PUBLIC ART CHALLENGE WINNER

Forecast will collaborate with Rick Lowe on “The Greenwood Art Project” in Tulsa, a $1 million Bloomberg Public Art Challenge winner.

2019 ARTIST GRANTEES ANNOUNCED

A total of $86,000 in Forecast grants will be made to thirteen early- and mid-career Minnesota-based artists.

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40 years of supporting groundbreaking work in public spaces

ISSUES THAT MATTER

IN NEIGHBORHOOD WE TRUST

Insight | Nia Umoja of New West Jackson, Mississippi, shares how the community is developing its own model for sustainability.

PERMISSION TO DREAM, KNOW, AND ACT

Explore More | Three artist-activists help a neighborhood dream about, and develop, its economic future.

ART AT THE BORDER

From the Director | Forecast Executive Director Theresa Sweetland speaks to public artists working at the U.S.-Mexico border.