Forecast Public Art

What kind of future do we want to build together?
Image: CarryOn Homes at St Paul City Hall Plaza during Larry Cohen Recognition Project design, for which Forecast facilitated artist selection. Photo: Zoe Cinel.
WATCH | Public Art Now: Indigenous Public Art
with Jessica Mehta and Gregg Deal
Read | FORWARD Issue 5: Housing
A collaboration with NeighborWorks America. Photo: Rich Ryan, 2021, courtesy Mark-n-Sparks.
Support our FORWARD series
Help us share stories of artists + communities partnering on civic solutions.
Image featured in FORWARD1; photo by Trilogy Beats courtesy Sidewalk Detroit.
We leverage public art to advance justice, health, & human dignity
Image: with the City of Bloomington, we designed & managed a process to hire a community curator & designer to develop the South Loop WE Mural.
WATCH | Not Just Housing: Artists addressing the housing crisis
a FORWARD series talk with Paul Singh, Dr Lisa Yun Lee, Tiff Beatty, Mark Valdez, & Jenn Lamb
Support our Public Art for Racial Justice work
Image: we donated support to All Here Together for a mural on Black history in the Fairfield District of Huntington, WV. Mural by Ernel Martinez.
WATCH | Decolonizing Public Spaces

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Forecast is a nonprofit organization that activates, inspires, and advocates for public art that advances justice, health, and human dignity.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT FORECAST

These stories and images celebrate everyone who helped create the conditions for Forecast to serve and thrive in the past year as we expanded our work nationally, deepened our impact in communities and continued addressing challenging national issues.

The cover of Forecast's 2022 Report to the Community with a grid of six art related scenes illustrate art in public, artists at work painting and engaging with community

It is our honor to share our 2022 Report to the Community

Artists from outside the metro area and greater MN are encouraged to apply. Each selected artist will receive a stipend of $4,500. Apply by 8:00pm CT, June 5.

A colorful artist call text graphic reads "2023 Joyful World Mural Park" with the directive to apply by June 5, 2023 plus logos from Forecast, the Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota State Fair Foundation

Artist Opportunity—The MN State Fair + Forecast announce an open call for 4 muralists to add 4 new murals to the 2023 Joyful World Mural Park.

Welcoming CoCo Villaluz, Maia Maiden, and Patri Acevedo Fuentes to Forecast’s Board of Directors

May this virtual space be a pathway for resilience, animation & light.

Presented in partnership with Hennepin County Transgender + Gender Nonconforming ERG.

Curated and created by Candida Gonzalez and Boo McCaleb.

We’re proud to offer a virtual exhibit honoring trans people, with featured artists Nance Musinguzi, Kapono Asunción, Marcela Michelle.

Read Forecast’s Insights from the Field: Four Cities, Four Leaders, Driving for Equitable Change in Public Art

How we, and others, are driving for equitable change in public art.

Our team recently presented a new Public Art Strategic Plan for Creative Waco and the City of Waco. Raj Solanki, local comic artist and freelance illustrator, created our graphic visualization of the plan.

an illustrated cover with the text Bridges to Public Art, a Strategic Plan for Public Art in Waco, TX with drawings of an aerial view of a bridge over a river before a tree-filled cityscape

An artist-designed plan will guide Waco on strategic public art decisions. View our plan presentation.

15 artists are recipients of our 2023 early- and mid-career grants. $86,000 will support 13 independent projects, leadership and professional development, risk-taking, multidisciplinary approaches, and collaborative problem-solving in the field of public art.

A grid of 14 artist headshots includes a variety of genders and skin tones

Congratulations to Forecast’s 2023 Early- and Mid-Career Grant Recipients! We are proud of, and thrilled for, this incredible group of artists.

two people sit with heads bowed on stage in a darkened, full auditorium lit by dangling strands of light. Text reads, we are listening, launching in 2023 national public art listening sessions for BIPOC artists and admins

With support from funders and donors, our team facilitated creative listening sessions for BIPOC artists and admins in 5 US regions in 2023.

Rendering courtesy Jackson Jarvis Studio/OLIN + OMA.

A rendering depicts large colorful hoops of varying size, up to two or three times the height of a person, that are spaced throughout a grassy tree-filled park filled with people who are relaxing and playing.

Forecast leads selection process for major artwork commissioning in Washington DC 11th Street Bridge Park—all local, all-women artist teams

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What kind of future do we want to build together?

WATCH | Public Art Now: Indigenous Public Art

Read | FORWARD Issue 5: Housing

Support our FORWARD series

We leverage public art to advance justice, health, & human dignity

WATCH | Not Just Housing: Artists addressing the housing crisis

Support our Public Art for Racial Justice work

WATCH | Decolonizing Public Spaces