Interact Center For The Visual And Performing Arts, Inc.

What Interact Center For The Visual And Performing Arts, Inc. does

Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 1996 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, that provides professional visual and performing arts programming for artists with disabilities. The organization operates two core programs: a Visual Arts Studio serving 70+ artists working across painting, drawing, ceramics, fiber arts, and sculpture, and a Performing Arts theater ensemble of 40+ actors with disabilities producing original fully staged productions. Supporting offerings include an online gallery shop where artists receive 50% of sales, Empowerment Arts Summer Workshops for ages 14-22, a Writer's Workshop, artwork commissions and licensing services, performance/consulting services, and facility space rental.

The organization generates revenue through a diversified nonprofit model including individual donations, corporate sponsorships (tiered $500-$5,000 for the 30th Anniversary), state and government funding (it is a licensed adult day program and trusted partner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services), earned art sales, commissioned artwork, licensing deals, and space rental. With 20,000+ email subscribers, a 30-year operating history, and notable brand recognition including Good Morning America features, Vogue gift guide inclusion, and a Walker Art Center acquisition of an Interact artist's work, the organization has built a distinct position in the regional disability arts ecosystem. Distribution is primarily regional (Minnesota) but extends to national awareness through press coverage and select commercial collaborations such as the KARA fashion brand partnership.

Name

Interact Center For The Visual And Performing Arts, Inc.

Legal name

Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Inc.

Website

https://interactcenterarts.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is a Saint Paul, Minnesota-based 501c3 nonprofit founded in 1996 that serves 120+ artists with disabilities through a visual arts studio and professional theater ensemble, funded by donations, state grants, art sales, and sponsorships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Arts Services

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Visual Arts Instruction (Drawing, Painting, Sculpture) (EDAMAAAA), Performing Arts (Acting, Improv, Theater) (EDAAAGAE)

Keywords

• Disability arts programs
• Nonprofit performing arts
• Visual arts studio
• Community arts education
• Accessible theater productions

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Paul

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, Interact relies heavily on charitable donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations. They conduct periodic fundraising campaigns including emergency appeals (e.g., COVID-19 crisis fundraiser).
2. Government Funding: Interact is a trusted partner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services. State funding provides foundational support for artists attending the program.
3. Art Sales and Commissions: Artists receive 50% of sales from artwork, with the remaining 50% supporting art supplies and studio programming. Original artwork, prints, ceramics, jewelry, and crafts are sold through the online gallery shop.
4. Corporate Sponsorships: 30th Anniversary Sponsorship tiers range from $500 (Friend of Interact) to $5,000 (The Pearl Anniversary), with benefits including logo placement, tickets, and recognition.
5. Space Rental: Interact rents space at their facility for events, meetings, and conferences including Gallery spaces, Performing Arts Black Box, Ceramics studio, and meeting rooms.
6. Artwork Licensing and Commissions: Commission original artwork from artists or license existing artwork for commercial use.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that runs a Visual Arts Studio serving 70+ artists with disabilities across painting, drawing, ceramics, fiber arts, and sculpture, and a Performing Arts theater company producing original fully staged productions with an ensemble of 40+ actors with disabilities. It supplements these core programs with an online gallery shop selling original artwork (artists receive 50% of sales), summer workshops for ages 14-22, artwork commissions and licensing services, performance/consulting services, and facility space rentals.

Product overview

Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is a nonprofit arts organization offering two core programs: a Visual Arts Studio serving 70+ artists working across all fine art disciplines (painting, drawing, ceramics, fiber arts, sculpture), and Performing Arts (Interact Theater) producing original fully staged theater productions with 40+ actors with disabilities. Supporting offerings include an online gallery/shop for selling artwork, Empowerment Arts Summer Workshops (ceramics, watercolors, singing, playwriting, stage combat, acting/improv for ages 14-22), a Writer's Workshop, the 'Work With Your Quirk' podcast, artwork commissions and licensing services, performance/consulting services for events, and space rental. The organization operates from Saint Paul, Minnesota, and serves artists with and without disabilities working side by side as peer creators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Visual Arts Studio

Quantifiable outcome

• First Interact artist (Victor Van) to have work acquired by Walker Art Center
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Stand with Ukraine MinnesotaminorOthers · 1 May 2022Charitable partnership where Interact artists donated artwork for sale with 100% of proceeds going to Stand with Ukraine Minnesota, an organization supporting Ukrainians with medical support, food and clothing.
• Cow Tipping PresscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2021Multifaceted collaboration on Take A Look exhibition featuring dynamic drawings and collages. Ten Interact artists met weekly online to read and discuss Cow Tipping Press poems, culminating in Best of Cow Tipping Vol. 3 book publication and digital audiobooks. Made possible with Minnesota Humanities Center partnership.
• Minnesota Humanities CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2021Partnership making Take A Look exhibition possible. Hosted Neurodiverse Literature & Art event featuring Interact artists and Cow Tipping authors. Provided funding support for the collaboration.
• KARAcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 February 2021Spring 2021 collaboration between four Interact artists (Andrew Seymour, Janice Essick, Mike Harris Jr., John Riddle) and New York City-based fashion accessories brand KARA. Part of KARA's ongoing 'KARA you BE you' series celebrating individual expression. Designer Sarah Law discovered Interact on Instagram in 2019 and was struck by the spectrum of expression in artists' work.
• Quarter Gallery at Regis Center for Art, University of MinnesotacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2020BOOTY BODY exhibition hosted at University of Minnesota's Regis Center for Art Quarter Gallery, marking Interact's first exhibition at the university. Featured 19 visual artists working across fibers, drawing, painting, and ceramics.
• The White Page GalleryminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Hosted Randomland exhibition featuring Interact artists' work at The White Page Gallery.
• Artspace Jackson FlatsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Hosted Groundswell exhibition featuring Interact artists including Mike Harris Jr., John Riddle, Peder Hagen, and Zack Mohns at Artspace Jackson Flats.
• Quarter Gallery (University of Minnesota)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Hosted Philanthro-Brew exhibition at Quarter Gallery.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Creative Growth: Oakland-based nonprofit visual arts studio serving adult artists with disabilities, selling work through a gallery and online shop. Closest structural match to Interact's visual arts studio model, including the 50/50 artist sales split philosophy.
• AXIS Dance Company: Oakland-based integrated dance company with disabled and non-disabled performers creating original work. Comparable ensemble model and disability-forward performance ethos to Interact's performing arts program.
• National Disability Theatre: Disability-led theater company producing original work with disabled performers. Directly comparable to Interact's performing arts ensemble of 40+ actors with disabilities producing original fully staged productions.
• Sins Invalid: Bay Area performance project centering disabled artists, particularly QTBIPOC performers. Directly comparable mission and disability-led performance model to Interact Theater.

Regional players

• Guthrie Theater: Major Minneapolis-based professional theater. Comparable as a regional performing arts peer in the Twin Cities market, though it is a broad incumbent rather than a disability-focused organization.
• Penumbra Center for Racial Healing: St. Paul arts and racial-healing organization operating performance and exhibition programming out of a dedicated facility. Comparable as a regional nonprofit arts operator in the Twin Cities, though focused on racial equity rather than disability.
• SteppingStone Theatre: Saint Paul-based youth theater with an explicit inclusive-access mission serving youth with disabilities. Directly comparable on geography and on the Empowerment Arts Summer Workshops demographic (ages 14–22).
• Mixed Blood Theater: Minneapolis theater with a long-standing radical inclusion programming model featuring disabled and multicultural casts. Strong regional and mission-level comparability to Interact's disability-forward theater work.
• Forecast Public Art: Twin Cities-based nonprofit supporting public and socially engaged art practice. Comparable as a regional arts nonprofit operating in the same metro and adjacent artistic ecosystem to Interact.

Broad incumbents

• VSA / Kennedy Center: The largest U.S. organization focused on arts and disability, embedded within the Kennedy Center. Operates as a broad incumbent with national reach rather than a single-site studio/theater hybrid like Interact.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/InteractArts
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/InteractCenterArts
• Facebookfacebook.com/interactcenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/interact-center
• Instagraminstagram.com/interactcenterarts

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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