Emerson Village, 2022

In 2022, Juxtapositions Arts’ Tactical Lab was commissioned

by the Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative to do design-

based community engagement for their new housing

development, Emerson Village, in North Minneapolis. We held

listening sessions and envisioning workshops with families

currently in other Beacon’s housing to get their feedback on

what living in already existing Beacon’s housing was like and

what they feel could be changed to improve their experiences.

During the listening sessions with family, I would be doing live

graphic note-taking, drawing visual imagery of the thoughts

and ideas they were sharing. At the end of each session, we

would project the drawings to look at and review together.