Current Exhibition
mix-mix - A month of Dance residency with Alyza DelPan-Monley and collaborators
June 3 - June 26
Events to be Announced
Join us at Mini Mart for a month of dance residency. zaza (Alyza DelPan-Monley) will be using this time to work on various upcoming gigs and collaborations, with opportunities for the public to peek in and see what’s in process. Inspired by the iconic Pinoy dessert halo-halo, which literally translates to “mix-mix” this month is an exploration of throwing all the toppings together in one place and letting it mix. They will also be sharing the space with other artists in their community, so stay tuned for weekly schedules of events, open rehearsals, and workshops.
Mission
Mini Mart City Park is a place for the arts, education, environmental action, and community collaboration in the Duwamish Valley.
Vision
After more than 15 years of planning, environmental work, and construction, MMCP transformed a neighborhood brownfield and former gas station, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle, into a cultural center and pocket park that officially opened to the public in 2022.
Our work is rooted in the belief that it is vital to create community hubs for people to build power and a voice in decisions being made to develop their neighborhoods. Today, MMCP serves as an artist-designed, community-led space advocating for creativity and public health through art exhibits, residencies, education, environmental action, and locally-focused programming in the Lower Duwamish Valley, now and for decades to come.
Goals
01.
CLEAN
Installing state of the art remediation technology in a small neighborhood brownfield will clean the earth under the site.
02.
BUILD
A structure where people come together to strengthen their community ties.
03.
EDUCATE
A place to learn about art, architecture & healthy urban environments
04.
ART
A permanent cultural center for Georgetown and the greater Duwamish Valley
Connect with the past. Dream up your future.
History & Future
In 2005 SuttonBeresCuller had a vision to identify and purchase a property in King County and rehabilitate it, proving the potential of art to propel a project that simultaneously repairs damaged land while providing shared, multi-use community space.
In 2008, we identified the Mini Mart City Park site and began environmental assessment work. In 2013, SuttonBeresCuller formed the Mini Mart City Park 501(c)3, which purchased the site.
With the support and engagement of the Georgetown community, Mini Mart City Park is now open to the public . Working with goCstudio we have developed a design for a pocket park and arts-oriented community center.
Incorporating sliding walls and a green roof to create a porous, modular space that blends indoor and outdoor activities such as gallery shows, movies in the park, potlucks, community meetings, readings and live music, Mini Mart City Park embraces the site's history, bring communities together to dream up their futures, and literally clean earth with art.
