Funding for Now We See You, Now We Don’t, an original dance and theatre production about a visual artist who goes blind. Performances will take place at the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, in March 2011.
Funding for a four-week black and white photography workshop that will partner teens from Centro, a social service organization serving Latino and Chicano communities, with Augsburg College photography students in July and August of 2011.
Funding for “All About Me,” a three-week digital media project for 40 youth from Central and surrounding South Minneapolis neighborhoods in the summer of 2011.
Funding for “Challenging Perceptions: PRI Artists Focus on the Walker Art Center,” a 25-week program beginning in May 2011 for 20 adults with developmental disabilities to learn drawing and painting through exposure to the Walker’s permanent collection.
Funding for spoken word and music production residencies for up to 20 students at the PYC Arts & Tech High School. The residencies will take place in nine-week classes during the 2011-12 school year.
Funding for the 11th annual Twin Cities Book Festival, a free one-day public literary event featuring readings, panel discussions, book signings, writing workshops, book art demonstrations, storytelling, and other activities for all ages. The festival wil
Funding for Art Abilities, a four-part workshop introducing teens and adults with developmental disabilities to a variety of fine art forms. Workshops will take place at the Brooklyn Center Community Center in October and November 2010.
Funding for NEW WORKS 4 WEEKS 2011, a multidisciplinary performance festival that serves as the culmination of Red Eye’s artist development programs, which provide space and technical support for the creation of new work. The project will begin in winter
Funding for the 2011 Roadshow, an original interactive performance work developed in collaboration with both housed and homeless people. Performances will run during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week at several venues throughout the Twin Cit
Funding for LAB, a low-cost continuing education opportunity for performing artists of any genre. Twenty eight LAB sessions led by Sandbox Ensemble Members will run from March through the summer of 2011 at the FallOut Arts Studio in south Minneapolis.
Funding to produce and stage a new multidisciplinary performance inspired by the work and lives of Donald and Howard Wandrei, two St. Paul science fiction and horror writers from the 1930s. Performances will take place at The Red Eye Theater in November 2
Funding to present the world premier of Amass, a composition by Composer-in-Residence and McKnight Fellow Jocelyn Hagen. The performance will take place at First Lutheran Church in Columbia Heights in February 2011.
Funding to produce and stage the satire, Mrs. Smith Presents… A Benefit for the Carlyle Foundation Empowerment School for People and Cats with Severe and Persistent Challenges. Performances will be held at the Southern Theater in January 2011.
Funding for a 2-week arts and sign language immersion program for Deaf people and sign language interpreters, to create a bilingual play based on participants’ experiences. The project will run from August 1 through 12 at Frey Theater at St. Catherine Un
Funding for Train at 206 Summer Intensive, a physical theatre training intensive that will run from June 13 to July 1, 2011 at 206 in the Ivy Building for the Arts in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis.
Funding to produce and stage Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake), by Sheila Callaghan. Performances will take place in March 2011 at the Cedar Riverside People’s Center in Minneapolis.
Funding to stage and produce Jon Klein’s T Bone N Weasel, and William Mastrosimone’s Cat’s Paw. Performances will take place at Gremlin Theater in September 2011 and March 2012, respectively.
Funding for BODY OF LIGHT, a 75-minute work of original choreography featuring movement, media, and music. Performances will take place at the Southern Theater in September and October 2011.
Funding for a film production project for teenage girls that explores diverse perspectives of love. Fifteen girls will work with five adult artist mentors over six months beginning in May 2011.
