Interact Center for the Visual & Performing Arts will 1) hire an Outreach & Communications consultant to work with staff to identify partners and opportunities for Interact artists with disabilities to present performances, arts exhibitions, and hands-creativity workshops throughout Minnesota; 2) create targeted outreach list; 3) create fresh messaging; 4) develop implementation plan; 5) facilitate training.
On December 11, 2023 a dedicated Hmong-American activist and leader, Tou Ger Xiong, was kidnapped and killed in Colombia. Tou Ger Xiong has dedicated his life to building bridges across cultures, speaking out against injustices to marginalized communities, advocating for active civic engagement among communities of color, and bringing people together through laughter. This grant aims to provide a space for the community to come together to collectively mourn the loss of Tou Ger Xiong.
This project will work with Ananya Chatterjea, Ananya Dance Theatre artists, Asian American puppeteers, and actors in a series of workshops to collaboratively devise a shared movement vocabulary and choreography rooted in non-Western movement traditions for the world premiere of FIFTY BOXES OF EARTH by Ankita Raturi in Theater Mu's 2024-25 season.
