Funding for “River EcoJourneys,” a series of three, one-week school residencies featuring storytelling, drumming, dance, and the creation of puppets and masks for students in grades 3 to 6 at three schools in St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Funding for Summer Theater Camp for students aged 6-13, a full-day, 2-week long hands-on learning experience for students to explore theater arts, acting, music and choreography at the Maplewood Performing Arts Theater in Maplewood Community Center during
Funding for Ashland Collaborative Theater or ACT!, a collaborative theater arts experience for elementary-aged youth and culminating in four staged performances at the Maplewood Performing Arts Theatre in January through March.
Funding for their 5th Annual Fall Concert featuring original choreography accompanied by Beethoven’s 6th Symphony and Handel’s Messiah. Performances will take place at the Fitzgerald Theater in October 2010.
Funding for Calliope’s Song, a program to increase members’ repertoire of songs that includes workshops, rehearsals, and community outreach performances. Activities will take place between October 2011 and May 2012.
Funding for the 2011 – 2012 Visiting Artist Series comprised of the Visiting Master Artists’ Weekend in October 2011 and the Minnesota Irish Musicians’ Weekend in June 2012. Events will be held at Celtic Junction in St. Paul.
Funding for China the Beautiful (part 1), the 2011 Chinese New Year show showcasing the many styles and uses of Chinese dances. Performances will take place at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in January 2011.
Funding for the 2011 – 2012 Concert Season, a series of four concerts of Italian Baroque music of the 16th and 17th centuries. Concerts will take place at The Chapel of St. Mary at the St. Paul Seminary between September 2011 and April 2012.
Funding for a new full-length dance performance featuring a hybrid form of Afro-Brazilian contemporary dance and capoeira. Performances will be held at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis in winter 2012.
Funding for the In Residence dance program, a collaboration between DA Dance and the Women of Nations domestic violence shelter. The project includes two 2-week residencies consisting of workshops and performances.
Funding for master classes, clinics, workshops and school assemblies at 12 metro area high schools and middle schools in 2011 and 2012 featuring local and national jazz artists.
Funding for three artist residencies at Highwood Hills Elementary School and Academia Cesar Chavez charter school on the East Side of St. Paul in May, June, November and December of 2011.
Funding for the Canvas Public Art Enhancement Project, a youth-driven collaborative project that will increase the visibility and use of the grounds and facilities at the Canvas Teen Art Center over eight weeks in the summer of 2011.
Funding for “Digital Me,” a comprehensive after-school arts learning program for 5th to 8th grade students at Farnsworth Aerospace Elementary Magnet School and The Community School of Excellence. The twice-weekly course sessions will run from October 201
Funding for Singing for a Lifetime, the 2011 – 2012 subscription season featuring six full concerts divided into three series. Concerts will take place between November 2011 and May 2012.
Funding for the Student Body of Sound program, a long-term instruction initiative followed by a peer-to-peer dance performance at North End Elementary School in St. Paul and The Burroughs’ Minneapolis Kids program, from late January 2011 through the end o
Funding for three theatrical productions in their 58th season. The Lion in Winter, Murder on the Nile and The Sound of Music will be produced and performed January through May 2011.
Funding for Further Fidgety Fairy Tales: The Third Mental Health Musical, a 40-minute performance using familiar fairy tales to illustrate symptoms of common children's mental health disorders. Ten performances will take place around the metro area in Mar
Funding for Passage of Life, the fourteenth installment in the Rainbow Series of Chinese Dances. Dances will include a fusion of Chinese, American hip-hop, and modern dance. Performances will take place at the Brady Education Center of the University of S
Funding to provide Chinese Folk Dance and Classical Dance lessons for adults and children taught by instructors from China from May until mid- September 2011.
Funding for six concerts featuring guitar virtuosos and free workshops and master classes with the artists. The concerts and master classes will be held between October 2010 and May 2011, at Sundin Music Hall on the campus of Hamline University.
Funding for the world premiere of The Gospel According to Jerry, a theatrical comedy. Performances will take place at the Hillcrest Recreation Center in April and May 2011.
Funding for Longing for the Qeej, an original Hmong dance drama. Performances will be presented at the Minnesota Fringe Festival and other community celebrations between August 2011 and January 2012.
