Funding for Dances at the Lakes, a free dance concert featuring original choreography by Colleen Tague. Performances will take place at the Lake Harriet Rose Garden in Summer 2011.
Funds will be used to apply for the 501(c)3 designation, purchasing music folders, music for special concert with the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra and compensation for the conductor, accompanist and guest musicians.
Funds will allow the Bemidji Community Art Center to hire much needed staff to assist in the implementation of existing programs allowing the organization the opportunity to better serve its members, area artists and the community-at-large.
Funding will support rental of permanent costume storage and costume construction space as well as funds to expand our technical capabilities in order to add to the artistic quality of our productions.
Funds will support he costs of producing the 2010-2011 Orchestra Concert season, delivering three free and four subscription concerts to the people of North Central Minnesota.
Funding for Art Fete, a juried visual arts exhibition featuring a free opening reception and awards ceremony. The exhibition will be shown at the Burnsville Performing Art Center Gallery from March through April 2011.
Funding for three performances at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center: a concert featuring pianist Roberto Plano, a Baroque concert, and the fourth annual Young Artists Competition. Performances will take place between January and May 2011.
Funding for Art... Be A Part!, an arts program for all ages featuring weekly hands-on art activities at Dakota Woodlands Women’s Shelter, two art activity tents at the annual Eagan Art Festival, and smaller workshops for teens and intergenerational audien
Funding for two performances of the St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach featuring 50 additional musicians to the chamber choir and orchestra. The concerts will take place at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Plymouth in March 2011.
Funding for a daylong choral music workshop for male high school-age music students in Dakota County. The workshop will culminate with an evening performance in April 2011.
Funding for the Rosemount Bluegrass and Americana Festival, a three-day free festival in conjunction with the city’s Leprechaun Days celebration. The festival will take place at Rosemount’s Central Park in July 2011.
Funding for Step into Summer, a series of dance clinics that will run for four weeks on Wednesday evenings in July. Clinics will take place at the South St. Paul Central Square Community Center Amphitheater and will culminate in a community dance for the
