To form a partnership in order to provide services to, and help coordinate preservation of historic resources for, the various historical organizations around Steele County.
IX and TQH will collaborate to support the immigrant members of IX who are also part of the queer community. We want to focus on this intersection because IX has a handful of members who embrace this identity and struggle for recognition within their Latinx community. IX will work with TQH to support the intersectional identities of IX members through their claiming of their narratives. This will be done at a December storytelling event of TQH, through IX members (and adding a cross-cultural element) as well as queer Hmong and Somali individuals sharing their stories publicly.
Today's request to the MN Humanities Center for Page to Publishinggrows our former Community Editors program from 12 sessions of compressed writing and editing skill building, to a comprehensive 20-session literary arts pathway for BIPOC artists. To launch the program, a call for Teaching Artists will go out in September, with a goal to have five leaders on board by November. At the same time, we will promote the upcoming workshop opportunities to communities via networks of former Community Editors, through libraries in primarily BIPOC communities, and other means.
A year-long series of gatherings in Rondo's community garden provides space to share cultural memory, empowering Rondo residents to imagine new futures through place-based revitalization in line with Rondo's racial and community histories. Gatherings foster dialogue, record and honor the past, and imagine new futures through art, learning and healing in green space. Together, we will build a future that is centered on Black land, liberation and self-determination.
Minneapolis based FOOLS PRODUCTIONS proposes a tour of its newest show, THE VAUDEVILLIAN / Spirit of the American Dream to historic theaters and modern performing arts centers across greater Minnesota.
Children's Theatre Company will use theater, storytelling, and creative writing to introduce and enrich arts learning for students in grades 4 and 5 through a thirteen-session Neighborhood Bridges theater arts residency which also complements literacy goals.
Flying Foot Forum will tour “The Percussion Project” to ten Minnesota communities. It will expand its touring in Minnesota, conduct workshops, and bring quality arts to youth and adults.
Funding for Caribbean Carnival, a cultural celebration featuring live salsa music, Latin dance performance groups, and festive art. The event will take place at the Cedar Cultural Center in March 2011.
