The Minnesota State Legislature asked the Minnesota Humanities Center to award arts and cultural heritage grants to the Somali community through the competitive grant process. Legacy funds are appropriated to the Humanities Center to support such work. A small portion of each appropriation was reserved by the Humanities Center for direct expenses related to administering the grant. Should any portion of this reserve be unused, the difference will be awarded to the respective organizations.
Ka Joog requests funding from the Minnesota Humanities Center to offer songwriting and composition to Somali American youth enrolled in FANKA, our arts education program. We will contract with Nimcaan Hilaac, a renowned Somali American songwriter, singer, and composer. We will offer 210-300 Somali youth in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Saint Cloud songwriting workshops facilitated by Mr. Hilaac. Their learning will culminate in a community-wide event featuring performances by our youth.
To contract with qualified professionals to prepare construction documents for the preservation of the 1867 Southern Minnesota Depot, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and used as the headquarters for the Rushford Area Historical Society.
To hire a qualified engineer to conduct a structural assessment of the 1917 Danebod Folk School Brick Building, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
To hire a qualified historian to complete an evaluation to determine eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places for the Le Sueur Theatre.
To hire professionals to assess and write a collections storage plan for a historically significant collection, which will allow greater public access to this resource.
To hire a qualified archaeologist to catalog and review collections from the Vosburg site in order to learn more about the Blue Earth Oneota in Minnesota.
The TAP hosts a performance stage for spoken word, karaoke, and live music. Our friends have often never had a chance to be welcomed to a stage, where they are celebrated for their unique talents, and cheered for their courage in availing themselves in a public venue.The TAP also offers opportunities for artists in our community who create works of art in a variety of mediums. Our friends paint, sculpt, sketch, knit, fashion jewelry, and more. They're encouraged to exhibit and sell their artwork at our events and we supply them with everything they need to display their works, at no cost.
1.) WETCC Cultural Director will identify facilitators, coordinate dates, events, location, agenda and professional development credit for participant and utilize WETCC co-curricular assessment to capture and assess data. 2.) WETCC Cultural Director will identify and coordinate dates, location, facilitatory, agenda, food, advertisement and Professional Development Certificates for participants.
1.) WETCC Cultural Director will identify facilitators, coordinate dates, events, location, agenda and professional development credit for participant and utilize WETCC co-curricular assessment to capture and assess data. 2.) WETCC Cultural Director will identify and coordinate dates, location, facilitatory, agenda, food, advertisement and Professional Development Certificates for participants.
May Lee-Yang will collaborate with local Hmong filmmakers to produce two 30-minute episodes of Hmong Organization, a comedy web series about a Hmong nonprofit and the people who work there. The completed episodes will be made available for free on Youtube.
