Funding for Make-a-Play which allows students in ages 12 – 17 to work with professional theatre artists in the creation of an original play. The project will take place in the summer of 2011 at Yellow Tree Theatre.
Funding for the 2011 Winter Theater Experience, an audition-based 7-week arts enrichment experience directed toward the youth of St. Paul’s East Side. The project will begin in late January and culminate in performances of The Wiz over two weekends in Ma
Funding for “All Abilities Dancing,” a program designed to give youth with disabilities a quality dance experience that emphasizes ability, from June 2011 to May 2012.
Funding for monthly workshops during the 2011-12 school year and a 2012 summer camp for young fiddlers ages 8 to 18 to learn fiddle music from many traditions and to meet other students and teachers.
Funds will assist musician Aaron Tank to conduct five song-sharing workshops and folk music performances in Region 2, and give original recordings to workshop participants.
Funds will assist the City of Bagley with the purchase of a metal sculpture, created by a local artist, depicting historical themes that relate to the city.
Funds will assist the Beltrami County Historical Society to produce “The Middle Years 1941-1963,” a 56-minute TV documentary of Bemidji and Beltrami County which will combine historic overviews of world events and the relationship to our community.
Funds will assist Bagley High School Seniors and Drama Club Members to attend the Guthrie Theater production of Shakespeare’s “A Winter’s Tale” in Minneapolis.
Funds will assist Pequana Playhouse to purchase a professional quality programmable full-size electronic keyboard to be used in rehearsals and performances.
To attend a fiber arts conference to learn new tapestry weaving skills and then use my experience to introduce tapestry as an art form to northern Minnesotans.
To assist the artist in acquiring materials and equipment to complete a glass bead making studio where the artist will provide instruction in the art of making lampwork beads.
