Legacy funds are appropriated to the Humanities Center for the Minnesota State Council on Disability to provide educational opportunities in the arts, history, and cultural heritage of Minnesotans with disabilities in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. A small portion of this 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 Council.
Funding for four free music concerts as part of their summer concert series. The concerts will take place at the LeDuc Historic Estate in Hastings in August 2011.
In 2010-2011, the Givens Foundation for African American Literature will launch Givens Black Books, a community reading campaign designed to increase access to and engagement in the literary arts in the Twin Cities' African American community.
James Sewell Ballet' ArtAces is an outreach ticket and transportation program aimed at providing access to our performance and education programs for schools who wish to participate, regardless of financial ability.
The Cedar will partner with Brian Coyle Center, African Development Center, and West Bank School of Music to engage the East African communities of Cedar-Riverside with a comprehensive arts program that uses music events as the focal point.
The College of St. Scholastica is requesting a one year grant that would provide critical funding for its 2010-2011 Performing Arts Series, which offers a variety of arts experiences that would not normally be available in this largely rural region.
The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra will substantially expand its service to hospice patients by creating a new partnership with St. Mary's Medical Center, building our current relationship with St. Luke's Hospice Duluth and increasing the number of trained hospice musicians.
Arts 101 is 12 months of quality and meaningful arts samplers traveling TO existing groups of any age.For participants,tickets and transportation will be provided for a more in depth experience.
To bring four concerts to the western suburbs by national artists of high caliber, elevating the artistic merit of our concert season and providing arts experiences not otherwise available to our community.
In the Circus of the States residency, fourth grade students will learn circus skills and create a performance celebrating their geographic study. The project will include individual research, collaboration, creative problem solving, and theater to entertain and teach.
The Sumunar Gamelan and Dance Ensemble will present a featured performance at the Minnesota State University Moorhead's Day of World Percussion, to be attended by Moorhead students and faculty plus performers and participants from throughout Minnesota and the Dakotas
Childish Films @ the Library is an innovative series of professionally curated classic, independent, and new world cinema for ages three and up. Free and open to the public, films are paired with hands-on arts activities for young children.
With a 30-year track record of touring in Minnesota, Mixed Blood Theatre Company will tour seven productions to 16 statewide communities over the next two years to promote pluralism, to serve vulnerable Minnesotans, and to provoke discussion and education about cultural competence.
Pillsbury House Theatre and the Pillsbury House Neighborhood Center will work together to integrate arts learning into five of the non-arts community programs, reaching people ages twenty months to 50 years.
Pillsbury House Theatre will reduce economic and perceptual barriers to theater attendance by implementing an all pay-what-you-can run of BROKE-OLOGY in the winter of 2011 and promoting it specifically to low-income neighborhood residents and participants of community partner organizations.
Expand the Stories project for English Language Learner students, writing and performing their migration stories, to three additional public schools in St. Paul and Minneapolis, providing more arts learning opportunities to students who face barriers to participation.
Rhythmic Circus Productions (RCP) aims to present performances and educational outreach to seven communities throughout greater Minnesota, who have sought out RCP specifically based on its reputation, myriad of performing arts and creativity represented, and innovative and energetic learning opportunities.
The Rose Ensemble will significantly expand the scope and depth of its annual greater Minnesota tour by bringing in-school workshops, adult arts learning experiences, and affordable concerts of medieval and Renaissance music to six old and new touring communities.
The Saint Paul Community Youth Arts Project will dramatically increase Saint Paul Parks and Recreations ability to use its many community spaces to engage Saint Paul at-risk youth in grades K-12 in high-quality arts learning opportunities during out-of-school time hours.
The Vecchione/Erdahl Duo will tour with recitals of new music for oboe/bass duo to Owatonna, Grand Rapids, and Duluth; and with Pages of Music with Rolf and Carrie educational programs to 32 communities served by the Great River Regional Library system.
Arts for Academic Achievement seeks Arts Board support for, Apprenticeship: What Do (Good) Authors Do? The project will bring highly qualified teaching artists into 34 Minneapolis Public Schools’ second grade classrooms to teach, inspire, and apprentice young writers.
