Funding for two variety shows featuring adults with developmental disabilities. Performances will take place at Edina’s Edinborough Park indoor amphitheater in December 2011 and May 2012.
Funding for the Orono Community Arts Festival featuring hands-on activities, demonstrations, and performance art. The festival will take place at the Discovery Center in Maple Plain in February 2011.
Funding to stage and perform the musical Oliver! as their sixth annual summer community theater production. Performances will take place at Stillwater Area High School in July 2011.
Funding for two, weeklong theater workshops for children in grades 2 to 8 in conjunction with Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre Company. The workshops will culminate in two performances each of Aladdin and Peter Pan. The performances will take place at the
Funding for a six- to eight-week Youth Summer Theater program featuring an original script and musical score. The program will take place at the Watertown-Mayer Primary School auditorium and will culminate with three public performances in August 2011.
Funding for the 2011 National Asian/Pacific Islander American Spoken Word Summit. The four-day event will bring together local and national APIA artists to perform and participate in workshops and panel discussions. The summit will take place at The Loft
To document in 15 oral history interviews the history of individuals who have set up and developed Minnesota's African American community-based organizations.
TaikoArts Midwest seeks funding to bring the healing, empowering, and community building benefits of taiko drumming to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and homeless youth communities in Minneapolis. We will partner with schools and nonprofits to best serve each community. We will use funds to staff a Community Outreach Director position, a taiko instructor assistant, and a mental health/youth behaviorial specialist to lead the programming.
