Artful Living at Lyngblomsten: Arts for Every Season of Life, brings fine arts events, workshops by resident artists, and celebrations of creativity for Lyngblomsten older adults and community members. Through this request, they are introducing two new seasons of art to complete 2011 and continuing two art partnerships from previous seasons.
Mother of Mercy Campus of Care's project provides an opportunity for senior citizens with health issues, and for low income senior citizens without major health issues, to attend professional musical performances.
Mother of Mercy Campus of Care will run two, 6-week sessions of hands on art work in water color and clay. We will bring in local artist/teachers and have our residents and tenants actively work with watercolor for six weeks, then clay for six weeks to create their own personal art.
The Family Center, in partnership with Screen Porch Productions, will implement a year-round performing arts program that provides opportunities for broader and deeper community arts participation.
This one week project is designed for 60 emotionally disturbed students and will increase their exposure to dance, introduce them to a new form of communication, and provide them with a team experience.
The Otter Tail-Wadena Community Action Council will partner with the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center to bring 200 underserved adults into participation in the arts in Wadena and Otter Tail Counties of Minnesota.
Our Neighborhood Works is partnering with Z Puppets Rosenschnoz for Monkey Mind Pirates, an arts camp for children combining puppetry, songwriting, and yoga. The project culminates in public performances.
Musical theater collaboration with Sounds of Hope, Ltd. 233 adults with developmental disabilities will use theater, music, and dance to bridge differences and broaden arts participation. Transportation to rehearsal space at MacPhail Center for Music will introduce clients to a new arts resource.
Phoenix Alternatives's Job Enactment Program utilizes Upstream Arts a theater group providing instructional coaching in career and job development scenarios to help secure community jobs for clients with disabilities.
Project SUCCESS will collaborate with the Guthrie Theater to organize four different field trips featuring three different productions for students at Washburn and South High Schools in Minneapolis.
To bring inner-city youth and their families to a variety of arts experiences they would otherwise not be able to access to due cost and transportation
Art Adventures is a summer arts initiative to engage and increase access to the arts for low-income, underprivileged Hmong youths through working with artists and visiting local arts organizations and events.
A writing group and an art group Expression for Wellness and Effectiveness will each meet twice monthly, for nine months, to prepare, share, and critique participants' work. It will be advertised in the Powderhorn and Phillips neighborhoods. A chapbook (32 pages) and a gallery exhibition of at least twelve works will be presented in L'Orange Gallery.
YouthLink requests support for an Art Garden initiative, programmed by Kulture Klub Collaborative, designed to connect homeless youth and artists in an exploration of sustainability and community.
Four visual arts workshops programmed by Kulture Klub Collaborative and led by working artists that are designed to provide homeless young women with immersive, participatory arts experiences in a variety of media, including sculpture, photography, and creative writing.
The YWCA will engage at risk youth and immigrant families in arts events and activities, including performances and artist workshops, to reduce barriers and increase understanding and involvement in the arts.
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation will stage a series of 24 interactive arts events, working with COMPAS to identify visual, music, and written word artists who will address the needs of the diverse populations we serve.
To provide individuals with cognitive disabilities art classes, increase their exposure to museums in Minneapolis, help them understand their artwork as part of a larger world of museums, and to expose the community to the artwork through a public exhibition by these new artists.
Youth and adults of various programs of RESOURCE's will be provided arts experiences at Children's Theater, Minnesota Orchestra (2 events), Stages Theater and SteppingStone Theater.
Four Community Centers (Brian Coyle Center, Waite House, Oak Park, and Pillsbury House) will establish long-term program partnerships with Minnesota artists and arts organizations to provide diverse multi-disciplinary art programs for over 120 Minneapolis youth. Funds will provide transportation, tickets, supplies, and artist stipends.
Stage Play with Duluth Playhouse. A collaborative program where children with autism are able to enjoy theater arts while at the same time learning new communication and social interaction skills.
To provide opportunities for underserved, low-income, disabled, youth and elderly residing in St Paul's Public Housing at Dunedin high rise to attend events at Heart of the Beast (2 events), Ordway, Stages Theater, Children's Theater and Northern Clay Center.
The project will provide the opportunity for low-income children and youth to participate in the theatrical arts by viewing Seussical the Musical at the Children’s Theatre Company.
The project is designed to introduce emotionally disturbed youth to a new form of communication via the art form of dance with Zenon Dance Company, and help them experience trust as part of a team to prepare them for successful re-entry into the school from which they were removed.
Bancroft Neighborhood Association will increase engagement of the arts to Latino families by working with Spanish speaking artists and provide four family artist events using puppetry through which participants will learn about Mexican folk arts.
To provide an opportunity for all residents and tenants, including low income seniors, to attend professional concerts at the Paramount Theatre in St.Cloud.
