CLIMB Theatre secured commitment letters for 276 days of programming in 62 preschools in 49 communities throughout Minnesota. CLIMB last served preschoolers 20 years ago. Expanding on that experience, CLIMB will teach basic theatre skills while addressing preschool curriculum.
Montevideo Public Schools' project, "Out the Door, Round the Block: The Art and Science of the Neighborhood," learners of all ages will work with five professional artists to create original works of art to be shared with the community.
In its 32nd season, Music in the Park Series will present an 8-concert chamber music series and 3-concert family series, and educational activities in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood of St. Paul and the greater metropolitan area.
Our project is a summer arts camp offering focused art teaching to students in grades 6-12, opportunities unavailable to them during the school year, and whose families are unable to provide them in summer.
Elementary students of the Dawson-Boyd School District will experience multicurricular learning by creating with five roster artists in the areas of music, storytelling, theater, poetry, mosaics, and interdisciplinary art through school residencies and community activities.
To establish a scholarship fund that can be used by low-income residents in our community to ensure that anyone with an interest can access our programming regardless of financial ability.
COMPAS will collaborate with the Kulture Klub Collaborative to provide a worksite for homeless youth to create art under the guidance of visual artist Rogger Cummings, while participating in ArtsWork, an arts-based summer employment program.
Only 6.7 percent of schools with 55-100 percent of students getting free/reduced fee lunches access CLIMB although 716 of 716 Title 1 teachers surveyed want us. This proposal provides free performances of three plays we'll revise to meet Title 1 school needs.
Dakota Music Tour is Brent Michael Davids, Maza Kute Singers, Cochise Anderson, Manny Laureano, and Mankato Symphony Orchestra engaging Minnesota's Dakota communities with concerts merging American Indian and Western classical music together, including scholars and dancers from each community.
Monica Haller will offer workshops to veterans from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other current conflicts in which they compile their images and words from combat into a book; each veteran takes his or her own book home to share with family and friends.
Per Minnesota Law, the Minnesota Humanities Center administers programs for the Minnesota Council on Disability. The Humanities Center uses a portion of the funds to provide grants administration, including overseeing the proposal process, agreement drafting, financial and program monitoring, and reporting.
Per Minnesota Law, the Minnesota Humanities Center administers the Arts and Cultural Heritage Children's Museum Grants. The Humanities Center uses a portion of the funds to provide grants administration, including overseeing the proposal process, agreement drafting, financial and program monitoring, and reporting.
Per Minnesota Law, the Minnesota Humanities Center administers programs, named and competitive, related to cultural heritage in Minnesota. The Humanities Center uses a portion of the funds to provide grants administration, including overseeing the proposal process, agreement drafting, financial and program monitoring, and reporting.
During the 2015 Legislative Session, the Minnesota State Legislature asked the Minnesota Humanities Center to award arts and cultural heritage grants to civics organizations. 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.
During the 2015 Legislative Session, the Minnesota State Legislature asked the Minnesota Humanities Center to award arts and cultural heritage grants to Ka Joog. Legacy funds are appropriated to the Humanities Center to support such work. A small portion of the 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 museum.
Ragamala Dance and Mu Daiko will present a shared public performance at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, providing an affordable experience of Indian and Japanese performing arts to the southern Twin Cities suburbs, and a free school matinee.
"Stories from Yesterday and Today: Continuing the Circle of Life" - A Center for the Arts, Kaddatz Galleries, and Otter Tail County Historical Society bring storytelling into senior centers while gathering stories from seniors to share with community and family.
The Commonweal Theatre Company requests support for a 2011 Minnesota tour of Henrik Ibsen's timeless play, An Enemy of the People, to share our affinity and knowledge of "the father of modern drama" with underserved audiences.
The Edge Center plans to host Stages Theatre Company. Stages will bring professional actors, musicians, and technical directors to enrich audiences and provide embedded staff development to local artists and technicians. Stages will provide guidance for further development of our theatre.
Cantus's access project will bring its singers to community centers and other sites to perform and interact with underserved communities in a new Cantus Harmony initiative, and will dedicate 10 percent of home concert tickets to low-income music-lovers, an ongoing effort.
A Center for the Arts is putting forth a proposal that suggests we are both a host for professional companies (some with and some without touring experience) as well as the tour manager to take these professional opportunities (in music, theater and dance) into other communities within a 70 mile radius of Fergus Falls.
Fresh Voices is a digital arts project dedicated to the creation of photographs, videos, and writing pieces that publicly acknowledge and celebrate the voice of Latinos living in the rural community of Crookston, Minnesota.
The Circle of Life is a two-year project involving all facets of the community in lifelong learning through music, theater, movement, and puppetry - working with Ghaian dancer/drummer Francis Kofi, and artists Esther Ouray and Julie Kastigar.
Illusion Theater will launch a 3-week summer intensive arts education program bringing in high school students from across the state, working together to create a play that they will perform several times for youth and the community.
IFP Minnesota will provide classes in photography and filmmaking six times per year to residents of the Inpatient Transitional Rehabilitation Program at Courage Center. Students will receive training in digital video and/or photography, and have opportunities to express themselves through these mediums. An exhibition of this work will be provided through a photography show and screening at Courage Center, and through presentations on Courage Center' intranet and closed circuit television, and on IFP Minnesota's website.
Bounxou Chanthraphpone, experienced Lao weaver, brings hands-on classes to seniors and youth. Teaching the technical aspects of weaving, the artistry of design and the cultural context of Lao weaves and designs. Exhibits/demonstrations will share this learning with hundreds of Minnesotans.
The Loft will deepen its relationships with and investigate and remove barriers to participation in Loft programs for writers and literary readers and those in the makings who are recent immigrants, people living with disabilities, and teens.
