Funds will assist Arc United to host artists Maureen O’Brian and Terry Honstead to mentor adults with disabilities in creating a mural and individual collage art to be on public display throughout the state.
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 Bemidji State University Theater to produce William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, in conjunction with a visiting professional costume designer, for the general public and local schools.
Funds will assist Bemidji Symphony Orchestra to host a performance with Carol Wincenc, a world-renowned flute soloist, who will also provide a master class to regional music students and symphony players.
Funds will help provide opportunities for public education, reflection, and dialogue before and after a performance of Murry Sidlin’s “Defiant Requiem” by the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra on May 1, 2011.
Funds will assist Boys and Girls Club of the Bemidji Area to offer courses for Club members, aged 6-18, to learn to draw using charcoal pencil and to learn the basics of pottery on two tabletop potters wheels.
Funds will assist in establishing Art and Drama classes on “Art Mondays” at the Clear Waters Life Center Gonvick Visual and Performing Arts Center for youth and adults.
Funds will assist CSSI/Hope house in hiring two artists-in-residence to teach painting and writing skills to people with long-term mental illness, and a public exhibition of the completed projects.
Funds will obtain the services of a mural artist to research, design, and produce a mural in the Baudette Depot which will reflect the cultural heritage of the region in the early 1900’s.
Funds will assist Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning to offer opportunities to experience the work of regional and local poets at four poetry readings and to attend a play about classic American poet Emily Dickinson.
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 Lake of the Woods School to hire Don Houseman to teach printmaking to 8th through 12th grade art students for 10 days, culminating with a public show of the students’ work.
Funds will assist the LakeWood Care Center in hiring an artist-in-residence, Mary Therese Peterson, to provide care center residents with an opportunity to learn and create art culminating in an art show
Funds will help the Northern Light Opera Company present six performances of “The Music Man” July 29 - August 7, 2011 at the Park Rapids Area High School Auditorium.
Funds will assist the city of Park Rapids to purchase a portable stage to create a safe performance space for arts activities and to help make these activities more accessible to all.
Funds will assist Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council to produce “Art Leap 2011”, a 2-day “open studio event,” including a driving tour of artists’ studios and other cultural destinations, live performances and a variety of workshops.
Funds will assist Paul Bunyan Playhouse in offering a drama camp for young actors in grade six through high school from the Bemidji Public Schools Summer Learning Communities.
Funds will assist Pequana Playhouse to purchase a professional quality programmable full-size electronic keyboard to be used in rehearsals and performances.
Funds will assist Red Lake Nation Boys and Girls Club Unit 2 Ponemah to encourage youth and elders to participate in community art projects to help promote the well being of their culture through hands-on experience and verbal awareness.
Joe Becker will discuss his work and introduce science and arts students to his unique style of glass sculpting. Joe provides a quality arts experience to all those involved in the residency and has the ability to work with at risk youth. After the initia
Christopher D. Lutter-Gardella of Puppet Farm Arts will conduct a one-week residency with Kindergarten children on puppetry. The children will be involved in constructing large scale puppets with the week concluding with a works in progress presentation t
