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.
Mercy Manor to provide an opportunity for low income senior citizens to attend professional concerts and musicals at the Paramount Theater in St.Cloud.
Reedeemer residents will attend three theatrical performances with the children from the facilities' day care center, Grandma’s House, and a chamber orchestra performance
Augustana Care will offer a summer concert series to take place on–site at three health care centers that serve elderly residents who have virtually no access to live classical music performance
The Immigrant, Refugee and Battered Women’s Task Force will bring advocates and immigrant and refugee women to the Pangea World Theater performance of Breaking Silence. Events around the performance that bring issues of battered immigrant women to the forefront will be crafted by the two organizations.
Tickets to Minnesota seniors and their guests to attend performances by Circus Juventas as well as two tours and six off-site mini-performances, transportation to all nine events, and outreach to multi-ethnic seniors.
The Douglas County Partners for Clean Water program enables community groups to take action and improve their water resources. Engaging citizens directly in project development and installation efforts provides immediate water quality benefits and cultivates a community of active stewardship.
Multiple theatrical and dance performances for young men in the Gang Reduction and Intervention program as well as kids from the youth center will attend performances: Four Little Girls of Birmingham (SteppingStone) m, Barrio Grrrrl (CTC) , STOMP (Ordway), and the Political Theater Festival with Teatro del Pueblo (location tba).
Barrio Grrrl! with Children's Theatre Company and School. The project will equip 75 children ages 8-14 to better see the power of art to understand their own culture and others. Pre-show presentations, workshops led by teaching artists, and post-show writing workshops will help the children to communicate their own story.
WISE summer arts will provide underserved immigrant/refugee teen girls with the tools and opportunity to learn about visual arts, create physical expressions of their ideas on culture and identity, and introduce their art to the community in a bold and diverse formal exhibition.
This visual arts education will be incorporated into Wayside’s array of addiction services to assist women with using the arts as a healing tool. This will help reduce barriers to participating in the arts. Classes will take place at Wayside House and at Articulture; childcare will be provided.
Inner Voice, Inner Strength is a free event on October 15, 2010, organized by the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota and Patrick’s Cabaret which celebrates the many talents and creativity of people with epilepsy. Funds will support transportation and supplies.
Provide adults with disabilities multi-media artistic experiences guided by professional artists. The goal is to use a creative venue to practice appropriate workplace communication and interactions to increase their employability and their participation in the arts.
