Funding to produce and stage the regional premiere of Lisa Meyers’ The Birth of Venus. Performances will take place at the Cedar Riverside People’s Center in October 2011.
Funding to create and produce Tushaanal/fires of dry grass, an original, evening-length dance theater piece exploring women’s stories of violence, trauma, and survival in global communities of color. Performances will take place at the Southern Theater in
Funding for 10 to 15 teens, who have a parent with cancer, to design and construct a piece of public art under the direction of glass artist Malcolm Potek. The project will take place at the artist’s northeast Minneapolis studio beginning in October 2010.
Funding for the 2013 St. Paul Almanac, an annual publishing of amateur and professional literary artists. The 2013 St. Paul Almanac will be released in September 2012.
Funding for residencies in 20 Minneapolis Public Schools Special Education classrooms during the 2011-2012 school year. The program of 12-week residencies at each school will include music, dance, visual arts, poetry and theatre.
Funding for The Art of Working, an interactive arts program for adults with disabilities that uses dance, music, and poetry to nurture communication skills essential for obtaining employment.
Funding for the 2011 Summer Music Enrichment Program, a three-week day camp for students ages 5 to 12 on instruments including African drum, piano, woodwind, and guitar, and culminating in a performance showcase.
Funding to produce and stage the world premiere Drakul, by John Heimbuch, and the regional premiere of the play After the Quake, by Frank Galati. Drakul will be presented in February 2011 at the Red Eye Theater. After the Quake will be presented in May 20
Funding for the Kwanzaa program, a series of classes for youth on African dance, storytelling, spoken word, hip-hop, and R&B. The classes will culminate in a Kwanzaa celebration at the Sabathani Community Center in December 2011.
Funding for the Winter/Spring 2011 education program, providing fiber art instruction in weaving, spinning and dyeing for all ages. Classes will be held at the Textile Center in Minneapolis.
Funding for the 2011 Girls Getting Ahead in Leadership Summer Arts Program for immigrant and refugee high school girls from throughout the metro area. The program includes 16 two-hour sessions of visual arts instruction at the Canvas Teen Arts Center in
Funding for Make-a-Play which allows students in ages 12 – 17 to work with professional theatre artists in the creation of an original play. The project will take place in the summer of 2011 at Yellow Tree Theatre.
