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.
Funding for the 2011 Winter Theater Experience, an audition-based 7-week arts enrichment experience directed toward the youth of St. Paul’s East Side. The project will begin in late January and culminate in performances of The Wiz over two weekends in Ma
Funding for “All Abilities Dancing,” a program designed to give youth with disabilities a quality dance experience that emphasizes ability, from June 2011 to May 2012.
Funding for Young Dance At-Large, a season of site-specific work created with guest artists and performed by the company at different locations in Minneapolis. The season will culminate in a performance at the Barbara Barker Center for Dance in May 2012.
Funding for monthly workshops during the 2011-12 school year and a 2012 summer camp for young fiddlers ages 8 to 18 to learn fiddle music from many traditions and to meet other students and teachers.
Funding for “River EcoJourneys,” a series of three, one-week school residencies featuring storytelling, drumming, dance, and the creation of puppets and masks for students in grades 3 to 6 at three schools in St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Funding for Summer Theater Camp for students aged 6-13, a full-day, 2-week long hands-on learning experience for students to explore theater arts, acting, music and choreography at the Maplewood Performing Arts Theater in Maplewood Community Center during
Funding for 23 concerts during October 2010 through June 2011 to be held at assisted living facilities, senior housing, and Associated Male Chorus of America events in Dakota County.
Funding for Ashland Collaborative Theater or ACT!, a collaborative theater arts experience for elementary-aged youth and culminating in four staged performances at the Maplewood Performing Arts Theatre in January through March.
Funding for their 5th Annual Fall Concert featuring original choreography accompanied by Beethoven’s 6th Symphony and Handel’s Messiah. Performances will take place at the Fitzgerald Theater in October 2010.
Funding to stage the 18th Annual Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza, a free outdoor pageant and performance that will take place at Hidden Falls Regional Park in St. Paul in October 2011.
Funding to create and present a new dance work incorporating film footage and an ensemble of professional ballroom dancers. Performances will take place as part of the inaugural season of the Cowles Center in Minneapolis in February 2012.
Funding for an original theatrical work and visual art experience based on stories gathered from the community. Performances will take place at Hastings Middle School Auditorium in November 2011.
Funding to develop and present Super Nature, an interdisciplinary contemporary work investigating human nature in a way that invites empathy and causes viewers to ask questions about themselves, their behavior and society. Performances will take place as
Funding to develop and present a program of short plays written and performed by students focusing on issues of bullying and suicide, and the impact on LBGTA youth. The program will run from February through May of 2011 and targeted to schools including
Funding to produce and stage The Boys in the Band, and The Property Known As Garland, which explore issues of bullying and suicide in the GLBT community. Performances will take place at The Lowry Lab Theater.
Funding for Calliope’s Song, a program to increase members’ repertoire of songs that includes workshops, rehearsals, and community outreach performances. Activities will take place between October 2011 and May 2012.
Funding for 2011 Family Fun Tuesdays, a program of 13 weekly interactive performances and workshops for pre-school and school-age children, parents, grandparents and caregivers at the Art Park during summer 2011.
Funding for the 2010 Summer Performance Series, featuring Minnesota Sinfonia, a Shakespeare Festival, the Dakota Valley Summer Pops Orchestra and Chorale, Sumunar Indonesian Gamelan and Dance Ensemble, Voice of the Culture Drum and Dance and the Bill Evan
Funding for the 2011 – 2012 Visiting Artist Series comprised of the Visiting Master Artists’ Weekend in October 2011 and the Minnesota Irish Musicians’ Weekend in June 2012. Events will be held at Celtic Junction in St. Paul.
Funding for Cruzando, an interactive art exhibit honoring those who have died crossing the border from Mexico to the United States. The event will be held at Centro in Minneapolis, during the organization's Day of the Dead celebration in November.
Funding for China the Beautiful (part 1), the 2011 Chinese New Year show showcasing the many styles and uses of Chinese dances. Performances will take place at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in January 2011.
Funding for an Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song residency with 7th grade students at Sanford Middle School in Minneapolis from late January to mid June 2011.
Funding for the 2011 – 2012 Concert Season, a series of four concerts of Italian Baroque music of the 16th and 17th centuries. Concerts will take place at The Chapel of St. Mary at the St. Paul Seminary between September 2011 and April 2012.
Funding for a new full-length dance performance featuring a hybrid form of Afro-Brazilian contemporary dance and capoeira. Performances will be held at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis in winter 2012.
Funding for the 25th Anniversary Concert, featuring two new works by Joanie Smith and one from the Shapiro & Smith repertory. Performances will take place as part of the inaugural year of the Goodale Theater in the Cowles Center, in April 2012.
Funding for the Academy Mentorship Program providing individual lessons, ensemble master classes and joint performances with inner-city band programs during the 2011 spring semester at Edison High School and Northeast Middle School in Minneapolis.
Funding for the Art Buddies program pairing 80 creative mentors one-on-one with 80 low-income students ages 8 to 11 in the Community Education After-School program at Whittier International Elementary School in Minneapolis during the 2011-12 school year.
Funding for the In Residence dance program, a collaboration between DA Dance and the Women of Nations domestic violence shelter. The project includes two 2-week residencies consisting of workshops and performances.
