The Divine Comedy Ballet aims to create full-length ballets that challenge typical perceptions of classical ballet by collaborating with unconventional artists and weaving together contemporary and modern influences to draw out deep human emotions that connect with and attract new audiences to ballet and inspire other artists to embark on cross-disciplinary journeys.
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Maine Prairie Studio aims to nurture creativity and elevate the ceramic arts through community education for rural Minnesotans. Additionally, they support local, regional and national artists through assistantships, retreats and residencies.
Kith + Kin Chorus aims to build community, spread joy and give in service of others through harmony.
Spiral Theater aims to produce seriously silly shows that celebrate our most absurd selves, the wild possibilities of language, and the creative spirit of audiences and artists.
SPEAK MPLS aims to reimagine the future of media by activating community connections and creative opportunities to amplify the voices of their neighbors
Queer & Funny Improv Festival aims to highlight the diversity of queer comedic voices, spread the joy of improv as an art form, and create a space where all can enjoy themselves while being their full selves.
The Snips aims to serve as a feminist fiber arts collective that welcomes all makers. Their work focuses on the intersection of femininity, handicrafts, and pop culture.
STRONGmovement aims to use the universal language of dance as a platform to tell stories and bring communities together related to society and humanity.
Belville Productions aims to produce and promote plays drawn from social issues, folklore, and history with an emphasis on telling untold stories.
Picture Book Parade aims to promote a love of reading by hosting storytelling exhibits in nontraditional settings. They’re committed to featuring BIPOC artists and stories from underrepresented communities, reflecting the beautiful diversity of our state, and ensuring all children can see themselves and their culture in books. Learn more at the project’s website.
Journey Productions aims to engage, inspire, entertain, and challenge audiences with theatrical productions tha range from the classics to the new works.
Apsara the musical aims to empower, promote and preserve the Khmer/Cambodian culture.
Breast Cancer Superhero Portrait Project aims to celebrate and inspire the heroic nature of individuals affected by breast cancer through the creation of large scale portraits of selected breast cancer heroes, public exhibitions, community celebrations, and interactives.
Body Prayers aims to influence and aid in the Healing Process of all Black people; Using Dance, Revolutionary Love Practices, Dreaming, Education, and Community Fellowship as a tool for social, economic, and emotional Liberation.
The ‘Beyond the Mic’ Initiative aims to cultivate communities for collective growth and wellbeing by generating creative solutions for creative needs in education, recreation, and wellness.
EcosystemX aims to advocate for equitable planning and design solutions that uplift, develop, preserve, and sustain Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Immigrant communities in their region and beyond.
All of the Above aims to create trans-disciplinary arts experiences that allow alternative worlds of belonging to emerge. They center humility and learning, devotion to craft, and relationship to the infinite to call forth a more loving world. All of the Above strives to make work that disentangles us from dominant culture in service of shared liberation and creation/imagination.
Reasons for Moving aims to develop a multimedia and multilingual dance-theater piece that aims to appeal to a broad audience that includes immigrant and refugee families; their allies; and those who would like (and need) to hear personal accounts of geopolitical displacement so as to understand it as a worldwide phenomenon that asks for our empathy and positioning.
Brazil Arts Twin Cities aims to develop the collective well-being of Brazilians and those who love Brazilian culture in the Twin Cities, through arts programming and events.
Black Bears & Blueberries Publishing aims to create and develop Native children’s books for all young people written by Native authors and illustrators.