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More partners promoting
vibrant communities and the arts:
Theatre
de la Jeune Lune
 Description:
Important second-tier theater in the Twin Cities.
Program
Goals: "We
are a theatre of directness, a theatre that speaks to its audience, that
listens and needs a response. We believe that theatre is an event. We
are a theatre of emotions-an immediate theatre-a theatre that excites
and uses a direct language- a theatre of the imagination."
The
Loft
Description:
A writing community fostering
the artistic development of individual writers and creating a wider audience
for literature. Largest such literary organization
in U.S.
Program
Goals: Provide
people with the power to imagine, hope, inspire, challenge, educate, entertain
and understand
through the literary arts. Promote the diverse
community of writers and readers vital to the life and health of society.
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Milkweed
Editions
Description:
Second largest nonprofit publisher in U.S.,
publishing distinctive voices of literary merit in handsomely designed,
visually dynamic books.
Program
Goals: Humanely
impact society by exploring the ethical, cultural,
and esthetic issues that free societies need continually to address.
Convey the
essential experiences of the human heart and spirit by providing
literature as a transformative art.
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Child's
Play Theatre Company
Description:
Professionally-staffed arts organization providing
young people (participants
and audience members) with theater experience.
Now in new Hopkins Art Center - needs additional help with transition
costs.
Program
Goals: Provide
young people production and educational experiences
in theatre that are high-quality, creative and character building.
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In
the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre
Description:
A theater serving
neighborhood development goals and contributing to children
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Mixed Blood Theatre
Company
Description:
Professional,
multi-racial theatre company with
long-time emphasis on diversity.
Program
Goals:
Encourage cultural pluralism, individual equality, and artistic excellence.
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Penumbra
Theatre
Description:
Theater presented from an African American perspective.
Program
Goals:
Professional productions that are artistically excellent, thought-provoking,
relevant and entertaining.
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Dale
Warland Singers
Description:
One of top choral music groups in the country.
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Land
of Lakes Choirboys
Description:
Providing
outstanding musical education to musically gifted Twin-City
area children.
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James
Sewell Ballet
Description:
Providers of a diverse, appealing repertoire based
in ballet. The
only dance group ADC is funding.
Program
Goals: Broaden
audience access and advance the dance
art form. Provide a meaningful experience shared
between artists and audiences. Back
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Minnetonka
Center for the Arts
Description:
Wayzata-based
organization providing visual arts and education
for five decades.
Program
Goals: Instruct
children through seniors in painting, drawing, pottery, textiles, jewelry,
photography, printmaking and sculpture. Back
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The
Minnesota Museum of American Art
Program
Goals:
Express through art the unfolding value of the American multicultural
experience.
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COMPAS
Description:
Excellent,
broad based programs bringing artists into the schools.
Program
Goals: Strengthen
people and communities in Minnesota by engaging them in creating art.
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Great
American History Theatre
Description:
Commissioning,
producing, and touring plays that dramatize the history, folklore and
social issues of its region and other locales.
Focuses on
youth more than some theaters.
Program
Goals:
Provide a mirror to the lives of the people of Minnesota and the Midwest,
and a window to other people and other times. Back
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