Archive: Community Exchange

Help the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council continue to improve art access in our region by becoming an Arts Impact for Groups panelist. MRAC’s grantmaking process is unique in that we use a peer panel process to read and review grant applications. All panelists receive a virtual orientation, a $150 stipend, and reimbursements for caregiver expenses. Panelists will have four weeks to read and review up to 30 grant applications that are approximately four pages in length. All panel duties will be done virtually throughout the month of March.

This opportunity is a great fit if you:

• are an artist, are employed or volunteer in the arts, or are an arts enthusiast
• live in the 7-county Twin Cities Metro area
• are at least 18 years old and
• identify as Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color (BIPOC); and/or Person with Disabilities (PWD); and/or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual/Agender, Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2+)

If you are interested in becoming a panelist, please fill out the Panelist Intake Form. MRAC’s Panel and Events Manager will contact you with more details.

Ananya Dance Theatre has the following theatrical set elements available, free to whoever can pick them up:

• 3 sets of stairs, 4′ wide
• 2, 6′ x 4′ platforms (2″ x 4″ and plywood)
• 1, 4′ x 4′ platform (2″ x 4″ and plywood)
• 3, 8′ x 4′ platforms (2″ x 4″ and plywood)

Ananya Dance Theatre has the following theatrical set elements available, free to whoever can pick them up:

• 3 sets of stairs, 4′ wide
• 2, 6′ x 4′ platforms (2″ x 4″ and plywood)
• 1, 4′ x 4′ platform (2″ x 4″ and plywood)
• 3, 8′ x 4′ platforms (2″ x 4″ and plywood)

Florence was a passionate, caring, and beloved dance educator at Minnesota State University, Mankato for 22 years, from 1968 (then called Mankato State College) to 1990, and passed in 2016 at the age of 95.

She established the Dance Education Minor in 1976, which has since grown into a program with multiple Dance Major tracks and a Dance MFA within the Department of Theatre and Dance. We are beginning to make plans to celebrate her amazing life on our campus in the spring (details coming soon) and hope all those whose life was touched by this amazing woman will be able to join us.

We would love to include your connection to Florence: we are searching for photos of Florence, videos of her teaching or choreography, and stories about Florence that we can include as part of the celebration. If you can share any of these, please contact Daniel Stark at daniel.stark@mnsu.edu.

We will share the details of the event soon so you can make plans to attend.

Thank you!

Dance without Barriers is an opportunity for teachers and administrators to connect creative movement to their curriculum and/or core competencies, engaging students in a new and exciting way.

Each selected school receives a three- to five-day residency, tailor-made to their classroom’s specific needs, and led by a professional Teaching Artist who visits either in-person or virtually through innovative distance learning technology.

By bringing Cowles Center Teaching Artists into schools, barriers of cost and transportation are eliminated, allowing students to access high-quality arts learning opportunities that otherwise would not be available.

Also, thanks to generous sponsorship, these residencies are free to select Minnesota schools!

Applications are due June 2.

Dance without Barriers is an opportunity for teachers and administrators to connect creative movement to their curriculum and/or core competencies, engaging students in a new and exciting way.

Each selected school receives a three- to five-day residency, tailor-made to their classroom’s specific needs, and led by a professional Teaching Artist who visits either in-person or virtually through innovative distance learning technology.

By bringing Cowles Center Teaching Artists into schools, barriers of cost and transportation are eliminated, allowing students to access high-quality arts learning opportunities that otherwise would not be available.

Also, thanks to generous sponsorship, these residencies are free to select Minnesota schools!

Applications are due June 2.