Fiscal Year: 2025

We will collaborate with Rootead and other organizations for promotion, venue and outreach events to bring Ugandan musician Samite to Kalamazoo for a free public concert and outreach at Rootead and the Juvenile Home.

The SPECTRA Reading Series invites established poets and writers from around the country to share the stage with local/regional writers, as a means of showcasing local talent and celebrating the literary arts in our community. From its start in 2012, SPECTRA events are held at the celebrated venue Rozz-Tox in Rock Island, IL, and are always free and open to the public.

This hands-on art project is a multi-part series that involves engagement between four professional artists and school-age children. The four workshops will involve students in the artistic process and enhance students' school curriculum, introduce students to artistic professions, techniques and art critique. They also have the goal to lower cultural barriers to entering and enjoying art spaces.

Sponsor an artist to perform at Mitchell's 401 Create by LifeQuest and the Corn Palace Plaza for the Mitchell Area Inclusion Coalition’s Community Access Resource Expo.

Grant funds choreographers for two musicals in our 2024-25 season: ”Bright Star” (December 2024) and “Dream Girls” (April 2025). As culturally authentic dance is an integral aspect of these productions, this grant will assure the integrity and success of these productions. Drama Group elevates our community by supporting local, diverse talent. Ensuring this tradition is imperative.

From Sept 30th to Nov 17th 2024, the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA) will produce its marquee program the 7th annual Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, presenting over 15 local, national, and international Spanish and English culturally diverse live productions, student matinees, post-show talk-backs, panels, workshops and networking events throughout Chicago.

Chicago Tap Theatre will create opportunities for various populations in Chicago to learn from Black Canadian and former Chicagoan Lisa LaTouche, including: viewing her film Trax, a Q&A on the findings of her research (in conjunction with Chicago-based historians), 2 classes and a Q&A with students at a majority Black school and a culminating event that ties the themes of the project together.

Cincinnati Youth Choir has provided transformative choral arts experiences in a welcoming space for 31 years. Acclaimed choral conductor and pedagogue Dr. Anthony Trecek-King will serve as artist-in-residence for our 32nd season, helping create new artistic goals, creative performances, collaborations, and unique programming that will launch our multiple programs into the future of choral music.

In a master class led by a professional stained glass artist, Campanella members and refugee families will collaborate in creating stained glass panels symbolizing fragility, tempering, and strength. In the hands-on process of creating glass art panels followed by the stained glass exhibition and choir concert, they will live through and feel the transformative power of art in healing brokenness.

Summermusik (Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra) presents Navajo pianist and Cincinnati native Connor Chee (www.connorchee.com) for a festival highlighting the importance of water to Indigenous cultures through music and storytelling coinciding with World Water Day (March 22 annually)