2004 Grant Recipient List
Cultural Community Partnership
Number of grants: 21
Dollars awarded: $100,000
Vanessa Abanu, Minneapolis
$4,500; to collaborate with John Abanu and Patrice De Lemos
to study West African percussion, understand capoeira’s
African lineage, and bridge the gap between continental and
diaspora Africans through music. There will be a public presentation
at the Powderhorn Cultural Wellness Center.
Frank J. Brown, Saint Paul
$5,000; to collaborate with Richard Amos to create exhibitions
in Saint Paul and Minneapolis on the subject of reparations
for African Americans
Kimberly K. Dalros, Minneapolis
$5,000; to collaborate with Holly Coughlin on photography,
graphic design, and production of a portrait book celebrating
adopted Koreans living in Minnesota
Rene A. Ford, Woodbury
$5,000; to collaborate with Pangea World Theater to produce
a multicultural, multidisciplinary, multigenerational performance
that explores the blending of the cultural and aesthetic values
of a group of artists of color
Mohamad D. Hannon, Minneapolis
$5,000; to photograph Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan/Syria
and exhibit at the Minnesota Center for Photography
Robin Hickman, Saint Paul
$5,000; to mentor, train, and create a video with young women
presenting youth reading excerpts from the novel The Skin
I'm In
Susan Hong-Sammons, Rochester
$5,000; to teach her art in an open studio workshop and create
an exhibition at the Rochester Arts Center
Dicksy J. Howe-Noyes, Marshall
$4,060; to collaborate with the Marshall Fine Arts Council
on an interactive exhibit of historical Dakota women's clothing
and adornment in contemporary expressions
Brandon Lacy Campos, Minneapolis
$5,000; to write a spoken word play, about moving as a multiracial
person in a black/white world, that will be produced by Diaspora
Flow
Ed Bok Lee, Minneapolis
$5,000; to work with artist David Mura to develop a collection
of travel based stories into a book length manuscript on the
theme “home;” and to present “Home War Future,”
an intergenerational dialogue between Asian American writers
Kojo Mensah, Plymouth
$4,500; to collaborate with Ebenezer Malm on a rap music performance
inspired by lyrics, subjects, and local languages of Ghana;
performances will be given at the September 2004 Taste of
Ghana and March 2005 Independence Day celebrations
Estella Moreno, Mankato
$5,000; to collaborate with Victoria Salas to develop dance
skills and promotion, and perform at various events
Friends of Pelican Rapids Library, Pelican
Rapids
$4,600; Halima Ali will create Somali weavings for display
at the Pelican Rapids Library; a videotape about her work
and her story also will be created and shown
Nirmala Rajasekar, Plymouth
$5,000; to collaborate with Anthony Cox in a concert presented
at the Center for Independent Artists in Minneapolis
Gavin Lawrence, Rosemount
$5,000; to create and perform an interdisciplinary one-man
show with the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis
Pei Shen, Roseville
$5,000; to collaborate with Marcus Young on a full-length
production titled "Moon and Sun” at the Southern
Theater; the piece will explore the tensions and harmony between
the value of tradition and the value of seeking new mysteries
Theater Mu, Minneapolis
$2,340; to work with Hmong playwright, Ka Vang, to develop
and produce her play, From Shadows to Light, that
addresses the abuse of Asian and Asian American women
Anton S. Treuer, Bemidji
$5,000; to collaborate with Thomas Stillday on an anthology
of traditional Ojibwe stories, oral histories; and publish
it bilingually in Ojibwe and English; performances will be
held in Red Lake, Leech Lake, and Bemidji
Pete K. Wong, Roseville
$5,000; to collaborate with Center for Hmong Arts and Talent
(CHAT) for a public reading of his script
Woodland Hills/Neighborhood Youth Services,
Duluth
$5,000; Tony Ferguson will create pottery and sculpture with
Neighborhood Youth Services' young artists; an exhibition
will feature Ferguson’s and the young artists’
work
Fred Yiran, Waite Park
$5,000; to create a deep mother drum featuring stories in
relief form, and hold a community event at Whitney Senior
Center in Saint Cloud that will include storytelling through
drumming, drum making, and design
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