Check out the below list of opportunities made available by other Twin Cities organizations:
Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board: Ice Cream Social
Saturday, June 9th, 2012, 2PM – 4PM
AT Windom South Park – 5821 Wentworth Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55419
with Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board
AGES: Adults
COST: $5 at the door
Summer brings us Flag Day and the 4th of July. We will celebrate the red, white and blue with an old fashion ice cream social. Register online at or mail in your registration form.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Metro Office: Deaf, Deaf World Training
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012. 9AM – 12PM or 1PM – 4PM
AT The Golden Rule Building — 85 East 7th Place, St Paul, MN 55101
with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
COST: FREE (Registration details on flyer)
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS) Metro office invites you to partake in a fun, unique and experiential training opportunity where you will enter a world where the “larger culture” is Deaf, DeafBlind and hard of hearing. As a hearing person, you will be in the “smaller culture.” You will depart this training with a greater understanding of the world of hearing loss and a desire to share your personal experience with others! Click here to download a flyer with more information.
VSA Minnesota: Working in the Arts with Youth on the Autism Spectrum
Saturday, May 19th, 2012, 9AM – 4PM
AT Landmark Center — 75 West 7th St, St Paul, MN 55102
with VSA Minnesota
COST: $20 (Registration fee includes lunch and refreshements)
Teachers, Teaching Artists and Arts Administrators, please join us for a professional development workshop “Working in the Arts with Youth on the Autism Spectrum.” VSA Minnesota will present a day-long professional development workshop addressing effective learning strategies for students on the autism spectrum. Participants are invited to a series of discussions, presentations and hands-on activities, designed to guide lessons that may help eliminate barriers to learning. Download this flyer for more information – register now!
Autism Society of Minnesota: 2012 Minnesota Autism Conference
Saturday, April 28th, 2012, 10AM – 11AM
AT Double Tree Park Place Hotel — 1500 Park Place Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55416
with Autism Society of Minnesota
Upstream Arts will show you how the arts, including theater, poetry, music and visual arts, can help individuals of all abilities explore creative and positive ways of expression. Join us for a hands on approach to using the arts as an everyday tool for positive self expression.
We have found that the arts are uniquely suited to reaching students with Autism; research and best practices from around the country confirm this. For example, theatre and dance based activities that emphasize high affect help students with Autism—who are visual and concrete thinkers—to see, understand and more readily learn non-verbal social cues. Role-playing provides a more manageable microcosm of what can be an over stimulating world to practice interactions and social improvisation. Visual arts provides a hands on, visual means to communicate ideas without the constraints of conventional language. In general, the arts nurture the ability to imagine what others are feeling, to think abstractly, and provide physical, non-verbal, and visual ways to express oneself and communicate ideas in a positive way, replacing negative behaviors.
Click here for more information about the conference.
VSA Minnesota: Information Meeting on ADA Access Improvement Grants
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012, Noon (Bring a bag lunch!)
AT Upstream Arts — 3501 Chicago Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
with VSA Minnesota
Learn how your arts organization can use this grant to help support activities to involve more people with disabilities as participants or patrons. Maximum grant is $15,000. Deadline is May 11.
Click here to download a flyer with more information.
Young Dance: Power Ballet
Saturdays, 1:30PM – 2:30PM
Session 1: September 9th – December 17th (Holiday Showing – December 17th)
Session 2: January 9th – May 12th (Spring Showing – May 12th)
AT Center for Performing Arts — 3754 Pleasant Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55409
with Young Dance
AGES: 8 – 18 youth who use a wheelchair
COST: Session 1 $120 first class, $60 additional class; Session 2 $180 first class, $80 additional class
Dancers who mobilize with wheelchairs explore elements of ballet. Scholarships are available. Contact info@youngdance.org or 612.423.3064.
Young Dance: Dance for All Abilities
Thursdays, 4:30PM – 5:30PM
Session 1: September 9th – December 17th (Holiday Showing – December 17th)
Session 2: January 9th – May 12th (Spring Showing – May 12th)
AT Courage Center (gym, 1st floor) — 3915 Golden Valley Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55442
with Young Dance
AGES: 7+
COST: Session 1 $120 first class, $60 additional class; Session 2 $180 first class, $80 additional class
Through partnering skills, this class will emphasize communication, collaboration and performance. Scholarships are available. Contact info@youngdance.org or 612.423.3064.
Young Dance: Adaptive Creative Dance
Wednesdays, 5PM – 6PM
Session 1: September 9th – December 17th (Holiday Showing – December 17th)
Session 2: January 9th – May 12th (Spring Showing – May 12th)
AT Center for Performing Arts — 3754 Pleasant Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55409
with Young Dance
AGES: 7 – 18
COST: Session 1 $120 first class, $60 additional class; Session 2 $180 first class, $80 additional class
Dancers living with mobility impairments explore elements of dance with a focus on positive body awareness, creativity, teamwork, motor coordination and expression. Scholarships are available. Contact info@youngdance.org or 612.423.3064. Download this flier for more information.
Disclaimer: This Community Arts Events page is here to provide information only and does not constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation for individuals interested in improving social skills using the arts. The programs listed are not affiliated with Upstream Arts. Upstream Arts cannot be held responsible for the contents of any externally linked pages. We do not endorse or assume liability for the currency, accuracy, or availability of any information on these sites.
