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SUMMARY:5:30-7:30  Friends of ACW Fundraiser  Includes ticket to Borealis Dance $75
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Art to Change the World Fundraiser \nYou are invited. Join us for an unusual VIP experience before the See. Say. DO opening night.  Our event will be a lively\, fun\, interactive night\, filled with open conversations about society’s pressing issues.  Attendees will have the first opportunity to view and purchase the art\, bid on ACW artist art from the silent auction\, discuss the issues featured in the art show with the 20 artists and their topic experts\, and share the issues they are most passionate about.  Nametags will be small signed artworks from ACW members. Tickets are $75 each\, and\, in support of ACW values of inclusion\, all patron-level attendees are encouraged to donate a ticket to a youth/artists/first time attender.  ($50 of ticket price is tax deductible) \nSee sample silent auction art\, precious objects and experiences:  https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/silent-action-acw-art-and-precious-objects/ \n\nCreative nibbles from Holy Land\, locally brewed beers and distilled bourbon from The Second Street and fine wines will be served.\nSilent auction including ACW artist work\, Maine Chowda Feed event\, historical artifacts\, Artist workshop and studio tours and more.\nACW poetry reading by Nick Cocchiarella and Spoken Word Performance by Jill Waterhouse.\nYour ticket will also include entrance to the  8-9:30  Danielle Ricci -Borealis Dance Co. –Hmong Refugee Story Threads of My Cloth and an ALL EVENT ticket to all performances and workshops(still need to register). ACW is committed to joyful change. This event will be a night of both fun and rich and meaningful dialog!  Learn More about Threads of My Cloth Ongoing Hmong Refuge Crisis  Click Here  and here  https://vimeo.com/275504471\n\nBuy Tickets Here! https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3591980 \nRead about us: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/mission/ \nRead about the See. Say. DO event:   20 Artists and 20 Topic Expert voices\, 10 Pre/During and Post-Performance Discussions\, 8 Workshops\, Non-Profit Networking Night\, Take Action Pop-Up Performance Night\,  Dodging Bullets Discussion and Filming.  https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/events-b/   \n3450 Snelling Ave S\, Squirrel Haus Arts in South Minneapolis. \n_____________________________________________________________________ \n \n  \nEach person to attend a See. Say Do. event will receive a hand made token created by ACW artists when they write on the back… what will they DO when they leave the inspirational See. Say. DO call to action. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nOne of a kind name tags designed by ACW Artists for all attendees of the Friends of ACW Fundraiser. \nBarry Scanlan (acrylic painting)\, Susan  Huhn-Bowles (beading)\, Barbara Bridges (watercolor)\, Remo Campopiano (3-D printing)\, Jill Waterhouse (collage) Layl McDill (polymer clay). \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n 
URL:https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/calendar-event/530-730-friends-of-acw-fundraiser-includes-ticket-to-borealis-dance-75/
LOCATION:Squirrel Haus\, 3450 Snelling Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55406
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SUMMARY:* 8-9:30  Danielle Ricci -Borealis Dance Co. –Hmong Story - Threads of My Cloth
DESCRIPTION: Select Drop down for Oct 5 \nProject Description   Danielle Ricci              Topic:  Ongoing Hmong Refuge Crisis   https://vimeo.com/275504471\nMy research examines dance with a social conscience through practice based research methodologies\, and how it develops a thematic practice which reflects events and issues that shape our society. This way of thinking brings focus to issues of “human rights and freedom”(Sethi\, 2012)\, with the body\, through research of the body and intuitive response to stimuli and events to develop a choreographic process towards artistic activism work. \nFor years\, people have been displaced from their homes and sought asylum from natural disasters\, famine\, war\, and political oppression. America as well as other countries in Europe\, the Middle East and Australia have provided opportunities for people to find safety\, freedom from oppression\, and promise for a better tomorrow as many refugees cannot return to their home countries. For America\, this has created the melting pot of race and religion that it is known for. With our current president on a mission to roll back immigration policies that have been helping populations plagued by war\, Donald Trump created an uproar by taking away the hope of thousands of people who were relying on the aid of the United States. \nThis made me reflect and examine who makes up our social fabric of the Twin Cities and how these developments in our government could affect our neighborhoods and the economy.  From my own personal connection to the St. Paul community\, I discovered that I wanted to learn more about a story specific to a peoples: The Twin Cities is home to the second largest settlement of Hmong people in the nation. But why? Who are the Hmong people and how did they end up here? Their story is not commonly known by the greater community\, yet the impact they have on the community influences the social fabric of the Twin Cities and beyond. \nThrough research of who the Hmong people are and how they came to live in the Twin Cities\, I have discovered a story of hardship\, pain\, and sorrow\, woven into a strong sense of hope and love. This is not taught in schools\, it is unknown to the community\, and has not been expressed through movement told from an outside eye before. I began to reflect on how many refugees have experienced these same stories within their own unique journey to America. This inspired me to know more and tell the refugee’s story through the lens of the Hmong people as we come together as a multi-cultural community of dancers exploring the human condition through movement. \nThreads of My Cloth is a retelling of the Hmong refugee experience in Asia before seeking asylum in other countries. This piece is deeply rooted in historical research and the body creating an honest\, moving story of the Hmong. This dance concert premiered in March of 2018 and will be reset for See. Say. Do.\nCommunity Response: \nThe following responses where from members of the Hmong community that attended the performance: \n\n“The dance is very sad and it is a true story of Hmong people because I have gone through that in my life. Besides that\, it is great way to show others why we are there.”\n“We enjoyed it very much and was very powerful.”\n“This was an incredible\, memorable and needed story to be told of our Hmong struggle. My honor and gratitude always.”\n“I loved the performance\, and it was heartwarming to see someone who looks like me be in this dance. I cried so much in the beginning part where the dancers held onto the ‘babies’.”\n“I believe seeing that performance was about the closest I have ever come to feeling the emotions our parents had during the war. I am deeply grateful toward you for sharing this experience with me!!”\n“We were greatly touched by this event.”\n“This piece evoked a lot of emotions: sadness\, anger\, frustration and even a little fear.  The performance was powerful in that it validated stories of the Hmong people and their struggle and sacrifice.  I thought that the immersive promenade style was great and hoped that this will continue with the next showing.”\n\nLink to Sun Post cover story: \nhttps://www.hometownsource.com/sun_post/community/brooklynpark/north-hennepin-community-college-to-host-premier-of-threads-of/article_92b5d85e-26ca-11e8-ab91-0334bdb7671c.html \nBiography  Danielle Ricci    Dancer \nDanielle Ricci is an educator\, choreographer\, director\, and dancer. She received her BFA in Dance Performance from University of California\, Irvine in 2006 under direction of Donald McKayle. In 2014 she graduated with an MA in Arts and Cultural Management from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. She currently an ‘MFA in Choreography’ candidate at Jacksonville University (2018). She has studied at The Ailey School in New York City as part of their Certificate in Dance Program. Danielle has danced professionally in California\, Texas\, and Minnesota and has also performed on stage with members of Joffrey Ballet\, American Ballet Theatre\, James Sewell Ballet\, and Minnesota Dance Theatre. Danielle is the Founding Artistic Director of Borealis Dance– a professional modern dance company based in Minneapolis. Her choreography has been recognized as “Best of the Festival” at the Frontera Fringe Festival in Austin\, TX in 2010.
URL:https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/calendar-event/8-930-danielle-ricci-borealis-dance-co-hmong-story-w-talk-back-10-00/
LOCATION:Art to Change the World\, 2323 Monroe St. NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55418\, United States
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