Every year hundreds of young people in Milwaukee gain the experience of creating their own musical works, which are then performed by nearly a thousand student musicians and heard by thousands of audience members made up of parents, teachers and student peers. The Creation Project provides composers-in-residence to Milwaukee Schools and community groups such as the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra and results in original concerts of the students’ works.

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Among the finest orchestras in the country, the MSO is the largest cultural organization in Wisconsin. Since its inception in 1959, the orchestra has received critical acclaim for artistic excellence.

The symphony’s 88 full-time professional musicians perform more than 130 concerts each season. A cornerstone organization in Milwaukee’s art community, the MSO provides enrichment and educational activities for audiences of all ages, economic status and background.

The MSO is recognized as a pioneer in the world of new music among American orchestras. For 41 years, the symphony’s nationally syndicated radio broadcasts have ranked among the nation’s largest collections and are heard on more than 240 stations throughout the United States each year. In 2005, the MSO became the first American orchestra to offer its live recordings for download directly through online music stores, including iTunes. In May 2010, the MSO was selected to participate in the second Spring for Music Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York on May 11, 2012. Spring for Music emphasizes creativity, variety and innovation in programming.

The MSO’s standard of excellence extends beyond the concert hall and dives into the community. It reaches out to more than 40,000 children and their families through its Arts in Community Education program, Youth and Teen concerts, Kinderkonzerts, Music for Me concerts, Behind the Notes pre-concert talks and Friday post-concert Talkbacks.

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Furthermore, WPCA seeks to enhance the fellowship and vibrancy of Walker’s Point. We provide a welcoming, safe and diverse cultural environment for children, artists and the public in order to maintain an active community.

The center fosters creativity in children through innovative teaching, in addition to encouraging public and community initiative through social development. For more information on our educational programming, gallery exhibitions and upcoming events, visit our website at www.wpca-milwaukee.org.

Symphony Sundays are informal events, a relaxed, yet elegant atmosphere for afternoons at the symphony. They are held at the historic Pabst Theater on select Sundays at 3 p.m. Concertgoers will be inspired by the musical masterpieces of renowned composers presented by the professional musicians of Festival City Symphony. Conductor Monte Perkins will offer descriptive program information from the podium. Children’s Program Notes is presented by Music Educator Jayne Perkins. This pre-concert group activity and orientation introduces children to the music before they hear it, increasing their understanding and enjoyment.

Pajama Jamborees are free, classical, pops concerts geared towards children and their families. They are held on select Wednesdays from 7-8 p.m. at the Bradley Pavilion of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Each concert has narration and music selections that are lively, tell a story and/or demonstrate the colors of the orchestra. Dress is casual. Pajamas, teddy bears and blankets are welcome for the youngest audience members, especially for a spot on the floor in front of the orchestra. Conventional seating is also available.

Festival City Symphony 2011-12 Concert Dates

• Tubby the Tuba Pajama Jamboree: September 14, 2011
• Tell Me a Story Symphony Sundays: October 9, 2011
• Holiday Pajama Jamboree: November 30, 2011
• And All That Jazz Symphony Sundays: January 29, 2012
• Give Me That Country Life Symphony Sundays: March 25, 2012
• A Musical Grand Tour Symphony Sundays: April 29, 2012
• Spring Sing Pajama Jamboree: May 23, 2012

For more information on Festival City Symphony, visit www.festivalcitysymphony.org, call 414-963-9067 or email at festivalcitysymphony@wi.rr.com.

Creativity Works Here offers the Mall’s resources, namely space, to local creatives and artists, as well as small business owners. Not only does the program offer unique and affordable location options, but with so many varied and talented people under one roof, there is tremendous opportunity to collaborate and share. Through Creativity Works Here, a once powerful retail destination will be transformed into the epicenter of arts, culture and creativity in Milwaukee.

All photos courtesy of Troy Freund, www.TroyFreund.com. Read Troy’s blog about the Open House on June 8.

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What is Creativity Works Here?

Creativity Works Here at The Shops of Grand Avenue can best be described as retail space reinvented as a thriving creative eco-system. It is in-line spaces dedicated to presenting quality creatives and small business owners a place in which to teach, work, perform and exhibit their work.

Amenities of The Shops of Grand Avenue

The Shops of Grand Avenue is located between Wisconsin Avenue and Michigan Avenue, from Plankinton Avenue and 4th street in Milwaukee County. This convenient location has an exit directly off of I-43 and 794, with immediate access to I-94 as well. The mall features:

• Milwaukee’s Largest Food Court, on-site 24/7 security which allows 24/7 access to the building
• A downtown, central location with skywalks connecting 9 office buildings, 4 hotels and a convention center
• Retail and service businesses including banks, alterations, barber shops, dry cleaning, floral, convenience items, pharmacy and more
• The mall features a 1,800 space covered parking garage, managed by Impark
• Event equipment is available for loan from The Shops of Grand Avenue. This equipment includes stage, sound system, tables & chairs, podium
• Marketing support is available from The Shops of Grand Avenue. This could involve components such as social media, display of signage throughout the center, and distribution of written materials.

Learn More:

1. 1. View Available Space Layouts.

2. 2. Review the Information Application Process if you’re interested.

3. 3. Take a short creative space survey below! We’ll use your feedback to help build out the space.

Outreach is central to Wild Space’s mission of expanding the audience for dance in the region.  With its inventive educational programs, the company brings the creative experience of dance and movement to over 3,000 Kindergarten through High School students each year.

Known for site-specific works and artistic collaborations, Wild Space creates performance events that reveal built and natural landscapes, visual art, history and the human condition through wry humor, clever choreography and emotionally-charged dance.

Join them for ‘A Night Out, Way Out’ with Wild Space.

Learn more about Wild Space or Learn more about Membership

TEN CHIMNEYS FOUNDATION

July 25th, 27th, or 28th

One-Day Opportunities Equity actors with a minimum of ten years of professional experience are invited to apply to be one-day participants in the national Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program.

This July, Olympia Dukakis and the 2011 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows (master actors nominated by theatres across America) will explore the works of Anton Chekhov. July 25-28, Olympia will lead in-depth explorations of all four of Chekhov’s major plays. Olympia and the Fellows will spend a day on each play, in the order in which they were written. The actors will read Acts I & II during the first 3-hour session of the day (scripts in hand, sitting, moving around), will break for lunch/dinner, and will then work on Acts III & IV. In Olympia’s words, it’s “a chance to move through the plays without directorial concept as a guide or obligation, feeling out what you make of these parts, what you make of yourselves in these parts.”

In order to accomplish her approach to the week, Olympia took on the task of “casting” Lunt-Fontanne Fellows in all four of the major plays. However, most of the four major works have more than ten substantive roles. Open roles will be filled through this application process, giving local actors the opportunity to spend a day exploring Chekhov with Olympia Dukakis, one of the most passionate and accomplished Chekhov experts in America.

APPLY by email by June 10th to Foundation President, Sean Malone, at smalone@tenchimneys.org with the following information: Name, address, phone, email, current headshot, current résumé. Please indicate if you are a member in good standing of Actors Equity Association. Please confirm that you have been a professional actor for 10+ years. Brief comments detailing your interest are welcome. Please note: Workshopping roles are for one day only. You may apply for a specific role(s) or indicate “any available.” Please indicate which day(s) you are fully available: Monday, Wednesday, and/or Thursday.

What is the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program?

The Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program is a national program to serve American theatre. Every year, Fellows participate in an 8-day immersion master class and retreat with a world renowned and respected Master Teacher. The 2011 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows are: René Augesen (American Conservatory Theater); James Craven (Penumbra Theatre); Nike Doukas (South Coast Repertory); Rick Foucheux (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); Mark Harelik (South Coast Repertory); John Judd (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Mary Martello (Arden Theatre Company); Austin Pendleton (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); James Pickering (Milwaukee Repertory Theater); Vilma Silva (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Sally Nystuen Vahle (Dallas Theater Center).

Monday, July 25th: The Seagull

Wednesday, July 27th: Three Sisters

Thursday, July 28th: The Cherry Orchard

The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, or NIMBioS, isn’t a place for intellectual lightweights. The whiteboards are tagged with the frenetic graffiti of advanced math, and the conversations are dense with the mysterious jargon of advanced science. So the last thing you’d expect to see there is an office door with a sign reading, “Songwriter in Residence.”

The Songwriter in Residence program is the brainchild of NIMBioS director Louis Gross. Gross noticed that the scientists and mathematicians with whom he works aren’t always that good at communicating their ideas in a concise, accessible way. Moreover, he says, most people don’t really have the time or patience to wade through complicated explanations of scientific theory. As a result, we don’t always have a good sense of what scientists are doing.

Songwriters are used to taking complex concepts like love and heartbreak and condensing them into short, easy-to-understand stories — it’s how people like Jay Clark make a living.

Read & listen to the whole story from NPR: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/17/136402623/scientists-and-musicians-compare-notes?sc=emaf

CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR ADC YOUNG GUNS IS NOW OPEN

WHO CAN ENTER?
Entrants must be professionals working in the field(s) of graphic design, photography, illustration, advertising and art direction, environmental design, film, animation, motion graphics, interactive design, typography, architecture, copywriting, product design, package design, fashion design, furniture design, interior design or object design. If your work does not fit within any of these categories, this does not necessarily mean that it isn’t eligible – email info@adcyoungguns.org to make sure.

Entrants must be 30 years of age or younger on the day entries open (March 15, 2011) and must have been working professionally for at least 2 years (both full-time and freelance work qualify). We will require a proof of age in the form of a Passport, State ID or drivers license from all entrants.

If you are a student with two years of the working life under your belt, you are also eligible to enter. Previous ADC Young Guns entrants ARE eligible to enter, but past ADC Young Guns winners are NOT eligible to enter subsequent cycles of the competition.

ADC Young Guns is an international competition open to all who qualify.

SUBMIT:
6-10 pieces of professional and personal work. A maximum of half of your pieces submitted can be personal work. The rest must be professional, published work. Unpublished and client-rejected spec work counts as personal work.

Work entered does not need to have been created in a particular year – entries will be judged as a portfolio of work. Choose wisely: pick projects that showcase the full range of your skills. Submissions need not conform to any specific media categories. Your submitted portfolio may feature work in one medium or several.

ENTRY FEES:
DEADLINE: MAY 16, 2011, 11:59 PM EST: $135 USD.
Late entries will be accepted through May 30, 2011, 11:59 PM EST, but will incur a late fee of $35 USD in addition to the regular entry fee of $135.

Ready to prepare your portfolio? Review the Entry Instructions first.
Questions? Please contact info@adcyoungguns.org.

Learn more at http://www.adcyoungguns.org/enter/rules/

Guidelines are available for NEA’s Arts in Media grants on arts.gov

The Arts in Media category replaces Arts on Radio and Television and expands the parameters of projects previously funded through that category.

Here are the highlights of the new guidelines:

All project types that were previously eligible remain eligible. In addition, the expanded category now supports:

• All available media platforms such as the Internet, interactive and mobile technologies, digital games, arts content delivered via satellite, as well as on radio and television.

• Dramatic narrative or fictional works.

• Media projects that can be considered works of art.

Grants are available to support the development, production, and national distribution of innovative media projects about the arts and media projects that can be considered works of art.

Projects may include high profile multi-part or single television and radio programs (documentaries and dramatic narratives); media created for theatrical release; performance programs; artistic segments for use within an existing series; multi-part webisodes; installations; and interactive games. Short films, five minutes and under, will be considered in packages of three or more.

Grants generally will range from $10,000 to $200,000, based on the platform and the complexity and scope of the project. The application deadline date is September 1, 2011.