ARTbuilds CONSTRUCT PROJECT
NEW application Deadline: Friday December 8, 2006
Project Timeline: February-May 2007

Imagine, design, and build with your students at this year's Flint Hills International Children's Festival! Minnesota high schools are invited to apply for entry in the ARTbuilds project. Each selected school creates a team of students to conceptualize, design, and execute an architectural sculpture.

With the guidance and leadership of an artist-in-residence, Armando Gutiérrez G., teams will design and build large-scale sculptures from found and donated objects and containers. Projects will be based on school content areas (math, architecture, history, art, design) and may be unique to one subject area or cross-curricular. 

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2007 OCOS ARTwalk POSTER CONTEST
Submission deadline: February 10, 2007

The 2007 poster contest theme-My Art Speaks from the Heart-inspires students to interpret, envision, and create artwork that speaks from their heart.

Students from across Minnesota are invited to submit two-dimensional artwork. One entry per grade will be selected to be featured on this year's poster. All submissions for the poster contest will be displayed as part of the ARTwalk during the 2007 Flint Hills International Children's Festival.

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JOB SHADOW Program
Application Deadline: December 15, 2006
Program Timeline: January-March 2007

High school juniors and seniors are invited to explore careers in technical theater, where students shadow theater house crew in the areas of sound, properties, electrics/lighting, and carpentry. Students commit to up to six on-site visits and will be paired with a mentor.

For more information, or to apply for the job shadow program, contact Human Resources at 651-282-3060 or drichard@ordway.org.

Currently, three high school students, Charlie from Southwest High School, MPS, Alex, from Saint Paul Open School, and Chris from Watershed High School, Minneapolis Charter Schools participate in the job shadow program. The participants have been involved with Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra rehearsals, The Minnesota Opera advance and load-in for the Tales of Hoffman and advance and load in of Irving Berlin's White Christmas.

Internships
Application Deadline: November 20, 2006

Ordway Center is currently recruiting for interns in four areas-Education, Community Engagement, Public Relations, and Development.

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Cultural Advisory Council Meetings
The Ordway Center Cultural Advisory Council-a volunteer group of cultural leaders in the Twin Cities community-advises Ordway Center staff on all levels of administrative levels and functions. Upcoming meetings are below.

Full Council Meeting-December 11, 2006
Ordway Center Marzitelli Foyer, 5:30 PM

Programming Committee Meeting-November 30, 2006
Towers Office Building, First Floor Conference Room, 5:30 PM

Marketing Committee Meeting-Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Towers Office Building, First Floor Conference Room , 5:30

To  RSVP or additional information on joining, contact Eric Olmscheid, Community Engagement Coordinator at eolmsche@ordway.org or 651-282-3017.

WAI
School Performances: April 19th and 20th at 10:30am and 12:30pm
Public Performance: April 21st at 7:30pm

In the Māori language of New Zealand, WAI means water. To the five musicians in the group-who will be in Saint Paul for a week long residency in April-it defines their sound: refreshing music that flows with emotion and soulful melodies. WAI musicians sing all of their music in Māori and use the traditional tone, vocal patterns and harmonies of the South Pacific's indigenous people, complemented by contemporary funk, reggae and hip-hop grooves. WAI's school and public performances will captivate audiences by linking contemporary sounds with the rich cultural heritage of the Māori people.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT WAI AND THEIR CULTURE WITH A FEW Q and A's

1. What does Māori mean?
The name Māori originally meant "the local people", or "the original people". Māori was a word which signified "local" or "original"-as opposed to the new arrivals, white European settlers-the "pakeha". With the arrival of European settlers, the word Māori gradually became an adjective for the "Māori people".

2. Where did the Māori people live before New Zealand? Where did they originate and how did they get to New Zealand?

Archaeological and linguistic evidence suggests that probably several waves of migration came from Eastern Polynesia to New Zealand between AD 800 and 1300.They crossed the Pacific Ocean with canoes that had been built to withstand heavy seas and were able to carry many people and their possessions over great distances.

Call 651-282-3115 for school tickets
Call 651-224-4222 for public performance tickets or click here to buy online

SAINT PAUL CONSERVATORY FOR PERFORMING ARTISTS STUDENTS ATTEND MASTER CLASSES FROM VISITING ARTISTS AND STAFF

This fall, students from the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists in instrumental music, musical theatre, and dance tracks had an opportunity to work with professional touring artists during a series of master classes as diverse as the artists performing at Ordway Center.

Instrumental music students experienced Brazilian music from Forró For All through a performance and then were treated to meeting the band and learning about the musical elements of their unique sound. 

Beginning dance students learned the ABC's of hip-hop in a master class with Illstyle and Peace Productions company members. The instructors broke down a routine into the hip-hop dance elements of popping, locking, and breaking.

Vice President of Programming at Ordway Center, Jamie Rocco, led musical theatre students through a true-to-life audition process entitled How to Survive a Dance Audition.  The professional choreographer/director taught combinations from his repertoire and gave hints on how to impress a Broadway director.

PARTNERSHIPS BRING TEACHING ARTISTS INTO CLASSROOMS

Arts Explore and COMPAS/Ordway Partnerships are important components of Education at Ordway Center programming. These partnerships invite Twin Cities artists to help embed the art forms presented in Ordway Center's Performing Arts Classroom season into classrooms across the metro. 

ARTS EXPLORE
Through the partner school program, artist Leo Lara visited Longfellow Elementary, MPS, to present an exciting program of Latin American folkloric music from the Andes Mountains. Using a wide variety of instruments, including the charango, cuatro, bombo, quena, and panpipes, Mr. Lara engaged the students through song, dance, and instrument try-outs. Plans are underway for additional partnership activities throughout the year.

COMPAS/ORDWAY CENTER PARTNERSHIP
COMPAS roster artist Frank Sentwali led a spoken word residency at Ramsey Junior High, SPPS, around the Illstyle and Peace Productions performance.  At Windom Open School, MPS, Leo Lara held a residency on South American music in Spanish around the Forró For All performance.

WELCOME DR. MERIA CARSTARPHEN-NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS

On Monday, November 13, Saint Paul Public Schools' students, educators, administrators, and school board members joined community arts partners to give an Arts for All welcome to Dr. Meria Carstarphen, Superintendent, Saint Paul Public Schools in Ordway Center's Marzitelli Foyer.

Master of Ceremonies T. Mychael Rambo facilitated the event-organized by arts educators and administrators from the metro area in collaboration with District Arts Coordinator Jan Spencer de Gutiérrez. The program included original work from the Linwood A+ and Four Seasons A+ dance ensembles and from Central High School's Touring Theatre and the Arts Literacy Leadership Team.

Superintendent Carstarphen was greeted with music from Ramsey Junior High's String Orchestra while students' visual art work filled the entryway to the theater. A crowd of 280 guests, which included teaching artists, individuals representing arts organizations, and elected and appointed city officials, gathered to show their support for the continuation of arts programming in the district.

Education at Ordway Center is sponsored by 3M. Additional major funding is provided by Ordway Circle of Stars, The Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation, General Mills Foundation, hundreds of individuals, foundations, corporate contributors, and by the patronage of thousands of theatre attendees.

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