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Cultivating Community Through Public Art
MPT Artivity Place in the Shops of Grand Avenue, Plankinton Arcade, 161 W. Wisconsin
Collaborative community art projects held in 2011:
All-City People's Parade
Bay View Tragedy Theatrical Re-enactment
Sherman Park "Footprints of Unity" workshops with Marina Lee
with Goodwill Industries of Southeast Wisconsin and VSA Wisconsin
Dia de los Muertos Parade with Milwaukee Mijas
All-City People's Parade
Advisory Committee, 2011
Shirah Apple
Creative Alliance Milwaukee
Norma Ballentine
Safe & Sound
Sheila Cochran
Milwaukee Labor Council
Kari Couture
MPS Recreation
Daisy Cubias
Former Advisor to the Mayor
Tim Decker
UWM/MATC Animation, Puppetry
Emilio De Torre
ACLU of Wisconsin
Louis Fortis
ShepherdExpress
Gregory Jay
UWM Cultures & Communications
Maria Lopez Vento
Helen Bader Foundation
H. Carl Mueller
Mueller Communications
Leo Ries
LISC
Tom Schneider
Children's Outing Association
Vic Thomas
Summerfest
The 2011 Parade Projects are partially funded by: ACLU of Wisconsin, Elizabeth Brinn Foundation, Gardner Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation/Donald and Barbara Abert Fund and Mary Nohl Fund, Greater Milwaukee Committee, Greater Milwaukee Realtors Youth Foundation, Helen Bader Foundation, Koessler Family Foundation, La Lune Collection, Max Fund, Marshall Building, Merrill Lynch, Milwaukee County CAMPAC, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, MPS Arts Internships, MPS Partnership for the Arts, Omaha Community Foundation, Ritz-Holman LLP, Robert Ivens Machinery Company, United Performing Arts Fund, Wisconsin Arts Board and National Endowment for the Arts, Zink the Zebra Foundation , and many individuals. Media sponsors are Milwaukee Labor Press, Shepherd Express and 88NINE RadioMilwaukee.
New Video (link): Building of the Quetzalcoatl puppet by Milwaukee Mijas. Featured in 2011 All-City People's Parade.
The All-City People's Parade and its theme of "Metamorphosis" was an undeniable hit at the 2011 Labor Day Parade, with its marching bands, Samba dancers, colorful giant puppets and creative people-powered floats.
Parade elements were displayed at Milwaukee City Hall November 14-27. Slide show of still photographs -->
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One of the most joyous segments of this year’s All-City People’s Parade was the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Samba Unit, an all ages, community percussion troupe consisting of 100 members from throughout the Greater Milwaukee area. Now in its second year, the Unit draws from the musical and rhythmic traditions of Samba schools in Brazil, playing on instruments crafted by the members of the troupe and made from mostly recycled and re-purposed materials. The Samba Unit is directed by Julio Pabon with assistant directors Cecilio Negron and Bony Benavides-Plog. It accompanied the giant Samba puppets, dancers and members of Ballet Folklorico Nacional de Milwaukee and Omeyocan Dance Company, directed by Roberto Franco and Alejandro Franco.
Other 2011 Community Art Projects included: Gordon Park Energy Independence Day, Summer of Peace, National Night Out, Lanterns for Peace, Community Art and Funk Festival, Present Music's "Water", All-City People's Parade, Lindsay Heights/Walnut Way Harvest Day and Dia de los Muertos parades.
Youth interns were from Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, MPS Arts Intern Program, and PASA/ACLU of Wisconsin, coordinated by Emilio DeTorre. Listen to 88Nine's podcast. We also collaborated with Walker's Point Center of the Arts.
Inspired by the Minneapolis May Day Festival by In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, the All-City People's Parade project is a collaboration between Milwaukee Public Theatre, the Milwaukee Mask and Puppet Theatre, ACLU of Wisconsin, and many community organizations, funding sources, individual artists, and most importantly, the participating public.
For more information, call Milwaukee Public Theatre at 414-347-1685, or contact us by email.
MPT was proud to support Milwaukee Mijas in the second annual Dia De Los Muertos parade. JSOnline photos. Fox 6 video. READ MORE.
<-- Honor flags created by youth and displayed in the Ofrendas exhibit at Latino Arts, Inc. Gallery.
Visit Milwaukee Mijas on Facebook.
2010 All-City People's Parade: Walking Up!
2010 Video I , 2010 Video II, 2010 Parade program
2010 photos and story in Milwaukee JournalSentinel. WTMJ TV interview. Feature story about construction. Still photos.
2010 Dia de los Muertos Parade. Workshops, parade photos, video.
2009 All-City People's Parade
2009 Parade video - our inaugural year
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