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Kulture Klub
Calendar of Events 1993-2009...

Sept 2009
ArtLab, Home Is Where You Make It, book project, #1 - #2
Intermedia Arts, Mama Said Knock U Out!, B-Girl Be Exhibit
ArtLab, Home Is Where You Make It, book project, #3 - #4
ArtLab, Messenger Bags & Screen printing, #6 - #7
Franconia Sculpture Park, End of summer tour and BBQ

Aug 2009
Artist In Residence, Home Is Where You Make It with Lauri Lyons & Tish Jones, #1 - #15
Peavey Plaza, Home Is Where You Make It, public exhibit
Loring Park, Home Is Where You Make It, public exhibit
YouthLink, Home Is Where You Make It, public exhibit
Walker Art Center, Home Is Where You Make It, public exhibit
Intermedia Arts, Home Is Where You Make It, public exhibit
Walker Art Center, Lauri Lyons & Kulture Klub, public lecture and presentation

July 2009
Artist In Residence, Art On Wheels with Jan Elftman #1 - #4
Artist In Residence, Art On Wheels with Allan Christian #5 - #6
Artist In Residence, Art On Wheels with Jan Elftman #7
KFIA Radio, Fresh Fruit radio interview, KKC staff
Open Eye Figure Theater, ArtGives event
Franconia Sculpture Park, Scratch Mold Iron Casts
ArtLab, Scratch Mold Iron Casts, Franconia Sculpture Park Artists at KKC

June 2009
Red Hot Art Festival, KKC and FryBreadLove jewelry and art sale
ArtLab, HostHome self portrait workshop #1 - #2
YouthPride, hosted youth public mural, Loring Park
ArtLab, Passport to Learning mural project
ArtLab, Messenger Bags, #1 - #5
Walker Art Center, Remake Revamp, FlatPack #1 - #2
Walker Art Center, Queer Takes film 575 Castro Street

May 2009
Art In The Mayors Office, Youth photography exhibit through June, 2009
ArtLab, Jewelry Making with Gayle Weigle, #7 - #9
Mixed Blood Theater, Red Ink
Guthrie Lab, POP, Arena Dance Theater
Franconia Sculpture Park, Sculpture tour and BBQ
ArtLab, Jewelry making & mini stencils, #10

Apr 2009
MN State Capital, COST: Consider Our Stories True, a homeless youth art exhibit
Walker Art Center, film Man Push Cart
First Amendment Gallery, gallery tour
ArtLab, Jewelry Making with Gayle Weigle, #1 - #6
Buca, KKC 2008 Allstars Dinner & Celebration

Mar 2009
ArtLab, Sign Painting, #3 - #6
Black History Month, Open Mic with J. Otis Powell, YouthLink
Womens History Month, writing & performance workshops with Tish Jones, #1 - #3
Womens History Month, Open Mic with Tish Jones, Ebe and Ashley Gold, YouthLink

Feb 2009
Black History Month, poetry workshops with J. Otis Powell!, #1 - #3
Black History Month, Open Mic, Avenues for Homeless Youth
Augsburg College Native American Film Festival, Older Than America
ArtLab, Sign Painting, #1 - #2

Jan 2009
ArtLab, Stencil project, #1 - #2
Phillips Community Television, Youth producer interviews
ArtLab, mini canvases, #1 - #3
Travelers Inc., Community Dinner & Celebration, premiere of Art Each Day video. J. Otis Powell

Calendar of Events 1993-2008

July 1993
Walker Art Center: “Suitcase Stories”, Michael Sommers
Artist Presentation: Judy Kepes
Illusion Theater: “Queer Amerika”, Patrick Scully
Walker Art Center: Malcolm X Exhibition

August 1993
Penumbra Theatre: “Urban Bush Women”
Guthrie Theater: “ Naga Mandalla”
Loring Playhouse: “Wings”
Artist Presentation: Herb Grika

September 1993
Guthrie Theater: “Too Clever By Half”
Penumbra Theater: “Waiting In Vain”
Jungle Theater: "Levitation”
Garage Theater: “Gertrude And Alice”

October 1993
Dinner At Gardens Of Salonika: Kulture Talk
Jungle Theater: “Diary Of Ann Frank”
Penumbra Theater: “Buffalo Hair”
Red Eye Collaboration: “Wrath Of Kali”

November 1993
Artist Presentation: Filmmaker Chris Spotted Eagle
Dinner: Kulture Talk
Twin Cities Art Galleries

December 1993
Southern Theatre: “Mask Dance”
Walker Art Center: Brazilian Conceptual Artist, Helio Oticica
Voice and Movement Workshop: Marilyn Habermas Scher
Kulture Klub T-Shirts
Artist Reading: J. Otis Powell!

January 1994
Artist Studio Visit: Ilene Krug & Zoran Mojsilov
Southern Theater: Performance By Alexs Pate & David Mura
Walker/Southern: Out There Series
Korean Dinner: Kulture Talk

February 1994
Guthrie Theater: “A Woman Of No Importance”
Drumming: Jere Truer, How To Make A Barrel Drum
Drumming: Jere Truer, Drumming Rhythms From Around The World
Illusion Theater: “Miss Dessa”

March 1994
Guthrie Theater: “Dream On Monkey Mountain”
Soul Food Restaurant: Kulture Talk
Artist Studio Visit: Clarence Morgan
Walker Art Center: Jazz Performance,
Willenski Art Gallery
Speedboat Gallery: Super 8 Film Screening

April 1994
Frank Theater: ” Tottering House”
Mixed Blood Theater: “Fires In The Mirror”
Illusion Theater: “ Stories Of Merridel Leseur - Hard Times Come Again No More”
Penumbra Theater: “Jarring The Floor”

May 1994
Theatre Jeune Lune: “ Germinal”
Walker Art Center: “ Zeitgeist”
Walker Art Center: “Midwest Film Showcase”
Southern Theater

June 1994
Dinner: Kulture Talk
Guthrie Theater: “The Rover”
Minneapolis College Of Art And Design: “Zero Street”, film by Daniel Bergin/KTCA
Walker Art Center : “ Carrie Mae Weems” Exhibition

July 1994
Daniel Bergin Of “Zero Street” Comes To Project OffStreets
Southern Theater: “ Yellow Fever”
Guthrie Theater: “The Rover” (2nd Time)
Red Eye Collaboration: “ Cuban Cinema”

August 1994
Illusion Theater: “Whistling Girls”
Write On Workshop (Wow! By J. Otis Powell!, #1 - #3
Theatro Del Pueblo: “Paper Flowers” : Chilean Playwright
Walker Art Center: The Permanent Collection
Dinner at Emily’s Lebanese: Kulture Talk

September 1994
Walker Art Center: Japanese Theater Dondoro
Wow! Workshop, J. Otis Powell!, #4-#6
Walker Art Center: Film Screenings “Three Women”
Artist Studio Visit: Pam Belding - Computer Animation
SpaceSpace Dance: “Gertrude’s Words”, Georgia Stevens
Parts Gallery: Photography By Local Black Youth Working With Carrie Mae Weems
and Meeting With Photographer Kate Maxwell Williams

October 1994
Mixed Blood Theater : “Black Belts”
Ordway Theater : “Three Rivers Dance Clan”
Southern Theater : “Bubba Nielson”
Wow! Open Poetry Reading At Project OffStreets : Youth & Staff

November 1994
Riverview Library/St. Paul: “Diaz De Muertos”, Music Performance
Acting Workshop At Project OffStreets: Kevin Linell
Southern Theater: “Description Of A Picture, Explosion Of A Memory”
Penumbra Theater: “Black Nativity”

December 1994
Mixed Blood Theater: “Keely And Du”
Jungle Theater: “Miracle Worker”
Dinner at Spaghetti Factory : Kulture Talk
Red Eye Theater: Film Screening
Ballet Of The Dolls: “Nutcracker”

January 1995
Walker Art Center and Southern Theater: Out There Performance Series
Patrick Scully: Queer Stories
Walker Art Center and Southern Theater: Out There Performance Series
Chris Sullivan
Guthrie Theater: “Macbeth”
Sodas At Annie’s Parlor: Kulture Talk

February 1995
Penumbra Theater: “Sally’s Rape”
Film At Skyway Movie Theater: “Higher Learning”
Ordway Theater/Jungle: “Gertrude Stein”
Intermedia Arts: Meeting With Graffiti Artists “Fluid Intelligence”
Loose Canon Performance Planning Meeting: Southern Theater

March 1995
Illusion Theater: “Blues In The Night”
Good-bye Party For Sally And Baby Marta (Core KK Members)
Loose Canon Performance Rehearsal #1: Southern Theater
Southern Theater: “Voodoo Child, Mysticism, Race And Scandal In The Bayou”
Loose Canon Performance Rehearsal #2: Southern Theater
Walker Art Center: Asian American Exhibition
Southern Theater: “Theater Mu, Paper Angels”

April 1995
Loose Canon Performance Rehearsal #3: Southern Theater
Mixed Blood Theater: “Coca Cola In Mexico
Loose Canon Performance Rehearsal #4 : Southern Theater
Kulture Klub Loose Canon Performance Southern Theater
Northrop Auditorium: “Drummers Of Burundi”
Jungle Theater: “Journey’s End”

May 1995
Illusion Theater: “Day Trips”
Minneapolis Institute Of Art: “River’s Merging”, Performance By Kim Hines
Moose And Sadie’s Cafe: Kulture Talk
Illusion Theater: “Rez Road Follies”

June 1995
Hidden Theater At Red Eye Collaboration: “First Lady”
Walker Art Center: Sigmar Polke Exhibition “Do You Believe In Magic”
Walker Art Center: Twin Cities Black Film Festival
Walker Art Center: District 202 Performance On Queer Culture
Pillsbury House/Walker Art Center: “The Under Siege Stories", Hittite Empire
Jungle Theater: “The Swan”

July 1995
Illusion Theater: “Silver Tongues, Poison Lies”
Walker Art Center: “Punic Wars”, Hittite Empire & Local Black Male Youth
Southern Theater: “Daughters From The Stars”, Spiderwoman Theater

August 1995
Guthrie Theater: “Firebugs”
Southern Theater: “Letters From Manilla”
Penumbra Theater: “The Underground Project”, Raubie McAuly
Dinner: Kulture Talk
Minneapolis Institute Of The Arts: Richard Avedon

September 1995
Photography Workshop by Kate Maxwell Williams
Presentation by Kate Maxwell Williams
Presentation by Dawoud Bey
Tour of Star Tribune Photography Department
Guthrie Theater: “Big White Fog”
Vision Quest Weekend Retreat by Photographer Doug Beasley

October 1995
Film: "Clockers", By Spike Lee
Urban Space Workshop by Architect Sara Wiener
Presentation By Sara Wiener
Federal Reserve Bank
Tour Of Architectural Office
Intermedia Arts: Video By Two River's Youth, Native Views
Penumbra Theater: "Flyin West"

November 1995
Symbol Making Workshop by Ilene Krug
Presentation by Ilene Krug
Sumi Brushwork
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Phone Book Doodling
Red Eye Cinema
Walker: Ronald Brown Dance Co., "Dirt Road"
Ordway Theater: Los Lobos

December 1995
Reading Revolution Workshop by Vince Leo
Presentation by Vince Leo
Reading To Yourself
Reading To Others
Interpretation
Intermedia Arts: "S'kin"
Southern Theater: "Korean Dance Mask"
Cricket Theater: "Gospel Chorus"
Theatre June Lune: "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame"

January 1996
Performing Your Writing Workshop With J. Otis Powell! #1 #2 #3
Southern Theater/Walker: Out There, "The Medium"
Southern Theater/Walker: Out There, "These Are My Sisters"
Southern Theater/Walker: Out There, "Bagne"
Mixed Blood Theater: "Martin Luther King Jr."
Mixed Blood Theater: "Santos Y Santos"

February 1996
Open Mic Reading at Project OffStreets
Book Making Workshop at Minnesota Center For Book Arts
Illusion Theater: "The Hand Of God"
Penumbra Theater: "Freefall"
Ordway Theater: National Dance Co. Of Nigeria
Jungle Theater: "The Glass Menagerie"
Mixed Blood Theater: "Daughters Of Africa"

March 1996
Ordway Theater: "Gospel In Blues Time"
Illusion Theater: "Always And Forever, Music Of The 70's"
Film: "Dead Man Walking"
Minnesota History Theater: Film, "Daughters Of The Dust"

April 1996
Mixed Blood Theater: "Black Belts"
Northrop: James Carter Jazz Quartet
Kulture Klub Kabaret Workshop For Southern Theater Performance May 10
Presentation by Theater Director Wendy Knox, performer Alex Alexander

May 1996
Kulture Klub Kabaret Workshop (Continued)
Open Mic Emceed by J. Otis Powell!
3 Rehearsals
Kulture Klub Kabaret Performance At Southern Theater
June 1996
Artist Presentation: writer/performer Alex Alexander
Ballet of the Dolls
Illusion Theater

July 1996
Ethiopian restaurant
Weisman Museum: “Through the Body"
Jungle Theater: "Fool for Love"

August 1996
History Theater: Film, "The Learning Tree"
Minnesota Museum of Art: Outsider Art
Sculpture Workshop with Jahn Arts Gallery
collecting found objects by the river, assembling objects into constructions

September 1996
Kulture Klub Sculpture on display at Jahn Arts International Gallery
Open Mic at Project OffStreets
Ordway Theater: "Kahurangi"
Oak Street Cinema: "Dead Man" by Jim Jarmush
Pillsbury House: "Bring the Children Home"

October 1996
Open Mic for Project OffStreets 10 Year Reunion
Walker Art Center: "Everybody 2 Disco from Moscow 2 San Francisco"
Southern Theater: "Garden of Names"
Frank Theater: "America Story"
Illusion Theater: "Voices in the Rain"

November 1996
Ordway Theater: "Lakota Sioux"
Jungle Theater: "Diary of a Madman"
Illusion Theater: ""Dimly Perceived Threats to the System"
Ordway Theater: "Rumillaja"
Walker Art Center: "Hanna Hoch, German Montage"

December 1996 - Christi Atkinson begins month long mentorship at POS
Day Without Art : HIV/AIDS Open Mic emceed by Patrick Scully
Walker Art Center: HIV/AIDS "Remembrance", interactive film by Wendy Clark
Intermedia Arts: Installation Art
Dinner at Tacos Morelas: Kulture Talk
Great American History Theatre: "Let Heaven and Nature Sing"

January 1997 - Commence Tuesday Artist Drop-In Center Workshops
Sally Awards dinner at the Ordway Theater; KK youth reading
KK Director, Dorit Cypis receives Award in Vision for Kulture Klub
Walker Art Center and Southern Theater : Out There Series, "Strung Out"
Walker Art Center and Southern Theater: Out There Series, "Grand Hotel"
KTCA producer Patti Hegman begins video documentary on Kulture Klub
Walker Art Center/Southern Theater: Out There Series, local theater performers
Walker Art Center/Southern Theater: Out There Series, "Buto-Sha Tenkei"
Comix Artist Workshop: with Christi Atkinson #1

February 1997
Comix Artist Workshop: with Peter Gross & Peter Gaustad #2 - #4
Patrick's Cabaret: interactive installation "Nebel and Neblina"
Ordway Theater: "Hubard Street Dance"
Red Eye: "Concrete Farm" dance
Movement Workshop for Project Offstreets Staff: Maureen Koelsch #1, #2
Penumbra Theater: "Raisin in the Sun"
Artist Workshop: musician Douglas Ewart #1 - #3
Open Mic: Black History Month
Heart of the Beast Puppet Theater

March 1997
Women's History Month: writer and journalist Kimberly Taylor
Jungle Theater: "Bus Stop"
Open Mic: Women's History Month
Intermedia Arts: Collette Gaiter and Tony Brown
Ordway Theater: "Zap Mama"
Walker Art Center: "No Place Like Home” exhibition & the films of Nic DeoCampo
Performance Workshop: Patrick Scully #1, #2
Guthrie Lab Theater: "Many Colors Make the Thunder King"

April 1997
Performance Workshop: Patrick Scully #3, #4
Red Eye: Savage Aural Hot Bed
Uptown Theater: “Sling Blade”
Walker Art Center: Michael Franti of Spearhead
Performance Workshop: Heather Wilson #1 - #3
Theater Mu: "White Snake Lady"

May 1997
Penumbra Theater: “Blood Shock Boogie”
Kulture Klub Youth perform at Patrick's Cabaret: 2 nights
Video at OffStreets: "Girl's Town"
Illusion Theater: “For Our Daughters”
Penumbra @ Guthrie Theater: "Fences"
Artist Presentation: Dorit Cypis
Walker Art Center: Loft Writers reading on "Home..."
Independent Television Network: film "Baby Love"
MacPhail Center for the Arts: tour of recording studio by Roger Dumas

June 1997
Artist Workshop: Building human floats for Pride Day Parade, artist Annie #1 - #4
Minneapolis Institute of Art: Dale Chilhooly, Shana Kaplow/Shannon Kennedy
Jungle Theater: "Long Day’s Journey into Night"
Intermedia Arts: Video
Southern Theater: Ballet of the Dolls “Salome”
MN History Center: Juneteenth film and discussion, Oscar Michieux

July 1997
Artist Workshop: Instrument Making with Douglas Ewart #1 - #4
Franconia Sculpture Park: Tour, meet the artists and BBQ
St. Anthony Main: film, “Encounter”
Weisman Art Museum: “Paris was a Woman”
Walker Art Center: Video History Class “Gendered Confrontations”
Oak Street Cinema: “When We Were Kings”
Artist Workshop: Symbol Making with Ilene Krug #1

August 1997
Artist Workshop: Symbol Making with Ilene Krug #2, #3
First Avenue: Michael Franti of Spearhead
Penumbra Theater: "Jam with Jon Jang and James Newton"
Oak Street Cinema: “Broken English”

September 1997
Memorial Service for Khadar, OffStreets youth who was killed
Skyway: film, “Men in Black”
Moose & Sadie’s: Rap sessions about Khadar #1 - #3
Walk Along River to Honor Khadar
Walker Art Center: Permanent Collection
Sebastian Joe’s: Kulture Talk about and for Khadar

October 1997
Planet Ordway: “Cirque Ingeniuex”
Artist Workshop: Drawing Class & Graffiti Tags with Christi Atkinson
Artist Presentation: Derek Hughes, Magic and Card Tricks
Franconia Sculpture Park: Tour and Dinner with artists
Southern Theater: “Circular Ruins”
Artist Presentation: Engine Joo, on Disney exhibition
Tedd Mann Concert Hall: DV8, physical dance theatre
Penumbra Theatre: “Jar The Floor”
Children’s Museum: French Children of the Holocaust Exhibition, & “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” Open Mic: “Life & Death - Respecting Life, Grieving Loss”

November 1997
Mixed Blood Theater: “Birth of the Boom”
Artist Workshop: Modern, Jazz and African Dance with Roxane Wallace #1, #2, #3
Artist Presentation: Dance Videos with Morgan Thorson
Illusion Theater: “Forever Hold Your Piece & Hey Boys”
Walker Art Center: “Four Little Girls” film and discussion
Thanksgiving Dinner at Project OffStreets

December 1997
Open Mic: Special Guest Emcee George Coleman, POS Outreach Staff
Artist Workshop: Modern, Jazz and African Dance with Roxane Wallace #4 - #6
Walker Art Center: “Jails, Hospitals and Hip-Hop” performance/workshop with Danny Hoch
Penumbra @ Fitzgerald Theater: “Black Nativity”
Walker Art Center: Teen Arts Council Alumni Party
Holiday Dinner at Project OffStreets
Kwanzaa Dinner & Artist Presentation: Ta-Coumba Aiken

January 1998
Artist Workshop: Digital Music Recording and Mixing with Jake Rodriguez #1 - #3,
Southern Theater, Out There 10: Hot Mouth, ”You Say What I Mean But What You Mean Is Not What I Say”
Intermedia Arts: “Intersecting Rhythms“ & “The Walls Come Tumblin’ Down”
Southern Theater, Out There 10: Dan Hurlin, ”The Shoulder”
Oak Street Theater: “Antonia’s Line”
Kulture Klub youth perform Open Mic for MYDP Board of Directors Annual Meeting

February 1998
Artist Workshop: Digital Music Recording and Mixing with Jake Rodriguez #4 - #6
Video presentation: KTCA producer Patti Hegman
Walker Art Center: Guerrilla Girls lecture and Robert Colescott exhibition
Black History Month Dinner
Intermedia Arts: "Homos in the House", by Djola Branner
Black History Open Mic
Hennepin Center for the Arts: "Theology", J. Otis Powell!

March 1998
Writer's Reading/Autobiography Workshop: with writer Catherine Liu, “Oriental Girls Desire Romance” #1 - #3
Frank Theater: "The Chekhov Project"
Sweet Honey in the Rock, accapella vocal
Basilica of Saint Mary: Arvo Part, Theatre of Voices
Women's History Open Mic: Young Women and Pregnancy
Intermedia Arts: Karen Finley
DanceWorkshop with dancer Roxane Wallace @ Patrick's Cabaret #1, #2

April 1998
Performance Series /Vocal Workshop with singer Leslie Ball @ Patrick's Cabaret, #3, #4
Hennepin Center for the Arts: Everett Dance Theatre, “Body of Work”
Illusion Theater: “Living Beauty”
MN Museum of American Art: Gordon Parks
Great American History Theatre: “Song Catcher”, by Marcie Rendon
Performance Series/Recording Workshop with composer Jake Rodriguez @ Patrick's Cabaret #5, #6

May 1998
Performance Series Presentation Workshop with performer/director Djola Branner
@ Patrick's Cabaret #7, #8
O’Shaughnessy Auditorium: Shapiro & Smith Dance Co.
Performance Series Rehearsals #1 - #3, @ Patrick's Cabaret: all 4 artists in the series
Kulture Klub Public Performances @ Patrick's Cabaret: May 22nd & 23rd
Performance Series Evaluation: Talk and ice cream at Sonny’s with artists and KK youth
Walker Art Center: “Interviewing the Audience”, Spaulding Gray
Walker Art Center: “Sculpture On Site”, talk with Rob Fischer

June 1998
Artist presentation: Jean Humke/sculptor, slide talk
Jungle Theater: “Dial “M” for Murder”
Pride Parade Workshop with OUT Group: Making Float and T-shirts #1 - #3
Eye of the Storm Theatre: “How I Learned To Drive”
Theater Mu: “Internment Voices”

Walker Art Center: “Sculpture On Site”, talk with Chris Larson
Gus Lucky’s Gallery: “Eternal Styles and Lowrider BC & CC” with Kulture Talk at Pizza Shack
St. Anthony Main: film, “The Truman Show”
Pride Parade March and Festival
Artist Presentation: Mike Hoyt

July 1998 - Commence Artist In Residence Program
Artist In Residence: Graffiti/Mural Project with painter Mike Hoyt #1, #2, #3, #4
Oak Street Cinema: “Jour de Fete”
Franconia Sculpture Park: Tour, BBQ and artist presentations
Walker Art Center: “Regards, Barry McGee”, installation process with artist
Graduation Ceremony: youth turning 20 years old who must transition out of the Drop-In
(6 out of 7 youth are Kulture Klub regulars), joined by Barry McGee
Kulture Talk: Ice Cream at Sebastian Joe’s with artist Barry McGee
AMICUS: Prison Art Exhibition and Prison Film Festival, “The Farm”
Lagoon Cinema: “Smoke Signals”

August 1998 -Commence Khadar Elders’ Program
Artist In Residence: Graffiti/Mural Project #5 - #12
Khadar Elders’ Program: Hmong Elders and Hmong youth present Hmong culture and lifestyle in Laos and the United States accompanied by Asian meal
Walker Art Center: “Sculpture On Site”, artist Dorit Cypis, Kulture Talk at Pizza Shack

September 1998
Mural/Graffiti Residency: “Doors To The Future” Art Exhibition at No Name Exhibitions
KK youth and Staff install artwork and prepare for public opening
Evaluation of Mural/Graffiti Residency, artist Mike Hoyt at Moose & Sadie’s
Khadar Elders’ Program: Ojibwa elders on Native culture traditions, arts & life in the Twin Cities with meal of Native American foods
Artists In Residence: “Kulture Konspiracy” Djola Branner, Roxane Wallace
Walker Art Center: “Art Performs Life”, tour of exhibition with Roxane and Djola
Walker Art Center: Student Open House, films, exhibition tours, and music by young people for young people, talk by “Art Performs Life” dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones

October 1998
Artists In Residence: Performance/Dance, “Kulture Konspiracy” Workshops, #1 - #7
Artist In Residence: KK Video/Archive Project, artist Dorit Cypis and Blue Moon Studio
Southern Theater:“Tree Tales”, Indian/African dance, Ranee Ramaswamy, Morris Johnson
The Loft: film, “Slam” with poet/performer J. Otis Powell!
Open Mic: Goodbye ceremony for Dorit Cypis, founder and Director of Kulture Klub
Penumbra Theatre: "The Day the Bronx Died"

November 1998
Artist in Residence Performance/Dance “Kulture Konspiracy” #8
Kulture Klub Performance at Intermedia Arts: “Kulture Konspiracy”
Evaluation of “Kulture Konspiracy”: at Buca’s restaurant with artists and youth
Har Mar Theater: film, “Beloved”
Artist presentation: Christi Atkinson/slides of India and film, “Salaam Bombay”
CreArte: "Dia de Los Muertos Ofrendas" exhibition with artist tour, Douglas Padilla and Antonio Villagran
Orpheum Theatre: musical, “Ragtime”
Khadar Elder’s Program: Chicano culture, offering and meal with artist/elder Armando Gutierrez and dancer Maria Medina de la Smith
Thanksgiving Party at Project OffStreets
Artist In Residence: KK Video/Archive Project
Blue Moon Studio: tour studio and learn editing techniques with Dorit Cypis and Blue Moon staff and screening of "Looking Back through Kulture Klub 1992-1998",

December 1998
Open Mic: HIV/AIDS
Patrick’s Cabaret: Michael Sommer’s puppet show, “Prelude to Faust”
Artist Workshop: Three Dimensional Card Making with Rory Sparks
Teatro del Pueblo at the McKnight Theatre: "La Posada"
Artist Workshop: Origami and Box Making with Rory Sparks
Penumbra at the Fitzgerald: "Black Nativity"
Christmas/Holiday Dinner at Project OffStreets

January 1999
Artist In Residence: “Mixing It Up: Exploring Identity Through Words and Images" with artist Alexa Horochowski, Workshops #1 - #4
Southern Theatre/Walker Art Center, Out There: Improbable Theatre, “70 Hill Lane”
Chorus Gallery: artist, Oscar Arredondo, “Diary Of A Timber Nigger”
Southern Theatre/Walker Art Center, Out There: 33 Fainting Spells, “Maria the Storm Cloud”
FoxFire: “Hong Kong and the New Territories", tour with photographer Tasha McNutt,
Southern Theatre/Walker Art Center, Out There: Shawn McConneloug and Her Orchestra,“What’s Wrong with Wanting to Die in Your Arms?”
Two Rivers Gallery: "Native Portraits 1990-92" by Dan Dennehy

February 1999
Artist In Residence “Mixing It Up: Exploring Identity Through Words and Images"
Workshops #5 - #8
Evaluation, wrap up and celebration dinner at Pizza Luce for youth involved in “Mixing It Up...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: The Chinese Rooms, Africa, Asia galleries and tour by artists Rollin Marquette, Jan Elftmann of their exhibition “Common Objects/Obsessive Forms”
Sallie’s Soul Food and Creole: Kulture Talk and meal for Black History Month
Black History Month Open Mic:#1: with POS Staff George Coleman
Black History Month Open Mic #2: with poet Roy McBride
Khadar Elder’s Program: Chinese New Year Celebration, with POS Staff Piying , Chinese musicians and Chinese meal
Artist Presentation: writing workshop with celebrated writer Alexs Pate

March 1999
Artist In Residence: Poetry and Spoken Word with Roy McBride, Workshops #1 - #4
Rehearsals @ Patrick's Cabaret: Roy McBride and musician Kevin Washington #1, #2
Red Eye Theatre: performance “Slabber” and spoken word “99 Hooker”
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: “Portraits” by Frank Gaard, The African and Asian Galleries
Walker Art Center: “Dialogues: Paul Beatty/Wing Young Huie”
Lagoon Cinema: “Life is Beautiful”
Project OffStreets and Pizza Luce: film, “Slam” and Kulture Talk at Pizza Luce
Walker Art Center: Women in the Director’s Chair, “Home Girls”
Women’s History Month Open Mic: with Wendy Knox, Director of Frank Theatre and Mary Weeks, Executive Director of Minneapolis Youth Diversion Program

April 1999
Artist In Residence: Poetry and Spoken Word with Roy McBride
Performance /Open Mic at POS
Kulture Klub Youth perform at Patrick's Cabaret: 2 nights
Evaluation of “Poetry and Spoken Word Workshops & Performances”: at Pizza Luce
Jungle Theatre: "MacBeth"
Project OffStreets: Decorating the Kulture Klub activity room #1, #2
Artist Presentation at Studio 4 High School for the Performing Arts: DJ Spooky
Walker Art Center: DJ Spooky and films of Harry Smith
HarMar Theatre: film, "Life"
Artist In Residence: “Creating Space/Creating Place: Sculpture/Carpentry" with artist
Joel Sisson #1
Walker Art Center: "Scenarios: Recent Work by Lorna Simpson"

May 1999
Artist In Residence series: “Creating Space/Creating Place: Structures" artist Joel Sisson #2 - #6
Katherine Nash Gallery: Civic Responsibility/Public Art
Ted Mann Concert Hall: Urban Bush Women and the David Murray Octet
Walker Art Center: "Dialogues: Paul Beatty/Wing Young Huie" with all "Creating Space/Creating Place" Artists In Residence - Joel Sisson, Ilene Krug Mojsilov, Armando Gutierrez, and Wing Young Huie
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: "Francis Bacon Retrospective" and "Padberg/Toscani" with sculptor Amy Toscani

June 1999
Evaluation of “Creating Space/Creating Place: Structures", new art lab, Joel Sisson
Penumbra Theatre: "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow
is enuf"
Project OffStreets Art Lab: Paint walls and decorate #1 - #3
Intermedia Arts: "Crossfire, A Journey through Gender Mayhem"
Project Success: "Angels in Disguise"
No Name Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory: "Hot Art Injection ( may cause side effects)"
Artist In Residence: “Creating Space/Creating Place: Amulets and Talismans" with artist Ilene Krug Mojsilov #1, #2

July 1999
Artist In Residence: “Creating Space/Creating Place: Amulets and Talismans" with artist Ilene Krug Mojsilov #3 - #6
Evaluation of “Creating Space/Creating Place: Amulets and Talismans" with ice cream Weisman Art Museum: "Theater of Wonder: 25 Years In the Heart of the Beast"
Minnesota Historical Society: Heart of the Earth Drum & Dance Club
Minneapolis Institute of Art: African and Asian Galleries
Steven's Square Park: Summer Movies and Music
Jungle Theater: "The Picnic"

August 1999
Black Bear Crossing: SASE Women of Color Reading
Franconia Sculpture Park: BBQ and artist tour
Art Lab: Open Studio #1, #2
Project OffStreets: Teen Anthology Meetings #1, #2

September 1999
Oak Street Cinema: "Imitation of Life"
Art Lab: Working with Clay #1, #2
Project OffStreets: install Green Sukkot Project
Oak Street Cinema: “Some Like It Hot”
Art Lab: Mural Painting #1, #2
Walker Art Center: New World Voices, Waldemar Bastos
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: "Yuanfei Hotel", Melba Price
Khadar Elder’s Program: The Festival of Sukkot with Jewish meal and shadow puppets

October 1999
Art Lab: Mural Painting #3
Hennepin County Government Center: “Moveable Feast” KK youth art exhibition
Walker Art Center: Brazilian film, "Iracema"
Khadar Elder’s Program: Akiva School on Hanukkah
Walker Art Center: Student Open House and artist talk by Bust
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Sukkot Projects
Project OffStreets: de-install Green Sukkot Project
Artist In Residence: “Creating Space/Creating Place: Altars" with artist Armando Gutierrez #1 - #3
Project OffStreets: Graduation Ceremony

November 1999
Artist In Residence: “Creating Space/Creating Place: Altars" with artist Armando Gutierrez #4 - #6
Evaluation of “Creating Space/Creating Place: Altars" dedication ceremony with traditional Day of the Dead foods with Armando Gutierrez and youth
Northrup Auditorium: Buena Vista Social Club, Ibrahim Ferrer and Ruben Gonzalez
Normandale College: Wing Young Huie exhbition
Mercado Central: Day of the Dead exhibition
Project OffStreets: Thanksgiving meal
Artist In Residence: “Creating Space/Creating Place: Me, Public and Private” with artist Wing Young Huie #1

December 1999
Artist In Residence: “Creating Space/Creating Place: Me:, Public and Private" with artist Wing Young Huie #2 - #6
Guthrie Lab: "OR", Dumb Type
Evaluation of “Creating Space/Creating Place: Me, Public and Private" with artist Wing Young Huie and youth over Mexican meal
Project OffStreets: Holiday card making
Holiday meal, gift giving and party

January 2000
Final Celebration of 1999 Artist In Residence series, “Creating Space/Creating Place: Structures, Amulets and Talismans, Altars, & Me, Public and Private" with artists Joel Sisson, Ilene Krug Armando Gutierrez, Wing Young Huie and youth and staff
Southern/Walker Art Center: Out There Series, Roger Gueneveur Smith, "The Huey P. Newton Story"
Southern Theatre/Walker Art Center: Out There Series, Da Da Kamera, "Monster"
Art Lab: "Zines!" #1
Walker Art Center: film, "The Thin Blue Line"
Intermedia Arts: "Beyond the Studio"
Southern Theatre/Walker Art Center: Out There Series, Elevator Repair Service "Total Fictional Lie"

February 2000
Frank Theatre: "The Trestle"
Art Lab: "Zines!" #2, #3
Commence Artist In Residence 2000 series: "Building Community: Mask Mayhem" with puppeteer Andy Kim #1, #2
Black History Month Open Mic #1: with POS Staff George Coleman
Intermedia Arts: performances, Heidi Arneson,"Post Hansel and Pre Gretel", Bao Phi, "Flame"
Black History Month Open Mic #2: with Afro-Caribbean drum and dance troupe Barynia

March 2000
Artist In Residence: "Building Community: Mask Mayhem" puppeteer Andy Kim #3, #4, #5
Evaluation of "Building Community: Mask Mayhem" with Andy Kim and youth over pizza
Walker Art Center: artist talk by Shepard Fairey, Andre the Giant Has a Posse campaign
Walker Art Center: "Forgiveness"
Minneapolis Institute Of Arts: "Quality Control"
The Jungle: "On the Verge"
Khadar Elders' Program: Russian culture and meal at Moscow on the Hill

April 2000
Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre: Mayday #1 - #4
Theater Mu: "The Song of the Pipa Player"
Riverview Theater: film, "The Hurricane"
Kulture Talk: at Sebastian Joe's
Artist Workshop: discussions of "home" with Nari Ward #1

May 2000
Artist Workshop: representations of "home" with Nari Ward #2
Theatre de la Jeune Lune: "Shockheaded Peter"
Kulture Klub youth perform at Alliance reception for grantees
Art Lab: Planning and Drawing with OUT group for Pride Parade #1, #2
POS Graduation Ceremony
Art Lab: Photo Portraits
Native American Open Mic

June 2000
Tour of Murals in Twin Cities
Walker Art Center: Miranda July, performance
Mural Workshop: Idea time
Artist Workshop: representations of "home" with Nari Ward #3, #4
Walker Art Center: Jon Jang and James Newton, "When Sorrow Turns to Joy"
Walker Art Center: Dyke Night
Western Bank Parking Lot: Pearl Ubungen, "Village"

July 2000
No Name Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory: Multiplex
Walker Art Center: Craig Baldwin, film "Sonic Outlaws"
Khadar Elders Program: Indian culture, Ragamala Music and Dance Theatre Company, Aparna Ramaswamy, 3 generations of an Indian family now living in Minneapolis and Indian meal
Artist In Residence: "Building Community: Mural Project" with visual artist Ta-Coumba Aiken #1 - #6
Flatland Gallery: Patrick Doyle and Ta-Coumba Aiken

August 2000
Artist In Residence: "Building Community: Mural Project" with visual artist Ta-Coumba Aiken #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14
Riverview Theater: film, "Gladiator"

September 2000
Artist In Residence: "Building Community: Mural Project" artist Ta-Coumba Aiken #15
Southern Theatre: Ragamala Music and Dance Theatre Company,"Pudisu"
Franconia Sculpture Park: Tour, meet the artists and BBQ
Artist Workshop: Flip Books
Evaluation of "Building Community: Mural Project" with staff and youth over ice cream
Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden: Nari Ward opening, "Rites of Way"
Graduation Ceremony: for youth turning 20 years old to transition out of the Drop-In

October 2000
Artist In Residence: "Building Community: Taiko Drumming", Rick Shiomi #1 -#6
Patrick's Cabaret: "Prelude to Faust"
Theatre Mu:
Oak Street Cinema: film, "Dark Days", screening introduced by director Marc Singer as a benefit for Kulture Klub
Project OffStreets: Halloween Haunted House

November 2000
Walker Art Center: Godards film, "Alphaville", with live soundtrack by Scanner
Frank Theatre: "The Adventure of Herculina"
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre: "City Rhapsody"
Project OffStreets: Thanksgiving Holiday meal
Art Lab: Jewelry Making
Evaluation of Artist In Residence: "Building Community: Taiko Drumming" with artist, staff
Walker Art Center: World AIDS Day film, "Chrissy"
Artist In Residence: "Building Community: Inflatable Sculpture", Oscar Arredondo #1
Project Offstreets Open Mic: World AIDS Day

December 2000
Artist In Residence: "Building Community: Inflatable Sculpture", Oscar Arredondo #2, #3
Oak Street Cinema: film, "Ran"
Weisman Art Museum: Native American Artists
Kulture Klub Dinner: meal at Old Spaghetti Factory
Project Offstreets: Holiday Party

January 2001
Southern Theatre/Walker Art Center: Out There Series, Crutchmaster
Kulture Talk: Hard Times Cafe
Artist In Residence: "Building Community: Inflatable Sculpture", Oscar Arredondo #4, #5
Project Offstreets: video by Spencer Nakasako aka Don Bonus
Project Offstreets: Graduation for youth that turned 20, 4 of the 6 youth/are KK regulars
Evaluation of Artist In Residence: "Building Community: Inflatable Sculpture" with youth, staff and artist at Buca Restaurant

February 2001
Black Bear Crossing: SASE poetry reading
Artist In Residence: "Building Community: SLAM!" with Bao Phi #1 - #4
Project Offstreets: Valentine Cards with Alexa Horochowski
Intermedia Arts: Absolute Originals - "ASIAN I AM" with Bao Phi
Black History Month Open Mic #1: with Eyenga Bokamba
#2: with Bao Phi
Khadar Elders Program: South Africa with Ludfi Noor

March 2001
Artist In Residence: "Building Community: SLAM!" with Bao Phi #5. #6, #7, #8
Weisman Museum: Poetry In reference to Russian Expressionists Exhibit
Walker Art Center: Women with Vision, "Janestown" by Lisa Ganser
Intermedia Arts/Theater Mu: "Passage"
Walker Art Center: Women with Vision, "I Hate Baby sitting"
Evaluation of Artist In Residence: "Building Community: SLAM!" with youth, staff and artist at Dulono's Restaurant
Intermedia Arts: Young Artist Cabaret "Escape"

April 2001
Frank Theater: "Perfect Pie"
Video Shorts: Artist Drop-In with Kim Brown and Crystal Brinkman #1 & #2
Walker Art Center: "Cut Piece" Lisa D'Amore does Yoko Ono
Lagoon Cinema: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
Artist Drop-In: Dorit Cypis
Jungle Theater: "Sylvia"
May 2001
Artist-In-Residence:"Telling Stories: Suitcase Stories" with Alexa Horochowski #1 - #4
Open Mic: Native American History Month #1, #2
Out Group Cabaret: Patricks Cabaret
Flaming Film Festival: Screening of KK shorts
Spy House: Katrina Del Mar photography exhibition
KK cosponsored Queer Youth Cabaret - Intermedia Arts
SOO Visual Art Center: "Do It" Installation created by KK youth with artists Jean Humke and Colin Gatling
Project Offstreets Graduation Ceremony
Evaluation of Artist In Residence: "Suitcase Stories" youth, staff and artist at Pizza Luce

June 2001
Intermedia Arts, Creating A Scene: - KK youth video screening, public talk
Pride Parade Workshops - KK Artlab
Oak Street Cinema: MTC Graduation Shorts
Walker Art Center: "Hot Art Injection" at the Soap Factory with Christi Atkinson
Theater Mu: "New Eyes Festival" at the Play Wrights Center
Artist In Residence: "Telling Stories-Digital Dialogues" with Marti Lufkin #1 #2

August 2001
Artist In Residence: "Telling Stories-Digital Dialogues" with Marti Lufkin #3 -#6
Franconia Sculpture Park

September 2001
Walker Art Center: “Anthony Cox, Gao Hong, Max Wise, Michael Sommers”
Open Artlab Workshop
Walker Art Center: “Iceland” Roger Guenveur Smith
Project Mobilivre – Book Mobile Project, national traveling bookmaking workshops/exhibition
Artlab: KK t-shirt design contest
Ted Mann Concert Hall: “Past Forward” presented by the Walker Art Center

October 2001
Artist In Residence: “Telling Stories – Sounding Off” with Aaron Barnell #1 - #4
Frank Theater: “Arturo Uie”
NoName Exhibitions: “48 Hours” gallery talk with Harrell Fletcher and Charles Goldman
Oak Street Cinema: “
Project OffStreets Graduation Ceremony
Project OffStreets Halloween Haunted House

November 2001
Southern Theater: Zenon Dance Company
Artist In Residence: “Telling Stories – Sounding Off”, Aaron Barnell #5, #6, & evaluation
Theater De La June Lune: “King Lear”
Mixed Blood Theater: “How To Improve Your Golf Game”
Project OffStreets Thanksgiving
Khaddar Elders Program: “Costa Rica”
Jungle Theater: “Mollies Delicious”

December 2001
Open Mic: “Call To Peace” with guest artists Bao Phi & Ed Bok Lee
Center for Independent Artists: “Want” by Andrew Kim
10,000 Things Theater Company: “The Furies” performed at Project OffStreets
Theater Mu: “Taiko Storm”
ArtLab: Holiday Card Making
Southern Theater: “Holiday Pageant” Open Eye Figure Theater

January 2002
Artlab: Clay Portraits & Masks #1, -#3
Southern Theater: “Out There - Boxing 2000” Richard Maxwell
Artlab: Paint Self Portraits #1, #2
Southern Theater: “Out There – Lipstick Traces” Rude Mechs
Southern Theater: “Out There – Voices” ZT Hollandia

February 2002
Artlab: Woodburning projects
Walker Art Center: “Edupoetic”
Artlab: Darkroom setup, guest artist Peter Haakon Thompson
Parts Gallery: “Photo’s From Afganastan”
Artist In Residence: “Digital Dialogues” with video artist Kim Brown #1, #2
Penumbra Theater: “Con Flama”
Black History Month Open Mic, Project OffStreets

March 2002
Artist In Residence: “Digital Dialagues” with video artist Kim Brown #3 - #6
Walker Art Center: ”Women With Vision” short films
Walker Art Center: “Women With Vision” youth films
Guthrie Lab/WAC: Dumb Type “Memorandum”
Womens History Month Open Mic, Project OffStreets

April 2002
Artist In Residence: “Digital Dialogues” with video artist Kim Brown #7 - #9
Dunn Brothers Coffee, kulture klub talk
In The Heart Of The Beast Puppet & Mask Theater: Mayday workshops
Walker Art Center: “Yizo Yizo”
Illusion Theater: “Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin”
Intermedia Arts: “Temple Of Dreams” by Theater Mu
Artist In Residence: Pizza Luce, closing celebration with Kim Brown

May 2002
Southern Theater: “Rumblings” MN Dance Theater
Intermedia Arts: "Metamorphosis; An Art Riot" Rehearsals
Southern Theater: "Figninto" Salia ni Seydou, by the Walker Art Center
Intermedia Arts: "Art Riot Cabaret"
Native American Open Mic: Project Offstreets
Pride Parade Planning: collaboration with Out! Group
Pillsbury House Theater: "The Bi Show" by Mama Mosaic
Intermedia Arts: "AVID" PCTV youth film screening

June 2002
Pride Parade Float Construction, with Out! Group, Project OffStreets #1 - #5
Archdale Mural Planning BBQ
Walker Art Center: "Super Dykes"
Pride Parade

July 2002
Mobilivre Bookmobile Project, workshop at Project Offstreets
And at Soo Visual Art Center
Artist-In-Residence:"Stages" with J. Otis Powell! #1- #4
Walker Art Center: "One Planet Under A Groove: Hip Hop In Contemporary Art"
Archdale Mural Workshop

August 2002
Artist-In-Residence:"Stages" with J. Otis Powell! #5, #6
Artist-In-Residence: Final Dinner with J. Otis Powell! at Pizza Luce
Franconia Sculpture Park, annual visit and BBQ
Cirque Du Soleil: "Allegria" #1
Mau Mau Memorial Service: George Norman Coleman, Project OffStreets
11 years as a Project OffStreets case manager and former KKC staff of 4 years.

September 2002
Artist-In-Residence:"Stages" with Roxane Wallace #1-#4
Guthrie Lab: "Good Boys"
Cirque Du Soleil: "Allegria" #2
Guthrie Theater: "Resurrection Blues"
Uptown Theater: "Spirited Away" Anime Feature Film

October 2002
Artist-In-Residence:"Stages" with Roxane Wallace #5
Guest Artist Mankwe Ndose #6
Final dinner with Roxane Wallace
Lagoon Theater: "Skins" by Chris Eyre (twice)
Project Offstreets Halloween Haunted House, at Project Offstreets
Southern Theater: "Carmen" by Ballet of the Dolls

November 2002
Poetry workshop, staff artist Reggie Harris
Walker Art Center: WACTAC Workshop with Danny Hoch, Will Power and Jonzi D.
Walker Art Center: "Hip Hop Theater AllStars" Danny Hoch, Will Power and Jonzi D.
Babylon Cultural Center: In The Belly Youth Open Mic
U Film Society/Oak Street Theater: LGBT Film Festival "Group"
Southern Theater: "Taiko Storm" by Theater Mu
Open Mic: Project OffStreets with DJ Zack
Project OffStreets Thanksgiving Celebration and Feast

December 2002
Intermedia Arts: "Two Towns Of Jasper" film by Whitney Dow and Marco Williams
Jungle Theater: "Fully Committed"
South High: "The Laramie Project"
Holiday Card Workshop, Project OffStreets
Aids Quilt Workshop: Project OffStreets #1 - #4
POS Holiday Party

January 2003
Southern Theater: "Out There - Offering" Eiko & Koma
Southern Theater: "Out There - Shelf Life" Big Art Group
Southern Theater: "Out There - Fab4 Reach the Pearly Gates" New Paradise Laboratories
Southern Theater: "Out There - Secreto E Malibu" Diana Szeinblum/Ines
Rampoldi/Leticia Mazur
ArtLab: Make Dream Catchers/Spirit Bags, #1, 2
Poetry Workshop, Project Offstreets

February 2003
Black History Month Open Mic #1, Project OffStreets
Artist In Residence, "Drum Making workshops with Douglas Ewart" #1, 2,
Walker Art Center: "How Latitudes Become Forms"
Walker Art Center: "Artists In Action" Lecture
Black History Month Open Mic #2, Project OffStreets

March 2003
Artist In Residence, "Drum Making workshops with Douglas Ewart" #3 -#6
Southern Theater: "MN Dance Theater"
Red Eye Theater: "Making Medea" Mamma Mosaic
Pangea World Theater: "Shelter"
Loring Playhouse: "In The Heart Of America" Outward Spiral

April 2003
Artist In Residence, "Drum Making workshops with Douglas Ewart" #7, 8
Blue Nile: "Open Mic featuring Desdimona and KK youth"
Artist In Residence, "Stages" with Joel Sisson #1, 2, 3, 4
Preparation for anniversary event, Project OffStreets
KFAI “Art Matters” KK youth read poems live on air, plug event
Kulture Klub 10 Year Anniversary Celebration: "Stages, Coming Full Circle"
Walker Art Center Auditorium April 19th, 2003, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Guest Artists: J. Otis Powell!, Roxane Wallace, Kim Brown, Bruce Weigle,
Gayle Weigle, Joel Sisson and KKC Founder Dorit Cypis.
Dance, spoken word, film and video by homeless teenagers and local artists.

May 2003
Video Screening, “KKC Ten Year Anniversary Celebration” Drop-In
ArtLab, “Knowledge Map Workshop” with Heather Beal #1, #2
RiverView Theater, “Lord of the Rings, Two Towers”
Grainbelt Brewery Art-A-Whirl Exhibition of KK youth artwork,
Bedlam Theater
Open Mic, Native History Month
The Loft, “Tribute to J. Otis Powell!” two KK youth read poems.
Artist In Residence, “Migrations” Pride Float with Bart Buch #1, #2

June 2003
Theater Mu, “Taiko Performance” Project OffStreets
Theater Mu, Taiko Workshops #1, #2, #3, #4 at Theater Mu
Artist In Residence, “Migrations” Pride Float build with Bart Buch #3, - #8
POS Pre-Pride BBQ, Project OffStreets
Twin Cities Pride Parade and Festival, Minneapolis, MN

July 2003
ArtLab, post Pride clean up and evaluation
Outward Spiral Theater
ArtLab, short movie screening
Eye of the Storm Theater,
Minneapolis Institute of Art, MAEP, “Celeste Nelms & Carolyn Swiz” MIA
Walker Art Center, “Below The Belt, Battle of the Underage”

Aug 2003
Minneapolis YWCA, “GLBT Holocaust Exhibit”
Walker Art Center, “Walker Teen Art Council”
Outsiders and Others Gallery “Tattoo Art Show”
Walker Art Center, “The Squared Circle”

Sept 2003
Southern Theater, Ragamala DanceMusic Theater, Tribute to Billie Holiday”
Walker Art Center, “Sam Durant, The Garden project”
Franconia Sculpture Park, Annual BBQ and sculpture tour
Walker Art Center, “Bitches, Bimbos & Ballbreakers” Artist talk with Guerrilla Girls
ArtLab, “Make Art, Make Money” #1 - #3
Outsiders and Others, “Youth Voices” exhibition opening


Oct 2003
Walker Art Center, ”Directing Divas” WACTAC
Outsiders and Others, “Battle of the DJs”
Theater De La Jeune Lune, “The Hanging Man” Improbable Theater
Walker Art Center, ”Directing Divas” WACTAC
The Quest, “Meshell Ndegeocello”
Frank Theater, “The Cradle Will Rock”
MCAD Gallery, “Jerome Fellowship Exhibition”
Minneapolis Institute of Art, “Sacred Symbols”

Nov 2003
Moxie Portraits, Artlab #1 #2
Pillsbury House Theater, “Jesus Hopped The A Train”
Walker Art Center, “Refugee & Who I Became” followed by dinner with Spencer Nagasako
Artlab, “Beatbox Workshops with Jugular” #1, #2
Moxie Salon & Gallery, “The Grate American Sleep Out”

Dec 2003
Southern Theater, “Mu Daiko”
Mixed Blood Theater, “Top Dog, Underdog”
Artlab, make holiday cards
Franklin Artworks, “Holiday pageant” Open Eye Figure Theater

Jan 2004
Southern Theater: "Out There – Plan B
Southern Theater: "Out There – Blessing the Boats
Southern Theater: "Out There – Room Tone
Southern Theater: "Out There – Instructions for forgetting
ArtLab: Dream Catchers/Spirit Bags, Project Offstreets #1, 2
ArtLab Poetry Workshop
ArtLab: Self Portraits

Feb 2004
ArtLab, Make Art, Make Money #1 #2
Black History Month Open Mic #1, #2
ArtLab Make Zines, Artlab #1, #2

March 2004
Native History Poetry workshop, #1 #2
Mixed Blood Theater, Top Dog Underdog
Earth Circles workshop, cards and dream catchers
Frank Theater, Sicilian Nights, Sears building
Cedar Riverside, Revolutionary Women’s Open mic,

April 2004
Ten Thousand Things Theater Company, At Your Service,
Pillsbury Theater, Far Away
Artist In Residence, Migrations with Suzy Greenberg #1, - #6

May 2004
Artist In Residence, Migrations Suzy Greenberg workshops #7, #8
Final AIR dinner with Suzy Greenberg, Buca
City Pages Article, “Cast Away”
Grainbelt Brewery Building: Art-A-Whirl Exhibition of youth art,
Mixed Blood Theater, Living Out
Southern Theater, The Hungry Stones, Katha Dance Theater
Jungle Theater, Sylvia

June 2004
Playwriting Center reading, women of the Black Panther Party
Southern Theater, 33 Fainting Spells
ArtLab: Pride Parade workshops,#1, - #4
Southern Theater, Its Only Cheese, Paneer Masala
Pride Talent Show, Project OffStreets
Oak Street Cinema, Brother To Brother
Walker Art Center, Dyke Night
Pride Parade and Celebration

July 2004
Southern Theater, Sun & Moon
Walker Art Center ArtLab, RADIO RE_VOLT,#1 #2
Mixed Blood Theater, Heartbreak theater Co.
MN Museum American Art, Ethnocentric Tour of America, Wing Young Huie
Walker Art Center, Artist Designed Mini-Golf
Walker Art Center, Movies & Music

August 2004
Juxtaposition Arts, Krash Art Exhibit
CIA, Being Seen, Being Heard, Youth Made Videos PCTV
Walker Art Center, Artist Designed Mini-Golf- 2nd trip
Artlab T-Shirt Stencil Fest and BBQ
Artlab T-Shirt Stencil Fest #2, #3

September 2004
Mixed Blood, From Shadows To Light, Theater Mu
Artlab, T-Shirt Stencil Fest #4
Artlab, Journal Making in drop-in
ArtView Mexican Independence Day Festival
Franconia Sculpture Park, Annual Visit & BBQ
Artlab, The Big "A" Project, artist Peter Haakon Thompson
Politics Dialogue, OutFront MN

October 2004
Artlab, Beauty In Difference, Stuart Pimsler & Roxane Walace #1, - #3
Artlab, Make Art for Auction #1, #2
YouthLink Open House, Youth Art Auction
ArtReview, Video project with Mark Tang
CIA, The Fula From Africa
Frank Theater, Fucking A
YouthLink Annual Haunted House

November 2004
Kulture Klub/District 202, Voters Gay-la Event
The Loft, Equilibrium Workshop, Poets Danny Solis & Laura Piece Kelly
Artlab, Native Cards, Gayle Weigle
Macalester College Theater, Runaways
Moxie Salon & Gallery and The Garage Grate American Sleep out Fundraiser Event
Artlab, Native Cards, Gayle Weigle
District 202, Native Cards, Gayle Weigle

December 2004
World Aids Day Open Mic, Project Offstreets
Southern Theater, Taiko Blizzard, Theater Mu
Artlab, Lantern and birdfeeder gift workshops #1, - #3
Mixed Blood Theater, Bride/Price, Mama Mosaic
Penumbra Theater, Black Nativity
YouthLink Holiday Party

January 2005
Walker/Southern Theater, OutThere 17, Joe Richard Maxwell
Walker/Southern Theater, OutThere 17, Slanguage the Universes
Walker/Southern Theater, OutThere 17, Nita & Zita Lisa D'Amour
Walker/Southern Theater, OutThere 17, Accidental Nostalgia, Cynthia Hopkins
Artlab Northland Poster Collective by Ace
Artlab, Cranky Portraits by Hapa9
Artlab, Exquisite Corpses with Annie Arrentino

February 2005
Lagoon Cinema, Million Dollar Baby
Medicine Lake, Art Shanty Projects, NoName Exhibitions
Mixed Blood, Queen of the Remote Control
Steppingstone Theater, Ruby Bridges
Artlab, Poetry workshops with Reggie Harris #1, #2
Artlab, Beading with Galye & Corrine
Black History Month Open Mic with Reggie Harris

March 2005
Drop-In Movie Venus from Mars
Mill City Museum, Wood Carving Exhibit
Big Brain Comics Tour
MN Center For Photography, Girl Culture
Frank Theater, Women OF Troy
Southern Theater, Savage Aural Hotbed
24 Trans Voices
Khadar Elders Program IRAN with Leili Pritchet

April 2005
MCTC Sexual Violence Center Art Exhibit
Augsburg College Lady Warriors Native Film Series
Full Cycle bike workshop
Full Cycle basement mural work
Open Mic, Womens History Month, POS
Penumbra Theater, Stage Directions
Artlab, Gayle & Earth Circles

May 2005
Artlab, Gayle & Earth Circles
Bedlam Theater, Standing on the Table
Full Cycle, workshop #1, #2
Artist In Residence Jean Humke Public Art #1, - #4
Walker Art Center, Big Bonus animated shorts
Ancient Traders Gallery, Dick Bancroft – AIM
Open Mic/Feast, Native American History Month

June 2005
Annual Gay Day, Loring Park
Artlab, Pre-Pride workshops & BBQ
Franconia Sculpture Park, Park tour, sculpture workshops, BBQ
Artlab, Pride Parade Float Construction with Out!Group
Artlab, Photography workshops with artist Michelle Gunderson #1, - #4
Pride Parade and Festival

July 2005
Triple Rock Social Club, Full Cycle Benefit Concert,
Featuring Toki Wright, Big Quarters, Mike Mictlan, DJ Aaron $$$
Artlab, stencil workshop
Artist In Residence Jean Humke Public Art #5, #6
Full Cycle, Art Exhibit Gallery Prep #1, #2
Kulture Klub & Full Cycle BBQ & Youth Art Exhibit

Aug 2005
Artlab, Margaret Kilgallen inspired word wall #1, #2
Franconia Sculpture Park, Park tour, BBQ
Grainbelt Brewery, Andrew MacGuffie Studio Visit
SoapFactory, Art Shanty Projects exhibition tour and Water balloon fight!
Artlab, Gayle & Earth Circles

Sept 2005
Artist In Residence, Andrew MacGuffie #1, - #7
Artlab, magnet ribbon project
Artlab, Gayle & Earth Circles

Oct 2005
Artist In Residence, Andrew MacGuffie #8, closing event
Artlab, prep and frame art for Moxie Exhibit
YouthLink Haunted House
Artlab, Moxie Exhibit

Nov 2005
Artlab, Ed Bok Lee, poetry workshop #1 #2
ArtView, “God Of Hell” Frank Theater
Artlab, Jesse Mobile workshop #1 #2
Event, Moxie Cut-A-Thon – Open Mic & Youth Art Exhibit

Dec 2005
Artlab, Aids quilt
Open Mic, World Aids Day
Artlab, Lantern workshop #1
ArtView, “Dance on Widows Row” Mixed Blood Theater
ArtView, “Taiko Storm” Theater Mu Daiko

Jan 2006
Artlab, Drawing Project – frozen portraits #1
Walker Art Center, OutThere, SuperRamas –
Artlab, Drawing Project – frozen portraits #2
Walker Art Center, OutThere, Everett Dance Theater – Walker Art Center
Art Shanty Projects, Medicine Lake, Plymouth
Artlab, Art Shanty Projects - frozen portraits #3
Walker Art Center, OutThere – Kassy’s Kommer –

Feb 2006
Mixed Blood Theater Indian Cowboy,
Walker Art Center film - Girltown,
ArtLab, Wall project, artist David Pitman
Pillsbury House Theater Hot Comb,
Walker Art Center film – Lost Boys of Sudan,
Artlab , Poetry workshop, artist Sha Cage
Open Mic, Black History Month, artist Sha Cage

March 2006
Walker Art Center, Poetry Slam,
Walker Art Center, film – Sisters In Law,
ArtLab, Stencil Project(Art of Propoganda) #1, #2
Walker Art Center, film – Boys of Baraka,
10,000 Things Theater, In A Garden, , YouthLink
Artlab , Poetry workshop, artist Sha Cage
Open Mic, Womens History Month, artist CeCe Smith

April 2006
Frank Theater, Venus
Walker Art Center, WacTac opening
ArtLab, Gayle, card making
Artist In Residence, Play’in with Sommers & Knox, Meet & greet, workshop #1, #2
Walker Art Center, Karaoke Battle, Michael Hoyt

May 2006
Artist In Residence, Play’in Sommers workshop #3, #4
Intermedia Arts, Stuart Pimsler & Roxane Wallace, The Beauty in Difference,
- project screening and community dialogue #1, #2
Artlab, Lost & Found writing project, Sebastian Joes
Artist In Residence, Play’in Wendy Knox workshop #5 #6
Michael Sommers & Wendy Knox combined workshop
YouthLink, Youth create graduation banners

June 2006
Youth Pride, Loring Park
Artist In Residence, Play’in Michael Sommers & Wendy Knox combined workshop
Mixed Blood Theater, West Bank, Bedlam Theater
Artist In Residence, Play’in Sommers & Knox Final Performance, YouthLink
Artist In Residence, Play’in Sommers & Knox Celebration Dinner, Pizza Luce
Pillsbury House, Phoenix Fabrik
YouthLink Class of 2006 Graduation Ceremony
ArtLab, Pride workshop with OutGroup
Walker Art Center, Girls Short Shorts
ArtView, Franconia Sculpture Park, tour, workshop & BBQ

July 2006
Soap Factory, Hot Art Injection, Walker Teen Art Council
Artlab, FryBreadLove rubber stamp making with Gayle Weigle #1, - #3
Artist In Residence, Body & Landscape Project with Peter Haakon Thompson #1, - #3
Walker Art Center, Diane Arbus Exhibit, with Peter Haakon Thompson

August 2006
Artist In Residence, Body & Landscape Project, Peter Haakon Thompson #4, #5, #6, #7,
#8, #9
ArtView, Peace Games Walker Art Center
Science Museum of MN, Body Worlds
Auto Ethnographic Tour of the MN State Fair with Peter Haakon Thompson

Sept 2006
ArtLab, Body & Landscape Project
Frank Theater and the Unitarian Society, The Exonerated,
Artist In Residence, Body & Landscape Project, Peter Haakon Thompson #10, - #13
Khadar Elders Program, KOREA with guest dancer/drummer Brooke Newmaster
Artist In Residence, Body & Landscape Project FINAL DINNER, Pizza Luce

Oct 2006
Youthlink Night of Stars , Install Special Exhibit,
Youthlink “Night of Stars” event and KKC Exhibit “Being Seen / In-between”
Artist In Residence, Recreations with Anastaisa Ward # 1, - #3
Youthlink Haunted House workshop

Nov 2006
Artist In Residence, Recreations with Anastaisa Ward #4, - #6
Frybreadlove, card making
Mixed Blood Theater, “Vistibular Sense”
Walker Art Center, Africa Now
Moxie Salon Mpls, & St. Paul, Install artwork
FryBreadLove Fundraiser, Annie Humphry Concert
Moxie Cut-A-Thon & Sleepout KKC Exhibit “Being Seen / In-between”
Youthlink Thanksgiveing Feast
Artlab, World Aids Day sculpture project

Dec 2006
Dan Palnau, Studio Visit with Puppetteer
Southern Theater, “Taiko Dreams” Mu Daiko,
Artist In Residence, Recreations with Anastaisa Ward # 7, #8, final dinner
Artlab, Frybreadlove card making
Youthlink Holiday Dinner
Travelers Inc. KKC Exhibit “Being Seen / In-between”
Walker Art Center, British Television Awards

Jan 2007
Artlab, open artlab at KKC
Walker Art Center, Must Don’t Wipe Em – Cynthia Hopkins – Outthere,
Artlab, Migrations mini-sculptures #1, #2
Walker Art Center, Lone Twin: Nine Years – Outthere,
Art Shanty Projects, Medicine Lake #1, #2
Walker Art Center, Song of the Dragon Flying to Heaven Young Jean Lee - Outthere,
Walker Art Center, Pugilist Specialist The Riot Group- Outthere,

Feb 2007
MN Science Museum, Race
Symposium Presentation, National Network For Youth, Washing DC.
Walker Art Center, The Spirit of Big Brother
Artlab, Black History Month Poster Contest
Artlab, Black History Month Poetry Workshop with guest poet Mathew Rucker #1, #2
Walker Art Center, Paulina Hollers and other shorts
Open Mic, Black History Month Open Mic and Feast
Artlab, Stencil t-shirt workshop #1

March 2007
Artlab, Stencil t-shirt workshop #2
Frybreadlove, card making
Walker Art Center, Falling (fallen) Women with Vision,
Joanna Kholer, Becca Gilgen, Rachel Schley, Boxers screening
Walker Art Center, Chand Rooz Ba’d Women with Vision,
Soul2sole, STEPS, OutGroup, Self Portraits #1 - #3
Walker Art Center, Kara Walker Exhibit,
Womens History Month Feast


April 2007
Artlab, Self Portraits makeup workshop
Youthlink, Self Portraits Exhibit
MIA, New Skins Andrea Carlson & Jim Denomie
Walker Art Center, La Sagrada Familia,
Artist In Residence, Franconia Bench Project, initial BBQ and kick off!
Peter Morales, Lourdes Cue lecture
John Hock, Carrie Phoenix, Jonas Lindberg

May 2007
Artlab, Throwies installation
Artist In Residence, Franconia Bench Project, At FSP, #1 - #3
Artist In Residence, Franconia Bench Project, site visits Avenues & Archdale
Artlab, Movie Night with OUT!GROUP
ArtView, Felt t-shirts/handbags WACTAC and Roger Cummings
Native History Month, feast and ceremony with Gayle Weigle

June 2007
Artist In Residence, Juxtaposition Mural Project, workshops with Satoko #1 - #4
Artist In Residence, Juxtaposition Mural Project, workshop at Juxta with Roger Cummings
Artist In Residence, Juxtaposition Mural Project, LADY PINK Workshop, #1-#5
Intermedia Arts, B-Girl Be– tour with Satoko/Lady Pink

July 2007
Artlab, open artlab workshops #1, - #3
Walker Sculpture Garden
Artist In Residence, Franconia Bench Project, At FSP, #4, #5
Walker Art Center, MN Teen Poetry Slam
Mill City Music Series, tour Guthrie Building
Walker Art Center, TCYMN Youth Film Screening,

August 2007
MN Science Museum, Big Back Yard,
Artlab, Pimp My Van contest #1, #2, #3
Open Eye Figure Theater, Kevin Kling,
Artist In Residence, Franconia Bench Project, At FSP, #5
Walker Art Center, Katherine Sullivan exhibit/film,
Artlab, Mosaic stone pavers

Sept 2007
Artlab, Mosaic stone pavers #1, #2
Artist In Residence, Franconia Bench Project, At FSP, #6, #7
Lagoon Cinema with Out!Group, Chalk
Ancient Traders Gallery, Carl Gawboy
Mixed Blood Theater, Bahala Na, Theater Mu
Khadar Elders Program, Lakota Feast with Galye Weigle
Khadar Elders collage project with Janelle
ArtView, WACTAC Student Open House
Doctors without Borders, Refugee Camp, Loring Park

Oct 2007
Cargill Gallery Minneapolis, I couldn’t Live At home,
Artlab, Mosaic stone pavers #3, #4
Mixed Blood and Music Box Theater, Two Queens One Castle
Avenues for Homeless Youth, Open Mic & BBQ
Temple Israel , Maya Angelou
Walker Art Center, Ugly
Mixed Blood, The Clean House
Soap factory Haunted House
Artist In Residence, Guerilla Cinema with Xavier Tavera #1

Nov 2007
Artist In Residence, Guerilla Cinema with Xavier Tavera #2 - #6
Ritz Theater Taiko Storm, Mu Daiko
YouthLink Thanksgiving Celebration
PI Bar & Restaurant, KKC Fundraiser

Dec. 2007
Artist In Residence, Guerilla Cinema with Xavier Tavera #7 - #9
PI Bar & Restaurant, KKC Youth Art Exhibit
ArtLab, Holiday cards with Gayle & FryBreadLove
Artist In Residence, Guerilla Cinema with Xavier Tavera #10 Final public projection on location at the Homeless Memorial March and Vigil, Simpson House.

Jan 2008
Cargill Gallery, I couldn’t Live At home, Minneapolis
Artlab, Open project
Southern Theater, Wreck, Black Label Movement
Artlab, painting project in drop-in
Walker Art Center, Frida Khalo Exhibit,
Khadar Elders, Sri Lanka & Henna Workshop
Walker Art Center, Flying Confessions of a Free Woman,

Feb 2008
Khadar Elders, Sri Lanka & Henna Workshop #2
Walker Art Center, Marinela from P7
Medicine Lake, Art Shanty Projects with Out!Group
Walker Art Center, Hey Girl by Romeo Castellucci
ArtLab, Carl’s Culinary Art Workshop – Soul Food
ArtLab, GLBT Black History with Out!Group
OpenMic, Black History Month with MC Carla Nathan

Mar 2008
Artlab, small sculptures with clay, #1, #2
The Synergy Project with Andrew MacGuffie and Melanie Vanhouten, St. Kates
Russian Museum
Soap Factory, Soul On Ice
Elpis Enterprises, T-Shirt Design Contest with Elpis Enterprises #1 - #3
Walker Art Center, Operation Filmmaker
Juxtaposition, The Great idea Exchange, Homewood Studios, UofM at the Bean Scene

April 2008
Out!Group at District 202, Stencils and Wall art with
Walker Art Center, Youth Art Showcase
Khadar Elders, Japanese Feast, Origami Workshop #1 - #3
Walker Art Center, Mark Bamuthi’s The Breaks
Walker Art Center, Trisha Brown
ArtLab, Culinary Workshop Hand Made Lasagna with Sue’s Mom
Pillsbury House Theater, All or Nothing

May 2008
Elpis Enterprises, T-Shirt Design Contest with final Night
ArtLab Art And nature with Out Group
Walker Art Center, Kira Oblensky and Ed Bok Lee plays in Permanent Collection
ArtView, film, The Fast Runner, at KKC
Walker Art Center, film Bunny Chow,
Franconia Sculpture Park
Franklin Artworks
Native American History Month Feast and Ceremony

June 2008
ArtLab, Open project night. Political stencils
Pillsbury House Theater, BullRusher
ArtLab, Journal Making Workshop #1 - #3
Walker Art Center, 20under20 Teen Showcase
Walker Art Center, Artist Designed Mini Golf
Walker Art Center, Queer Takes: Freeheld

July 2008
Artist In Residence, Sound Projects with Jennifer Arave #1 - #6 at urban sites
ArtWise: 15 Year Exhibit – town hall meeting with Dorit Cypis and AIR artists
Franconia Sculpture Park

August 2008
Artist In Residence, Self Home with Robin Taple #1 - #6
Artist In Residence, Sound Projects with Jennifer Arave #7, #8
Artist In Residence, Sound Projects Final Dinner/Celebration
Franconia Sculpture Park

Sept 2008
Artist In Residence, Self Home with Robin Taple #7 - #9
Artlab – Photo shoot with Eric Reiger
Artlab, open workshop night
Artist In Residence, mosaic totems with Connie Cohen #1 - #3

Oct 2008
Artist In Residence, mosaic totems with Connie Cohen #4 - #9
Walker Art Center, Chicago 10
Walker Art Center, Builders Association
Soo Visual Arts Center – ArtWise exhibition gallery installation and prep #1 - #5

Nov 2008
Soo Visual Arts Center - ArtWise: Bridging 15 Years of Kulture Klub Opening Reception
ArtLab, Reclaim workshop
Soo Visual Arts Center, FryBreadLove feast and workshop
Soo Visual Arts Center, Fox9 News youth artists interviews
Soo Visual Arts Center, 6th Annual Grate American Sleepout

Dec 2008
Soo Visual Arts Center, deinstall ArtWise, #1 - #10

 

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