Arts & Culture Giving
Cultural Living
Arts and culture programming, especially those with strong education and outreach, help build the quality of life in our communities. We support creative expression that enriches our lives and helps us learn more about the world around us.
Why We Give to Arts & Culture
Highlights
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Traveling Exhibit
For the curiosity in all of us, the Minnesota Children’s Museum received a $500,000 grant to develop a Curious George National Traveling Exhibit. The exhibit will provide fun, meaningful science, math and engineering experiences through play, conversation with adults and caregivers, and interaction with the exhibit. Like George, children can be curious, solve problems and learn by doing.
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Dino Quest in Southern California
Bringing computer games to the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, Calif., a $100,000 grant will help Dino Quest become the first exhibit of its kind to use infrared tracking technology to place visitors in the middle of an educational computer game. With the ability to walk inside the dinosaur, the exhibit will teach predatory/prey relationships, comparative anatomy, how animals are designed for particular environments and how fossils provide evidence of past life on earth.
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Arts Midwest
The Midwest World Fest brings four global musical ensembles to mid-size communities in the Midwest to foster an understanding of and appreciation for global uniqueness and differences. During the course of two school years, four musical groups will be involved in school residencies, master classes and community concerts. Past ensembles have been from Israel, Somalia, Mexico and Japan. The following 3M communities have participated: Aberdeen and Brookings, S.D.; Eau Claire and Prairie du Chien, Wis; Fairmont and New Ulm, Minn.
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