Upstream Arts

04/30/2025

Upstream Arts is sharing some pivotal news for our organization: after 20 years of incredible impact, we are sunsetting in the next fiscal year. We love the work we do and our community, and we are committed to sunsetting well. Please see our website for more details.

Closing This Chapter – 20 Years of Arts, Disability, and Education Impact by Julie Guidry | Apr 22, 2025 | Announcement | 0 comments Upstream Arts is sharing some difficult and pivotal news: the executive leadership, in consultation with the organization’s Board of Directors, has reached the dec...

04/18/2025

Did you know that this April, Upstream Arts is the recipient of the Mall of America Pond Fund? We'll receive any coins dropped in the pond at the MOA this month. Make a wish for Upstream Arts!

03/14/2025

Join our friends at Young Dance, next weekend, March 21-23 as they present "Disabled Environments, Able Bodies and Minds," a dance performance featuring dancers with and without disabilities in celebration of 15 years of Young Dance's All Abilities Dancing Initiative.

Disabled Environments, Able Bodies & Minds 🩰 Beginning March 21st

Young Dance, Twin Cities Metro presents movement meditations on disability & possibility.

Friday, March 21st - Sunday, March 23rd
Park Square Theatre
20 W 7th Pl
St Paul, MN 55102
Tickets: linktr.ee/youngdancemn

11/21/2024

We're already 62% of the way towards closing our $11,000 gap! Together we are getting there! Support Upstream Arts today, Nov 21, on Give to the Max Day, and your contribution will be doubled, up to $2,500, thanks to a generous match from Marcie Guidry.
Contribute online at givemn.org/upstream-arts

[ID: A student participant smiles over her shoulder while painting. Next to her, a Teaching Artist collaborates on the painting with a pint paint stick.
Text: Support Upstream Arts. Invest in Upstream Arts by Nov 21.
Upstream Arts logo and Give to the Max word mark.]

11/21/2024

It's your last chance to double your impact and move us beyond our $11,000 gap! Support Upstream Arts today, Nov 21, on Give to the Max Day, and your contribution will be doubled, up to $2,500.

Contribute online at givemn.org/upstream-arts

[ID: A student participant poses mid-dance move with his arms out, body leaning forward, face smiling.
Text: Support Upstream Arts. Invest in Upstream Arts by Nov 21.
Upstream Arts logo and Give to the Max word mark.]

11/19/2024

Support bodily autonomy, consent, and self-advocacy skills! Contribute to Upstream Arts today to ensure that individuals with disabilities have access to necessary information about healthy relationships, cultivating a culture on consent.

Our Art of Relationships residencies and our Art of Prevention work are a few of our major focus areas as we move into this year, bringing together a broad coalition of partners to enact sexual violence prevention in disability communities across our state.

Invest today at givemn.org/upstream-arts

[ID: A teenage participant and a Teaching Artist mirror each other's dance moves, with one finger pointing in the air, and the other hand placed on their stomach. Between them, another Teaching Artist faces away, doing another dance move with her arm stretched out in front of her.]

11/19/2024

Upstream Arts is hiring Teaching Artists!
Apply by November 30 to join our team of highly skilled creative educators.
Read the full job description on our website:
https://upstreamarts.org/2024/11/11/apply-now-teaching-artist-2024/

[ID: A large group of Teaching Artists practice mirror painting during a training. They are in groups of three, with one TA sitting in the center holding a paint stick, another TA standing behind them with a blank canvas, and the third TA holding another canvas in front to be painted. When the person behind moves their canvas, the person in front mirrors their movements, causing the paint stick to draw on the canvas. Parallel lines of bright blue tape cover the floor, creating a zig zag path, and brightly colored paintings are propped against the walls in the background.]

11/13/2024

Invest in creative arts programming with and alongside individuals with disabilities by contributing to Upstream Arts today! We're raising $11,000 by Nov 21 to support our innovative arts residencies in schools, adult day programs, community centers, and anywhere individuals with disabilities receive services.

Contribute today to make your mark: givemn.org/upstream-arts

[ID: Two student participants paint at an easel with paint sticks while a Teaching Artist supports in the background.
Text: Support Upstream Arts. Invest in Upstream Arts by Nov 21.
Upstream Arts logo and GiveMN word mark.]