Youth MOVE MN

03/24/2023

Four free performances of Three Little Pigs on Saturday, April 1 at Dreamland Arts in St. Paul. We're going to be filming the shows, and we'd love to have the audience filled with a crowd to cheer them on!

For more info and to reserve tickets: www.macmh.org/fidgety

11/29/2022

Auditions December 19 and 20 for the Spring 2023 season of Fidgety Fairy Tales - The Mental Health Musicals. Ages 10 - 18 with or without a mental health diagnosis are encouraged to audition. Actors are paid for performances. www.macmh.org/auditions

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11/21/2022

Do you work with a school or a nonprofit organization that serves children and families? We're excited to be offering 25 micro-grants to support in-house productions of a Fidgety Fairy Tales script! Awards will range from $750 - $1,000. Learn more and apply: https://macmh.org/.../fidgety-fairy-tales-microgrants/
Image Description: Fidgety Fairy Tales the Mental Health Musicals logo next to picture of two actors dressed as Mary and Little Lamb. The text reads: Apply for a micro-grant to stage your own version of a Fidgety Fairy Tales musical.

Do you work with a school or a nonprofit organization that serves children and families? We're excited to be offering 25 micro-grants to support in-house productions of a Fidgety Fairy Tales script! Awards will range from $750 - $1,000. Learn more and apply: https://macmh.org/programs/fidgety/fidgety-fairy-tales-microgrants/

Image Description: Fidgety Fairy Tales the Mental Health Musicals logo next to picture of two actors dressed as Mary and Little Lamb. The text reads: Apply for a micro-grant to stage your own version of a Fidgety Fairy Tales musical.

11/06/2022

Look out for those Anxiety Wolves! Three more public performances of The Three Little Pigs. Reserve your free tickets at www.macmh.org/fidgety

Image description:
Three youth actors with anxiety wolf puppets surround an actor playing one of the Three Little Pigs. Text reads: Fidgety Fairy Tales - The Mental Health Musicals. The Three LIttle Pigs - a story about anxiety.This hour-long performance, complete with interactive theatre games and puppet making, is fun for the whole family! Three more public performances! Sat, 11/12 @ 1 PM - Northfield Library. Sun, 11/13 @ 2 PM - Sumner Library, Mpls. Tues, 11/15 @ 4 PM - CEAP, Brooklyn Center. For more info and to reserve your free ticketswww.macmh.org/fidgety. Includes the logo of the Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health

08/19/2022

I have been setting up an event along with the help from q***r space collective and a ton of amazing artists at salons by jc uptown. So finally all set!

We will be having a back to school gender free haircut day where all cuts will be done by the lovely salons by jc suite professionals! We want to create a safe space for our lgbtq+ kiddos to feel heard.

-Event is Sunday August 21st
-At 11am-3pm
-Location is Salons by jc uptown
3014 Hennepin ave Minneapolis ,mn 55408
-Parent or guardian approval needed
-Free hair cuts first come first served
-Free 10 minute chair massage by the amazing for parent or guardians if they would like
-Masks to be worn
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06/08/2022

The May 2022 edition of Youth Voices of Experience Digital Magazine is now online!

Artwork by Asher Eide: "Imagine having a target on your back for just being who you are” (Paris decapitates homophobe by revengeofparis) this line really hits hard for me. I've been bullied for being part of the lgbtq+ community, how I dress and other things. But I feel like this line really marks how I feel and how others feel about bullying. So I decided to put it in to art!"

Calling MN Artists ages 12 – 22. Now accepting proposals in any arts discipline for our Back to School 2022 issue. Proposals due June 13. www.youthmove-mn.org/proposal

06/06/2022

The May 2022 edition of Youth Voices of Experience Digital Magazine is now online!

Artwork by Reiya Romano: "See I deal with Insomnia, Depression, and Social Anxiety. Drawing has always been a way to cope! [This] one shows how its hard to be myself with getting paranoid about people talking or judging me behind my back."

Calling MN Artists ages 12 – 22. Now accepting proposals in any arts discipline for our Back to School 2022 issue. Proposals due June 13. www.youthmove-mn.org/proposal

06/03/2022

The May 2022 edition of Youth Voices of Experience Digital Magazine is now online!

Music by Selah C: "The name of my piece is titled Believe in me. This is a modern conscious Hip-Hop song with elements of 90’s Hip-Hop beat production. My goal in creating this song was to capture the perspective of seeking out mental health support and destigmatizing receiving help."

Calling MN Artists ages 12 – 22. Now accepting proposals in any arts discipline for our Back to School 2022 issue. Proposals due June 13. www.youthmove-mn.org/proposal

06/01/2022

The May 2022 edition of Youth Voices of Experience Digital Magazine is now online!

Artwork by Jarrett Vanderpoel: "In my first piece, "Pool of Self Reflection" I used color inspired by Bryan Charnley's 23rd May,1991 Self Portrait. The overall drawing itself was inspired by Bryan Charnley's final 17 self-portraits. I used the symbolism of the Lotus flower to show an energy of getting better, or healing. The Lotus flower is often used to wish people good health. The sun represents brightness, warmth. The sun and Lotus feel out of place, don't they? When you live a life swallowed by depression, grief, guilt, misery, you often see happiness or brightness as an impossible feat."

Calling MN Artists ages 12 – 22. Now accepting proposals in any arts discipline for our Back to School 2022 issue. Proposals due June 13. www.youthmove-mn.org/proposal

05/30/2022

The May 2022 edition of Youth Voices of Experience Digital Magazine is now online!

Artwork and poetry by Ava Blackwell Kinney: "My name is Ava Backwell Kinney. I am a Junior in high school. I wanted to write this collection of short poems to illustrate to people what it is like to struggle with anxiety. Although it is different for everyone, I think it is important to recognize how it could feel and share that with others in order to make people, who feel similarly, feel less alone."

Calling MN Artists ages 12 – 22. Now accepting proposals in any arts discipline for our Back to School 2022 issue. Proposals due June 13. www.youthmove-mn.org/proposal

05/27/2022

The May 2022 edition of Youth Voices of Experience Digital Magazine is now online!

Featuring artwork by Kate Goenner: "The goal of this project was to make binding more socially acceptable and to help educate people on the idea that binding is normal and lots of people do it everyday whether you realize it or not. One thing I’d like to remind everyone reading this is to bind safely and always listen to your body. Binding can have insane positive affects on your mental health and if you’re not careful can have negative affects on your physical health."

Calling MN Artists ages 12 – 22. Now accepting proposals in any arts discipline for our Back to School 2022 issue. Proposals due June 13. www.youthmove-mn.org/proposal

05/25/2022

The May 2022 edition of Youth Voices of Experience Digital Magazine is now online!

Music and video by Alaina McCabe: "I have struggled with self image many times in my life and wanted to make a song about how it can affect people. I am still working on myself, and this song has really helped me release some of my stronger emotions on the subject. I hope this song can help somebody like me feel less alone!"

Calling MN Artists ages 12 – 22. Now accepting proposals in any arts discipline for our Back to School 2022 issue. Proposals due June 13. www.youthmove-mn.org/proposal