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xssionMistory <br />Roseville Parks and Recreation has been a vital art of the community F inception. part rnaaunity sine e the early 1960's and a p artner <br />and supporter of the arts since its The 1 o f Roseville <br />. villie believes the quality � f life � a <br />community, and the appreciation for and the respect of individuals is direct <br />. � directly improved through arts <br />participation and/or arts audience involvement. <br />DuiMng the past 5 years, Roseville Parks and Recreation has organization, <br />taken an ac�ve role in �e <br />development, facilitation and sup ort of a wide range of arts o ' <br />. � � rg�atso and arts experiences. <br />A sampling of recent artistic involvement includes: <br />• Year round theater performances produced and resented h the <br />F � Roseton playhouse. <br />• Roseville COMmunitY Banda Big Band and String Ensemble. <br />Rose of Many Colors, a mini grant program facilitating a wide range of epen` <br />ences. <br />Tapioca Players, an improvisational theater troupe for middle- and <br />p high-school age artists, <br />Performances in the park, a rnulti� series calendar of artistic resentatio <br />F ns featu.ring concerts and shows <br />focused in Ethnic Exposure, Family involvement and ommuni Connect F <br />ty ions. <br />Dance classes and music lessons for youth, adults and seniors, <br />• Creative arts classes for youth. <br />• Drama camps for youth. <br />Artistic experiences with approximate expenditures and inkind contributions ove r e past eve years: <br />• Creative arts classes and camps - $4,000 <br />• Fine arts festival - $2,500 + inkind support services <br />• r o setown Playhouse - $1 0,000 + inIdnd support services <br />0 Tapioca Players - $5,000 + inkind support services <br />Performance Music (Co iunity B and., Big Bared, String Ensemble - 000 . <br />. g � � inkind support <br />Rose of Many Colors m nu grants - $6,000 <br />Men's Chorus - 1,000 <br />Youth D ante Program - S I (;boo - <br />"Keep Roseville Singing" Initiative - 1,000 + inkind support services <br />in pp <br />Pottery in the Gardens - $250- 42000 <br />performances in the Farb - $453000 <br />• After school music programs - $7,500 <br />• Roseville Area Arts Council — hind support services <br />Roseville, embraces cOmInunity involvement and the arts are no exc ion. The staff at <br />Roseville 'Parks <br />and Recreation is driven by the goal to provide an opportunity or everyone. Over the e <br />tY years, Parks and <br />Recreation has encouraged individuals interested in the arts to propose o pp oruniti es and <br />suggest mays to <br />bn'ng the arts to our community. Parks and recreation has acted on these suggestions . <br />gg ns and facilitated the <br />ideas whenever fiscally and strategically possible. Examples of community driven initiatives . <br />. p y initiatives are. <br />Collaborations between City, school district and area arts supporters resulting in the organization on of <br />the Roseville Area Arts Council, <br />Promotion of a yearlong community arts inl'fiative.'fieep Roseville Sin `n ". <br />Addition of public art in the Roseville parrs system. This project involved Roseville ' <br />. p � � le Area High <br />School students desig=' g and building envirom ental sculptures that include Bra' <br />V p Braille translation plates <br />at the Harriet Alexander Naft= Centerd <br />ti <br />tenslvc support of comznx�nity theater troupes. ornmuni. theater involvement has expanded paneled froth <br />a su er production to four productions annually and a youth e. im rov troupe. <br />p <br />Management of a m� grant program that alloyed area fists to express their artistic t <br />. p talents and <br />foster community access to the arts and enhance con aunity involvement in arts activities. <br />tt�es. <br />