welcome to
OFF-LEASH AREA
racial equity - end police brutality
We condemn racism, police brutality, and acts of violence against all communities of color.
Black lives matter.
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Where we live in our community, just blocks from Minneapolis' 3rd Precinct, we have personally participated in local demonstrations, donated some our unemployment money to local causes, assisted local groups in securing the buildings of local businesses, participated in cleaning up Lake Street East, and nearly every day send emails to local officials demanding change. We are listening and absorbing, renewing our commitment to racial justice, and equality in our personal lives and artistic work.
Together we will make a new day.
Paul Herwig and Jennifer Ilse, co-artistic directors
Black lives matter.
"
Where we live in our community, just blocks from Minneapolis' 3rd Precinct, we have personally participated in local demonstrations, donated some our unemployment money to local causes, assisted local groups in securing the buildings of local businesses, participated in cleaning up Lake Street East, and nearly every day send emails to local officials demanding change. We are listening and absorbing, renewing our commitment to racial justice, and equality in our personal lives and artistic work.
Together we will make a new day.
Paul Herwig and Jennifer Ilse, co-artistic directors
an update from off-leash area
Like every performing arts organization right now, Off-Leash Area has experienced dramatic change over the past month. The entire Spring and Summer seasons at the Off-Leash Art Box, which were packed full, were cancelled and all our projects put on hold. But as a media reviewer once said of us, “they’re incredibly adventurous and brave” – so what else would we do but forge ahead?! Because a future will come.
But we need your help to get there.
We are moving forward on a new biannual performing arts series by and for artists with disabilities to start in 2021, our collaboration with See Change treble choir is on hold but ready to resume rehearsals as soon as it’s safe to do so, artistic development for a new production Minotaur is underway, and our anchor events at the Off-Leash Art Box – The The Right Here Showcase that features local mid-career performing artists, and Inbox@ArtBox which features local choreographers – are rescheduled for fall.
We are extremely grateful to have received an emergency grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council to help our most immediate needs, but as a small arts organization with the ongoing expenses of our own venue, we need more to get us through the empty spring and summer and prepare for the ongoing short term uncertainty. If you are in a financial place amidst all this upheaval to help as well, you can be part of building this small but vital bridge to the future.
Meanwhile, stay safe, savor the beauty of life and the luscious bits of art where you find them. We hope it is not terribly long before we can all participate more fully again in our local performing arts community.
We look forward meeting with you once again, more than ever.
Paul Herwig & Jennifer Ilse
Co Artistic Director/Managers
Off-Leash Area: Contemporary Performance Works
But we need your help to get there.
We are moving forward on a new biannual performing arts series by and for artists with disabilities to start in 2021, our collaboration with See Change treble choir is on hold but ready to resume rehearsals as soon as it’s safe to do so, artistic development for a new production Minotaur is underway, and our anchor events at the Off-Leash Art Box – The The Right Here Showcase that features local mid-career performing artists, and Inbox@ArtBox which features local choreographers – are rescheduled for fall.
We are extremely grateful to have received an emergency grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council to help our most immediate needs, but as a small arts organization with the ongoing expenses of our own venue, we need more to get us through the empty spring and summer and prepare for the ongoing short term uncertainty. If you are in a financial place amidst all this upheaval to help as well, you can be part of building this small but vital bridge to the future.
Meanwhile, stay safe, savor the beauty of life and the luscious bits of art where you find them. We hope it is not terribly long before we can all participate more fully again in our local performing arts community.
We look forward meeting with you once again, more than ever.
Paul Herwig & Jennifer Ilse
Co Artistic Director/Managers
Off-Leash Area: Contemporary Performance Works
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20th anniversary
Off-Leash Area is celebrating it's 20th Anniversary in Minneapolis!
Click here to find out more about the company. |
volunteer opportunities
Join The Pack, our community of volunteers, and be a part of this new performance space in Minneapolis!
Check out our wish list, and contact us to help out. |
A new venue
Off-Leash Area is excited to be leasing a new performance space in the Nokomis East neighborhood.
Rent the Art Box for your own work! |
co-artistic director/founders
Jennifer Ilse and Paul Herwig
