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Mayo Street Arts (MSA) is a community focused performance and live events venue, celebrating multicultural and international cultures with music, dance, and puppet theater. The mission of MSA is to strengthen its neighborhood and community by providing a vibrant, safe, and inspiring center for the arts, and to engage neighborhood youths of diverse cultural communities in quality learning experiences in the visual, performing, and literary arts.
MSA's Summer Youth Programs include K-1 Morning Tutoring, the RAD! program, and the free lunch program. The goal is to provide a vibrant, safe and inspiring center of summer learning that helps children ages 5-11 reach grade reading level. The program engages youth in the arts, builds community in Portland's East Bayside and surrounding neighborhoods, and is accessible to low income families in the community.
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Arts Center
Legal Status:
Nonprofit - Independent
Year Founded:
2009
Institution/Business Type:
Arts Center
Legal Status:
Nonprofit - Independent
Year Founded:
2009
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Theater - PuppetAdditional Disciplines:
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Paradox Teatro
Performing Group
Date: 09/2022-09/2022
MSA presented Mexican-American puppet theater company Paradox Teatro's "Migraciones/Migrations" as part of a New England tour with Sandglass Theater, Pontine Movement Theater, and Puppet Showplace. The performance was presented in collaboration with local organization Presente! Maine. Paradox Teatro also conducted a free sand drawing workshop for the MSA community.
Dafa Puppet Theatre
Performing Group
Date: 09/2022-09/2022
MSA partnered with Sandglass Theater to present "War Maker" by Czech Republic artists Dafa Puppet Theatre as part of Puppets in Portland 2022, a city-wide international festival of puppetry arts.
Krystal Puppeteers
Performing Group
Date: 09/2022-09/2022
MSA partnered with Sandglass Theater to present "Tears By The River" by Kenyan artists Krystal Puppeteers as part of Puppets in Portland 2022, a city-wide international festival of puppetry arts.
Performing Group
Date: 09/2022-08/2023
Bondeko received a 2022 MSA Mission Award for embodying the spirit of our organization. In addition to a $1,000 cash award, Bondeko received rehearsal space and we produced a release event for their first album, "One Minute Please!"
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