Intercultural. Intergenerational. Antiracist.

Our Mission:

To educate, inspire, and empower Central Minnesotans to connect to their creativity and to others with care and kindness.

A group of four adults in a drum circle. They sit in chairs. One plays a didgeridoo while the rest play large drums with their hands.
Adults and kids standing in a circle around a small square table. They are inside a well-lit room with several windows.

Our Vision:

To be the healing change we want to see in the world.

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What We Do

Empowerment

We amplify underrepresented voices, pay poets and artists for their work, and cultivate community support for poetry and the arts.

Creative Placemaking​

We sow seeds of transformational justice by fostering inclusive belonging.

Partnerships

We build authentic relationships with collaborators committed to the practice of diversity, equity, and inclusive belonging.

What People Are Saying​

Lyricality brought a diverse team of poets, writers, and drummers/percussionists to rural Minnesota to work with participants ages 13-74, of multiple races/ethnicities & genders, with ranges of abilities/disabilities, to create new songs, and perform them for live audience.