Paramount Center for the Arts

Fiscal Agent and Community Outreach Mentors

Our fiscal agent, the Paramount Center for the Arts, is central Minnesota’s region’s premier performing and visual arts center. We are proud to be their literary arts collaborators in the 2021 Block Party and the Commemorative Public Art to celebrate their 100th Anniversary. Under their expert mentorship, we are working to make the litarary arts more widely available in central Minnesota, to deepen understanding, foster curiosity, expand perspective and build relationships, in ways that are accessible for anyone interested in participating, regardless of age, ethnicity, physical ability, or means.  

Central Minnesota Arts Board

Grant Programs, Development Services, and Accessibility/Diversity Advisors

Great River Regional Library

“Read Poetry” Program Partner

2022 will be the 4th year of “Read Poetry,” a One Book, 33-branches community poetry reading program supported by Great River Regional Library. Featuring recent collections from Minnesota’s vibrant community of award-winning poets, with a selection process that amplifies our diversity, we are creating a reading list appropriate for central Minnesota readers who consider themselves inexperienced readers of poetry. The goal of this program is to build a stronger, healthier communities through meaningful, heart-to-heart connection–highlighting the power of poetry to foster empathy.  

Spice of Life Tea Shop

LyricaliTea Product Line Developer/Wholesaler/Retailer

Minnesota Street Market Food and Arts Co-op

LyricaliTea Circles Host, Book Retailer, and Literary Arts Hub

The Minnesota Street Market in St. Joseph is a special place where you will find local food, art, and education for sustainable living. Since the inception of the idea of Lyricality, MSM has been our enthusiastic partner in hosting poetry pop-ups and promoting our publications and programs. In 2021, MSM will emerge as a central Minnesota literary hub hosting LyricaliTea circles, providing a welcoming space for you to browse and buy central Minnesota’s authors’ books, and coordinating biannual literary events. We are proud to be working with this amazing group of member-owners and supporters to foster essential community connections between land and people and art. 

Whitney Senior Center

Program Partner for Adults 55+

In a partnership facilitated by our community outreach mentors at the Paramount Center for the Arts, the splendid staff and members of Whitney Senior Center are working with us to host “Read Poetry” programs, LyricaliTea circles, and creative expression workshops to meet the needs of older adults.  

Art in Motion

Poetry Day Co-Sponsor and LyricaliTea Circles Host

Art in Motion on the Lake Wobegon Trail is an exciting new art gallery, café, and resting place in Holdingford. With their mission to build unity and appreciation through incubating artists and their art, teaching creative students of all ages, hosting an open community space, and serving food and beverages, our relationship was destined to be love-at-first-sight. Artists/Poets/Writers, Appreciators, and Traveling Souls — this is a destination worth going out of your way for!

Adult Basic Education (ABE) and Literacy Minnesota

Programs Partners for Adult Learners of English

While all of our partners are our “favorites,” our work with ABE and Literacy Minnesota is especially dear to our hearts.  Follow this link to find the interdisciplinary resources and activities we designed to help instructors facilitate a heart-to-heart connection between their students, a guest poet, and the words of a Minnesota-based Indigenous (Native American) poet, by collaborating in the creation of a communal poem. And this link will lead you to the collaborative communal poem, “We Are Here,” composed with Somali-American adult English language learners at La Cruz Community Center in St. Cloud, MN. 

Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization

Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization supports and empowers Central Minnesota Refugee and Immigrant Communities through service and advocacy.

Corporate Sponsors and Individual Donors

Generous People, Organizations, and Businesses Supporting the Art of Empathy

Lyricality is made possible by support from our many partners, corporate sponsors, and individual donors, and we are sincerely grateful to everyone who helps us foster the art of empathy through poetry and story. Every contribution matters!

Books Revisited

Poetry Events and Performances Partner

Watch a video of our spoken word mash up performance at Books Revisited in December, 2019.