Overview
In our “Bricks and Mortar” Home, CJAC:
- Provides a free, ongoing Community Covid Testing Program
- Hosts a quarterly “Social Hour” for all its collaborating organizations
- Produces the Irish Arts Week featuring the best of Twin Cities Irish Cultural Organizations
- Conducts Cultural Tours for schools, adventure groups and YMCA organizations with hospitality and entertainment
- Employs and produces Local Artists anywhere and everywhere (newest locale; Can Can Wonderland!)
- Holds weekly Sunday Sessions
For Neighborhood Organizations CJAC:
- Supports Hamline Midway Coalition’s Food and Mother/Baby goods drive with the Hamline-Midway Coalition
- Hosts our inaugural Red Cross Blood Drive onsite
- Works with the St. Paul Arts Collective Launch, connecting artists and audiences
- Sponsored our local Scottish Fair onsite on our beautiful Outdoor stage
- Home to the Midway Pop-Up Shop onsite – with 14 local vendors & 300+ attendees
- Sponsors YuleFest, now 10 years running!!
At MN Irish Businesses/Entities CJAC:
- Produced the Funds for Ukraine Concert
- Sponsors Irish Night with the St. Paul Saints – 5 years going!
- Brings School Tours and programming, with cultural outreach to 3-4 schools annually
- Features at Fairs and Festivals (MN State Fair, the Mac-Groveland Festival, Union Park, Merriam Park & Rec, Marydale, and other Twin Cities’ festivals and events) & Washington County Fair and World Fest
- Contributed to St. Paul’s Park Conservancy’s commemorative plaque marking the land shared by the Irish as “Connemara Patch” and by Native Tribes of Native Dakota peoples.
- Freezes happily at European Christmas Market at the Union Depot – our last (chilly) performances of the year!
- Partners with Pantages Theater to host Lughnasa and The Dakota Jazz Club to host Altan!
With Midwest/Regional Cultural Organizations CJAC:
- Attends (going on 6 years) for the MidAmerica association of Irish Cultural Centers with the Midwest Consulate
- Coordinates messaging with Irish Community Services, spreading the message about immigration, visa and social support for the Irish diaspora in the Midwest
- Engages with and supports the Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers, attending online events and sharing important messaging to our area
- Works with Milwaukee’s Irish Center, Chicago’s Irish American Heritage Center, Kansas City’s Irish Center, and Cincinnati’s Irish Center to coordinate artists, tours, and new programs
For National Cultural Organizations CJAC:
- Represents MN at NICCoNA (for the 6th year)with the Embassy at NYC’s Consul General
- Speaks at the Irish Echo Awards (4 years running), focusing on Rebuilding Irish America
- Attends the National Folk Alliance Festival
- Works with Irish Central twice this year, and was part of their social media campaign promoting Irish-made gifts
- Featured in the podcast Irish Stew
- Recommended our first MN-based participant in the WIC (Washington Ireland Program)Â
- Hosts honored guests in receptions and events for our Consulate and Embassies, including 6 Vice Consuls, 5 Consul Generals, and two Ambassadors (Christine Anderson, Dan Mulhall
With International Institutions CJAC:
- Produced our first collaborations with Fishamble’s director Jim Culleton, & Origins Theater’s Mick Mellamphy
- Participates with Ireland’s Youth Event for Creative Ireland.gov: Cruinniú na nÓg 2021 June 12th, 2021 and To Be Irish
- Engaged with Ireland’s Heritage Tree Program to plant 100 native trees in a grove in Cork
- Collaborates with our sister cultural center Aonach Mhaca