Community Giving: Arts
Targeting the Arts
We believe the arts have the power to bring communities together to help us see the world from different perspectives and the understanding of various cultures, traditions and points of view. Through Target national sponsorships and local grants, we support thousands of arts activities, festivals and outdoor concerts. And because good design is a passion at Target, we support programs that combine design and education.
Arts Accessibility
Target is committed to making the arts affordable and accessible to families across the country and at the heart of our support are free days and reduced-price admission and performances. We sponsor more than 1,500 free days at more than 70 museums and theaters, sponsoring family cultural festivals and awarding arts grants in the communities we service.
Target supports the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, which presents free daily performances by renowned artists, as well as the free Friday nights at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Additional Target free days include:
Arts Accessibility
Target is committed to making the arts affordable and accessible to families across the country and at the heart of our support are free days and reduced-price admission and performances. We sponsor more than 1,500 free days at more than 70 museums and theaters, sponsoring family cultural festivals and awarding arts grants in the communities we service.
Target supports the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, which presents free daily performances by renowned artists, as well as the free Friday nights at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Additional Target free days include:
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California African American Museum – Target Sundays at CAAM offers a once-a-month free Sunday to help celebrate the diverse influences and achievements of art and culture from the African American Diaspora
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Chicago Children’s Museum –Target offers kids 15 and under with free admission to exhibits and workshops the first Monday of each month
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra – Target Free Harmony in the Metroparks is a free summer concert series at regional parks and beaches in the Detroit metropolitan area
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Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis) – Target Play Dates offer a dynamic opportunity for children to participate in a free theater workshop, while parents enjoy a reduced-priced matinee, a wonderful way to share award-winning theater with the whole family
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Ford Amphitheatre (Los Angeles) – Target Dance Series at the Ford Series provides full-time students and children 12 and under reduced-price admission $5 rather than the regular $12 price
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Museum of Fine Arts (Houston) – Target presents free admission to the MFAH on the first Sunday of every month, along with family-friendly programs that include musical performances, artist workshops, films, and more
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Phoenix Symphony – Target will sponsor the World Music Festival for the 2008-2009 season to help celebrate and explore a variety of musical traditions from around the globe
We strive to provide our guest lives with cultural and inspirational experiences beyond our Target free days. Other noteworthy local and national partnerships include: · Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Culver City, Ca., is an arts organization that partners young people with industry professionals on collaborative projects and presents an annual dance production. · Target is the official sponsor for the Sphinx Organization for the 2008 Musical Encounters program, an in-school education and awareness program for underserved students · Target is the National Tour Sponsor of Theatreworks' productions of "Henry and Mudge," "Seussical," and "Freedom Train" to help bring to life the literature, historical subjects and age-appropriate issues to children.
Great Design
Because design is a passion of ours at Target, we support partners and programs that promote good design, as well as programs that fuse our enthusiasm for design with our focus on education. Some of these partnerships include prominent design schools across the country such as the Rhode Island School of Design, design institutions such as the Target National Design Education Center at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum of New York, and the American Architecture Foundation’s Great Schools by Design program, aimed to improve the quality of America’s K-12 schools through good design.
Great Design
Because design is a passion of ours at Target, we support partners and programs that promote good design, as well as programs that fuse our enthusiasm for design with our focus on education. Some of these partnerships include prominent design schools across the country such as the Rhode Island School of Design, design institutions such as the Target National Design Education Center at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum of New York, and the American Architecture Foundation’s Great Schools by Design program, aimed to improve the quality of America’s K-12 schools through good design.
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