2005 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Folk Arts Infrastructure/Learning in the Arts/Partnerships

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

MICHIGAN

Artrain, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support a tour of the exhibition Native Views: Influences of Modern Culture, with education and community outreach programs. Artrain will bring the exhibition to approximately 35 underserved communities in 25 states.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall
Detroit, MI
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support the Civic Youth Ensemble. The program will provide public middle and high school student musicians with the opportunity to study in one of eight orchestral or jazz ensembles during non-school hours.

Flint Cultural Center Corporation
Flint, MI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary 
To support A View from the Front Porch, part of the Sesquicentennial Celebration. The project will use storytelling, spoken word, dance, and visual arts to engage underserved residents in the history and potential future of their neighborhoods.

Grand Rapids Ballet Company
Grand Rapids, MI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support performances and outreach activities. The company will present The Nutcracker, a lecture-demonstration for school children, and an evening of repertory performances in communities in Michigan.

Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Kalamazoo, MI
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support a school- and community-based education program in southwest Michigan. Activities will include school residencies by musicians and composers, string coaching by professional musicians, and concert and community-based programs.

Marygrove College
Detroit, MI
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support a day of readings and workshops with a critically renowned African American writer as part of the college's Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series. The program will be promoted through direct mailings to more than 200,000 students and community members.

Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
Lansing, MI
$650745
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
$20,000
CATEGORY: Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the Michigan Traditional Arts Apprenticeship and Michigan Heritage Awards programs and related costs. The project will support master-apprentice pairs, partial salary of the program coordinator to administer and evaluate the projects, and exhibits about both programs.

Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit
Detroit, MI
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support the Ensemble Training Program. Professional actors and teaching artists will provide students with free, intensive musical theater instruction, leading to the creation and performance of an original musical about life in 1940s Detroit.

Poetry Slam, Inc.
Whitmore Lake, MI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support the 16th Annual National Poetry Slam in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The four-day festival will showcase more than 350 poets from across the nation and abroad to an estimated audience of 15,000.

West Shore Symphony Orchestra
Muskegon, MI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support outreach concerts in western Michigan. The orchestra will perform free outdoor and chamber music concerts in non-traditional settings.

MICHIGAN total grants: 11
MICHIGAN total dollars: $860,745

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