FY 2006 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/Arts on Radio and Television/
Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnership Agreements

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

MICHIGAN

Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services Access (aka ACCESS)
Dearborn, MI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support touring performances and educational activities by Middle Eastern musician and scholar A. J. Racy, including the production of a CD-ROM documenting the project. Concerts featuring Racy's chamber suite and other activities are planned for Chicago, Detroit, New York, Orlando, and Philadelphia.

Chamber Music Society of Detroit
Farmington Hills, MI
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award. The biennial award was created in 2003 to encourage and enhance the careers of accomplished and extraordinarily promising young and emerging piano trios.

Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, MI
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the reinstallation of the Native American art collection. The project is an integral part of an ongoing long-range plan to physically and conceptually transform the entire museum for the benefit of visitors.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (aka Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
Detroit, MI
$55,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support music education activities at the new Detroit School of the Arts. Students will receive year-round music activities, performances, and coaching opportunities.

Grand Rapids Art Museum
Grand Rapids, MI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a traveling exhibition about the Eames lounge chair. A scholarly publication, educational programming, and special events will complement the exhibition.

Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Operating Corporation
Southfield, MI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a music outreach program. Plans include performances and educational activities by festival artists at three African American churches and clinics by a festival string quartet at area school string 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
$684,945
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the Michigan Arts Apprenticeship and Michigan Heritage Award programs and related costs. The project will support master-apprentice pairs, partial support of a program coordinator for administration and evaluation, and an exhibit about both programs.

Michigan State University (Consortium)
East Lansing, MI
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a consortium project for a Web-based database of North American Indian and Native Hawaiian artists. In partnership with the California Indian Basketweavers Association, the project will be based on activities at the Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions program at the 2006 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit (aka Mosaic)
Detroit, MI
$55,000
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 intensive acting, vocal, and technical theater training, leading to the creation and performance of an original musical.

Number of Grants: 11          Total Amount: $987,445

 
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