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The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs has announced its grant recipients for fiscal year 2017-18 — and 84 West Michigan organizations are on the list.
MCACA awarded grants to 474 recipients from 56 of the state’s 83 counties, totaling $10.6 million — a 10 percent increase from last year’s state budget allocation.
“These grants provide vital support for the ongoing cultural development of communities throughout Michigan,” said John Bracey, MCACA executive director. “We appreciate the support of Gov. Snyder and the legislature for increasing funding to groups and events that inspire cultural pride and appreciation for the heritage of our communities.”
Recipients include music festivals, art centers, school districts, historical societies, art museums and symphonies around the state to cover costs associated with operations, projects, capital improvements, arts-in-education residences, services to the field and regional re-granting initiatives.
Eighty-four of the grant recipients are in West Michigan — or Allegan, Kalamazoo, Kent, Muskegon and Ottawa counties — totaling $2,500,943.
MCACA’s annual arts grant program this year attracted 575 applicants from across the state. The full list of recipients is available online.
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
MCACA serves to encourage, develop and facilitate an enriched environment of artistic, creative and cultural activity in Michigan. It is an agency within the Michigan Economic Development Corp., the state’s chief marketing arm focusing on business attraction, job creation, building Michigan’s image and fostering community development throughout the state.
West Michigan MCACA grant recipients by county
* indicates more than one grant awarded
Allegan
Saugatuck Center for the Arts – $28,000 + $7,500 *
Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society – $10,144 + $12,500 *
Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck – $12,000
Total for Allegan County: $70,144
Kalamazoo
Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers – $22,500 + $3,500 *
Education for the Arts – $28,500
Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum – $64,800 + $28,000 *
Bronson Health Foundation – $5,700
Renaissance Enterprises – $18,000
Crescendo Academy of Music – $27,000
Michigan Festival of Sacred Music – $22,500
Julius & Esther Stulberg String Competition Inc. – $22,500
Woods Lake Elementary – $19,000
Kalamazoo Poetry Festival – $7,000
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo – $15,500 +$50,000 + $33,200 *
Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus – $17,500
Barclay Hills Education Center – $24,000
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre – $28,000 + $50,000 *
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts – $70,000 + $70,000 *
Farmers Alley Theatre – $21,000 + $13,500 *
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra – $28,000
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center – $5,250 + $17,500 *
City of Kalamazoo – $70,000
Bach Festival Society of Kalamazoo Inc. – $17,500
Kalamazoo Headstart – $24,000
Fire Historical Cultural Arts Collaborative – $10,500
Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Society – $16,800
Portage Public Schools – $19,500
Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival – $20,000
New Vic Theatricals Inc. – $12,500
Fontana Chamber of Arts – $15,000
Vicksburg Cultural Arts Center – $3,280
Total for Kalamazoo County: $879,530
Kent
West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology – $22,500 + $15,000 *
West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc. – $54,000 + $70,000 *
Artists Creating Together Inc. – $27,000 + $28,151 *
St. Cecilia Music Center – $36,000
Lowell Area Arts Council – $36,929 + $13,400 + $13,500 + $40,000 *
Michigan Ballet Academy – $21,000
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre & School of Theatre Art – $35,000 + $28,000 *
Murray Lake Elementary School – $4,750
Grand Rapids Art Museum – $11,270 + $35,000 *
Lowell Area Historical Museum – $17,500
Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities – $21,000
John Ball Zoological Garden – $35,000 +$70,000
Opera Grand Rapids – $28,000
Arts in Motion Studio West Michigan – $17,500
Mind Meets Music – $17,500
Site:Lab Inc. – $17,500
Grand Rapids Children’s Museum – $28,000 + $3,734 *
ArtPrize – $28,000
West Michigan New Horizons Music Ensembles – $17,000
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts – $24,000
Crossroads Alternative High School – $8,000
Grand Rapids Ballet – $20,000 + $9,692 *
Girls Choral Academy – $12,500
Actors’ Theatre Company – $12,500
Grand Rapids Swing Dance Society – $12,500
West Michigan Youth Ballet – $10,000
Ada Township – $50,000
Heartside Ministry – $13,000
Grand Rapids Symphony Society – $25,000
Calvin College – $19,500
Grand Rapids Public Museum – $24,942 + $25,000 *
Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation – $13,000
Community Circle Theatre – $15,000
Grand Rapids Film Festival – $8,750
Baxter Community Center – $11,356
Arts Rockford – $11,250
Grand Rapids Women’s Chorus – $6,750
Total for Kent County: $1,125,474
Muskegon
Muskegon Museum of Art Foundation – $28,000
Community Foundation for Muskegon County – $24,000
Howmet Playhouse – $70,000 + $19,500 *
The Block – $17,500
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Inc. – $17,500
West Michigan Symphony – $18,000
Total for Muskegon County: $202,000
Ottawa
Latin Americans United for Progress – $24,000
Tulip Time Festival Inc. – $12,341
Holland Area Arts Council – $11,500 + $15,000 + $29,500 *
Holland Civic Theatre Inc. – $12,500
Holland Chorale – $12,500
Park Theatre Foundation – $13,954
Holland Symphony Orchestra – $15,000
Tri-Cities Historical Museum – $15,000
Holland Historical Trust – $50,000
CultureWorks Institute for Creative Arts – $12,500
Total for Ottawa County: $223,795
Grand total for West Michigan: $2,500,943