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2002 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access/Arts Learning/Arts on Radio & Television/ Challenge America Access/ Heritage-Preservation/ Leadership Initiatives/Partnership Agreements

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

MICHIGAN

Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI
$7,500
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support the Symphony to School program. Components include Ensembles in the Classroom, multidisciplinary classroom activities and a youth concert.

Artrain, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI
$16,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a tour of the exhibition Artistry of Space: The NASA Art Program, with accompanying educational and community outreach programs. Artrain will bring the exhibition to approximately 20 underserved communities in the western United States.

Cranbrook Educational Community
(on behalf of the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum)
Bloomfield Hills, MI
$15,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a conservation plan for the Saarinen House and adjoining mirrored Milles House, both designed by the prominent early 20th century architect Eliel Saarinen. The project will develop objectives and criteria for the long-term conservation of the buildings' fabric, interior finishes and collection.

Detroit Educational Television Foundation
Detroit, MI
$15,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio & Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support research and development for a documentary on Vietnam War veterans as artists. Through the Green Door will be based on the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago where more than 140 artists' works are exhibited.

Detroit Educational Television Foundation (consortium)
Detroit, MI
$40,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support The Enrichment Channel. Program components include multimedia instructional programs, community-based resource materials, professional development experiences in classrooms and homes, and production of early literacy learning units in addition to other activities. Consortium members include the Detroit Public Schools and the Wayne Regional Education Service Agency.

Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, MI
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support continuation of the Art Discovery Program. This project consists of a discussion based on examinations of works of art and a hands-on studio session.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Detroit, MI
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support The Detroit Symphony Orchestra Downriver project. This is the first year of a three-year outreach effort by the orchestra to underserved communities south of Detroit.

Flint Cultural Center Corporation
Flint, MI
$22,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
To support a summer festival and yearlong artist residencies. The two-day Summer Family Celebration festival and community engagement residencies led by Urban Bush Women and the Color Line Project are designed to develop new audiences.

Flint Institute of Music
Flint, MI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
To support music outreach activities for underserved communities. Performances and other activities for children and adults will be presented at public housing projects, recreation centers and senior centers.

InsideOut, Inc.
Detroit, MI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support professional development workshops for artists and teachers and the revision of an instructor handbook. The workshops, covering techniques such as improvisation, guided imagery and classroom management, will be presented by educators, a theater artist, graphic designer, blues performer and storyteller.

Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Kalamazoo, MI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support music education activities in classroom settings and non-academic venues. Components include Discovery and Youth Concerts, open rehearsals, an instrument petting zoo, performance opportunities for youth, an Arts Technology Partners Lab program, musical coaching, and music residencies.

Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
Lansing, MI
$667,500
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
$40,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the Great Lakes Folk Festival. The festival will showcase the traditional cultural treasures of the Upper Midwest and provide a sampling of the best of traditional artists from around the country and the world.

Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit
Detroit, MI
$28,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support the Youth Ensemble. This after-school program provides quality theatrical and musical training for youth in the Detroit area.

Northwestern Michigan College (consortium)
(on behalf of Dennos Museum Center)
Traverse City, MI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America Arts Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a touring exhibition of European Old Master paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will feature 35 outstanding examples of Dutch, Flemish, French, Italian and British paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries.

University Musical Society
Ann Arbor, MI
$11,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the continuation of JazzNet, a jointly funded initiative with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Designed to increase commissioning, residencies and educational programming through 13 regional presenters, JazzNet encourages individual artists and ensembles by providing creation funds, touring support, artists' residencies and access to shared workspace.

Total Dollars Awarded: $1,052,000
Total Grants Awarded: 17


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