Arts IMPACT Taking Applications For ArtSMART

Deadline For Application Is April 30, 2009
Arts IMPACT recognizes that entrepreneurs in the artistic and creative industries need a working knowledge of business practices, marketing, finance, law and management to create viable companies.
Art Smart is a 12-month business development program for Detroit based startup companies. The program teaches real business skills through a [...]

Granholm Answers Questions April 1st and “The Arts = Jobs”

Granholm Radio Interview And News From Washington
Governor Jennifer Granholm will be on Michigan Public Radio, Wednesday, April 1st from 9-10am to answer listener questions. If you are available during this time period, please call into Michigan Public Radio to ask the Governor questions regarding her recommendation to nearly zero-out arts and cultural funding in Michigan.
Although [...]

Breaking: Senate Subcommittee Retains $4 million for MCACA

The subcommittee voted Senate Bill 247 out of committee, appropriating $3,892,000 for arts and cultural grant funding for fiscal year 2010. This is a $2 million increase from what Governor Granholm had recommended in her FY2010 Executive Budget Recommendations back in February.
Here are the key things to know: The Senate History Arts & Libraries Subcommittee [...]

Action Needed! Save Arts and Cultural Funding

Artserve has posted a new form letter offering our proposal to retain arts and cultural funding in Michigan for Fiscal Year 2010. This new letter dives into the solutions we believe the legislature and Governor should consider taking. Your new letter will be sent to the Governor and the Legislature.
Click Here To Send The New [...]

Call For Auditions – “Fame” @ The Mccree Theatre

[ March 17, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. March 18, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17 & 18, 2009, 7:00 p.m.

The “New” McCree Theatre will hold auditions for its Spring youth production, “Fame,” with music by Stephen Margoshes, lyrics by Jacques Levy, book and libretto by David De Silva and José Fernandez, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17 & 18, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the [...]

General Auditions for Fame @ The New McCree Theatre

[ March 17, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. March 18, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] “Fame” Auditions
March 17 and 18, 2009 at 7 p.m.
The “New” McCree Theatre
322 E. Hamilton
Flint

The “New” McCree Theatre will hold auditions for its spring youth production “Fame,” Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17 and 18, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the theater.

The theater is seeking actors ages 12 and over to fill a variety of roles, including [...]

NEA Announces Recovery Grants to Support Arts Jobs

Yesterday, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was one of the first agencies in the federal government to release grant guidelines for applying for economic stimulus and job recovery arts funds. As you may recall, the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act signed by President Obama on February 17, 2009 provided $50 million to [...]

Telephone Focus Group For Artists

For, Musicians, Writers, Dancers, Actors, Visual Artists
VSA Arts of Michigan is conducting ON PHONE focus groups to explore what artists in Michigan need to be more creative, productive, and profitable. New programs will be developed as a result of what is learned. Focus groups are free and only require you call into a toll-free number [...]