Arts Midwest and the National Endowment for the Arts Partner to Invest in Michigan

For more than 25 years, Arts Midwest and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, have provided enriching cultural opportunities to Michigan artists, arts organizations, and audiences—fostering and sustaining vibrant, diverse communities throughout the state.

Federal Funding for the Arts Publically-funded arts organizations such as the NEA, the Regional Arts Organizations, and State Arts Agencies are uniquely situated to ensure that all Americans—regardless of geographic location, economic situation, or educational background—have access to the arts.

Federal funding for the NEA not only supports national programs that provide services throughout the country, but also supports targeted programming provided by State Arts Agencies. These Agencies have a deep understanding of the specific needs of their communities and have the capacity and insight to increase access to the arts in areas where arts Service at a Glance opportunities can be scarce. ■ Arts Midwest Touring Fund: awarded Thanks to this structure, arts organizations across Michigan $48,202 to 21 performing arts receive grants that allow them to reach more audiences, organizations, and supported the touring maintain their significant role in local economies, support of two Michigan ensembles, which will artists at livable wages, and provide your constituents earn $22,600 for their work access to valuable arts experiences in their communities. ■ Arts Midwest World Fest: $50,000 in services per year for two years of artist About Arts Midwest residencies in Saugatuck Arts Midwest is one of six Regional Arts Organizations in the ■ Arts Midwest Conference: provided United States, created by the State Arts Agencies and the business, learning, and networking NEA to transcend state boundaries and give citizens access opportunities to 94 individuals from 52 to a broad variety of arts experiences. Michigan organizations in 2012 ■ Leadership: continued professional We serve more than one million people annually through development and networking performing, visual, and literary arts and leadership opportunities for state arts agency staff development programs, as well as a series of national and leaders initiatives, managed on behalf of the NEA and the U.S. Department of State. Our programs reach across our nine Learn more by visiting member states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, www.artsmidwest.org. Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, and are an integral part of our position as an essential cultural resource for the entire Midwest and beyond.

Arts Midwest Touring Fund

Arts Midwest Touring Fund encourages performing arts touring by providing financial support to arts presenting organizations in the Midwest.

Arts Midwest Touring Fund provides fee support up to $5,000 to performing arts organizations to bring dance, theater, and music to audiences across Arts Midwest’s region. Each engagement includes in-depth educational activities and public performances, and aims to reach underserved audiences.

Through the FY13 Arts Midwest Touring Fund cycle (2012–2013 performance season), Arts Midwest awarded $48,202 to 21 performing arts organizations in Michigan.

Grantee City Artist Grant Academy for the Study and Performance of Ann Arbor The Newberry Consort $1,600 Early Music Bay View Music Festival Petoskey Chapter 6 $1,200 Calumet Theatre Company Calumet Peter Yarrow $1,300 Chamber Music Society of Detroit Farmington Hills American String Quartet $4,000 Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Traverse City Golden Dragon Acrobats $1,500 Michigan College Flint Cultural Center's The Whiting Flint American Place Theatre $3,737 Auditorium Fontana Chamber Arts Kalamazoo Ben Allison Band $1,500 Interlochen Center for the Arts Interlochen Nathan Gunn $1,960 Big Top Chautauqua's Blue Canvas Ironwood Theatre Ironwood $1,160 Orchestra Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard Kalamazoo Garrick Ohlsson $4,000 Festival Kirtland Center for the Performing Arts at Roscommon Portland Taiko $2,920 Kirtland Community College Macomb Center for the Performing Arts Clinton Township Luna Negra Dance Theater $1,000 Michigan Festival of Sacred Music Kalamazoo Abraham Jam $1,625 Michigan Opera Theatre Detroit BalletMet Columbus $4,000 Midland Center for the Arts Midland Jennifer Stumm $900 The Royal Drummers and Dancers of Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts Detroit $2,600 Burundi Fred Eaglesmith's Traveling Steam Porcupine Mountains Music Festival Ontonagon $1,300 Show Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts at The Royal Drummers and Dancers of Houghton $2,600 Michigan Technological University Burundi Tuba Bach Chamber Music Festival Big Rapids Harlem Quartet $1,700 University Musical Society Ann Arbor Ragamala Dance Theatre $4,000 Wharton Center for Performing Arts at East Lansing Tiempo Libre $3,600 Michigan State University

The Touring Fund is also supporting two projects featuring two Michigan ensembles touring to other Midwestern states during 2012–2013. In total, the artists will earn $22,600 by participating in Arts Midwest programming. Arts Midwest World Fest

Arts Midwest World Fest connects small and mid-sized Midwestern communities to world cultures through week-long residencies with global performers.

Arts Midwest World Fest’s mission is to instill appreciation for diversity and acceptance of other cultures. Over a two-year cycle, four global “The Yamma Ensemble showed musical ensembles conduct week-long residencies in Midwestern students, educators, music lovers, communities. Residencies include public concerts, K-12 school retirees, arts volunteers, senior workshops, and community outreach activities such as family and senior citizens and so many people in the citizen workshops and master classes. The program is committed to West Michigan community that reaching communities that lack access to high-quality international arts there is more to Israel than many and education programming. Arts Midwest invests approximately people thought. Yamma's performance helped break $100,000 to bring this program to Michigan for the two-year cycle, and stereotypical perceptions of Middle local communities are only responsible for school busing, hall rental, and Eastern music …” hospitality costs. -Ellen Engle The current 2011–2013 Arts Midwest World Fest cycle features Yamma Saugatuck Center for the Arts Ensemble (Israel), Tarim: Uygur Song and Dance (People’s Republic of China), Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers (Pakistan), and Cudamani (Indonesia).

The fall 2011 tour featured Yamma Ensemble. During their week-long stay in Saugatuck, the artists conducted nine educational and performance events, reaching more than 1,900 residents, including more than 1,600 youth.

Location City Description Youth Adults Workshop for 6th-12th grade orchestra Black River School Holland 45 5 students

Freedom Village Holland Presentation for senior citizens 0 40

Workshop/presentation for 6th-8th Baseline Middle School South Haven 400 10 graders Workshop/presentation for 9th-12th LC Mohr High School South Haven 400 15 graders

Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Public reception 5 20

West Ottawa - Harbor Lights Workshop/presentation for 6th - 8th Holland 600 20 Middle School graders Workshop/presentation for 6th - 8th Holland Christian Middle School Holland 150 6 graders Workshop/presentation for 3rd - 7th Holland Boys & Girls Club Holland 70 6 graders

Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Public concert 21 140

The spring 2012 tour featured Tarim: Uygur Song and Dance. During their residency, the artists conducted 10 educational and performance events and reached more than 1,580 residents, including more than 1,280 youth.

Location City Description Youth Adults

Glenn Public Schools Glenn Workshop with K-6th graders 40 12

Workshop with middle and high school Saugatuck Public Schools Saugatuck 300 14 students

Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Welcome Ceremony 2 41

West Ottawa Harbor Lights Middle Holland Workshop for 6th and 7th graders 178 8 School West Ottawa Harbor Lights Middle Holland Workshop for 7th and 8th graders 214 13 School

Zeeland Christian Middle School Zeeland Workshop for 6th and 8th graders 194 10

Fennville High School Fennville Workshop for 9th-12th graders 326 17

Presentation and workshop for college Hope College Holland 0 42 students

Freedom Village Holland Presentation for senior citizens 67

Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Public Concert 29 79

The fall 2012 tour featured Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers. During their tour, the artists conducted 10 educational and performance events and reached more than 2,790 residents, including 2,020 youth.

Location City Description Youth Adults

Glenn Public School Glenn Workshop for school children age K-6 40 8

Zeeland Christian School Zeeland Workshop for 6th-8th grade students 200 20

Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Welcome reception for performers 0 30

Grand Valley State University Opening performance for Interfaith Grand Rapids 0 300 Eberhard Center dialogue conference Frauenthal Center for Performing Muskegon Workshop for Middle-High School Students 1400 60 Arts Martha Miller Center at Hope Workshop for International Studies and Holland 0 68 College Language undergraduates Douglas Elementary School Douglas Workshop for K-5th Grade Students 375 30

Grand Valley State University Allendale Two workshops for College Students 0 125 Workshop for World Religion College Calvin College Spoelhof Center Grand Rapids 0 55 Students Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Public Performance 13 75

Since the program’s inception in 2003, we have brought engaging international performers to five communities across Michigan: Muskegon, Grand Rapids, Traverse City, Marquette, and Saugatuck. Learn more at www.artsmidwesworldfest.org. Arts Midwest Conference

The preeminent annual booking and education conference for the Midwest performing arts industry.

The only meeting of its kind in the Midwest, our Conference attracts top presenters from across the United States and around the world. The goals of the Arts Midwest Conference are to connect arts administrators, foster and sustain the dynamic performing arts industry, and promote the vibrant local arts scene in the Conference city.

In 2012, 905 arts professionals convened in Grand Rapids, Michigan from September 12 –15 to network, conduct business, engage in in-depth professional development sessions, experience live performance showcases, and gain new insights into the world of performing arts touring and presenting. Representatives from Michigan included 94 individuals from 52 different arts organizations.

Arts Midwest was thrilled to hold the Conference in Michigan, which allowed us to reach

221% more of the state’s arts organizations than last year. The support of the Michigan Flamenco Vivo performs at Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and other local arts organizations was integral to the 2012 Conference. the success of the event. We estimated the Conference to have an economic impact of Photo by Joshua Feist.

$1,436,400 in the Grand Rapids area.

The 2013 Arts Midwest Conference will take place September 9–12 in Austin, Texas, and we expect to serve a broad sector of Michigan artists, presenters, and arts organizations at the event.

2012 Attendees City

Adena Productions Grand Haven

Alma Artist Booking & Management New Boston

Andrews University Berrien Springs

Ann Arbor Summer Festival Ann Arbor

Arts Council of White Lake Montague

Center Stage Artists Ann Arbor

Charlotte Performing Arts Center Charlotte

Crooked Tree Arts Center Petoskey

Dennos Museum Center Traverse City

Detroit Opera House Detroit

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Detroit

Education for the Arts Portage

EGRHS Performing Arts Center Grand Rapids

Eisenhower Dance Ensemble Rochester Fontana Chamber Arts Kalamazoo

Frauehthal Center for the Performing Art Muskegon

Giant Leprechaun Productions Muir

Grand Rapids Ballet Company Grand Rapids

Hope College Holland

Interlochen Center for the Arts Interlochen

Ironwood Theatre Inc Ironwood

Jackson Community College Jackson

Joannah Lodico Midland

Kirtland Center for the Performing Arts Roscommon

Lake Michigan College Benton Harbor

Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Lansing

Michigan Economic Development Corporation Lansing

Michigan Festivals & Events Association Chesaning

Michigan Humanities Council Lansing

Midland Center for the Arts Midland

Miller Auditorium Kalamazoo

MP Talent Management Group, LLC Grand Rapids

Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts Detroit

Rhonda Larson Plainwell

River Raisin Centre for the Arts Monroe

Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck

Smokin' Sleddog Records Dewitt

St. Cecilia Music Center Grand Rapids

Susan Picking Grand Rapids

Temple Theatre Saginaw

TG2 - Mike Green Artists Ann Arbor

The Acorn Theater Three Oaks

The Berman Center for the Performing Arts Waterford

The Kresge Foundation Troy

The Whiting Flint Tibbits Opera Foundation & Arts Council, Inc. Coldwater

University Musical Society Ann Arbor

University of Michigan - Flint Flint

Van Singel Fine Arts Center Byron Center

Wellspring / Cori Terry & Dancers Kalamazoo

Wharton Center for Performing Arts East Lansing

Wheatland Music Org Remus

NEA Big Read

The Big Read is a literary initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture.

Through this program, we bring partners across the country together to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. We were thrilled to present Otsego County Library in Gaylord and Cromaine District Library in Hartland with grants for the 2012–2013 Big Read cycle.

Leadership

Twice annually, Arts Midwest convenes a summit of the state arts agency executive directors representing Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Through this effort, John Bracey, the executive director of the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs, participates in leadership development and knowledge sharing with key professionals in the public art sector.

Michigan continues to be strongly represented on Arts Midwest’s Board of Directors and governance committees through John Bracey from Lansing and Ken Fischer from Ann Arbor.