$1.2M in Free Consulting to Help 12 Metro Detroit Arts Groups Flourish

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS
By Mark Stryker

MICHIGAN---The respected DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has awarded 12 mostly medium-sized and small Detroit organizations a total of about $1.2 million in free consultancy services over the next 18 months. Announced today, the new program promises to build stronger institutions by helpinggroups create strategic plans and then lay the groundwork for initiatives like capital campaigns, building projects, joint ventures, annual fund-raising, board engagement and other management challenges.  [link]

DeVos Institute director Brett Egan said that each group would be receiving services that would typically cost about $100,000. Here are the 12 metro Detroit groups, all selected through a competitive application process:
  1. Arab American National Museum
  2. Arts League of Michigan
  3. Charles H. Wright Museum
  4. CultureSource
  5. Detroit Artists Market
  6. Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings
  7. The Heidelberg Project
  8. InsideOut Literary Arts Project
  9. Living Arts
  10. Matrix Theatre Company
  11. Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit
  12. Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

Comments

The amount of attention, and funding flowing into Detroit is both astonishing and inspiring. The lessons learned will b a great benefit to the arts community nationally.