NW MI Arts & Culture Network
MACC Awards FY24 Funding
NW Michigan Receives $694,629 in Michigan Arts & Cultural Council FY2024 Funding
52 Regional Arts & Cultural Organizations & Community Projects Benefit From Annual Awards
Michigan Arts & Culture Council (MACC) awarded 46 FY24 grants totaling $694,219 to 36 organizations located in Northwest Michigan. Funding was approved at the September 22, 2023 Council meeting and included awards for operational support, project support, capital improvements, arts in education, new leaders, community partners, and regional regrant for use October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024. An additional 20 organizations were awarded minigrants.
MACC provides grants to encourage, initiate and facilitate an enriched artistic, cultural and creative environment in Michigan. Funds are appropriated each year in the state budget. The National Endowment for the Arts also contributes annually. $9,784,050 in total FY24 funding was awarded throughout the state.
An additional 16 organizations will benefit from 17 MACC minigrant awards through Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network which serves as regional partner and administers the MACC regrant program for Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee and Wexford counties, also known as “Region 2.” Regrant funds are used for minigrant projects and professional development.
Regional recipients of MACC FY24 grants by county include:
- Antrim, $31,500: Crosshatch Center for Art & Design;
- Benzie, $77,073: Benzie Area Symphony Orchestra, Benzie Area Historical Society, Elizabeth Lane Oliver Center for the Arts; Friends of the Garden Theater, Michigan Legacy Art Park;
- Charlevoix, $69,750: Beaver Island Cultural Arts Association, Beaver Island Historical Society, Charlevoix Circle of Arts, Charlevoix Historical Society, Raven Hill Discovery Center;
- Emmet, $192,556: Bay View Music Festival, Big Water Creative, Blissfest Music Organization, C.S. Lewis Festival, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Good Hart Artist Residency, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra, Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, Harbor Springs Historical Society, Voices Without Borders;
- Grand Traverse, $240,500: Arts for All of Northern Michigan, City Opera House Heritage Association, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Music House Museum, Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network, Northwestern Michigan College/Dennos Museum Center, Old Town Playhouse, Traverse City Dance Project, National Writers Series of Traverse City;
- Kalkaska, $9,000: Title Track
- Leelanau, $24,000: Glen Arbor Arts Association, Great Lakes Children’s Museum;
- Manistee, $50,250: Historic Vogue Theatre of Manistee; Ramsdell Regional Center for Arts.
Minigrant project awards include:
- Archipelago for its Summer Musical Innovation & Leadership Academy (Grand Traverse)
- Boyne City Pirate Festival for its children’s arts programs during the festival (Emmet)
- Elk Rapids Library for the Antrim Writers Series’ youth writing program (Antrim)
- Forest Area Public Schools for summer band camp (Grand Traverse)
- Grand Traverse Pavilions for its 2024 summer Concerts on the Lawn series (Grand Traverse)
- Leelanau Historical Society for an archival inventory, online mapping & an exhibit on Sugarloaf Resort (Leelanau)
- Mashup Rock & Roll Musical for its production of Look Who’s Talking Heads (Grand Traverse)
- Missaukee District Library for elementary school arts programs (Missaukee)
- Traverse Symphony Orchestra for its Encore Winds Ensemble youth programs (Grand Traverse)
- Up North Arts for its 2024 Youth Summer Art Program (Wexford)
- Village of Bellaire DDA for a public art exhibition featuring rural artists (Antrim)
Minigrants for professional and organizational development were awarded to:
- Big Water Creative (Emmet)
- C. S. Lewis Festival (Emmet)
- Forest Area Community Schools (Grand Traverse)
- Good Hart Artist Residency (Emmet)
- Great Lakes Children’s Museum (Leelanau)
- J. Mays, filmmaker (Manistee)
A listing of all MACC grant recipients (excluding minigrants) is available on the Michigan Arts and Culture Council website https://www.michiganbusiness.org/arts/ or downloadable at:
