Minigrant Projects at Work in Northwest Michigan

Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network is the Region 2 Partner for Michigan Arts & Culture Council’s Regional Regrant program, serving the ten counties of Northwest Michigan – Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee & Wexford counties. During the past year, the Network awarded $55,480 in MACC minigrant awards to 23 grantees. 

Minigrants support a range of projects in schools, communities and organizations – ranging from enrichment programs for children to public art installations, civic theatre to open air community concerts, historical displays to new works by authors, musicians and filmmakers. The scope is vast as are the creative talents who bring them to life and the community residents of all ages who benefit. 

See the spotlights below for an example of our Minigrants at work throughout Northwest Michigan.
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Pine Cone Forest at MLAP

Pine Cone Forest at MLAP

The Pinecone Forest project celebrated pinecones, wildflowers, and the forest, with small scale individual art activities, and a student/community-made large environmental art installation that is being displayed at Michigan Legacy Art Park ...
Little Traverse Choral Society

Little Traverse Choral Society

Following a two-year hiatus in concerts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Little Traverse Choral Society (LTCS) began in-person rehearsals in September 2021 for holiday concerts scheduled for December 2021. The theme for this concert was ...
Art on the TART’s Boardman Serenade

Art on the TART’s Boardman Serenade

The TART Trails Art on the TART initiative in Traverse City engaged with nationally-renowned, Michigan-based artists Glenn Wolff and Rufus Snoddy to commission a mural that enriches the trail user experience along the Boardman Lake Loop Trail. ...
MG: Boyne City Pirate Festival

MG: Boyne City Pirate Festival

The Boyne City Pirate Festival included a youth-centered minigrant project that took place on Saturday, August 13, 2022 featuring a kids area that encouraged children to engage in arts and learn new skills.. The project included over 300 free ...
MG POD: DEI Training at Good Hart Artist Residency

MG POD: DEI Training at Good Hart Artist Residency

Good Hart Artist Residency used their 2022 POD to contract with nationally recognized artist/speaker, Kayla Kim Votapek, to facilitate an online workshop on anti-racism and implicit bias. The workshop  was attended by the Good Hart Board of ...
MG: Archipelago Summer 2022

MG: Archipelago Summer 2022

Archipelago held its 18th annual Summer Musical Innovation & Leadership Academy (MILA) and Workshop Series in Traverse City, Michigan, July 23-July 31, 2022. Archipelago Teaching Artists conducted music classes and workshops focusing on ...
The Garden Theater: QuinTango

The Garden Theater: QuinTango

The Garden Theater in Frankfort hosted a performance by the Argentinian tango group QuinTango on 6/28/2022. This event was free to the public and received a crowd of roughly 150 patrons and 15 volunteers. The outcome was extremely positive. The ...
MG: Creative Artists at the Missaukee Library

MG: Creative Artists at the Missaukee Library

Students and teachers from 12 classrooms, grades 2-4, visited the Missaukee District Library for arts education through its Creative Artists at the Library program between January and May 2022. Local artist, Denise Rubin, designed each ...