Full-Tuition ICA Writing Scholarship Apps Open

Please share – Applications open for the Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Scholarship Competition. This is a full-tuition scholarship (a $70K+ value) to the creative writing program at Interlochen Arts Academy. Students in grades 8-11 are encouraged to apply by 11/15. Information, guidelines and submission links are available here.

Final Reports Due 10/30

A reminder that final reports for most FY23 Michigan Arts & Culture Council grants are due 10/30. Questions, contact your grant’s program director and refer to your grant agreement. Guidelines/info here.

 Calls for Art:

• Northport Arts Association Holiday Market
• Three Pines Studio: Art as Memory: The Visual & Written 
• Glen Arbor Arts: Happy; By Hand

See more at www.nwmiarts.org under Opportunities.

Michigan Nonprofit Arts & Culture Relief Fund Opens Applications, Due 12/13

Michigan Arts & Culture Council opened applications for the new State of Michigan Nonprofit Arts and Culture Relief Fund on 9/27. Nonprofit arts and cultural organizations eligible for assistance are those for which arts and culture are the main focus of its charitable mission and that experienced negative economic impacts or disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic between 3/3/2020 and 12/31/2022. Guidelines/application info can be found here. Deadline is 12/13/2023 before 5pm.
A recording of the 10/5 Roundtable with MACC’s Alison Watson & Alex Flannery on the fund is here

IPR Launches Fresh Coast Creatives

Interlochen Public Radio has launched a new series spotlighting northern Michigan artists and their stories. Listen to Reporter Maxwell Howard’s first three stories here, featuring writer Anne-Marie Oomen, musician Jim Bekkering, and artist Liam Berigan. This series is supported in part by the Network’s new MACC Community Partners grant.

Shop Your Community Day Downtown TC 11/11

Downtown Traverse City will again be hosting Shop Your Community Day on Saturday, 11/11. Downtown merchants will donate a percent of all sales that day to area nonprofits, including several arts and cultural organizations, including the Network. We’re looking forward to sharing the creative (and giving!) spirit all day with Higher Art Gallery, we’ll have a table on the street and music indoors along with the wonderful art always on display in the gallery. Mark the date – Saturday 11/11 – and support all the arts participating in Shop Your Community Day. Info? Volunteer? Email.