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Sunday, 02 April 2017 16:16

Exposure matters: Arts groups worry about attracting future generations, funding

Joining MiBiz for an executive roundtable discussion on cultural arts nonprofits were: (left to right) Kyle Los, executive director at Actors Theatre; Kristin Armstrong, executive director at Saugatuck Center for the Arts; Dan Gustin, director of the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival; Corey Balkon, senior manager and CPA at Hungerford Nichols; and Glenn DelVecchio, executive director of Grand Rapids Ballet.

Cultural arts groups in West Michigan are thankful for the current support they find in donors and audiences, but they have serious concerns for the future.

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Sunday, 05 February 2017 16:02

Vigilance, not panic: Cultural arts nonprofits brace for possible elimination of NEA under Trump

The Saugatuck Center for the Arts received a $10,000 Challenge America grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2014 for its “Touching Strangers” exhibition and related programming. “We could not have hosted Touching Strangers without our NEA grant — we simply could not have afforded the printing, framing, shipping, etc.,” stated Kristin Armstrong, executive director of the Saugatuck Center. “The NEA grant made a real difference in our rural community — a difference that we are still talking about.”

Rumblings that the Trump administration plans to end the National Endowment for the Arts is cause for concern among many leaders at West Michigan cultural arts nonprofits. 

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