THE NATIONAL Endowment for the Arts recently announced that two Ann Arbor organizations had been awarded two grants totaling $28,000. The grants are awarded through the NEA’s Art Works and State and Regional Partnership grant categories. Kerrytown Concert Hall was awarded a $18,000 NEA grant and the Community Action Network was awarded a $10,000 grant.
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) applauded the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for awarding three grants totaling $38,000 to community art projects in Dearborn and Ann Arbor.
“An investment in the arts is an investment in the cultural and economic vitality of our communities,” said Dingell. “I am so pleased that the 12th District is receiving this funding to celebrate our diverse ethnic heritage, support our growing arts community, and help extend the reach of the arts to every corner of our region.”
The Community Action Network’s grant will help the organization work in partnership with the Bryant Community Center and the Ann Arbor Public Art Commission. Artist and designer Nick Tobier will create work that will function as wayfinding markers placed near the trails in the Arbor Oaks Park.
The Kerrytown Concert House grant will support the World At the Edge concert series, which will include concerts at the Kerrytown Concert House featuring artists who will perform jazz-based works influenced by their multicultural or international ethnic heritage. Repeat performances are planned to take place at partner organizations’ venues, including the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn.