Current Neighborhood Microgrant Recipients:
A Night at the Coloring Museum, Detroit—A temporary art installation inviting community members to color transitional wall murals.
Cornerstone Village Botanical Garden, Detroit—Transformation of a vacant lot into a botanical garden to benefit people and pollinators.
Growing Food. Growing Fun. Growing Fellowship., Holland—A project to revamp individual gardening plots into a community gathering space.
I Remember When, Marcellus—A multimedia project in which community youth will interview community elders. Interviews and photographs will be displayed during a First Friday event.
Lansing Eastside Crosswalk Painting, Lansing—Crosswalk art installations to beautify the neighborhood and calm traffic.
The Growth of Corn(hole) in Our Park, North Adams—A permanent cornhole game installation in the local park, with decoration provided by the community’s kindergarten and senior high school classes.
This is Us, Muskegon—A mural installation on fencing at McLaughlin Community Park.
Washington Avenue Art Crawl (WAAC), Kalamazoo—A free, walkable, welcoming exhibition featuring local artists and a collaborative art project.
Current Main Street Microgrant Recipients:
Art Has Power, Rogers City—A poetry festival and art walk to activate downtown Rogers City and highlight business opportunities.
ARTS in the BURG, Vicksburg—A reoccurring summer festival that brings together residents, artists, and businesses to celebrate Vicksburg. Also included is the community’s first “art cart,” a transportable art station.
The Lakeside Cross Walk Art Project, Muskegon—A cross walk art installation that celebrates the diversity of Muskegon and its Lakeside district while calming traffic.
Welcome to Bessemer—Our Past Creates Our Future, Bessemer—A mural installation to commemorate Bessemer’s history and ethnicities.
