Fisher Arts Education Minigrants

Overview

About Us

CultureSource is a member association for non-profit arts and cultural organizations in Southeast Michigan serving Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Livingston, Monroe and St. Clair counties. As a regional service organization, we do this work through hosting professional development workshops that grow creative and leadership capacities, presenting programs that provide space for exchanging ideas about arts and culture, and leading initiatives that bring together stakeholders interested in the public accessing creative expression.

Our mission is to advance the work of organizations that cultivate creative and cultural expression in Southeast Michigan.

Our vision is of flourishing Southeast Michigan communities that visibly benefit from a diverse and thriving arts and culture sector, which itself receives indispensable support from CultureSource.

Fisher Arts Education Minigrants

Are you connected to an educator in Wayne County who works with pre-K through 3rd grade students? Are they a champion for the arts in their classroom? If the resounding answer is yes, then recommend them for a Fisher Arts Education Minigrant.

CultureSource expects to make 6-10 minigrants in total, and will administer this program again in 2023 and 2024.

Minigrants will be made to schools for teachers to use for the following uses:

Up to $1,500 for Arts Equipment and Supplies for purchasing new music stands, repairing instruments, buying more drying racks, paintbrushes, a couple of clarinets, and more.

Up to $500 for Field Trips to help support bus and transportation costs of field trips to places of artistic and/or cultural significance in the region, such as a tour of the Ford Piquette Plant, visit to the Arab American National Museum, or school day performance at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* The recommended teacher must work for an accredited school, geographically located in Wayne County. This program is open to accredited pre-K—12 institutions, public or non-public schools, private schools, homeschools, school districts, intermediate school district/regional educational service agencies or accredited Head Start program.
* The recommended teacher must work with pre-K through 3rd grade students.
* The recommended teacher must use arts education practices in their classroom; eligible teachers include music teachers, visual arts teachers, school librarians, educators who would like to take a culturally-focused field trip, and more.