Sturgeon River Pottery Fund for Education in the Visual Arts

Named after Sturgeon River Pottery, a pottery studio and art shop on Charlevoix Avenue in Petoskey founded by Steve and Karen. The fund celebrates their love for visual arts and for the community that supported their business. Nearly $27,000 has been awarded to area schools to support creative expression among youth.

Geographic Scope:

• Emmet County, MI schools
• Wolverine, MI schools

Eligible Applicants:

• K-12 art teachers based at Emmet County or Wolverine schools

Funding Focus:

• Purchase of visual art supplies for K-12 art classrooms
• Visual art projects including: ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, crafts, photography, or animation

Funding Requirements:

• Grant requests must be $250.00 or less
• Art supplies must be used with students in grades K-12 in the current school year
• Must pertain to visual art projects
• Submit request in advance of the project
• Community Foundation does not reimburse supply costs for art projects that already occurred
• This fund is not intended to support preschool art supplies

Contact:

• Grants team email: [email protected]
• Phone: 231-348-5820
• Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:00pm
• Address: 1349 US-131 Suite A, Petoskey, MI 49770

How to Apply

1. Click the online application link to access the application form
2. Submit by Deadline: Applications are due by Friday, October 10th
3. Application Content: Submit request in advance of the project

Important Notes:

• Community Foundation does not reimburse supply costs for art projects that already occurred
• Must submit before the project/school year begins

Questions:

• Contact the grants team at [email protected]
• Phone: 231-348-5820