The Cultural Alliance of SE Michigan has received $400,000 in start-up
funding from the Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan along
with the McGregor Fund and the Hudson-Webber Foundation. The Alliance
will work to increase collaborations between and visibility of arts and
cultural organizations in the seven-county SEMCOG region.
The
Cultural Alliance will represent the arts and culture community in
regional planning efforts and will market the programs and amenities of
member organizations to a diverse group of audiences.
The
chairman of the Cultural Alliance’s board will be Steven K. Hamp,
former president of The Henry Ford and Chief of Staff of Ford Motor Co.
“The Cultural Alliance represents a new era for the arts and culture in
our region,” he said in a release. “It embraces all dimensions of the
cultural community: performing arts, visual arts, history and historic
preservation, community cultural activities, arts education, science
and nature, libraries and literature. Our goal is to foster innovation
and creativity and enable our many and diverse cultural resources to
contribute more dynamically to the people and communities of
southeastern Michigan.”
All participating parties stress the
Alliance’s inclusiveness, as organizations both big and small,
fledgling and established, will have access to the collective’s
resources and expertise.
More than 60 organizations from across
all seven counties participated in an 18-month planning process to
develop the Cultural Alliance, and several hundred will be invited to
participate.
Source: CFSEM
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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