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MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ART & CULTURAL AFFAIRS (MCACA) Minigrants – a partnership funded by the State of Michigan through the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) and administered by agencies in each region of the state. Minigrants provide up to $4,000 for locally developed, high quality arts and cultural projects. These projects address local arts and cultural needs and increase public access to arts and cultures and are given to non-profit service organizations, arts organizations, parks and recreational organizations, churches, professional associates, public and non-public schools, cities, townships, counties and villages. In 2008-2009, a total of $22,800 was granted to organizations in Branch, Calhoun, Hillsdale, Jackson and Lenawee Counties through the following grantees:
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Jackson Storyfest
Purpose: Support for the 22nd Annual Jackson Storyfest – a community storytelling workshop and festival
$2,500
Lenawee Intermediate School District
Purpose: Funds for the 2009 Lenawee County Youth Fine Arts Festival – bringing together high school students from throughout Lenawee County to study and celebrate the arts through interactive activities in dance, drama, instrumental music, vocal music, video/audio production and visual arts
Lenawee Symphony Orchestra Society
Purpose: Support for the Young People’s Concert presentation entitled Pinocchio presented to students from second through sixth grades
Young Michigan Dances
Purpose: Support for Ballet Folklorico “Quetzalli” de Veracruz for Branch County high school and middle school students
Croswell Opera House and Fine Arts Association
Purpose: Support for live musicians for the performance of High School Musical 2
$3,000
Lenawee Council for the Visual Arts
Purpose: Funds to support the downtown Adrian Art-A-Licious Festival with diverse visual, performing, literary, musical, cultural and historical artists from Lenawee County
$1,500
Purpose: Grant to support the pops concert Salute to the Andrews Sisters
Jackson School of the Arts
Purpose: Funds for Arts for All performance by the Blue Lake International Youth Symphony Orchestra at Jackson Community College
Onsted American Legion Post 550
Purpose: Support for A Walk Through Time a one-day event covering 250 years of Michigan history through historical reenactments, artists and performers
$1,300
Tibbits Opera Foundation & Arts Council
Purpose: Support for Tibbits Summer Theatre productions from June through August
$4,000