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ARTS COUNCIL
OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS ANNOUNCES
$23,625 IN ARTS EDUCATION GRANTS
On Wednesday, December 21, 2011 the Arts
Council of Greater Grand Rapids announced the results of
their annual grant process, awarding $23,625 in Arts Education
Grants for 2011-2012. Twenty-two arts educators in the
Kent Intermediate School District received funding, which
comes directly from the Arts Council’s annual fundraising
efforts for the Arts Education Funding Pool. Additionally,
a gift of $3,385 was made to the Grand Rapids Student Advancement
Foundation in support of arts education in the Grand Rapids
Public Schools. Funds for these grants are raised from individuals,
corporations and foundations that value students’ exposure
to the arts. Donors see the value of a basic arts education
for all students as a means of improving self-esteem and
overall academic achievement. .
In 2002 the Arts Council began the Arts Education Funding
Pool with the mission to provide arts educators in the Kent
Intermediate School District with resources above and beyond
their standard school budgets that would help children of
all ages and abilities gain greater exposure to the arts.
Now in its ninth year, the Arts Education program has been
exceptionally successful and has distributed over $120,000
for arts education. The resulting programs and projects
have benefited thousands of KentISD students who otherwise
would have more limited exposure to and involvement with
the arts.
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