26 Schools Awarded Picturing America in Michigan Grants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- December 3, 2008
CONTACT: Scott Hirko, Public Relations Officer,
shirko [at] mihumanities.org, 517-372-0029 ext. 25
More than $10,000 awarded to organizations to participate in Picturing America programs
(LANSING)-----The Michigan Humanities Council announces up to $500 is available to Michigan K-12 schools and libraries involved in the Picturing America program to help pay program and travel costs to one of 12 partnership museums during the 2008-9 school year. The grants are available ONLY to Michigan’s nearly 1,000 schools participating in Picturing America, a National Endowment for the Humanities initiative that helps students gain a deeper understanding of America history through the study and understanding of its art.
Students gain firsthand experience with American art through museum visits and in-class programs from the state’s leading art museums. Programs are customized to the Picturing America curriculum. To date, 26 schools will receive grants for programming this school year (see list below) and 1,702 students will participate in the programs. Funding remains available for additional Picturing America schools to participate. Applications guidelines are available by contacting the Council and online at www.michiganhumanities.org.
“The early success of Picturing America in Michigan demonstrates the value that K-12 schools place on the arts and humanities to help us gain a deeper understanding of America,” stated Janice Fedewa, executive director of the Michigan Humanities Council. “The Michigan Humanities Council is pleased to provide opportunities for schools to travel to and become involved in quality cultural programming.”
The twelve museum partners for Picturing America in Michigan are:
- Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills
- Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette
- Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History, Jackson
- Flint Institute of Arts
- Kalamazoo Institute of Art
- Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing
- Muskegon Museum of Art
- Saginaw Art Museum
- University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
- Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids
A recent field trip funded by the Council was from 65 students at O.W. Holmes Elementary School in Detroit to the Cranbrook Art Museum on November 12, 2008, to see the exhibit, Glimpses of Detroit’s Past. “The students were amazed by the photography and the artwork,” said Connie Atkisson, science educator at Holmes Elementary. “The field trip was preceded by a presentation from the museum to our school about this exhibit on Detroit and about the methods used by the artists. The students learned about the history of Detroit and the science used to create the artwork. This grant made this opportunity possible.”
Title |
Museum |
Program Date |
Students |
Grades |
Organization/School |
Org City |
Extraordinary Design for Ordinary Things |
Cranbrook Art Museum |
November 7, 2008 |
80 |
7-8 |
Oak Valley Middle School |
Commerce Twp. |
Picturing Health: Norman Rockwell and the Art of Illustration |
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts |
November 11, 2008 |
80 |
8 |
F.C. Reed Middle School |
Bridgman |
Glimpses of Detroit's Past |
Cranbrook Art Museum |
November 12, 2008 |
65 |
3-5 |
O.W. Holmes Elementary School |
Detroit |
Up Show |
Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts |
November 12, 2008 |
28 |
10-12 |
Orchard View High School |
Muskegon |
Up Show |
Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts |
November 20, 2008 |
50 |
4-6 |
Nottawa Community School |
Sturgis |
Representin' the Tribe |
DeVos Art Museum |
November 21, 2008 |
78 |
6-12 |
Nah Tah Wahsh PSA |
Hannahville |
The American Experience |
Kresge Art Museum |
December 10, 2008 |
35 |
10-12 |
Evart High School |
Evart |
Contemporary Art Quilts of the 12 Voice Exhibition |
Dennos Museum Center |
December 12, 2008 |
50 |
912 |
Onaway High School |
Onaway |
Ritual, Symbol, Metaphor: Pacific Northwest Coast Indians |
DeVos Art Museum |
December 17, 2008 |
45 |
9-12 |
Calumet High School |
Calumet |
Representin' the Tribe |
DeVos Art Museum |
January 8, 2009 |
60 |
9-12 |
Ontonagon Area High School |
Ontonagon |
Adventures in Wildlife Art |
Ella Sharp Museum of History & Art |
January 10, 2009 |
50 |
K-6 |
Bedford Branch Library |
Temperance |
The American Experience in the Classroom |
Kresge Art Museum |
January 20, 2009 |
28 |
9-12 |
Ovid-Elsie High School |
Elsie |
Buzz Spector: Paper Work(s) |
Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts |
January 26, 2009 |
82 |
K-8 |
St. Patrick School |
Ada |
American Tour |
Detroit Institute of Arts |
February 6, 2009 |
102 |
7-8 |
Ann Arbor Open School |
Ann Arbor |
limpses of Detroit's Past |
Cranbrook Art Museum |
February 11, 2009 |
77 |
4 |
Holly Elementary School |
Holly |
Adventures in Wildlife Art |
Ella Sharp Museum of History & Art |
February 19, 2009 |
25 |
4-7 |
Caroline Kennedy Library |
Dearborn Heights |
KIA Permanent Collection |
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts |
March 13, 2009 |
60 |
5 |
Central Elementary School |
White Pigeon |
American Tour |
Detroit Institute of Arts |
March 19, 2009 |
83 |
6 |
Avondale Meadows Upper Elementary School |
Rochester Hills |
Extraordinary Design for Ordinary Things |
Cranbrook Art Museum |
March 19, 2009 |
50 |
3-5 |
Bloomfield Township Public Library |
Bloomfield Hills |
American Tour |
Detroit Institute of Arts |
April 29, 2009 |
77 |
5 |
Lottie Schmidt Elementary School |
New Baltimore |
19th Century American Landscape |
University of Michigan Museum of Art |
May 5, 2009 |
48 |
9-12 |
John F. Kennedy High School |
Taylor |
American Tour |
Detroit Institute of Arts |
May 20, 2009 |
89 |
5 |
Meadowbrook Elementary School |
Walled Lake |
Georgia O'Keefe and Her Times |
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts |
May 21, 2009 |
30 |
8 |
Sturgis Middle School |
Sturgis |
Landscapes |
Muskegon Museum of Art |
February 17-20, 2009 |
170 |
5 |
Helen R. Ealy Elementary School |
Whitehall |
American Tour |
Detroit Institute of Arts |
March 19-28, 2009 |
30 |
10-12 |
Saugatuck High School |
Saugatuck |
Picturing Health: Norman Rockwell and the Art of Illustration |
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts |
November 18, 2008 & December 10, 2008 |
130 |
1-2 |
Angling Road Elementary School |
Portage |
The Michigan Humanities Council, founded in 1974, is a private, non-profit organization, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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