Six Artists Receive Emerging Artist Grant
15 March 2007
Kalamazoo, Mich.—Six individuals have received funding from the Irving S. Gilmore Emerging Artist Grant program.
The Emerging Artist Grant program is funded by the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation and administered by the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo. This quarterly grant program provides up to $3,500 in financial support for promising Kalamazoo County artists who demonstrate serious commitment to advancing their work and professional art careers. A panel of volunteer artists representing various arts disciplines makes application reviews and funding decisions.
…Megan R. Slayter $4,000 In depth research in Paris of historically accurate lighting design for Loïe Fuller’s “Lily of the Nile.”…
The next deadline for the Emerging Artist Grant is April 1, 2007. For more information, contact the Arts Council at 269-342-5059, or e-mail Barbara Harkins at bharkins@kalamazooarts.com.
The Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo was founded in 1966. Its mission is to support, promote and fund the arts in the Greater Kalamazoo area.
Contact: bharkins@kalamazooarts.com