News & Views 30 artists named 2023 Kresge Artist Fellows and Gilda Award winners, awarded $550,000 June 29, 2023 15th award cycle highlights metro Detroit’s literary and visual artists Thirty metro Detroit artists will share an unrestricted $550,000 in the 2023 Kresge Artist Fellowships and Gilda Snowden Emerging Artist Awards. The no strings attached awards were announced Thursday by the Kresge Arts in Detroit office located at the College…
News & Views New report examines role of arts and culture in fostering social cohesion, community well-being April 15, 2021 Social cohesion is a basic requirement of healthy communities, especially now since the COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted trauma and exposed social, racial, and health inequities across the country. A new report published today, WE-Making: How Arts & Culture Unite People to Work Toward Community Well-Being, shows that place-based arts and…
News & Views 2022 Kresge Artist Fellowships and Gilda Awards highlight film, music, live arts June 30, 2022 Thirty-one metro Detroit artists will share $550,000 in Kresge Artist Fellowships and Gilda Emerging Artist Awards. The awards were announced today by the Kresge Arts in Detroit office located at the College for Creative Studies, which administers the organization on behalf of The Kresge Foundation. The 14th cohort of award…
News & Views ArtPlace Summit 2016 crackles with innovative presentations, ideas April 21, 2016 The Kresge Foundation was well represented at the ArtPlace America Summit recently, where Creative Placemaking themes rippled through a series of speakers, panel discussions and interactive activities. More than 300 attendees gathered for the summit, held April 4-6 in Phoenix, Ariz., sharing innovative initiatives taking place across the country to…
News & Views Renowned artist, educator and urban planner Theaster Gates to serve as advisory consultant for Marygrove campus planning December 8, 2020 Furthering its commitment to engage residents, creative practitioners and community advocates in an equitable Marygrove campus planning and neighborhood recovery process, The Kresge Foundation has announced a new partnership between Theaster Gates Studio and the Marygrove Conservancy. As part of the Foundation’s $30 million pledge in new grant funding to…
News & Views Kresge Artist Fellowship applications open Dec. 2 October 31, 2019 Metropolitan Detroit artists are invited to apply for a 2020 Kresge Artist Fellowship. Fellowships are funded by The Kresge Foundation and administered by Kresge Arts in Detroit at the College for Creative Studies. These are the key dates: Friday, Nov. 1, 2019: Application Guidelines Available Monday, Dec. 2, 2019: Online…
News & Views Kresge CEO explores role in arts and culture in Detroit in Federal Reserve journal January 13, 2015 Along with publishing an issue dedicated to creative placemaking, the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank is hosting a discussions with leaders in the field on Jan. 14, which will be livestreamed.
News & Views Meet the 20 new Kresge Artist Fellows and 10 Gilda Award winners July 1, 2021 A group of 30 artists from across metro Detroit are the latest to share $550,000 in Kresge Artist Fellowships and Gilda Emerging Artist Awards. The awards were announced today by the Kresge Arts in Detroit office at the College for Creative Studies, which administers them on behalf of The Kresge…
News & Views 2012 Kresge Artist Fellows highlight culturally ‘rich environment’ of metro Detroit June 28, 2012 $600,000 in fellowships to Detroit area literary and performing artists Two dozen Metropolitan Detroit literary and performing artists have been awarded Kresge Artist Fellowships for 2012. Each of the 24 fellowships includes an unrestricted prize of $25,000, rewarding creative vision and commitment to excellence within a wide range of artistic…
News & Views Olayami Dabls, a storyteller with a paintbrush and a street-corner vision, named 2022 Kresge Eminent Artist January 27, 2022 Visionary storyteller, creative place-maker and muralist Olayami Dabls has been named the 2022 Kresge Eminent Artist, an annual metro Detroit award celebrating lifetime achievement in art. The honor includes an unrestricted $50,000 prize. Dabls, who is 73, has been the subject of widespread acclaim for his transformation of two Detroit…