News & Views Monograph celebrates life and work of Kresge Eminent Artist Wendell Harrison August 28, 2018 Jazz musician Wendell Harrison made his Detroit Institute of Arts debut nearly 50 years ago, and by his count, he’s returned to perform hundreds of times in various parts of the museum. But Monday night was special: Harrison returned as the 2018 Kresge Eminent Artist for the public release of…
News & Views Kresge showcases Detroit during annual arts grantmakers conference October 31, 2017 The Kresge Foundation Detroit and Arts & Culture programs played co-host to arts funders and supporters from across the country Oct. 28-31 for the 2017 Grantmakers in the Arts Conference in Detroit. Kresge Arts & Culture Program Managing Director Regina R. Smith chaired the conference organizing committee, which also included…
News & Views BUILD Health Challenge awards second round of grants September 11, 2017 The BUILD Health Challenge this week announced a second round of grants supporting 19 community collaborations around the country that aim to transform health in low-income communities. The challenge, funded by 12 organizations including The Kresge Foundation, seeks to: promote health equity; reduce per capita health spending; shift resources and attention from…
News & Views Life and work of photographer-activist Leni Sinclair on exhibit and in new Kresge-published book October 19, 2016 “Detroit is a survivor, Detroit doesn’t give up, Detroit never stops,” Kresge’s 2016 Eminent Artist Leni Sinclair told a crowd of well-wishers Tuesday night at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History as she was presented with a Kresge-produced monograph detailing her life and career. What was implied…
News & Views 66 metro Detroit arts and cultural organizations receive Kresge grants September 19, 2016 Sixty-six arts and cultural organizations in the Detroit metropolitan area will share $5.1 million for their operations from The Kresge Foundation Detroit Program over the next three years. The new grants bring unrestricted operating support through Kresge’s Detroit Arts Support initiative to more than $24 million since its inception in…
News & Views 22 cities announced as FAFSA Completion Challenge Grant winners May 24, 2016 The 22 cities that received funding through the NCAN FAFSA Cities Challenge The National College Access Network (NCAN) announced Tuesday the 22 U.S. cities selected to receive up to $55,000 each from the Kresge Foundation-supported FAFSA Completion Challenge Grant program. The program’s goal is to strengthen urban higher education ecosystems by…
News & Views Regina R. Smith to lead Kresge’s Arts & Culture Program April 4, 2016 Regina R. Smith has been named managing director of The Kresge Foundation’s Arts & Culture Program, President and CEO Rip Rapson announced today, following an extensive national search. Smith has been with the Foundation since 2008 as a program officer and senior program officer, working to advance the deliberate integration…
News & Views Leni Sinclair – photographer of counterculture, rock, jazz icons – named 2016 Kresge Eminent Artist January 26, 2016 Sinclair has documented the counterculture in metro Detroit, capturing defining photographs of figures from jazz greats like John Coltrane to rock icons like Iggy Pop. “Her photos capture the enormously deep and often raw emotional energies of the time,” says Kresge President and CEO Rip Rapson.
News & Views Textile artist Ruth Adler Schnee selected as 2015 Kresge Eminent Artist January 28, 2015 Schnee, whose work elevated Michigan’s stature in modern design and architecture, joins six other artists who, since 2008, have received the Eminent Artist award recognition of professional achievements and contributions to Detroit’s cultural community.
Resource Re-Imagining Land-Use in Detroit: Is it Really Possible? April 18, 2011 Address to the American Assembly in Detroit, Michigan.