Scope and Contents From the Series: The Arts Education Initiative was a program run by the Arts Council to further arts education in Grand Rapids. The program was started in 1994 in response to cuts in art and music funding in the Grand Rapids Public Schools. This series contains reports and studies related to the Arts Education Initiative, information on grants awarded, flyers and training materials from workshops and other related papers and correspondence. Material is arranged by type and then chronologically....

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This series contains material related to Festival of the Arts. Included are reports, correspondence, programs, ephemera, news clippings, by-laws, minutes and committee descriptions. Festival of the Arts was closely intertwined with the Arts Council and additional records can be found throughout the collection (for example, in the board minutes). See also Series IX for images of Festival.

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Ephemera for other local arts organizations. Included are programs, brochures, annual reports, newsletters and news clippings. Much of it appears to have been sent to the Arts Council, possibly to document projects connected to grants or financial support. Arranged alphabetically.

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The newspaper clippings include local articles on the ACGGR and the local arts community as well as national articles on arts topics.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: As an umbrella organization, the Arts Council retained records relating to numerous local arts organizations. This makes the collection useful not only for information pertaining to the Arts Council itself but also for many other groups. The collection also provides valuable information on the art scene in Grand Rapids in general and how it has changed and evolved over the years. Where possible, the original order and provenance of the files was maintained. For the most part,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: As an umbrella organization, the Arts Council retained records relating to numerous local arts organizations. This makes the collection useful not only for information pertaining to the Arts Council itself but also for many other groups. The collection also provides valuable information on the art scene in Grand Rapids in general and how it has changed and evolved over the years. Where possible, the original order and provenance of the files was maintained. For the most part,...