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Arts Marketing and Programming (AMP) Grants – encourage collaboration, creative expression and cultural affirmation and lend support to arts and culture organizations in their efforts to develop or enhance their marketing strategies. $26,740 in AMP Grants were distributed in 2008-2009
GRANT
AMOUNT
Cereal City Concert Band
Purpose: To enable sustainability of the Cereal City Concert Band by creating community support to fulfill the goal of providing quality band performances for the community
$4,000
Kingman Museum
Purpose: Marketing efforts that will help streamline communications endeavors for their volunteer, membership, sponsorship and funding of museum programs to increase its audience and sustainability
$3,740
Renaissance Enterprises
Purpose: To deliver live arts experiences to people who do not normally have access to these programs including those living in nursing homes, senior care and living facilities and military veterans at the VA Hospital
Art Center of Battle Creek
Purpose: Produce a series of marketing materials to enable area artists to build capacity and grow their businesses
$500
Brass Band of Battle Creek
Purpose: Redesign of organization’s website to enable them to send electronic newsletter, create a blog for the capture and sharing of ideas and sell event tickets through an online ordering system
Franke Center for the Arts
Purpose: Increased marketing to add revenue sources and increase visibility and audience participation at events
$2,500
Kids ‘N’ Stuff
Purpose: Increase marketing efforts by a redesign of their website and the creation of new marketing materials to take their organization to a new level
Albion Community Theatre
Purpose: Form an alliance with a youth acting group to provide new locations for performances and increase their public awareness through cooperative efforts