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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

West Maple Elementary Awarded Grant for Arts and Culture Field Trips

The Michigan Youth Arts Association and Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs awarded $70,000 in grants to area schools this month.

One Birmingham school is among those who received a recent grant to take students on arts and culture field trips this spring as part of the state's Arts and Culture Trek Grant program. This month, the Michigan Youth Arts Association and program co-sponsor, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, announced a total of $70,000 in grants to Michigan schools to defray the cost of transportation for arts and culture-related field trips. The program will support field trips for 19,439 students in 190 schools across the state. Destinations will include The Henry Ford, Arab American National Museum, Detroit Zoo, Holocaust Memorial Center, Detroit Institute of Arts and many others. Birmingham's West Maple Elementary School is among the …

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Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village (in Dearborn Patch), Arab American National Museum (in Dearborn Patch), and West Maple Elementary School

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Student Musicians to Partner With Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, Thanks to New Grant

The Birmingham Education Foundation was selected to receive $2,500 from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs for its new in-school musician residency program.

Birmingham's high school musicians will be receiving a little extra help from members of the Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings this spring. Last week, the Birmingham Education Foundation (BEF) received a $2,500 grant from the Oakland County Arts, Culture & Film office and Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant money will be used to support an in-school residency with the Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings during the 2012-13 school year. "The generoous funding from MCACA, combined with an earlier Target grant, will help us establish a much-anticipated partnership with Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings," said Laura Cougar, the BEF's executive director. "By seeking outsiding funding, BEF works to support underfunded …

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Birmingham Education Foundation, Seaholm High School, and Groves High School

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