Kresge Arts In Detroit

Congratulations Damien Crutcher for being recognized as a 2024 Kresge Arts in Detroit Artist Fellow for Live Music Performance! 🎉 We celebrate Damien today and every day for his advocacy of music education, mentorship, and illustrating what’s possible through a life in music. We applaud Damien for the vision he carries out as DSO’s Managing Director of Detroit Harmony, conducting the Detroit Community Concert Band and Civic Symphony Band; and his leadership as co-founder and CEO of Crescendo Detroit. Damien, thank you for serving the city of Detroit with your energy, vision, and leadership! Check out the full list of Kresge’s 2024 Artist Fellowship cohort:

Feeling incredibly humbled to be named a 2024 Gilda Snowden Emerging Artist Award winner in music performance by Kresge Arts In Detroit! A huge congrats to my fellow Gilda Awardees and the 2024 Kresge Artist Fellows! This hits different, because in 1972, my father and his brothers, young watchmakers from Amman, Jordan, came to America and landed a contract with the very same SS Kresge Co. to repair and service watches. It’s a full-circle moment, proving that artistic dreams can truly span generations. Here’s to carrying the torch and keeping the hustle alive! 🥂 https://lnkd.in/gHpqkfpM #gildasnowdenaward #kresgeartsdetroit #detroit

We are excited to announce the newest cohort of Kresge Artist Fellows and Gilda Award winners! This is the program's largest cohort to date and the first group of fellows to each receive the increased $40,000 unrestricted award! Deep thanks to the panelists who put in many hours of review and deliberation to select the award recipients. 🎉Congratulations to these incredible metro Detroit artists! https://lnkd.in/gurSUMZ6

We are excited to host Chiwoniso Kaitano from MacDowell! Join us this Thursday for a discussion on artists residencies.

We've launched our first online exhibition! Check out new and re-imagined art by the 15th cohort of Kresge Artist Fellows and Gilda Award recipients. https://lnkd.in/g85CeSsE #DetroitArtists #arts #culture #Detroit #literaryarts #visualarts

We are thrilled to announce that the renowned painter and dedicated activist, Nora Chapa Mendoza, has been chosen as the 2024 Kresge Eminent Artist. This prestigious award, which has been elevated this year to a remarkable $100,000, recognizes the extraordinary lifetime achievements and contributions of a metro Detroit artist. For more: https://lnkd.in/g_e3rJ49

Don’t miss this discussion with 2023 Kresge Eminent Artist Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd!

Join us this evening to get your last-minute application questions answered!

Big cheers to 2015 Kresge Artist Fellow, Tiff Massey! 🎉

Kresge Artist Fellowships will increase from $25,000 to $40,000 in 2024 and the number of awards will increase from 20 to 25, The Kresge Foundation and Kresge Arts In Detroit announced today. Along with the 10 Gilda Awards of $5,000 for early-career boundary-pushers offered in conjunction with the Fellowships, Kresge's commitment to these artists tops $1 million annually. “This expands and deepens our decade-plus commitment to direct support to the working artists of greater Detroit,” said Kresge President and CEO Rip Rapson. “Unrestricted awards to artists are an investment in the open exchange of ideas and perspectives—a critical component of navigating complexity and illuminating new possibilities,” said Christina deRoos, director of Kresge Arts in Detroit. #Detroit #artists