City: Grand Rapids

West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology (WMCAT)’s ArtsHERE grant will support their Teen Arts + Tech Program expansion, enhancing curriculum development, stakeholder engagement, and strategic planning to reach neighboring school districts with underserved youth. WMCAT provides a culture of opportunity for individuals to achieve social and economic progress through visual arts and tech engagement, workforce development, and social enterprise programs.

ACT will contract with an artist to paint a floor mural with Special Education students using wheelchairs and other adaptive tools and equipment. Separately, at the ACT studio, the artist will teach the public how to create smaller art pieces from the original mural such as cards, boxes, and windsocks. The artist will be present at both events to provide creative education and support.

In the Winter/Spring of 2024, Artists Creating Together will host a choir for individuals with disabilities. The choir members will learn alongside of area artists/musicians. The Choir Director has a...

ACT seeks to celebrate and share artwork created by people with disabilities through our 2023 ACTion Art Exhibit. The exhibit will showcase the collection of work at the Grand Rapids...

We plan to host (3) unique public activities designed to involve the general public, but particularly persons with disabilities, in collaborating to create a public mural themed around disability representation...