Volunteer Opportunities

ARTSHARE, brought to you since 1991 by The Greater Flint Arts Council is a two-hour, high-quality K–12 Arts Education program. Designed and presented by local professional artists and delivered to your school classroom, assembly, library, playground or gym, some of the program possibilities include; painting, songwriting, juggling, sculpting, creative movement, storytelling,
poetry, theatre and much more! Have a different idea? If you design it, we can find it! For program details contact Cathy Johnson, Program Director, GFAC at 810.238.6875 or cathy@greaterflintartscouncil.org.

The Community Foundation of Greater Flint has scholarships available to area high school students. Request an application from your local high school.

Flint Artists Market is accepting new members. Artists seeking membership information may contact Ron Schmitz at 810.743.0094.

The Michigan Foundation Directory lists information on more than 2,300 grantmakers, including independent, company sponsored, community and operating foundations; corporate gift giving programs; public charities and over 220 out-of-state grantmakers with a giving interest in Michigan. The directory is available in print or CD-ROM format. Contact the Council of Michigan Foundations, PO Box 599, Grand haven, MI 49417. 616.842.7080 or www.cmif.org.

Flint School of Performing Arts at the Flint Institute of Music presents Creative Movement
and The Petting Zoo sessions for classes to learn through participation about basic movement skills and musical instruments. Music outreach activities are also available to come to your school. Contact Karen at 810.238.1350 x 137.

The Flint Institute of Music’s 2006-2007 outreach presentation, Harambee! Let’s Pull Together! It is available as an assembly at your school. Led by the Troubadours, a professional string quartet and a storyteller, the performance is a mix of dance, storytelling and instrumental music. Grades K–6. 810.238.6159.

Flint Institute of Arts announces its 2006–2007 educational enrichment program for K–12.
ARTexpress is a new program designed for pre-school and early elementary students. ARTreach
provides programs for Grades 3–12. The Educator Workshop Series offers a wide variety of programs for classroom and art educators. Call the FIA Education Department for information and a program booklet. 810.237.7315.

Flint Institute of Arts presents Excavating Egypt which tells the story of archaeologist Wm.
Matthew Flinders Petrie who worked in Egypt for over 50 years and served as the inspira-
tion for the film hero Indiana Jones. Exhibited from October 1–December 31. Rembrandt: The
Consummate Etcher brings together the printed work of Rembrandt and sixteen of his contemporaries. October 1–November 30. Contact the FIA’s Education Department at 810.237.7314 or visit flintarts.org/education K-12programs.html.

Buckham Theatre has costumes for rent. For more information on Buckham Alley Theatre productions and classes call 810.239.4477, or e-mail bill@buckhamtheatre.com.

Gallery 194 and The Lapeer Art Association announce their fall art class series Festive Polymer Clay Leaf Vase taught by artist Julie hays All supplies included, beginners welcome, teen through adult. Thursday, November 9th, from 6–8 p.m., $25. Call 810.667.3632.

Storytelling Opportunities Mid-Eastern Michigan Library Cooperative hires storytellers for programs at libraries. In addition, libraries independently hire storytellers. Usually performers are selected in the fall for the following summer. Last minute replacements are always necessary. 810.232.7119 or toll free 800.641.6639.

Harvard University announced that undergraduate students from low-income families (less than $60,000/year) will now be able to attend harvard at no cost if accepted into the school. For more information contact the financial aid office at 617.495.1581 or http://admis.fas.harvard.edu/FAO/index.htm.

Minigrant Workshop The Minigrant program is a grant-giving partnership funded by the State of Michigan through the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and administered by 19 agencies around the state. Minigrants are awarded for locally developed, high-quality arts and cultural projects, which are special opportunities to address local arts and cultural needs and
increase public access to arts and culture.

Greater Flint Arts Council is your Region V Regranter for Genesee and Lapeer counties. The second of two rounds of workshops has been scheduled. The workshop is extremely helpful in teaching those people who are interested in applying for the grant how to use the regranting program to their best advantage. It is recommended that those intending to apply for the minigrants attend the workshop. For grant programs from April 1 through September
30, 2007 workshops will be held: January 3, 2007 from 3–5 p.m. at Pix Arts Council, 194 Nepessing Rd., Ste B, Lapeer, MI 810.664.8429. January 4, 2007 from 3-5 p.m. at Genesee Intermediate School District, 2413 W. Maple Ave., Rm # 102 A-B, (use entrance 1) Flint, MI
810.591.4400. Call Cathy at 810.238.6875 to register for either workshop. Deadline for grant submission is February 1, 2007. Applications must be delivered by 5 p.m. to the Greater Flint Arts Council offices at 816 S. Saginaw St., Flint, MI or postmarked by 5 p.m. on that date.

Volunteers at the Greater Flint Arts Council

Thanks to our great volunteers, each year we are able to produce five outstanding festivals during the summer months and 12 wonderful gallery Artwalk openings during the 2nd Friday Artwalk. Yet, to keep from wearing out our volunteers, we are always in need of those who are interested in lending a hand. Whether you are in a group or organization, or an individual with a few hours to spare, we’d like to hear from you. Are you interested in becoming a volunteer group leader to help us in organizing any of the volunteer programs or would you like to volunteer for a specific task? Would you like to meet new people and share skills? Would you like to learn Event Planning? We would love to hear from you. We have forms at the Arts Council that you can fill out to let us know your preferences or you can email Cathy E. Johnson, Director of Programs, at cathy@greaterflintartscouncil.org. Find out about the opportunities that are available to you. Call 810.238.6875 for more information.

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