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Could Detroit be the new hub for the US art scene? The Kresge Foundation recently awarded $450,000 in grants for visual artists based in Detroit. The Foundation seeks to influence the quality of life for future generations through its support of nonprofit organizations in six fields of interest: health, the environment, community development, arts and culture, education and human services. The $25,000 fellowship is one of the country’s most generous annual awards available to artists in order to offer winners the financial support that will enable them to focus on making art. Eighteen Detroit artists were awarded the fellowship this week which will amount to a massive boost for the Detroit art scene. As the Detroit Free Press reported, “Advocates say the fellowships could have a galvanizing effect on the local arts scene — boosting public perception of an overlooked community, inspiring artists to create more ambitious work and offering them an incentive to remain here rather than leave for New York or elsewhere.”
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