Grantwriting: A Glimpse

Grant writing is a necessary skill for a theatre management team to have. Most non profit arts foundations must have skilled and personable employees to create intersections between vision, mission, values, and organizational... [ view full abstract ]

Grant writing is a necessary skill for a theatre management team to have. Most non profit arts foundations must have skilled and personable employees to create intersections between vision, mission, values, and organizational structure and function.

Haley Cook has spent time preparing a grant for LED stage lighting fixtures for Downs Hall for the Adrian College Department of Theatre and Dance. A new addition of LED lighting in the theatre will reduce the cost energy being used and reduce the cost of replacing bulbs in the older lights, while giving students opportunity to work with the technology that is increasingly common in the industry.  Cook will discuss her research on writing a grant for The Hagen Foundation with the focus of obtaining the LED lighting.

This presentation will showcase the Ribbon of crossing boundaries and disciplines through development of grant writing within a broader context of nonprofit business management.  This presentation plays in both the world of business and art.  While the focus of the project is to gain knowledge and strength in the grant writing paradigm, it also benefits the greater good of the industry of the arts.