Stagecrafters Receives Grant for Professional Development

A Royal Oak community theater organization has been awarded a grant from Oakland County.

Stagecrafters is one of six area organizations to share more than $13,000 in grants recently awarded by the Oakland County Arts, Culture & Film through the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.

Stagecrafters received $893 to fund professional development for employees. 

The grants are designed to fund "high quality, locally developed projects that increase public access to art and culture," according to a news release. 

Other Oakland County organizations to receive the awards are:

• Birmingham Education Foundation. They received $2,500 for a residency with the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings at Groves and Seaholm high schools.
• Troy Schools. The district received $3,000 for a Kids n' Motion series for elementary students.
• Waterford Kettering High School. The school received $3,000 for a two-day artistic residency for middle and high school band students by the Motor City Brass Band. 
• Mary Helen Guest Elementary, Walled Lake. They received $2,500 for a songwriting residency for fifth-grade students. 
• Adams Parents for Instrumental Music at Rochester Adams High School: The $1,250 grant will help Adams host a residency project with Pro Musica of Detroit, featuring classical guitarist Dimitris Kotronakis, in this spring.