ArtServe Michigan, producers of Michigan’s longest running, largest statewide awards gala recognizing leaders in the arts, announced Interlochen Center for the Arts has been selected as the Arts and Cultural Organization Award recipient in the over $1 million category. Interlochen Center for the Arts will be honored at the 23rd Annual Governor’s Awards for Arts & Culture (The Guvvys), November 13, 2008 at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The award is presented each year to two Michigan nonprofit organizations, with operating budgets under and over $1 million that have made outstanding contributions to arts and culture at a local, regional and/or statewide level.
Established in 1985 by Concerned Citizens for the Arts of Michigan, The Governor’s Awards for Arts & Culture is the longest running Michigan event recognizing statewide and international leaders in the arts and is Michigan's largest statewide celebration of arts, culture and creativity. Today, the Governor’s Awards is a two-day event celebrating and cultivating creativity in Michigan with an annual gala designed to honor distinguished achievement and meritorious work in arts and culture by individual artists, cultural and educational organizations, arts educators, businesses and individuals, and a Student Event designed to inspire young creative minds to explore creative career possibilities.
ArtServe Michigan is a statewide nonprofit organization that seeks to cultivate the creative potential of Michigan’s arts and cultural sector to enhance the public health and well-being of Michigan, its people and communities.
