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Arts/Culture
5:49 pm
Tue October 18, 2011

After 40 years, Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids coming to an end

Credit John Eisenschenk / Creative Commons
Grand Rapids' Festival of The Arts was put on by The Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids until 2002, when Festival was spun off. Festival will continue.
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The Arts Council was founded in 1967 to help support arts organizations in West Michigan.

“We’re recognizing the changes,” Exectutive Director Caroline Older said about financial problems facing arts organizations, “We’re making a positive change for the Arts Council, even if it does mean that it comes to a close.”

Older says the recession compounded with state cuts to arts programs forced the non-profit to consider all of its options. She says the council realized it couldn’t be sustainable anymore.

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