WDET STAR recipient VSA Michigan promotes creativity in people with disabilities by creating an inclusive society where they may participate in, learn through, excel in, and enjoy the arts.

The mission of WDET STAR recipient the Art Experience is to provide creative and therapeutic arts experiences to a diverse Oakland County community. The Art Experience, Inc. is a non-profit community art studio in Pontiac, Michigan.

Charged with nurturing artists and making the arts accessible to the community, WDET STAR recipient Studio 1219 is poised to be the impetus for connecting arts and culture with economic growth in the Blue Water Area. Studio 1219 provides a physical link between the thumb region's growing community of artists and the businesses of the region.

To mission of WDET STAR recipient Springfed Arts is to educate and inspire folks in the craft of writing, be it prose or song, the performance of works, spoken or sung.

WDET STAR recipient The Scarab Club occupies a unique place in the Detroit's arts and cultural scene. Not only was it founded by some of the city's most prominent artists, but both the club and clubhouse have survived the tumultuous changes of the last century.

WDET STAR recipient the Matrix Theatre Company is nationally recognized as a socially engaged theatre that transforms individuals and revitalizes community through original artistic work.

WDET STAR recipient The Magenta Giraffe Theatre Company acts to eliminate apathy, violence, prejudice and barriers to education through theatre productions, projects and programs; and further acts to reestablish and expand Detroit’s theatre district.

WDET STAR recipient Living Arts exists to strengthen the urban neighborhoods of Southwest Detroit by cultivating an environment that sparks the imagination and fosters ingenuity through the arts and community development initiatives.

WDET STAR recipientInsideOut Literary Arts Project places professional creative writers as teachers and mentors in schools to engage K-12 students in the pleasure and power of poetry and literary self-expression. InsideOut uses innovative classroom techniques and celebrates students’ creativity by providing performance opportunities and publishing their work.

The mission of WDET STAR recipient Trinity House Theatre exists to enrich and enliven the communities of Southeastern Michigan through brave, truthful and necessary works of art.

WDET STAR recipient the Saline Fiddlers have set the standard for extracurricular music programs in the United States. The group began with a simple idea: introduce an alternative style of music education to public school students. It has grown into a model of instruction and motivation that is being emulated across the nation. Yet more importantly, it is a brilliant example of what young adults can and will achieve if given a direction and the opportunity to explore, and pursue their own interests.

Currently entering its 66th Season, WDET STAR recipient the Michigan Philharmonic has a new name and begins a new era. For 65 years, the orchestra was known as the Plymouth Symphony and also, for its smaller presentations, Orchestra Canton. Now as the Michigan Philharmonic, they continue to bring exciting new opportunities to provide culturally enriching and educational programming in Plymouth, Canton and surrounding communities.

Formed in April 2006, WDET STAR recipient Hatch is the brainchild of Hatch president Christopher Schneider and Erik Tungate, Hamtramck’s former Director of Community & Economic Development. They saw a need for an artist community that would promote Hamtramck in a positive way. Artists could pool their resources to challenge each other and reach out to the greater community. In March of 2007, we "Hatched!" with our first juried exhibition.

WDET STAR recipient The Detroit Children’s Choir was established as a vehicle to help the children of metropolitan Detroit grow — gaining self confidence, social and political awareness, and academic skills – while setting the stage for continued active involvement in the arts throughout their lives.

Founded in 1932, WDET STAR recipient The Detroit Artists Market fosters a vibrant and distinctive artistic community in Detroit and Michigan by promoting, exhibiting and selling the work of emerging and established artists, through educational programming and art exhibitions, and by serving as a resource to all who seek to expand their knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of art.

WDET STAR recipient Arts & Scraps is a Detroit non-profit organization that uses recycled industrial materials to help people of all ages and abilities think, create and learn.

WDET STAR recipient the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center's mission is to connect people of all ages & abilities with visual arts education, exhibitions & other creative experiences.

WDET STAR recipient Art Road Nonprofit was created in 2004 with the mission that children throughout Southeastern Michigan have access to art instruction. Our goal is to create the best art model to reach more students that lack art in their curriculum.

WDET STAR recipient Friends of the Alger Theater is a non-profit community-based organization comprised of neighborhood residents and businesses dedicated to preserving the Alger Theater.