The National Endowment for the Arts is helping bring the work of a Japanese artist with roots in northwestern Michigan back home for a Traverse City exhibition.
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Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will be the recipient of a $10,000 NEA grant, according to a recent announcement from the NEA. The grant will support the exhibition of work by NMC alumnus Jim Hay, who now lives and works in Japan, making contemporary quilts and garnering international awards.
The exhibition, opening in January, is part of the college's 60th anniversary celebration and will be titled Jim Hay: Go Where You Are. Hay graduated with honors from NMC in 1963 and began teaching and exhibiting here in Michigan. Later, he moved to Japan to explore contemporary quilt assemblage forms there.
The NEA chose the Dennos as one of 1,057 nonprofits nationwide to receive grant funding in early 2011. This exhibition was chosen for its support of artistic excellence and community-based innovation.
"We are extremely proud to have the National Endowment for the Arts recognize the value of this alumni's work, as well as the value of the Dennos Museum Center," says Eugene Jenneman, director of the Dennos Museum Center. "Grants like this help us continue to bring some of the most talented artists and unique exhibitions from around the world to the people of northern Michigan."
The exhibition will be presented Jan. 16 through March 27. The Dennos Museum Center is open every day of the week, with limited hours on Sundays and extended hours on Thursdays. Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for children, and free to members.
Writer: Sam Eggleston
Source: Eugene Jenneman, Dennos Museum Center
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