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Music to Our Ears: We’re a Music Man Foundation Grant Recipient!
December 3, 2025
We have exciting news to share—Creative West has received a grant from The Music Man Foundation! Named for the Tony-award winning musical The Music Man, written by Meredith Wilson (who also gave us the holiday classic “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas), the Foundation honors Wilson’s legacy by increasing public funding for the arts and promoting policies affirming the value of arts in our society.
“As an artist legacy foundation honoring Meredith Willson, the Foundation is proud to amplify the work of these 26 organizations,” said Sarah Lyding, executive director of The Music Man Foundation. “We celebrate the vast variety of their efforts, including advocating for public funding for the arts, supporting veterans with PTSD, implementing creative aging programs for older adults, increasing awareness about the health benefits of the arts, and advancing equity in classical music. These organizations are having a major impact on communities through music, both locally and nationally.”
We are honored to be among the recipients of this generous support, which will help us advance arts advocacy in our region, champion public funding for the arts, and promote the value of the arts in communities across the West.
Our deepest thanks to The Music Man Foundation for this gift and shared belief in the power of the arts to inspire, connect, and create change.
He ʻōnaehana hoʻouna palapala noi pūnaewele ʻo CaFÉ e hoʻoikaika ana e hoʻolako i nā manawa hana no nā mea āpau ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hui noʻeau i kahi kahua hoʻouna kūpono a me nā mea hana kiʻi i kahi ala maʻalahi e noi ai.
ʻO GO Smart kahi polokalamu hoʻokele hāʻawi kūpono e hāʻawi ana i nā palapala noi mua a ma hope o ka noi, ka loiloi panel, a me ka hōʻike ʻikepili no nā mea hāʻawi.
ʻO ka Public Art Archive (PAA) he waihona manuahi, hiki ke huli, a e ulu mau ana i ka ʻikepili pūnaewele o nā hana noʻeau lehulehu i hoʻopau ʻia ma ka US a ma waho, me kahi hui o nā kumuwaiwai a me nā mea hana i kūkulu ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻiliʻili kiʻi lehulehu.
Hāʻawi ʻo ZAPP i nā luna hoʻomalu noʻeau a me nā ʻahaʻaina me kahi hui o nā mea hana e hōʻiliʻili ai i nā noi kikohoʻe a me nā jury, mālama i nā uku hale hale, a kamaʻilio pū me nā mea noi āpau i loko o kahi kahua kikohoʻe maʻalahi. Hiki i nā mea pena ke hoʻohana i nā haneli o nā hōʻikeʻike ma ka ʻāina ma o kahi pūnaewele kikowaena.