The Kennedy Center arrives in Detroit this month courtesy of Capacity Building: Detroit, a two-year arts management training program for arts organizations in the Detroit metro area. Knight Foundation is partnering with the Kennedy Center, the Kresge Foundation and the Michigan Nonprofit Association to bring the initiative to life and help 51 local arts organizations develop their institutional capacity.

Launching September 29, Capacity Building: Detroit, a program of the Kennedy Center’s DeVos Institute of Arts Management, will work with the organizations to develop fundraising, marketing, strategic planning, season planning and board development.

The program begins with an introductory seminar led by Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser. Five additional seminars led by Kaiser or other Kennedy Center senior staff will take place throughout the next new years, an addition to a dozen of web-based discussions and on-site consultations with each of the organizations. Read below for a complete list of participating Detroit area organizations…

• All the World’s a Stage
• Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
• Arab American National Museum
• The Ark
• The Arts Alliance
• Arts & Scraps
• ArtServe Michigan
• ArtsLeague of Michigan
• Village Theater at Cherry Hill
• Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit
• Cranbrook Art Museum
• Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan
• Detroit Artists Market
• Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings
• Detroit Historical Society
• Detroit International Jazz Festival
• Detroit Public Library Friends Foundation
• Detroit Science Center
• Edsel & Eleanor Ford House
• Eisenhower Dance Ensemble
• FAR Conservatory of Therapeutic and Performing Arts
• Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
• Grosse Pointe Art Center
• Grosse Pointe Theatre
• The Heidelberg Project
• Heritage Works
• Holocaust Memorial Center
• InsideOut Literary Arts Project
• Living Arts
• Macomb Center for the Performing Arts
• Matrix Theatre Company
• Michigan Opera Theatre
• Michigan State University Community Music School
• Michigan Youth Arts
• Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit
• Motown Museum
• Museum of Contemporary Art of Detroit
• Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
• Performance Network
• Plowshares Theatre Company
• Plymouth Symphony
• PuppetArt Detroit Puppet Theater
• Purple Rose Theatre Company
• The Scarab Club
• Sphinx Organization, Inc.
• Stagecrafters
• Theatre Ensemble dba Meadow Brook Theatre
• Troy Museum & Historic Village
• University Musical Society
• VSA Michigan
• Wayne State University Press