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    2008

  • Mosaic awarded $85,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts for its FY 09 Youth Ensemble and Intermediate Training Programs, the largest NEA grant given to any arts or cultural organization in Michigan;
  • In October 2007, the Mosaic Singers released a double CD, We Shall Overcome, celebrating Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit's 15th Anniversary.
  • Mosaic received New Detroit's Closing the Gap Award honoring youth development initiatives that promote the personal and leadership development of school-aged youth;
  • Mosaic named as the inaugural recipient of the Community Leadership Award from the Wayne State University Office of Government and Community Affairs;
  • Mosaic honored with The Rosalie Ginsberg Award for Outstanding Community Partner from the University of Michigan Department of Psychology Ginsberg Center; and
  • Mosaic Founder and CEO Rick Sperling received the 15th annual Friends for Children Award from the Friends School in Detroit.
  • Mosaic wins $50,000 at DTE Energy Foundation's 2008 Achieving Excellence Awards for accomplishments in Sustainability

    2007

  • Completed Imagine Their Next Stage capital campaign/received Kresge Foundation $500,000 challenge money
  • Mosaic Artistic Director, Ken Anderson selected as one of Crain's inaugural class of "20 in their 20's"
  • With the expansion of the Education Department, Mosaic training programs reach over 1,000 young artists in FY07

    2006

  • Named Crain's Detroit Business' 2007 Best-Managed Nonprofit
  • And They Flew: The Story of Mosaic Youth Theatre wins the Michigan EMMY Award for Best Documentary Cultural, produced by Katherine Weider, Felicia Jamieson and Matthew Zacharias
  • 2nd place in the Community/Church Choir competition of The National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. International Spiritual Choral Competition
  • The Historical Society of Michigan State History Award for Special Program
  • The American Alliance for Theatre and Education's Ann Flagg Multicultural Award.

    2005

  • The Youth Sports and Recreation Commission's Leonard Smith Award for Organizational Excellence

    2004

  • National Conference for Community and Justice's William Beckham Community Service Award for The Children of Abraham Project

    2003

  • Selected to participate in an international youth arts exchange in Dakar, Senegal
  • Youth Sports and Recreation Commission's Leonard Smith Award for Organizational Excellence Honorable Mention for Outstanding Youth Services
  • Recognized as Detroit Public Schools' Office of Career and Technical Education Cooperative Education Employer
  • Recognized by the Michigan Veterans Foundation for "Dust Off 2003"

    2002

  • Wayne County Commissioner's Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wayne County
  • Publisher's Excellence Wilde Award from Between the Lines

    2001

  • Selected to participate in an international youth arts exchange in Singapore

    2000

  • The United States Conference of Mayors recognized Mosaic as an exemplary program reaching at-risk youth.
  • Selected as the sole U.S. Representative to World Youth Theatre Festival in London, England.

    1999

  • Acknowledged by Detroit Recreation Department for the EZ Arts Brigade Anti-Violence Program
  • National Endowment of the Arts' Coming Up Taller Award - presented during a White House ceremony by the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities

    1998

  • The prestigious Governors' Award for Arts and Culture: One of only 3 Michigan cultural organization awardees - in recognition of Mosaic's "outstanding contributions regionally and statewide."

    1996

  • Selected as the Sole U.S. Representative to the World Festival of Children's Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Detroit Monthly Magazine and Detroit CBS TV-62 Best of Detroit Award as the city's Best Role Model